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Ballet prog By CAREN CAMPBELL Features editor The style, grace and expertise of Russian ballet as come to USC. One of Moscow's leading ballet teachers is conducting classes here at the S.C. Summer Dance Institute w^ch runs from July 24 through Aug. 11 and is sponsored y USC and the Columbia City Ballet. , n . Raisa Struchkova, a veteran Bolshoi prima ballerina -l y iu v it tCl^ t Ui 'joy' of parent From staff reports Gil Buckman, a fath Parents' lofty expectations for is determined that 1 themselves and their kids collide have a lousy fa with reality in "Parenthood," an (Robards). Howevei insightful comedy about contem- that no matter what porary family life, with a major of a child's develop cast headed by Steve Martin and his hands, directed by Ron Howard. Steenburgen is hi Martin portrays a father trying the steadying f to cope with the big and small pro- household who is c blems of child-rearing Joining him GiVs dilemma of wl depicting the stages of parenthood more time with his is an extended family played by time at the office Jason Robards, Dianne Wiest, career. Mary Steenburgen, Rick Moranis, Gil?s sister is H( Tom Hulce, Harley Kozak, Martha harried divorcee witl Plimpton, Keanu Reeves and Leaf table children (F Phoenix. Phoenix). The oldei The movie, which came from ton), is a 16 year old Howard's own experiences with his ing a woman far qi four children, deals with four mother would like. ] aspects of being a parent, Howard (Phoenix), is a 13 sajd walks around the "At the beginning of a child's paper bag and rarel life, you have such high hopes and than a word or two a . aspirations for your kids," he ex- be Julie s boyfriend plained. "Then they start going to who helps bring school, talking back to you and ex- together, ercising their own individuality. Another sister, Su And when they get to the married to Nat he teenage years, they turn on you," Nathan has their dai he said with laughter. with karate ,less< "Finally, when the kids get in lessons, vegetarian d their 20's and 30's, you think Kafka. All admiral you're done being a' parent. But except that their da then a crisis comes up and it years old. doesn't matter if your child is five Fi,naJly' e.." or 25, you never stop being a (Hulce) t e spoi e Parent," Howard said. of Fr* 5"! . In this comedy about family Hfe Fra"^ J^o^earn3m the 80's, Martin plays an overly- too late to team ? conscientious father striving for pare" Perfection. "Parenthood op ^?-?^arenthood,> stars Martin as tonigm. and coach of the Bolshoi's leading artists, is teaching dance at the institute. Several other prominent guest instructors like Arnold Spohr, artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and Patricia Wilde, artistic director of the Pittsburgh Ballet are also teaching. Struchkova, who was on the tour when Nureyev defected, is editor-in-chief of Soviet Ballet, the foremost dance publication in the USSR. She is staying in an on-campus apartment on The Horseshoe during her visit. Director of the institute and USC's dance program Susan Anderson said she decided to decorate the apartment before Struchkova arrived because when she first went to look at this apartment it looked like she was back in Siberia! Struchkova started teaching Monday and will continue until Aug. 4, and Wilde will give master classes Aug. 7 through Aug. 11. Spohr who was part of the institute last year, was guest artist from July 24 through Friday. "He's about 70 years old, but he's full of life and he's funny as can be and it's wonderful," Anderson said. Having just retired from his company, he is doing a lot of guest teaching and will return to Canada where he is also teaching, Anderson said. Other instructors include Anderson; William Starrett, artistic director of the Columbia City Ballet and codirector of the institute; and Annie Day, a jazz teacher and choreographer from Atlanta. Also, Debra Bricker, a Columbia City Ballet soloist; Wrenn Cook, director of Wrenn Cook & Dancers of Columbia; Melody Schaper, professor of modern dance at (pT^" r -... 'W?* Dancers of the S.C. Summer Dance Institute improve th looks on as her pupils dance. 1\/Tni Tin nnrkfuv ram feature USC is coming in for the last week to help teach; and Barbara-jay, an actress and singer with more than 30 years experience gives acting class. Technique is focus of institute The institute is open to students with all levels of.;> training and dance background. ^ Two programs are offered: one for beginning dancer?| age 9-13 and another for skilled dancers age 14 and up<! College credit is available fb, students 16 and older. "Last year we had a lady from Denmark who was..a]?.Qut 30," Anderson said. The dance institute which is in its second year,; pttH^ vides training in ballet, jazz and modern jdance for \ about 45 to 60 people per week. \ The dancers stay in Columbia Hall, and although the N program is three weeks long, students can stav ffir onlv one or two weejc&4?jhey wish, Anderson said5$ ^ \ ^ Sessions on costumr^ design, and m usica r e als o offef^d. ^ However, "the program is really aimed at the classical ballet dancer," Anderson said, "and the.