arts Ice Rhythms 'B4: By DEBBIE GOLINI Collegian Staff Writer A hush falls over the crowd as the familar bars of the National Anthem are sung by Jennifer Lynn Eshel man, Miss Pennsylvania, 1983. No, this is not the beginning of a sporting event but of a sporting spectacular. From Broadway to "Beat it," young and old alike will captivate you with their style, grace and showmanship as "Ice Rhythms 'B4" glides before your eyes. "Ice Rhythms" will be presented tonight and tomorrow at the University Ice Pavilion. Show time is at 7:30 both evenings and at 1 Saturday 'al ternoon. The program is as diverse as the skaters who will perform in it. "The theme is broad; basically what we want to do is represent a variety as far as music and a variety as far as skating is concerned," said Dena Yeagley, director for the production. Variety is definitely the key factor in the show. Not only do the skaters range in age from four to 60, but their skating experience varies from basic instruction to National Compe titions. Of the show's 22 acts, seven will.highlight the talents of the Uni versity Figure Skating Club, Student Figure Skating Club, Department of Physical Education, Ice Pavilion Professional Staff, the ISIA Group Lesson Program and the Basic In struction Program. In addition, there will be several Australian theater sponsors new play 'The Removalists' By HEIDI BEELER Collegian Staff Writer For those of you who had a good time at the Australian Theater Festival ll's production of "The Removalists," the Australian studies program is coming out with another of David William son's plays "The Perfectio nist." This production will run at 8 tonight, tomorrow and Sunday in the Keller Conference Center The ater, next to the Nittany Lion Inn on Park Ave. The play is about Stuart and Barbara Gunn, a young couple that must adjust their relationship to a changing society. Both Stuart and Barbara are working on their doctorates, and as an intellectual ly minded pair, they decide to go the modern route and keep their marriage "open." Enter Erik, a young Dane who comes to the Gunns' household as a babysitter and ends up as Barbara's lover. Artist experiments with creating with computer By 808 DVORCHAK Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) A com puter that independently makes original drawings by applying knowledge retrieved from its memory may help redefine art, its programmer says. The computer, which went on display Wednesday at a "comput er-as-artist" exhibition, drives four drawing machines that auton omously make as many as 15 drawings an hour without the use of a traditional brush, pallet, can vas or easel. "It does an enormous amount of work without the backache, but that's not why I'm doing it. It gives me power over myself. The main task is understanding what hu mans do when they make images," said Harold Cohen, an abstract artist who developed the computer program. The machine "isn't in any sense an artist. But it does some of those tightly defined things an artist does," said Cohen. "I think what it does is redefine art. It moves forward the dialogue on the nature of art," he added. "It will not replace the artist. It will change the nature of art." The work-in-progress display of computer-generated art runs through May 20 at Buhl Science Center, which is co-sponsoring the exhibit' with Carnegie-Mellon Uni versity's College of Fine Arts and Robotics Institute. The BritiSh-born Cohen, now of San Diego, is a visiting professor Sports spectacular glides along to variety of styles with award-winning talent `lt's rewarding to watch the skaters develop through the rehearsals. They seem to really enjoy skating and were a pleasure to work with.' guest skaters who will be featured in the show. David Jamison, a senior Men's National Competitor and South Atlantics Champion, will rep resent the Wissahickon Skating Club. Susan Jorgenson and Robert Yokabaskas, who will perform to the music of "Divamgirls," are Senior Ice Dance National Competitors and Eastern silver medalists, from the Wilmington Skating Club. Skating to "On Golden Pond" will be Holly Archinal, a representative from the Philadelphia Skating Club and the Humane Society. She is a competitor in Senior Ladies East erns and a silver medalist in East erns. Representing the Essex Skating Club ' of New Jersey are Suzanne Murphy and Andrew Niebl er, competitors in the Junior Ice Dance National Competition and silver medalists in Easterns. The show's acts are distinctive in both their costumes and their choic es of music. One number, "Rain drops," will be performed by four- to eight-year-olds sporting , rain slick And to make matters more tense, Stuart's overbearing, parents