VIBE, SO LET’S JUMP RIGHT IN. LET’S JUMP RIGHT IN. AS THE DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM CELEBRATES ITS 55TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON, IT’S ANNOUNCED AN EXCITING PARTNERSHIP WITH A TRIAD UNIVERSITY DTH AND UNC SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WILL COLLABORATE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS WITH INITIATIVES STARTS WITH PERFORMANCE DURING UNCSA’S SPRING DANCE EVENT LATER THIS MONTH. SO JOINING US NOW IS ENDERLIN T OUTLAW. SHE IS THE DEAN OF DANCE AT UNCSA. GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. ABSOLUTELY. SO FIRST, JUST GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP. WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES WILL THIS MEAN FOR STUDENTS. SO THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM AND NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF DANCE, PRIMARILY, BUT ALSO STUDENTS FROM OUR OTHER SCHOOLS TO NOT ONLY HAVE A CHANCE TO PERFORM WITH AND LEARN FROM SOME, UM, PRINCIPAL DANCERS AND ARTISTS, AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATORS FROM DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM. BUT ALSO LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT LEAD TO INDUSTRY RELEVANT OPPORTUNITIES. SO APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEE OPPORTUNITIES AND INTERNSHIPS. SO A COMPLETE IMMERSION INTO THIS INSTITUTION AND HOW IT HAS RUN AND SUSTAINED ITSELF AND WHAT THAT CAN OFFER TO OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT’S GOING TO OFFER A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO THE STUDENTS. AND WE HEAR THAT STUDENTS WILL PERFORM LATER ON THIS MONTH. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT? IT’S CALLED FIREBIRD. THAT’S RIGHT. THE FIREBIRD IS ONE OF DANCE OF HARLEM’S SIGNATURE WORKS. UM, IT WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN 1982, UM, AND HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PIECES THAT HAS TOURED THE WORLD AND RECEIVED STANDING OVATIONS WORLDWIDE. SO TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK, UM, IN THIS SPACE, ONE OF THIS COLLABORATION IS SUCH A SPECIAL GIFT, I BELIEVE, TO THE ORGANIZATION DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM, AS WELL AS TO OUR STUDENTS WHO NOT ONLY WILL PERFORM IT HERE IN WINSTON-SALEM. UM, THIS MONTH ON THE 25TH THROUGH THE 27TH, BUT ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE TO SERVE AS THE COURT OF BALLET. WHEN THE DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM PERFORMS IT WORLDWIDE. AND ENDERLIN, THIS IS CERTAINLY SPECIAL FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE A FORMER DTH DANCER. SO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT HAS HAD ON YOUR CAREER. NOW, SITTING AS DEAN AT UNCSA. YES. UM, ARTHUR MITCHELL IS THE FOUNDER AND UM, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, WAS THE FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM. AND HIS MISSION OF EDUCATING, RATING AND PROVIDING ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY WHILE ALSO, YOU KNOW, EXPECTING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CREATIVITY AND ARTISTRY HAVE CERTAINLY IMPACTED ME IN MANY WAYS AND REALLY INFLUENCES WHAT I DESIRE TO BRING TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AT UNCSA. UM, I THINK THE MISSION OF DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO BE VERY INCLUSIVE, UM, BUT VERY HIGH LEVEL, UM, IN WHAT IT OFFERS. AND JAN SEWARD OF HARLEM, UNCSA AND OTHER PARTNERS IN THIS PROJECT, LIKE THE THOMAS S KENAN INSTITUTE, WHO HAVE BEEN HUGE SUPPORTERS OF THIS PROJECT, COMING TO FRUITION. WE ALL BELIEVE IN THE POTENTIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SOAR WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE RESOURCES TO DO SO. I’M SURE IT WILL HAVE SUCH A GREAT IMPACT. NOT ONLY FOR THE CURRENT STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT THIS PERFORMANCE COMING UP, BUT WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE PARTNERSHIP HAS THE IMPACT ON FUTURE STUDENTS AS WELL? WELL, I KNOW THAT THE IMPACT THAT IT’S HAD ON SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO NEW YORK CITY AND BE IN THE SPACE AT DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM AND KIND OF LIVE HISTORY, UM, ALONG WITH ALUMNI FROM DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM WHO, LIKE MYSELF, VERY MUCH HAVE THE RESIDUE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES ON OUR ON OUR SKIN AND IN OUR HEARTS. UM, I FEEL THAT IT HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON THEM AND TRANSFORMATIVE IN THE WAY OF HOW THEY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT GOES INTO MAKING PRODUCTIONS LIKE THE FIREBIRD MEMORABLE. UM, HOW IT TOUCHES MANY, MANY LIVES IN MANY WAYS. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO TOUCH MANY LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, UM, STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC WHO WILL BE PERFORMING LIVE, UM, FOR THE PERFORMANCES IN APRIL AND THEIR LIVE RECORD KING WILL THEN BECOME PART OF DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM’S TOURING. SO IT WILL LIVE IN PERPETUITY. SO THERE’S THIS LASTING CONNECTION WITH DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM AND THE INDUSTRY. LEE. IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU ON OUR SHOW. AND LYNN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR EVERYONE AT HOME. YOU CAN SEE UNCSA’S PERFORMANCE OF FIREBIRD. IT’S HAPPENING AT THE HIGH POINT THEATER. THERE ARE SHOWS HAPPENING APRIL 25TH THROUGH APRIL 27TH. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, THOSE TICKETS CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE PERF