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' 4 , The Gamecock Wednesday, April 11, 1990
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By LAURA ANDREWS dan
Staff Writer W
Scheherazade, a colorful ballet W1^
about the passions of women, will uon
be the centerpiece for an exciting cenl
evening of dance when the USC mer
Dance Company presents its ten(
Spring Gala at 8 p.m. April 12-13 "}
at the JCntrer fVnfer
O"* WW..
The Spring Gala features works
by three individual choreographers, ^
all highlighting themes of interest ^
to women. *on
Guest choreographer Bala Saras- {=Jai
vati, artist-in-residence at Winth- Mo1
rop College, will perform her criti- t"re
cally acclaimed ballet Grounds- ^
well, as well as a selection called
Dreams of Passion. P30Groundswell
was first performed ? ^
by Sarasvati in New York in 1986.
TTie Spokane Ballet commissioned f
the work to be made into a full- eal
length ballet in 1988. Dreams of cre^
i udsujn 15 an uiicrprcuve seiecuon
representing a journey into the G
dream world. gnt
Ron Pearson, director of the Ko- r2!
ger Center, said Sarasvati's appear- . .
ance at USC is made possible
through a grant from the S.C. Arts
Commission. men
Melody Schaper, an assistant Si
professor at USC, is incorporating ^r i
different forms of physical ex- teid
pression, including martial arts, inpl'
athletics, ballroom dancing, modern
dancing and acting into Wo- Grej
man's Peace: Fire and Ice. men
The work is considered more a
"theater piece" than a dance, juni*
meaning that it utilizes the talents
of actors who can dance and A
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INDIANAPOLIS ? Farm Aid IV mi
fund raising with political lobbying in a 14-h
concert on behalf of the American fan
farmer.
A sellout crowd of about 45,000 people
the Hoosier Dome heard more than 60 m
cians, including Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Ja
son Browne and Crosby, Stills and Nash ]
form in the Saturday night show.
"It would be nice if there wasn't a need
Farm Aid," Browne said.' "It would be nic
our government's policies reflected a com
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of contemporary music. "It
ters around the nature of a woi's
fertility and is sensual, mys3us
and erotic," she said.
"he seductiveness of the Orient
come alive in Scheherazade, a fl
-act ballet based on a tale from V
1 Arabian Niahlx.
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"he ballet, which was first perilled
in 1910, was choreo- JM
ihed by Michael Fokine for the
ite Carlo Ballet Russe. It fea
d Nijinsky and was considered
:king for its day, said Susan
lerson, the USC Dance Com- j
I director who has created her
n choreography for
eherazade.
he ballet will be very colorful,
uring a lavish palace setting
ted by Tim Harvey, a graduate
lent in USC's Department of
ater and Speech, and extravagjeweled
costumes by Vivian
Dks of Columbia. A
he special lighting has been
gned by Ed Intemann, an assisprofessor
in USC's Depart- ^
t of Theater and Speech.
jsan Kress, a sophomore theanajor,
dances the role of Zor- ' Performers Greg
e. Other dancers in major roles Levine
ude Columbia-resident Jerei
Bagunu, as the favorite slave, former professional f
I Williams, a theater depart- Willie Scott as mas
t graduate student, will portray
; Schariar and Steve Levine, a Anderson said the atl
:>r dance and theater major, Columbia and agret
dance as the chief warrior. because he believes
special member of the cast is portant in the train
es consciousness,
Donations for the fourth Farm Aid concen
xed were being tallied Sunday, and final figures
iout were not scheduled to be released until Tueslily
day, said Farm Aid spokeswoman Linda Lewi.
As of late Saturday, $1.3 million had been
, t raised, she said.
usi* The concert came two weeks before the nalc^"
tion observes the 20th anniversary of Earth
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leaders took the opportunity to announce the
for forging of a coalition with farmers, environe
jf mentalists and consumers to work toward less
;ern use of pesticides and other chemicals in food
ight production and more support for organic
our farming.
Postcards were distributed to concertgoers
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