| dancers that come to us are really looking for profesl- J sional careers." Because of that, instructors focus on technique. Students take five classes everyday and then attend lectures from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. In fact, the students at4 tended a lecture on injury and prevention which Anders son said came at a good time because "all those girls lyf ing on the floor need this lecture!" Several of h# students have been injured over the last few weeks. \y Some of the girls didn't know to put ice on an injury;* and Anderson even had a chance to refresh her memory on things like acute and delayed injuries. b Ruth Ann Collins, owner of Collins Modeling Agenr cy, gave a lecture on modeling because many dancer^ v end up making their living modeling because they are in shape, and they can move for the camera, Anderson said. Classes are held in the dance studios at the Solomon let ana W ble ambitions, ughter is three |ML ? ** pB H brother Larry I tn at 64, it's not I ibout being a 'ell as Gil. ens nationwide G" Buckman (Steve Martin) is kidding parenting in the 80's, "Parenthood." V j#. % w ' .... _ . . I ;.- I ieir styles and exercise their abilities. Insert: Veteran Boh ither like his ; - jy 3F* > r, Gil finds out ^he does, much ^ let her to spend who is becom- 29 her Her son, Garry f * # year who mk^M house with a speaks more J KaTj M Jj ^I ^ ma I1 in (Moranis). * M ighter involved WBBHK&t ^1|y^MI|j| 3ns, Spanish s top-notch i BJatt Physical Education Center here on campus. ^ VStudents are able to use the Blatt Center's facilities, including the Olympic-sized pool, tennis courts, sauna and lockers. The university has given the institute another dance studio to use that is adjacent to the one ; t'- ?they currently use. J^^lTuition for the institute is $150 per week, and housing '^and meal plans also are available at the university. Njflraproving individual style Sqme of the students at the institute can dance and Mhey are pretty to look at, but they have no technique, Anderson said. So, the dancers will be learning how to ^^ipeTOye their styles as they attain the proper training. V; They get really, really correct training so when they %||t\ leave tftfey have become educated. Not only because they \ w?hjore physically educated, but mentally they're more \ V e<&C$ed and the whole quality of dance across the state , qf S..C. will improve." ^'^.?ur biggest problem is that we've had about 10 girls injured," Anderson said. One of the main reasons for III the injuries is that many of the girls warm up, but then cool down before they dance. V; Anderson said, "They're also being pushed by worldclass teachers and some of these girls are really not in f good strong shape, and we warn them about that way 7 ahead of time." &'i fj Program has international scope fi ?j The institute, funded by USC's College of Humanities i and Social Sciences, enrolls students from throughout the -i United States and Europe. "We're able to provide top instruction in Columbia, so students no longer have to travel to New York City or >? 1 Paris or Moscow," Anderson said. { * In fact, that's why the program started. William Starrett approached Anderson with the idea of the institute so people could stay in Columbia rather than Hand an environment making a statement consciousness and so ty and carrying on ambiguity her father In addition, the i spirit of the Native A is best exemplified in "Song of the Rainbo 2)" which is an adapt tional Zuni Indian sc The autobiographii ^Rainbow Warrior (f with thunder and th> tlesnakes. She has a tnat taKes tne listene journey. But this is n< ed with a soul-searcl because Gilkyson's journey of experien journey of endless sei Les Alverson/The Gamecock >hoi prima ballerina Raisa Struchkova t into cl By CAREN CAMPI Features editor / Eliza Gilkyson's L maker from Goldcas folk and new age i showing her fresh songwriting and her Eliza with one sp< ^ *?' 