come to visit. This play focuses on all the problems of a relationship trying to endure changing times and va lues: Should a woman's career or family come first? What kind of commitment do spouses have to each other? And how much of the old values are relevant in today's society? Playwright David Williamson is one of Australia's most successful dramatists. His first play, "The Removalists"•won him a handful of awards, including the Austra lian Writers Guild's Awgie Award for best stage play in 1971 and 1972. "The Perfectionist" is William son's newest creation, having just' premiered in Sydney, Australia in 1982. Already it is considered an Australian classic. Tickets will be sold at the door. Admission price is $2 for students and $3 for patrons. at CMU. Cohen, who is experi menting with artificial intelli gence, began computing in 1968 and has programmed the comput er with the basic elements of image-making. His computer produced 3,000 black and white drawings at five exhibits last year, and he sold 2,- 000 of them for $l5 apiece. No two of them are like. "The most common assumption is that the drawing has been made in advance and fed to the comput er. That's not the case. I've never seen them before. It's making it up as it goes along," said Cohen. "It's not working at random either. It's making millions of decisions about what it's doing. It's structured decision-making. It knows what it's up to," he added. The drawings come out of a machine, but they still belong to the artist: "Of course they're my draw ings. I wrote the program. I signed my name," said Cohen. And he's proud of the quality of the work. "The first bargain I made with myself was if I ever found myself apologizing for the quality of the work because it was made by a computer, I'd go play some other game," said Cohen. Cohen, whose work has been displayed in museums in the Unit ed States and. Europe, helped make "The First Artificial Intelli gence Coloring Book." The 128- page book of text and drawings for children is awaiting publication. —Kim Mangold, skating choreographer ers and umbrellas while "sculling" to the tune of "Raindrops Keep Falling On My, Head." The adults, decked out in tuxes and tails, will take the audience down to Broadway in their number, "Broadway Re view," where they'll dance to the hit tunes of its most memorable shows. Two popular crazes, Michael Jackson and the movie "Flash dance," will also be highlighted in the program. "Beat it," performed by members of the ISIA Group Les son Program and the University Figuring Skating Club (wearing ap propriate gang attire), will have the skaters "spinning on the ice like Michael Jackson does in the video," Kim Mangold, a choreqgrapher for the show, said. Gabrielle Passauer, a member of the University Ice Pavilion Professional Staff, will skate to the song "He's a Dream" from the movie "Flashdance." A lot of hard work and dedication went into putting together such a project. "Most of the the group num bers and soloists practiced, on the Internationale Dancers ready to perform an array of ethnic pieces By RICHETTE ROBILLARD Collegian Staff Writer Izdalece (pronounced IS-DAY-LET-CHAE), an old Slavic word meaning "from afar," titles the Internationale Dancers' sixth annual spring con cert to be held in Schwab Auditorium Sunday at 2:00 p.m. This year's performance will feature foot stom pin' Appalachian Mountain clogging, a German suite to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Ger man immigration to America, a group of delicate Israeli dances and an electrifying Serbo-Bulgari an finale. Songs and dances from Slovonija ( Croatia ), Serbia/Bulgaria and Central and Western Ukraine will also be performed. Other highlights of this year's show will be authentic costumes made and designed by group Jazz greats come to campus dance preview Slam Stewart average, two rehearsals a week." said Yeagley. Yeagley also credited her assistant director, Pat Arma gast, and all who contributed to the production with hard work. "It's a massive amount of work. It's a very, very big project," she said. Even though it was hard work to put together, Mongold said it was worth the effort. "It's rewarding to watch the skaters develop through the rehearsals. They seem to really enjoy skating and were a pleasure to work with," Mangold said. Her sentiments are echoed by other members of the show. Walter Kunitake, a member of the Universi ty Figure Skating Club and a skater in the "Broadway Review," said his favorite part of being in the show was "just being with all the people who skate. It's a nice camaraderie." Karla Zimmerman, a college stu dent who has been skating for two years, said, "I just think