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6 • The Red and Black • Tuesday, January 9, 1990
A&E
Former Ailey dancer graces
University dance program
Dingle teaches class
during winter quarter
By COLEEN BROOKS
Entertainment Writer
A former soloist with the Alvin Ailey American
Dance Company here in little old Athens? Yes, believe
it or not, it’s true.
Patricia Dingle is the University dance depart
ment’s visiting artist for winter quarter 1990. Dingle,
who danced with the internationally acclaimed Ailey
company for seven years, will serve as a dance in
structor winter quarter. She will also provide a piece
of choreography for the UGA concert aance company
in early March.
Mark Wheeler, head of the University dance de
partment said, “Alvin Alley's death six weeks ago will
give added significance to the dance material Miss
Dingle will be presenting to University students.”
Wheeler said the dynamic energy of the Alvin Ailey
company influenced his decision to choose Dingle as
this quarter’s artist in residence. The combination of
Dingle’s work with Ailey, her teaching experience
from the City University of New York and her perfor
mance experience made her the perfect choice.
At the age of 15, Dingle said she was noticed by a
dance teacher and was pushed to audition for the
Ailey school. She was accepted soon after and studied
there for four years. At 19, Dingle was asked to join
the Ailey company.
“When I was about 23, Alvin discovered that I had a
really good brain and began to let me assist in re
hearsals and gave me permission to teach his works to
the other students," Dingle said.
Dingle said Ailey, who died a few weeks ago at the
age of 58, was a vibrant, imposing man who under
stood the human spirit.
Though he demanded quite a bit from his students
and co-workers, Ailey had a gentle spirit, and ev
eryone around him was able to benefit in some way
from his brilliance, she said.
“Alvin had the ability to effectively deal with pow
erful human emotions and communicate them not just
to the black community," Dingle said.
Dingle went on to become a soloist, tounng extensi
vely around the world. She has performed in Morocco,
throughout North and South America as well as in
many of the cities of Eastern Europe.
As Dingle put it, “It’s really much easier for me to
tell you where I haven’t been, than where I have
been."
But all of the glamour of the tours and perfor
mances was not without a price. Besides the heavy
physical burden of a dancer’s everyday routine, Dingle
said the social aspect of her life was greatly influenced
by her dancing commitments during her teenage
years.
‘I just never had the opportunity to go out. My
dating skills were absolutely nil," Dingle said.
lie
‘When I was about 23, Alvin
discovered that I had a really good
brain and began to let me assist in
rehearsals and gave me permission
to teach his works to the other
students.’
— Patricia Dingle
visiting artist
The constant traveling and performing did provide
Dingle with great exposure to very different sorts of
people and places. She said she was able to learn a lot
about various cultures.
Dingle said, “One mtyor thing I think I’ve gotten
out of my career is the realization that all people are
just human. I’ve found that the grass isn’t greener
anywhere else, because wherever you go, people are
people.”
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Thad Beaumont, the central
character in Stephen King’s
newest novel “The Dark Half," is a
frustrated writer.
Beaumont's mainstream novels
fail to find an appreciative audi
ence, so in a fit of desperation he
writes several violent crime novels
under the name of “George Stark.”
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