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Physical Education Department. HâDoubler combined creative and scientific approaches to dance. She wanted to give the dancers on campus a chance to perform and eventually founded the "Orchesis Dance Club" in 1918. The word "orchesis," derived from the Greek word "orchestra," means the art or
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Orchesis Dance Company performing a modern piece in 2008.
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