The 1983-84 school year marked the 10th anniversary of Edison Theatre. To mark the event, the Washington University Dance Theatre performed the satire Façade (below), which added a third voice to the marriage of music by Sir William Walton and the abstract poetry of Dame Edith Sitwell. The 19 dances, created by Annelise Mertz, professor emerita in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences, and Artist-in-Residence Gale Ormiston (above, performing “Yodelling Song”) added witty and satirical comments about the present time. They were independent statements, interpreting neither the music nor the poetry.
