BYU Throwback to 1970s Modern-Dance Group Orchesis

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Looking Back: Modern Dance in the ’70s

Spring 2019 Issue

Five dancers dressed in full body tight suits split in half with gray and black take dancing poses for the camera. — Courtesy of L. Tom Perry Special Collections, UAP2 F326

Orchesis performs in BYU’s World of Dance in the 1970s. Named after the Latin word for “dance,” this modern-dance group existed from 1948 to 1980.

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