PAGE TWO*, r THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 197 PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY wsar. waw r....an+aa r.,,rua a v" "yuav V/ 1VV dance Dance Impressario Steve Paxton NCNP Conference Closes in Harmony ORGANIZATION NOTICES USE OF THIS COLUMN FOR AN- period for new members to be an- NOUNCEMENTS is available to officially nounced. recognized and registered student orga- * * * nizations only, Forms are available in Concert Dance Organization is hoid- Rin. 1011 SAB. I ing moderp dance classes every Tues- * * day at '7:30 p.m., and Thursday at UniversityeLutheran Chapel plans a8:15 p.m.. in the dance studio of get acquainted hour for new students Barbour Gym. Classes are held for men on Wed., Sept. 6. at 9 p.m. There will on Thursdays at '7:30 p.m. be a student-conducted devotion at 13~ Exemplifies 'Pop Art' Theatre By ROBERT SHEFF It used to be when the All- American Boy came to town, the village band turned out and the backyards smelled of barbeque. However now you only hear ques- tions like "Who is Steve Paxton?" "I s n 't he the All - American brother of folksinger Tom Pax- ton?" Well, no. But Paxton is the most exciting experimentalist to hit Ann Arbor since the Once Festivals of experimental theatre. Paxton, appearing 8:30 tonight at the Fifth Dimension, with a company of 40, is an organizer of the controversial Judson and Sur- plus Dance groups in New York. These companies have expanded the traditional concepts of dance to include all movement that can be done in "open" or potential space. They have, welcomed the par- ticipation of many artists and local people. The'y have opened theatre . to the everyday world, and; recently, to the technological, thanks to E.A.T., a group for Ex- periments in Art and Technol- ogy. Paxton may be remembered by Ann Arborites from his appearance with the Judson Dance group at "Once Again 1965" that was held on top the Maynard Street park- ing structure. His event "Desopit" on that series involved the mys- terious unraveling of hundreds of yards of plastic from the back of a Volkswagen to make a "cocoon" for the even more perplexing hap- penings inside the enclosure. Flares lit up objects and people, which were left deposited in the plastic as the cocoon moved slow- ly away. His most recent pieces reflect nothing like an artistic "progres- sion" for Paxton says that once he. feels he is becoming tied to some particular idea or property re immediately starts something else. His pieces for tonight's perform- ance include "Excerpts from Earth Interior," "Satisfyin' Lover," and his recent "The Sizes." All of these works are "messageful," and funky in their presentation but devastating in their effect. His pieces are motivated by many ideas of order, among them, game structure, road maps and satis- faction. The entire space of the Dimen- sion teen nite club will be utilized by some 40 people, most of whom are from Ann Arbor. Paxton pre- fers to use people and materials from the locale in which his piece are being performed. He has cited the accumulation of hundreds of props by so-called modern dance groups as one of their chief problems. some movement which can be meaningful, Paxton has welcomed the participation of professional dancers, 1 a wy e r s, arcihtects, housewives and students for to- night's show. This group has spent the last week rehearsing in the woods, at an abandoned school- house and at the Fifth Dimension. Today's art, and Steve Paxton's activity is a fine example, is art with other people, not just the solitary creation of the beautiful (Continued from Page 1) As Eric Mann, an organizer from Newark, told the radical caucus Monday, "Despite the fact that many of us fought the blacks tooth and nail, an alliance has been forced between black and white radicals. Even though we thought the Black Caucus was playing into the hands of racist SANE types, we have formed an alliance with black radicals." Total. unity of the Black Caucus on the convention floor masked deep cleaveages within the body. Carlos Russell continually re- minded the Black Caucus that, "W emust maintain a united black front. Such unity among the black militants is thought to be a product of the recent Newark black power conference. The two 12 member committees established Sunday night, replace all otherorganizations of NCNP The Steering Committee which previously directed NCNP had in- dicated its intention not to man- age the convention and to a large extent abided by this decision, despite frequent criticism. The change in the organiza- tional structure of NCNP leaves the status of the large convention debt very much in doubt. There is considerable question as to whether the old organizational structure or the new committees should be held responsible for it. 'p.m. Address is 1511 Washtenaw. U. of M. Physical Therapy Club is having a tour of Hospital P.T. Dept. on Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. Meet in the main lobby of University Hospital. Michifish-old members-practice per- iod, wed., Sept. 6, at 7:30 p.m. Practice Baha'i Student Group plans informal discussion Fri., Sept. 8, at 8 p.m. at 520 Ashley. Call 662-3548 if you need transportation. vietnam Summer Thurs., Sept. 7, ate Hall, Aud. A. Mass Meeting on 8 p.m. at Angeil The year's No. 1 best seller picks you Because anyone is capable of I object. TON IGHT STEVE PAXTON AN EVENING OF EXPERIMENTAL DANCE THEATER 5th DIMENSION 216 W. Huron 8:30 The year's No. l best seller picks you up and never lets you down! a 0 Starii AcadeyAardYENNIS Winner t ,j I i m ... NOW SHOWING NATIONAL eENERAL CORPORATION FOX EASTERN THATE OPEN DAILY 1:00 P.M. FOXVELLBGEFeature Times: 1:20- 375 No. MAPLE RD.