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The Red and Black • Tuesday, October 9, 1990 « 7
Bob Dylan, one of America’s most famous muslcal/hlstorlcal
personalities, will be performing Oct. 28 at the Coliseum. Stu
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starting at 9 a.m, at the Tate Center cashier's window.
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Celebrated dancers
make magic tonight
By MATTHEW LOVING
Contributing Writer
Every young woman who has
dreamt of being a ballerina and
every young man who has dreamt
of women who can complete a full
split while hovering four feet
above the ground will have the
opportunity to sec those fantasies
realized tonight at the UGA Fine
Arts Theater.
The North Carolina Dance
Theater is currently on tour per
forming their 20th Anniversary
retrospective, and their next stop
is none other than the UGA
campus.
The N.C.D.T. has been
climbing the ladder of dance suc
cess since its infancy in the early
70’s. Founded by Robert Lind-
gren, the company has taken off
thanks to the talent and cha
risma of students from the
highly celebrated North Carolina
School of the Arts in Winston-
Salem, and other talented
dancers from across the country.
One of the dance company's
unique traits is its diverse blend
of classical ballet and modem
dance. Each year they perform
new works created by talented
choreographers from all over the
world.
Several driving forces behind
the finely tuned dance company
have led them to worldwide ac
claim. Salvatore Aiello and
Dennis Marshall are among the
brightest coins in the company’s
purse of expertise. Aiello joined
the N.C.D.T. in 1979 as associate
director. By the summer of 1985,
he had risen to the position of ar
tistic director. “Dance-wise, per
formance-wise, the Company
already reflects my energy and
my drive,” Aiello said. “I think
one of our best qualities is the
ability to package programming
so that no matter where we go,
we can please the classical ballet
purists and the very contempo
rary theater-goers at the same
time.”
Throughout his achievement-
studded career, Aiello has shown
both talent and capability. “The
Construction Co.” and ‘Romeo
and Juliet Pas De Deux” are
among his more recent produc
tions. Critics have been raving
over Aiello since his energetic
works first appeared on the scene
N.C.D.T. blends pure
ballet and modern
dance in an award
winning way.
at New York’s Joyce Theater.
Dennis Marshall is the ballet
master of the company. He is a
Texan who began his dance
training at a very early age.
Scholarships from the school of
American Ballet and the JofFrey
Ballet provided Marshall further
training. As soloist with the
American Ballet Theater he be
came a prominent dancer. In
1979, he won the coveted honor of
receiving a medal at the Interna
tional Ballet Competition. Mar
shall is just beginning his career
with N.C.D.T., but his extensive
background promises success.
David Mendoza, program ad
visor for the University Union,
has diligently worked to bring
truly cultural events, like the
N.C.D.T., to the University. He
said the dancers will be per
forming four works. The program
will begin with “Clowns and
Others,” which is a contemporary
mix of dance and ballet. “The
Grey Goose of Silence” is a piece
about a region in the Appala
chian Mountains. The third work
is entitled “Women."
The last piece, “Journey,” is an
Aiello original. It is a retrospec
tive look at Aiello’s colorful ca
reer — a dance autobiography of
sorts that is a must-see.
The chance to see a world class
ballet company on tour and to be
come more culturally aware
about contemporary dance is
something no one should forsake.
So women, grab your men, and
men, concede to culture with or
without a date. Citizens of couth
and stature will be converging
upon the Fine Arts Theater, for
an evening of enjoying the
human body in it’s most elegant
form.
The North Carolina Dance
Theater will be performing to
night at 8.-00 p.m. in the Fine Arts
Theater. General admission
tickets will be $10 for non-stu
dents, and $5 for students with
UGA ID’s.
Impressive ‘Fantasia’ proves timeless
Mickey and Leo: Famous mouse with conductor
Leopold Stokowski, whose music lives in the "Fantasia."
By NOEL MURRAY
Entertainment Writer
Disney Studios has made 28 full-
length animated features (if you
can name ’em you have my respect)
and all of them have been, on the
whole, worth seeing. So why even
bother reading a review of “Fan
tasia’? Go see it. There’s a 100%
chance of it being good.
Actually, “Fantasia” is beyond
good. Magnificent might be a
better word. For those who know
nothing about the movie, here’s a
little background information:
In 1937, Walt Disney commis
sioned his animators to make a
Mickey Mouse short based on Paul
Dukas’ composition “The Sorcerer’s
Apprentice. The cost of the short
was so high that Disney decided to
package it with seven other sym
phonic “videos.” Three years later,
“Fantasia” was released, pi
oneering special effects techniques
and stereo sound, and just gener
ally kicking butt.
