24—The Daily Collegian Friday, Dee. 5, 1986 Dancers to converse with audience and seek opinions for improvement By JILL S. KOSKO Collegian Arts Writer The Contemporary Dance Company wants to know what you think. This weekend at their annual fall performance, the members of the troupe will invite the audience to ask questions and express opinions about the show’s dances. “We did it a couple of years ago, and it was quite successful," said Patricia Heigel-Tanner, the group’s artistic director. The company will present the program at 8 tonight and tomorrow in the White Hall Dance Theater. The show consists of one repertoire piece (a dance done previously) and four new works. Dances that the company is preparing for their upcom ing Valentine’s Day presentation will be featured. The dancers and choreographers will discuss their composi tions with the audience, using suggestions to improve their selections for the February show. Sometimes people yill inquire about the work’s mean ing, Heigel-Tanner said, or the group’s members will ask for suggestions to name an untitled dance. This convers ing with the audience creates an atmosphere that is “a little more on the informal side,” she added. One of these works is an Oriental-style creation by Tarin Chaplin. Her dance, set to modern Japanese music, Comedy, mind By KERRY FORD Collegian Arts Writer Bob Garner is not the typical magi cian pulling rabbits from his nat. His shows tend to be full of off-beat antics and elaborate comedy skits. Univer sity students will have the chance to appreciate what Garner calls his “strange, out of the norm tricks” in two free performances this evening. Garner’s shows are sponsored by the Student Foundation for the Per forming Arts. “The foundation was formed to expose the town and Uni versity to the performing arts,” SFPA President Moira Alexander (sophomore-individual and family studies) said. Garner’s campus ap pearance is just one of many shows made possible by the SFPA. , Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Garner visits 100 to 150 colleges and universities nationwide each year. He has also performed on cruise ships and HBO specials. That may not sound like an ideal performer’s life, Tonight! All Draft Beer V 2 Price 4-6 p.m. Larry Moore 4:00 p.m. Black Outs -$1.75 All nite! Saturda Witchdoctor 10:00 p.m Wipe Outs - s2.oo:'All Mite! • Sundays! Witchdoctor 10:00 p.m, Sex On The Beach: - $2.50 All Mite! 60 oz. 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At that time Garner will roam from table to table performing his “up close and surrounded magic.” De signed as a teaser for his act later tonight, Garner’s informal presenta tion features card tricks and small illusions. Taking the stage at 8 p.m. in Schwab Auditorium, Garner will pre sent his “illusionary magic stage show,” which incorporates sleights of hand, comedy routines and extra sensory perception, or as Garner prefers to call it,- “magic of the mind.” This performance will feature an elaborate display of props. Perhaps one of the most engaging aspects of Garner’s performances is. his rapport with his audience. Volun teers play a major role in his show. Playing cards burst into flames and coins jump through solid table tops THE SkLGDN follows a young boy’s journey from innocence to old age using a paper boat metaphor. An artist-in-residence, Chaplin is a University alumna who took dance classes here while majoring in English. Later, she earned a master’s degree from UCLA. Chaplin has written a book on dance and has served as the dance chairperson at Middlebury College. Chaplin’s second piece, “The Censor,” is adapted from the play of the same name by Czech writer Ivan Kraus, the founder/director of the Black Puppet Theatre in Paris. The artist calls her work “an aesthetic parallel to the political and societal horrors of Orwell’s 1984.” Other dances in the program include Deborah Bresett Whelan’s “Solstice to Solstice,” which will explore sea sonal cycles from the starkness of winter to the humid heat of summer. Elizabeth Limons will present a compo sition that will study the attitudes and emotions shared by musicians and dancers while performing. Both Whelan and Limons are the company’s assistant directors. Heigel-Tanner will also have a new piece in the show. Titled "The Choreographic/Creative Process,” the dance was inspired by the Visions of Nature exhibit in Kern Galleries. Made up of undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and townspeople, the Contemporary Dance Company has performed on campus, at local schools and even with the Pittsburgh Symphony. for an attentive, yet baffled audience. As Alexander said, “Garner’s ability to combine magic and comedy helps him relate well to his audience and also to get them involved in his show.” Another of Garner’s specialities is a demonstration of mind reading. He has been known to candidly announce randomly selected thoughts, colors and details from the private lives of audience members. Garner’s new style of magic does incorporate some of the old classic routines. For example, what magic show is complete unless a beautiful girl is sawed in half? Some lucky volunteer from tonight’s audience will have the opportunity to be dis sected. Not to worry, though Gar ner promises the volunteer will walk away with a smile on her face. 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WPSU to air live Met opera series By LISA SINGER Collegian Arts Writer WPSU-FM will be airing yet anoth er alternative to the current Top 40 and easy listening radio stations in the area. At 2 p.m. tomorrow, WPSU and the Texaco/Metropolitan Opera Radio Network will air the Gounod rendition of the opera Romeo and Juliet. !4 .1 .* ■A The production will mark the net work’s 47th consecutive season of radio opera broadcasts. This year’s series began last Saturday with the “Met Marathon,” which featured in terviews with Metropolitan opera art ists and highlights from previous seasons. The series features old favorites, new renditions and revivals of past works. Broadcasts will run every Saturday through April 18, 1987. The Texaco/Metropolitan Radio Network is an independent network used for airing these live broadcasts. Over 300 stations in the United States and Puerto Rico plus stereo service of English and French networks of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation make up the Metropolitan Network. Most of the operas run over three hours in length. All performances are aired live from the Metropolitan Op era House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. For the 12th year, Peter Allen will be the announcer. Features dur ing intermissions will include “Opera News on the Air,” “Singer’s Round table” and an opera quiz. 