-"769-1300 3:10-4:55-6:40-8:30-10:20 Shows at 1 :22- 4:00-6:32-9:05 MICH IGAN Feature at 1:45- 4:20.6:55-9:25 I 'U From the hilarious success that cracked up Broadway! I I STEVE PAXTON'S "Nine Evenings of Art and Technology" was one of two theatrical events pre- sented at the New York Armory earlier this year. Paxton, an innovator in the art of the dance, is appearing at the Fifth Dimension with a compan y of 40 tonight. cinema Chicago's Clark Theatre Offers Unique Experiment in Cinema By RICHARD AYERS "Let's go to a movie tonight." "Right. I'll meet you at the Clark at midnight." The, Clark. Theatre is 250 miles away, in Chicago, I. What does it take to draw num- bers of Michigan students over four hours of highway every week- end? Certainly there are scores of theatres throughout Michigan which think of themselves as "art" theatres. Certainly there are less exhausting ways of spending an evening than driving to Chicago. One of the greatest attractions of the Clark is precisely its lack of "art" pretentions. The Clark Theatre shows two films each day, 730 different films each year (732 in leap years). But the clien- tele is far from the traditional "art house audience." The thea- tre's advertisements (which Clark- ists search out in the Chicago Tribune, sold in the Union lobby) are the smallest for Chicago down- town theatres. The titles, not the advertising, are what draws the audience. Over a two year period, the Clark Theatre gives definitive coverage to all major French films, 20 or 30 American stars (usually run together in a four to, six day series), the silent comics, doc- umentary classics, Russian films, Japanese films, Indian films and you-name-it. Then, of course, there's the atmosphere, the "mood," the soul of the physical fact of the thea- tre. It is not classy. It is not really even comfortable. But the attraction is the age of the seats, the dirty rugs, the traditional marquee a la 1945. Because it is an inexpensive theatre, it draws many of the Loop hoboes, senior citizens and transients - on - the - make. There they are. From all walks of life. From all parts of America. To- gether in the auditorium. While the whole history ofrcinema is displayed before their eyes, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. (21 hours) each day. Vince Ferrari, the leading Ann Arbor proselyte for the Clark The- atre, explains a trip this way: "We get on the road at sundown. That's when the "movie" begins for us. Riding I-94 or Route 12 (depending on our mood) is en- joyable enough to make the trip worthwhile. Then we arrive at 11 N. Clark St., just one block from the Chicago Picasso. "And we figure it this way: six dollars for gas with six people in the car plus 60 cents admission equals a dollar 60 each for the evening. To see two films at a local commercial theatre costs three dollars. The history of the building it- self is a capsule history of Ameri- can movie houses. The theatre was built in 1912 and presented stage plays until the depression (except during World War I, when they turned to burlesque). In the early thirties the theatre "went dark" and came back in 1933 as a movie theatre. In the late for- ties , the Clark Theatre began its policy of a daily change of sched- Phone 434-0130 OPEN 7:30 P.M. NOW SHOWING MGM pesnt JAMES JULIE GARNER-ANDREWS MELVYN JAMES DOUGLAS-COBURN ShownO A IYS at PICTURE 8:25 'The Ame canRE REEASE Only o Elv)* ALSO ... "ONE OF THE YEAR'S 10 BESTI" -N*YPost Sidney Poitier ________ Shelley Winters 4wB II Shown at N IN 10:30 Only N PANAVISION1 PLUS- LAST SHOWINGS TONIGHT "A truly adult love story! It is a beautiful filmfinely made'" -Judit eCst. Si x aII N. Y. Herald tribune fN NNER JO5.P'1 E LtViNE ,,,sts .~ CHISTIE em Vow-~ t 111 GAD I *i CCJUMBIt PICTURES Presents . IN A MARTIN MtANULItS PRODUCTION I~ ' NINA WAYNE w EDDIE MAYEHOFF KEEP FREEDOM IN YOUR FUTURE WITH uBONDS .F f Thursday "LOVE & MARRIAGE" INT WAN "FOOTBALL ROYAL" COLOR CARTOON ' /" Today at :00 '3:00 5:00 9:10 7:05 I 1: ules. And that's how it has been til today. Iw 1 un'-, 'V PRESENTS THE a REPERTORY COMPANY v" NOW SHOWING THEY'RE GOING TO STEAL THE CROWN JEWELS? YOU MUST BE JOKING! :::: ;::: ':s: :i:c ":;: :;:: ... "::: ::: :::: :::: :'s:'s :::: ::;: ::: "The Nation's Finest Company" INA 6th FALL FESTIVAL of 3 NEW PRODUCTIONS _______ _____U 'p. CINEMA II PRESENTS JACK LEMMON MARILYN MONROE TONY CURTIS in BILLY WILDER'S SOME LIKE, IT, /1 T-, MICHAELCRAWFORD-OUVER REED HARRYANDREWS in 1 1 I~1ECHNICOLOR° "JAMES DONALD DANIEL MASSE MICHA[L HO OEHlN 6ADI[I.A[I|C ODi JIE JARP SEPT. 19-24, SEPT. X,-OCT. I The brilliant Belgian dramatial Michel de Ghelderode's -farce to make you ea." OCT. 10-15, 17-22 The AMERICAN PREMIERE of Eugene Ionesco's A OCT. 24-29. OCT 31-NOV. One of the classic American eomedies of the Twenties. by PuitzerNzePlaywnght George Kelly Saceenpay by DICK CLEMENTand IAN LA FRENAIS - From an original story by MICHAEL WINNER Directed by MICHAELWINNER - Produced by MAURICE FOSTER and BEN ARBEID A GILDOR SCIMITAR PRODUCTION . A UNIVERSAL RELEASE Sunday 7, 9:05, 11:10 P.M. Mon.-Labor Day Only, 6, 8:05, 10:10 P.M. Tues.-Thurs. 7, 9:05 P.M. A -J.n .mv Aw, nrA N oineS hort Translated by Donald Watsao SEPTEMBER 19- NOVEMBER 51 iI . .