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April 07, 1995 - Image 86

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1995-04-07

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ancer-choreographer-
teacher Harriet Berg soon
will celebrate two mile-
stone anniversaries by pre-
senting her favorite form of
entertainment — a program of
contemporary dance. 11
Marking her 35th anniver4ary
with the Jewish Community
Center (JCC) and her 30th an-
niversary as the founder and
artistic director of the C enter-
housed Festival Dancers, the vet-
eran performer will open the
program with "Heart Murmurs,"
an autobiographical narration
punctuated by movement and
props.
Ms. Berg will step on stage at
the Maple-Drake JCC at 4 p.m.
Sunday, April 9. Her segment

Current troupers — Margo Co-
hen, Patty Ceresnie, Maggie
Jobin, Shelly Krochmal and
Michelle Millman — will close the
event dancing to the music of
George Gershwin.
"I really believe that dance has
a kind of magic, and I could not
live without it," said Ms. Berg, 70,
who did not begin studying dance
seriously until after she was mar-
ried and raising two children. "It
gives me moments of feeling tru-
ly alive.
"Martha Graham is my inspi-
ration. She kept going until she
was 95, and I'd like to keep danc-
ing as long as possible."
When Ms. Berg was growing
up, she dreamed of becoming a
writer, the career ultimately pur-
sued by her son, Martin,
a California journalist
covering the O.J. Simp-
son trial for the Los An-
geles Daily Journal. For
fun, she tried to copy the
ballet movements prac-
ticed by an older sister.
While attending
Wayne State Universi-
ty (WSU), she enrolled
in dance studies at the
encouragement of her
husband, Irving, who di-
rected the art program
at Cass Technical High
School in Detroit.
"I took classes be-
cause I enjoyed them,"
recalled Ms. Berg, who
earned a bachelor's de-
Harriet Berg: A celebration.
gree in art education
and a master's in hu-
was choreographed by Gay De- manities. "The surprise was that
langhe, associate director of Ann my instructor, Ruth Murray, saw
Arbor Danceworks and a forriiier talent that I didn't know I had.
student.
"I joined the WSU Dance
Current and former memb rs Workshop, and I became a mem-
ber of the company. I choreo-
of the Festival Dancers will r
the works that were takenn graphed for the company and
tour over the years and provide then assisted the director before
actually becoming the director for
some new artistic offerings. `c,
Dance audiences might recog- a number of years.
nize "Tzviling — The Twins,'' a
"Humanities, which is an in-
tribute to Holocaust survivors. tegration of all the arts, was the
Others might be more familiar right direction for me because I'm
with the routines that capture very much a humanistic dancer.
the mood of the '70s.
Whenever I do a work, I look to
Leslie Berg, an artist and integrate other art forms. Can I
teacher who learned from her dance to a great piece of music or
mother, will be featured in an im- a wonderful piece of poetry? Can
provisational piece. Jennifer Noy- we bring in slides or a beautiful
er, a close friend now teaching in backdrop? Is there historical sig-
New Mexico, has planned a piece nificance?"
Ms. Berg considers her lessons
based on the history of her state's
Crypto-Jews, descendants of with Martha Graham and Jose
Jews who converted to Catholi- Limon in New York among the
cism to escape the Spanish In- most exciting experiences of her
career.
quisition.
"When I first came to the Cen-
Also on the program are Car-
ol Halsted, Joanne Forbes and ter, I taught contemporary dance
classes," Ms. Berg recalled.
Elaine Serling.

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