The experiment stands the pro
verbial test of time, and today
“Fantasia” remains an exhila
rating ride through the imagina
tion. Disney’s animators outdid
themselves in matching images to
the chosen symphonic pieces. The
pieces are, in brief:
— Bach’s ‘Tocata and Fugue in
D Minor.” It features lots of pretty
shapes and colors — a good thing to
watch before bedtime.
— Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker
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Suite.” No nutcrackers or tin sol
diers, just toddlin’ mushrooms,
dancing flowers and great music.
— “The Sorceror’s Apprentice."
Mickey swipes his master’s magic
hat to help him tote water and ev
erything just goes to hell.
— Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.”
A neato pre-history lesson with a
moral: Always share your food with
the other dinosaurs, because soon
it'll be too hot to move and even
tually Iraq and the United States
will fight over your decayed car
cass and it'll be too late to be nice to
anyone.
— Beethoven*8 “Pastoral Sym
phony.” Hundreds of tiny Zamfirs
and one drunken fat guy dance
around frolicking centaurs until
Zeus gets fed up and decides to
mess with them. This is the most
elaborate and visually dazzling of
the pieces, and my favorite.
— Ponchelli’s “Dance of the
Hours.” The classic dance scene.
Ostriches and hippos and el
ephants and alligators. Oh my!
— Moussorgsk/s “Night on Bald
Mountain” /Schubert’s “Ave
Maria.” A scary demon tortures
souls all night until he is thwarted
by daybreak, and the calling up of
the souls to heaven. It’s reverent
and beautiful.
All this, plus a very funny intro
duction to the soundtrack itself
and the constant presence of
Leopold Stokowski (Leopold!
Leopold!) as a benevolent creator /
God figure ....
Well, maybe that’s too precious.
Okay, okay, “Fantasia” is oasically
a lot of el-cool-o pictures set to
pretty music. There it is. It’s so
good, though.
This is a limited release of “Fan
tasia,” for the 50th anniversary so
get down to the mall in the next
couple of days if you have any in
terest at all. Georgia Square has
improved the lighting and sound
specifically for this show and it
comes across great. Check it out,
but do wait for a later show (hang
the expense) since the matinees
are doomed to be overrun by rest
less kiddies. Happy viewing.
Underground cafe celebrates birthday tonight
By MAURA CORRIGAN
Contributing Writer
There’s a little hole in the wall in
Athens that’s cozy, homey, enter
taining and it even has a great
menu. In case you haven’t figured
it out by now, it’s that infamous
downtown cafe/nightclub The
Downstairs.
If something can become leg
endary in just three years, this
place has certainly done so. Cre
ated by co-owners Beth Hale and
David Levitt, this little room un
derground is one of the most versa
tile places around.
The Downstairs is often fre
quented by students studying in
the daytime and at night it’s the
site of a variety of entertaining per
formances.
The Downstairs was originally a
vintage clothing store and tea
house when it opened in October of
1987. In April 1988, the owners
changed the scene a bit, becoming
more of a full-service, primarily
vegetarian restaurant and show
casing live bands.
The entertainment also now in
cludes poetry readings, films by
local artists, a monthly song swap
session and art shows.
Hale and Levitt said they are
pleased by the The Downstairs’
success and want to mark their
third anniversary in a special way.
‘We wanted to thank all of the
people who’ve supported us in the
past three years and we want to
throw a big party,” Hale said.
“We’re going to have champagne
and it should be a pretty big cele
bration.”
However, champagne won’t be
the only attraction of the evening.
One of Athen’s most unique bands
will be a part of the festivities.
‘The LaBrea Stompers will play
two sets tonight," Hale said. When
they first played here they had a
drummer playing the mailbox.
They’re a really fun band. ”
The band now has a new
drummer, and has added a bassist
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Performing Arts Division
of the University Union
proudly presents
North Carolina
Dance Theater
performing their 20th
Anniversary Retrospective.
Tuesday, Oct. 9th at 8 p.m.
in Fine Arts Theater
Tickets are available at the
Tate Center
Cashier Window
Students $5 Gen. Ad. $10
For further info call
54-UNION
This program is made possible in part through a
grant from the National Endowment of the Arts
through the Southern Arts Federation, of which the
Georgia council for the Arts is a member