The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 29, 1979, Page Page 8, Image 10
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By Ronda Te
Gamecock St<
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Art of Dancing, A Contcnip
the Longstreet Theatre last v
disaster, with company dir
responsible for the fiasco.
A poor sound system and c
to the evening's problems,
company needed extensive
forming in public.
It is the director's respon
performance and Kolersteir
on stage long before they w
pany looked very uncomfort;
should be home practicing
month.
The opening dance wa
Ellington's "Mood Indigo"
Kolerstein. It seems she forj
when choreographing the n
numerous hip isolations and
had trouble with. The dancei
number from the beginning
as if they could not remembe
"Prelude to the Aftern<
fhnrpnaranhu Kir flanool' Tr?V
WJ WW.
by Claude Debussy was pron
deal of work. Kolerstein shoi
work on leaps and synchr
prior to the preformance.
"A Musical Interlude for
Cello," concluded the first a
were impressive and special
Borkowski. Borkowski imprc
and the sonata was the highli]
Act II opened with "Seren;
Kolerstein. The idea behii
novative, but the performer!
The next dance, "American
become entertaining if uni
empnasized.
"The Carnival of the Anim
the USC dance company as
Zoo, concluded Act II. The p
good to terrible, with Caro
Root Boy (above) with
guitarist Sex-Ray Lanca
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FDancinc
mipiuiun ran icia
in writer best perf
y's performance of The A tap
orary Dance Concert, at "Stompil
veek was nothing short of dance sh
ector Michal Kolerstein If Kolers
troup, ha
i curtainless stage added was not
but it was obvious the impressi
0 practice before per- cers perf
Kolerstei
sibility to ensure a good stage ?
1 let the dancers appear performe
'ere prepared. The com- "GersI
able, as if they knew they Susan E;
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choreogr
s performed to Duke needed a
and choreographed by "Pand<
*ot her dancers' abilities by the c<
umber, since she added formanc<
arabesques the dancers such a
rs had problems with the characte
? many of them looked Jennifer
r what step came next. role.
>on of a Faun," with The co
in Carrabotta and music series ol
lising but needed a great Kolerstei
lid have had her dancers synchron
onization of movement audience
pany.
Flute, Harpsicaord and The US
ct. The instrumentalists good perl
credit is due flutest Kay with her c
;ssed the small audience please an
ght of the evening. week was
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nua, \,nui cugi djjiicu uy I lie COI
nd the dance was in- until Koli
5 needed more practice, simple ar
a," had the potential to when the;
ity of movement were make sui
enough to
ials," first performed by The ne
a gift to the Riverbanks Taming c
erformance varied from was foun<
le Perez as the lion and performa
'Vx-' &' \ ji@ wBrlS^
^' IHrS ,y ^wSSffiB
r custom 'Root' glasses and i
ster.
jr' a cont
Higgins-Clancy as the swan turning
ormances.
dance performed to Benny Goo(
V at the Savoy" opened the third ac
ould have been left out of the show en
;tein wanted to show a well-rounded
ving them perform an elementary tap
tin: wci^ ivj uuuui n. t\ itip udiiuu i
ve if the tap sounds are clean and th
orm with some amount of facial exprc
in should teach the company to spar
an audience won't have a good time
?rs look miserable.
iwin ? On Pointe," with choreograp
arle, was entertaining despite lightin
-oblems. Earle did a good job wit
aphy but, once again, the perfo
great deal more practice.
3ra" was one of the best dances perf<
3mpany ? not because of the dancer
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good job with the choreography,
r portrayed an evil from Pandora's
M. Harper, as Hope, showed promise
mpany concluded the performance v
Israeli folk dances choreographe
n. Though the dancers movements we
ized well, the fast-paced dance lei
with a pleasant final glimpse of the
C Dance Comoanv has the ootential t<
forming troupe. Kolerstein needs to
lancers to give them a better sense of \
audience. The audience at Longstre*
definitely not impressed.
npany should not perform in public
srstein is certain they can balance
abesque and leap without shaking th<
y land. Most importantly, Kolerstein s
re the company knows that dances
determine what step comes next,
xt USC dance performance will be
)f the Shrew" on March 6-9. The con
Jed by Susan Earle and is in its fifth y
nee.
IRo
disgu!
By Paul Mayhew
Gamecock Staff Writer
Last Thursday night
temporary Sounds came I
again with a great evening
I entertainment. Around
Thursday night, a rather sr
rowdy throng of USC studei
oddly enough four or five
citizens, waited restlessly
band that had been billed <
as "debased, depi
degenerate and disgusting.
Rootboy's talented and ei
Sex Change Band opened tl
with some impressive rhyt
blues rock, with a soulful c
provided by two ex
saxophonists. But our refir
students were thirsty i
raunchy Root Boy.
Suddenly the spotlight
.. JgF from the stage to focus
mm v "King of Kink," being car
the center aisle on the shot
fbelow crew The crowd's first
this rare bird was no letdc
Slim was decked out in a re
I cape with the word "Root"
on the back in silver seqi
wore huge red cardboard
the spelled the word "Rot
on his forehead were paii
numbers 714. His first mov
set up the "Wet Floor-C
SSPUB s,gn ne a D en carrym8. hi
f|r I the results of his well-know
pJkfikM song, "Boogie Till YouPuk
gJQPIf There he was, 190
|: outrageous slob, with long
hair flying all over the p
half staggered, half
around the stage to the
notes of his Sex Change Bai
The crowd roared its a]
laughing hysterically and
its heads in disbelief. His j
in filth, the Kottettes, dasl
stage in outlandish c<
playing fake guitars, in
parody of punk rockers. S\
panting, burping and ol
very buzzed, Root Boy br
his opening number; "Yo
ernporo
in the H lmans
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hb^hsh^^^us
V4UUW I pp||
s only | r r - r^
e dankle
on '' -:if
the [ V-yv- ]
hy by j.?jp]
ig and Hp!
h the ||fff|
rmers Mpifcj
)rmed ? ^ j
s perjs
did /
Each m| /i
? box. HB| /I
f hn I B
til Jg
a I
id by \
re \
the HHR ^
com- ft?!!