'Messiah' By ADRIENNE LINDH Collegian Arts Writer At 3 p.m. Sunday, Schwab Auditorium will be filled with the music of Baroque master George Frideric Handel. The performers will not only be the soloists on stage but also those members of the audience interested in singing along. This unique presentation of Handel’s Messiah has been popu lar at the University each Christmas season for the last 12 years. Since its inception, the concert has consistently attracted an audience of about 1000 to 1500. John Wenzke, senior pastor of the University Lutheran Parish, said he feels the concerts have always been very successful. He said this may be partially due to the fact that “Handel’s Messiah is an important part of our heritage and culture. “The concert attracts people who don’t have an opportunity to sing that kind of music,” Wenzke said. “A lot of people come who don’t practice Martti Talvela sings the title role In Mussorgsky’s opera Boris Godunov, to be broadcast on WPSU as part of the Texaco/Metropolitan Opera Network. Johann Strauss’ Die F ledermaus, Massenet’s Manon, Wagner’s Die Walk and Puccini’s Turandot are the season’s four new broadcasts. More familiar operas include Mussorgs ky’s Boris Godunov and Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and La Boheme. The Mozart classic Le Nozzi Di Figa ro will air Feb. 7. Bill Gould (graduate-geochemis try), a classics announcer at WPSU, said the opera broadcasts have be come a tradition at the station. They attracts singers of all talents COLLEGE AVENUE MARKET The Food Lovers Food Store. 3!eatu’ies • DELICATESSEN • BAKERY • FISH & POULTRY • PRODUCE • HERBS & SPICES • BULK FOODS • NATURAL FOODS •SUPPLEMENTS •IMPORTED FOODS •BODY CARE OPEN 9:30-7:30 Daily CLOSED ON SUNDAY 206 W. College Ave. State College, Pa 234-8333 RSCVCIE Christianity. Some attend to simply, enjoy the classical music.” The Office of Religious Affairs, which exists to serve the religious needs of the University’s stu dents, is sponsoring the concert through the Uni versity Lutheran Parish. Plans for the concert are begun by the Parish every Spring semester. The first step is to reserve a concert hall, usually Eisenhower Auditorium. However, because the Artist Series is presenting The Nutcracker there this year, the sing along was moved to Schwab. An orchestra is also invited to play this Sunday the Nittany Valley Symphony Orchestra. The Parish, which is also in charge of the concert’s publicity, sends letters to local churches, public schools and the University notifying them of auditions and the date of the concert. Auditions are held for soloists before Thanksgiv ing. The selected performers only rehearse togeth er once the Saturday before the concert. Will Hartman, the director of this year’s concert and a South: 234-5655 have been aired at WPSU for more than five years. “Opera forces us to make sure our broadcasting is of good quality,” Gould explained. Since the Metropolitan Opera Se ries is heard nationwide, Gould said it is important that WPSU keep up with other stations in the network. The station has a contract for airing the opera series. Gould noted that WPSU is the only station in the area which plays classical music. Some students just develop a taste for opera, Gould said. “A lot of people listen to opera because it’s a combi nation of good theater and excellent music,” he continued. Opera has been praised for its music even more than its theater, he added. “Some operas are good in terms of poetry and lyrics and others are silly,” Gould said. Although operas in other languages are obviously diffi cult to understand, Gould said an individual should enjoy them simply for their musical content. He also pointed out that music written in English is often hard to understand. Some of the more interesting works in opera have been created over the past 200 years, Gould said. He praised opera for its longevity, pointing out that the popular works of today are rarely listened to five or 10 years after their birth. Only a lucky few make the ranks of golden oldies. Gould discussed some of the more popular upcoming Met operas, some of which were broadcast on WPSU last season. Parsifal, scheduled for April 11, is about a fool who gains wisdom through various events in his life. The piece is heralded for its spiritual and mystical quality. Car men, which will air March 21, is a renowned classic about the gypsy Carmen, Don Jose and others in the city of Seville. R igoletto is scheduled t 6 air on Jan. 10. It is described as an audience and singers’ favorite which illuminates the problems of an unhappy hunch back. music instructor in the State College Area school system, held the auditions and selected the sing ers. The soloists this year are a “good cross section of townspeople and students,” he said. The concert will feature the first third of the Messiah, which is the Christmas segment. It is also traditional to end the concert with the “Halle lujah Chorus,” from the Easter segment. Scores of the music are available for $6 if any audience member would like to sing and does not already have a copy of the music. The audience is asked to seat themselves according to voice: soprano, alto, tenor and bass. There is also seating for those who just want to listen to the music. “It’s a chance to sing Handel’s Messiah when you’re not good enough to be in a formal concert,” Wenzke commented. Hartman said, "The concert is a good way to begin the holiday season. It gives people a good feeling by giving them the chance to sing some great music and get into the holiday spirit.” Fiesta Bowl Specia $42 double $47 triple $52 quad. Call Now Limited Space @BOO-325-2525 10 Minutes From ASU spf 350 E. College k Ave. i TWO ENTRANCES The Daily Collegian Friday, Dec. 5, 19) .333 W. Juanita Mesa, Arizona 602-844-8900 349 E. Calder .Way .
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