it's fun. It gives me something to do with my skating." "The nicest thing about the show I think is that it really pulls the com munity and the students together." says Yeagley. "We have a couple of numbers where both the students and professors and business peo ple in the town are skating togeth er." Yeagley added,"lt is an exciting thing for the people in the show and for the people who come to see it. It's something very special and I feel This year's performance will feature foOt stompin' Appalachian Mountain clogging, a German suite to celebrate the 300th anniversary of German immigration to America, a group of delicate Israeli dances and an electrifying . Serbo-Bulgarian finale. members and a performance by the Rustic Quality String Band. Sponsored by the College of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, the group was found ed in 1978 and has been under the direction of Elizabeth A. Hanley, an assistant professor of physical education. The dancers in the group are University stu dents from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and fields of study. Membership is determined by an audition held four times a year. The company gets ideas for new dances by attending various folk dance workshops and bringing in guest choreograpers. They build around the basic steps of the dances to add a new a new dimension to them. Many of America's top skating stars will be on hand at the University Ice Pavilion to treat young and old to a dazzling performance in "Ice Rhythms 'B4, tonight, tomorrow and Sunday. The variety of numbers includes performances to "Beat It" and "Broadway Review." fortunate that I can do it in my job." Lynn. Baskin, who will perform a solo number and a pairs routine with Michele Padayhag, summed up his feelings on the show by saying,"lf we work real hard and if we do real well on the ice, that's the most important thing." By JEFF BLISS Collegian Staff Writer The "joie de groove" sound of the Newport Jazz Festival comes to Eisenhower Auditorium tonight at 8 with the "Newport Jazz Festi val All-Stars" ensemble. Known as the premiere show case for that music genre, the Newport Jazz Festival features the best virtuosos of the past as well as giants of the future. Tem porarily moved to New York City in 1972, the show was brought back within the auspices of historic Fort Adams in Rhdde Island for 1981's festival. Amid the sights of yachts and Newport mansions, jazz has been played that some critics con sider to be the apex of the art form. concert preview The Newport All-Stars perhaps can best be described as a synop sis of the whole festival, featuring performers who are considered to be the best on their respective instruments. In the past; such ' premiere performers as Joe Venu ti, Pee Wee Russell and Ruby Braff have toured from Rome to Tokyo with the group. This year's lineup mixes the old masters with the new. Slam Stew art, formally of the jazz act "Slim and Slam," whose hits included such ditties as "Flatfoot Floogie," will be backing the group on bass on which he popularized improvi sations with the bow. Having taught seminars at Yale as well as The Daily Collegian Friday, April 13, 1984 Tickets for "Ice Rhythms 'B4" are on sale now at the University Ice Pavilion Main Desk. Advance ticket prices are $2 for students and chil dren and $3 for adults. Tickets may also be purchased at the door for $2.50 for students/children and $3.50 for adults. During the past year, the troupe performed for the Longwood Gardens Chrysanthemum Festi val, the Baltimore Ethnic Heritage Festival, the University gymnastics meet against Japan, and most recently, the University Slavic Folk Festi val as featured performers. The program . is choreographed by Carol Woro na, and assistant director Scott Wise. Deb Augus tine is director. Tickets for the concert are $2.50 for students, children under 12 and senior citizens and $3.50 for adults and are available in advance in 105 White Building or at the door. The audience is invited to a reception at The Wesley Foundation following the performance. For more information contact Deborah Augustine at 865-7591. This year's lineup mixes the old masters with the new. served on the faculty of the Uni versity of New York/Binghamton, Stewart is considered a virtuoso on his instrument and has toured with such jazz greats as Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman. . Another veteran of jazz tours is pianist George Wein, who has acti vely coordinated such musical ex travaganzas as the Kool Jazz Festivals, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fair and "La Gran de Parade du Jazz." Playing alongside such senior statesmen of jazz will be