'lltfl "Greenfields," a son Hk *0**<f 1 father, Terry, almost V The song is ambigi wP * meaningful way. Het tells of lost love bet\ WW ^ who used to walk alt Gilkyson also alludes of the environment "where are the gree used to know." i neglect, the green f love, are "gone with swept into my heart' I Gilkyson draws on periences as a womar Instruction go to New York. Then the College of Humanities and Social Sciences under Dean Carol McGinnis Kay sanctioned the idea and gave them SEED money to get things started. The program not only equals those in New York Anderson said, but it's better especially for South Carolinians. "It's better because otherwise students have to go to New York; they have to pay for their plane fare; they have to stay in some dingy, old, dirty apartment; they may get one or two classes a day, and they'll end up spending three times as much. All we're doing is bringing these fantastic teachers to the state of South Carolina so our students can stay home." Soviets bring stlye to ballet Anderson said that there is definitely a difference in Soviet and American ballet. "We've copied from them for so many years, and now we got really wise, and we just bring all their teachers over here to teach our students. And the training has gotten so good in this country because of it." For example, it is ironic that Mikhail Baryshnikov, who is from the Kirov Ballet, is also the artistic director of the American Ballet Theatre, she said. Although they only have two male participants this week, Anderson said even that is unusual because males can go to New York for free on scholarships. Anderson m vjjji.iiiuoi.iv. niai malt p<ti ncipciiiuii wui increase because it is only their second year of the program. Dragonlady gets shot in arm Anderson not only teaches, she makes sure that the dancers eat, sleep and get where they're supposed to be when they are supposed to be there. "They call me the Dragonlady because I've got everything running on target," Anderson said. She said it's probably the^^^^ruc^ed thing in their lives, so Last yj^* Aitderson dr&rlbuted a questionnaire and got littl#negative fised back^fehe only thing they really didn't like: to do was walk llack up the hill to get their food, she said about the Bafis walkway. Dancing, talking, and teaching <along with the other gifted instructors has increased Anderson's standards as well as enhanced her teaching abilities. "It's really fun to be dancing everyday," laughs Anderson. "And I think what will be nice for me as the person in charge of dance at the university is I get good students for next year to dance in our own company at the university." She is also excited to be learning again. "It's a real shot in the arm for me every summer!" Lack of dance major hurts USC "We have a large dance company, but no dance major which is really a shame, but we're working on it," Anderson said. She was told that the reason there was no dance major at USC was because of insufficient funds. "The big problem is we absolutely have to have a dance major, because you can't attract students." However, Anderson has prepared and submitted a pro posai ior a oacneior or rine arts in dance. Anderson is not happy that South Carolina is the only state without a dance major at the major university and that even Winthrop and Columbia College offer dance majors. Although she is frustrated she said Kay has been very supportive. "I think under her aegis we will have a dance major." To further dance here in South Carolina, the S.C. Arts Commission, with a SEED grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, is supposed to be working on putting a dance teacher in every school across the state in order to offer dance in the public school system, Anderson said. "If that's the case, then every single dance major that comes to the university will have employment." blends rock, folk lassie composition IELL egends^ of^ Rain-^ ^ l jkj yzaib agu. ious in the most With phrases like "the ones who r musical poetry have abused their power" and veen two people references to the "Mother of >ng green fields, humanity," Gilkyson is not making a ; to the sad state political statement as much as she is with lyrics like commenting on man, the political infields that we animal, and what he has done to \fter years of himself and his surroundings, ields, like their Although some are quick to coma cold wind that pare her to Suzanne Vega, Gilkyson's style is all her own which is best exher personal ex- emplified in "Rosie Strike Back." 1, an entertainer This song pleas for battered women al activist while to stop taking the abuse as it says that emphasizes "don't be his victim," "hit the road :ial responsibili- and never look back," and "take the the tradition of baby and the clothes on your back." exhibited. Gilkyson is tastefully provocative nfluence of the and fierce in the tradition of Ann and .merican culture Nancy Wilson without all the pop the last verse of hype. w Warrior (part In "Break the Chain," Gilkyson's ation of a tradi- ability to make bold statements >ng, "Ockaya". about several things at once comes "?0 1 * ' rt /%f tVta Ur/Mlftl* 1- ?? - ? 1 - 1 _ _ ,ai JU115 vi uiv Liiiuugu uuvt again, Willi lyiltS 11KC >art 1)" begins "freedom waits for those who break e sound of rat- the chain." complete sound Gilkysons's spirit embodies the ;r on a souiisn strength of her as well as all women. 3t to be confus- In her own words, "In spite of the iiing experience current world situation, we have journey is a every reason to hope, for within each ce ? not a of us is the potential for compassion, irch. commitment and heroic deeds."