9 be a
work j|l|?
low to |jil|g|
;t last ||BpP
?mm Department of Th
again
in a
a rrvnf
b a IA;I ^ 1 1 well
The
ipany
ear of
ot Boy lii
* m "*
sting, dep
My Mood Ring". T
howled at its first t
Con- Boy's lyrics and voic
through all the tonal quality o
of pure motor. In between ra
9:00 Rootboy rolled aroui
nail but growling into the
, ? 4 n M/J a KAI li K1 f\ o
115*, clIKl (*uuui uicx^n. ifuuiti a
f senior brain damage and li
' for a female hitchhikers,
ill week Ring" he shed hi:
aved, glasses, revealing p
pants soaking wet T-f
lergetic looking eyes.
le show, Backed by his tight
hm and Change band's searir
vertone and wailing saxophoi
cellent bellowed out such
led USC "My Wig Fell", "Ch
For thp Mart" and "Sex with
In no time he was d
shifted pair of gym shorts,
on the flabby, white mess
ried up saying; "I'll have
ilders of contest with Jai
: look at anytime."
>wn, old He dedicated a
d velvet "I'm Not Too Old
printed S.C.'s senile but
liris. He tegenerian Strom T1
glasses refrain to this pervei
>t", and "when you turn 16 I'
ited the to which the Roote
e was to falsetto "he's not too
laution" The Sex Change I
nting at Rootettes played up v
n theme Root's antics and ne
e." beat. The band is a c
lbs. of laient irom Washing
; greasy Florida, with the ex<
lace, he lead guitarist, who
jumped Carolinian.
blaring Rootboy and his t
id. produced by Gary
pproval, successful tours of
shaking England under their
jartners rave reviews from, a
led onto ,Kandy Newman, Mi(
ostumes Rolling Stone maga/i
obvious Root Boy Slim
veating, average 32 year old 1
bviously to fhake a buck with;
oke into sham. In another lif<
u Broke Foster Mackenzie III
fry dii
October 25-27
8:00 p.m.
LOMGSTRdC
i Ti !/ >rrrN/
SG
eat re and Speech# Umvei
bes up
>raved
'he audience in a
aste of Root Washii
e, which has in dow
fan outboard acquir
unchy stunts that a
nd the stage today.
microphone where
heets, WWII, Green!
ist for young then ;
After "Mood tackle
s cape and Miami
laid frat boy The t'
?hirt and wild Prince
the Mil
, talented Sex Grec
lg lead guitar Dolphi
D?., VoU O
ica, iVUUL LJKjy I U1C di
favorites as, do I w<
ristmas at K- walk fi
a Capital X". Florid;
own to a dirty a couj
flaunting his stoned
of a body, bass. I
a sweating to Floi
mes Brown apprer
at the
song entitled was cr
For You" to that \
virile sep- cause
mrmond. The all day
rt's delight is, work c
11 just be 32", forest
ttes chant in told th<
old for you." quit."
*and and the Still!
vonderfully to back u]
ver missed a him i
ombination of guitari
ton I).C. and Not i
option of the until a
is a South Brooks
him t
>and who are prom is
Kats, have album,
the U.S. and Aftei
belts, getting act it':
imong others, backst;
k Jagger and clever
ne. look in
is not your they ar
>urnout trying great
an act that's a Ballroc
J, Hoot Boy is just a:
, who grew up formar
master
rSIty C)f South Carolina B|||?||il
to
image
n affluent section of
ngton D.C. It was in the bars
mtown D.C. that Root Boy
ed the soul and blues flavor
ic ctpiJciicm in iiis music
He went on to attend Yale,
he met bass player Bob
lee, (alias Rattlesnake),
an ail-American defensive
who was later drafted by the
Dolphins in the third round,
kvo formed a band called
1 La La Pexcy Uptight and
rlniuhf Crponorc
r>-"v o.
inlee didn't sign with the
ns after graduating from
aying, "I thought to myself,
int to be a has been at 35 and
unny?" He did drift down to
a, however, where he tended
pie of orange groves, got
and played his five string
toot Boy had also migrated
'ida where he was doing an
iticeship in urban planning
University of Florida. "It
azy. I was drawing up plans
vere completely illogical,
I was stoned outta my skull
. One day they asked me to
n a scheme to mow down a
and build a whole town. I
em I prefered the trees and
heavilv ihtn Hrncrc ha K/wli-oW
? . v*> aiv nvn/nvu
p with Greenlee and through
met the Sex Change's
st, Ernie Lancaster.
nuch happened for the band
i disc jockey named Josh
; heard Hoot Boy and asked
o come back to DC.,
ing to help them cut an
* watching Hoot Boy's stage
s kind of surprising when
age you meet a friendly,
guy whose eyes manage to
telligent no matter how red
e. He was psyched about the
reception he got in the
>m, and the crowd seemed
s satisfied with the pertce.
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