relative newcomers Warren Vache and Scott Hamilton. Vache, a trumpet player who has won . a fair amount of critical acclaim, has performed in the Broadway show "Dr. Jazz" and has also toured with jazz pa triarch Goodman. Voted Interna tional Jazz Musician of the Year in 1978, Hamilton will be playing a tenor sax that has invited compa risons to such jazz royalty as Ben Webster and Lester Young. Com plementing Hamilton's tenor sax work will be Norris Turney, a saxaphonist who made his reputa tion in Duke Ellington's orchestra and recently performed in the orchestra for the Broadway pro duction of "Raisin." Tickets will be sold at the door for $7, $6 and $4 for students and $9, $8 and $6 for non-students. Micah Grabansteln Robin Williams gives great portrayal of Russian defector in the film 'Moscow on the Hudson' Robin Williams is a Russian circus musician who is captivated by the American way of life in "Moscow on the Hudson." By SHAWN ISRAEL Collegian Staff Writer Any offense Robin Williams has committed thus far as an actor with his hyperactive wit and self-paro dying grimaces just might be re deemed by his terrific portrayal of a Russian defector in "Moscow on the Hudson." As for the film, it's an occasionally aggressive but mostly charming celebration of one man's discovery of America as the land of diversity. In "Moscow," Williams plays life long Moscow citizen Vladimir Iva noff, a saxophone player who lives in a one-room apartment with his moth er, father, younger sister and grand father, who was a onetime popular comic. Vladimir takes much of his life in stride and manages to find a bright side to almost any situation, from standing in line for any size shoes available to eating another breakfast with his paranoid father and senile grandfather. When the circus prepares to take a whirlwind tour of New York City, Vladimir's friend Anatoly the clown (Elya Baskin) speaks fervently of defecting to the United States, much to Vladimir's annoyance. When the troupe goes on a 30-minute shopping spree in Bloomingdale's, however, it is Vladimir who defects and not Anat oly. f,, ~. „~v MEE Mazursky, who directed and co wrote "Moscow" with Leon Capeta nos, is to be credited for his fine sense of atmosphere. His recreation of a Russian winter (The Moscow seg ments were shot in Bavaria.) and contrasting relation of the frenzied Grad Student Assoc. Fri., !gyp 102 Kern For grads & their guests Please bring I.D diversity of New York are letter-per fect in terms of visual and emotional climate. As in his other films, Ma zursky again shows a real love for landscapes and relating them to the human psyche.. It's also to Mazurs ky's credit that the scenes set in Moscow are performed almost en tirely in the Russian language. What is so grating about "Mos cow," however, is the persistent harping on the point that America is a land bursting with opportunity, and subsequently, ethnic diversity. Ev eryone in Mazursky's New York seems to come from someplace other than New York, and the novelty be comes damned annoying in its fre quency halfway through the film. Uncommonly good, however, is Williams, who gives a vivid portrayal of Vladimir, especially in conveying his longing for the old world and his fascination with the attractive "un known" of American life. The supporting players are okay, , but they're mostly cast , into two-di mensional roles and don't really have a lot of screen exposure. Faring best is Alexander Beniaminov as Vladi mir's grandfather, whose creeping senility can not subdue his reckless gifts of sarcasm arid bad timing. Beniaminov gives a pleasantly cagey performance. As a movie, Mazursky's vision asks the viewer to swallow more than the usual amount of hokum with the "Gosh, isn't America wonderful?" angle. But, as in his best films ("Har ry and Tonto," "Next Stop, Green wich Village"), a vivid character is offered as consolation for whatever directoral shortcomings. THE NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL ALL-STARS IN A UNIQUE CONCERT PRESENTATION THE GOLDEN AGE OF JAZZ piano drums trumpet flute GEORGE OLIVER WARREN NORRIS WEIN JACKSON VACHE TURNEY tenor saxaphone bass SCOTT SLAM HAMILTON STEWART The swinging Jole de groove of this exceptional array of artists has delighted audiences worldwide and demonstrates why the name of Newport has been • synonymous with the best that Jazz has to offer. "The very peak of musical artistry"- Syracuse Herald-Journal Tonight at Bpm Tickets on Sale at Eisenhower Auditorium until 4pm today and at the door beginning 6:3opm this evening. Mastercard/Visa accepted at 863-0255. Par students $7, 6, 4 Nonstudents $9, 8, 6. 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