ENTERTAINMENT
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To Gayle Stern Eubanks,
dancing means business
JUDY MARX
Special to The Jewish News
G
ayle Stern Eubanks is an upbeat
individual with a down-to-earth
attitude. She may dance with
her head in the clouds, but when
she talks about the Harbinger dancers,
she has her feet and her feelings
planted firmly in reality.
Amid reports of heavy financial
burdens and lost bookings, Eubanks
took the reins of Detroit's 18-year-old
professional dance troupe last fall. Fol-
lowing the resignation of the com-
pany's founder and choreographer/
director Lisa Nowak, Eubanks as-
sumed the position of no mere "stand-
in." As interim artistic director, she
pushes the company forward, and has
little patience with those who dwell on
the negatives of trying to promote pro-
fessional dance in Detroit. Instead she
puts her energy • into the troupe and
into her equally active personal life.
No dance company in this country
runs in the black. It's one of those facts
of life that a dance company has to
deal with," Eubanks explains, "and
after a while all this talk • about 'owing
people money' becomes a source of
great irritation. People hear it and as-
sume we're not doing well and we're
going to fold." That is just not so,
Eubanks maintains.
"Artistically over the last ten
years since I've been with Harbinger,
I've seen us grow stronger, with better
dancers, and improved choreography,
costuming and lighting. And we're
doing better financially than ever. We
have more corporate and more founda-
tion support. Our list of sponsors keeps
getting longer. But our budget is grow-
ing too, and we must keep convincing .
people that we're solvent."
She recognizes that "no one likes
to put money into a losing proposition,"
but says that the Harbinger is "a fairly
fiscally responsible arts organiza-
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FARMINGTON COMMUNITY
BAND: Harrison High School
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concert honoring senior
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833-3700.
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SOUTHFIELD ICE COMPANY
'87: Southfield Civic Center,
26000 Evergreen,
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354-9357.
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