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Fall Gala ]
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t By BRYAN MIMS
: Staff Writer
USC ? When the lights went out, conversa
r tion ceased almost instantly. Seconds later, th<
curtain rose, and the stage went aglow as the
! Dance Company came forth to captivate ai
' audience Wednesday at the Koger Center foi
I the Arts.
In the audience, two little girls who were acting
boisterous only moments earlier marveled at the
young men and women whirling across the stage
! The children's sparkling eyes and parted lips saic
it all: Someday, we want to be up there.
; Indeed, it seemed perfectly natural for aspir
; ing young dancers to drift off to big dreams a<
they watched USC's Fall Dance Gala.
' The first act of the night, "Slaughter on Tentf
!' Avenue," comes from the musical "On Youi
fc. Toes" and demonstrates the destructive effects
? of a jealous woman.
; The piece begins with a man and womar
dancing in a bar. Later in the scene, when the
1 excessively jealous woman discovers her lovei
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dancing with someone else, she shoots him.
"Le Corsaire Pas de Deux," the second performance,
unravels the story of a pirate
Conrad, and a Greek girl, Medora, who fall in
love and battle all obstacles to live togethei
happily for the rest of their lives. The choreographer,
Susan Anderson, converted this duel
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[ Medora, played by Rebecca Hoffmann, and
j another dancer, Bucky Gardner, left the stage
r midway through the act while Robert Carter
dazzled the audience with a solo performance.
, As he leaped and twirled in the air, applause
1 erupted in the audience.
Following Carter's masterful performance, six
j ballerinas from Ann Brodie's Carolina Ballet
introduced "Fairy Variations from Sleeping
. Beauty." This piece takes place when all the
; fairies deliver their gifts to Princess Aurora.
Afterward,darkness veiled the auditorium
i once again, as a man appeared on stage playing
[ a guitar. A woman wearing a white sheet slowly
i arose behind him and began to dance Three
more women soon accompanied her as the meli
low guitar music faded. Everything fell silent.
: "I thought it turned out really well," said
Melody Schaper, choreographer for this piece,
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"Pavan of Souls." "I worked harder than I ever ^
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And that work paid off. The dancers did their 1
i job flawlessly. Leilani Walker, a theater fresh- 2
man, said she enjoyed Schaper's piece above all
else. c
"The Young Man and Death," an act that ^
illustrates the plight of a young man whose passion
for a girl is avenged only in death, fol- =
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dance became more upbeat. "The Gams Jam"
combined classical and contemporary ballet,
employing the musical works of George
Gershwin and Claude Boiling. In the last piece,
"Island Fever," dancers performed to the music
of Sergio Mendez and Earl Klugh.
For T.J. Horan, a statistics graduate student,
the USC Dance Company proved to be just as
professional as most nationally-recognized
dancers he has seen.
"I think all the events in the series are usually
first-rate, top notch," he said. "I really think it's
a shame the place isn't filled up. I thought this
was up to the level of any of the touring companies.
A lot of national tours come in off
Broadway shows, but I thought the USC dance
team was up to the same level. You really can't
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Special to the Gamecock
USC ? The Left Bank Big
Sand and Combo stepped forward
vith a remarkable concert Oct. 28
eaturing the formidable saxophone
alents of guest soloist and S.C.
lative Chris Potter.
The strong ensemble QHVSs
)la"ying of the regular
:orps brought a pleas- 1
ngly varied program to
ife. This concert was an H'
mgaging, challenging
md thoroughly satisfy- ?.
ng musical experience.
Roger Pemberton began the
how by leading the Big Band
hrough Thad Jones' "Rhoda Map,"
ollowed by a tribute to the late
Uch Matteson with his arranee
nent of "It's a Wonderful World."
lert Ligon, director of Jazz Studies
it USC, took the helm and providd
a refreshing departure with the
olorful harmonies of his original
omposition "Prose."
The climax of the opening set
irought Roger Pemberton back to
he stage to count off another
datteson chart entitled "I Got No
Jread." This blues featured lead
enor man Jeff Simmons and lead
iltoist Joe Henson.
The ardent jazz player is a paralox
of detached contemplation and
;estures of artful abandon.
It is rare to see these attributes
;uided by the breadth of maturity
iiiu rueieo Dy ine energy or youtn
s they were in Chris Potter. At 22,
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Blowing changes over the standard
"What is This Thing Called
Love," Potter showed a graceful
command of the tenor saxophone.
In the second set, the Left
j c| Bank Combo admirably
backed Potter on two of
his own tunes.
"Uneasy Dreams," a
ballad, revealed the guest
artist's sensitivity in comm
position as well as solo
playing. The second
Potter piece was a quirky, changeless
adventure dubbed "The Tail
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Two lines with only implied har
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a vehicle for free jazz. Jay Hatches
drumming and Greg Alewine on
bass churned out a solid pad for
Potter's explorations.
Mention should be made 0f
Hatch's tenacious solo playing and
Alewine's bombastic and self-proclaimed
tongue-in-cheek improvisations.
Ligon brought the Big Band oi(t
to join the Combo to begin the last
third of the night.
Once again, the large ensemble
provided a satisfying textural con,
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fluid cadenza playing to finish out
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