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THE JEWISH NEWS 1-810-354-6620 D 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.