“It was ‘Dance or die,’” said a member of the cast as Emily Ditkovski, the musical’s director, introduced the cast to the political and social turmoil of turn of the century Tsarist Russia.
Certainly true in the realm of musicals, this phrase became the mantra for the cast and crew of this year’s musical, “Fiddler on the Roof.” Whenever someone is having trouble they say, “dance or die” to each other and the situation, whatever it may be, is ameliorated.
“Every cast is special, every cast is unique, but this one has so much energy,” says Ditkovski of the 39 students involved in the play this spring. “There are so many beginners this year, but they’re all able to channel the characters perfectly.”
Photographer Susan Falzone, the next speaker in the Photographers’ Lecture Series, will visit The Williston Northampton School on Thursday, April 12.
Bon bons, meaning “bon, or good,” typically refers to small confectionary treats. The exhibit at Grubbs Gallery from March 2 to April 20, while not of confection, serves up a small sampling of how different manufactured materials can be repurposed and made into art.
