Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, November 11, 1969 . .. . ..... .H. ...HIGA.DA.LY Tue.ay, .ove.er .1, .96 AT dance Drawn into the delicate net of the Budaya Troupe r Don't Look For a la mode Here! By SARA WEISBLAT At a time when most Amer- icans know only, and painfully, the political-military aspects of Southeast Asia, the Saturday performance of the Budaya Troupe from Indonesia provided a welcome glimpse into tradi- tional Southeast Asian culture. Dance forms from Java, Bali and Sunda as well as two of the puppet theatre forms were used to recount a famous epi- sode from the Ramayana, one of the great epic poems brought from India and a favorite source of Indonesian dance- drama stories. The Ramayana is the story of the beautiful Sita, wife of the kingly hero Rama, is ab- ducted by the demon king Raw- ana. Rama's bird-friend tells him of her plight and he sets out to rescue her. After many events leading to a climactic and huge battle, the two are re- united. Despite the switching from dance to puppets and the in- terruptions of applause, the ac- tions remained dominant, uni- fied and flowing. For example in the battle scene, in which Rawana and Rama "changed" from shadow figures projected on a screen to fiercely dancing men on stage. The narration, with reminders of our historical era and our cultural intrusion in Asia, was at times a barrier between the audience and action. But the narrator skillfully removed him- self near the climax of the ac- tion allowing it to build and finish without the intervention of such a perspective. Since one could tell the status of each character by his cos- tumes and his manner of danc- ing such detailed explanations were almost unnecessary. The use of hands is especially im- portant in Indonesian dance and not just as part of dance technique; the more royal the character, the morerbending and articulation of the fingers. evil is not in terms for force as in the West. The Ramayana is filled with signs of right be- havior and appearance although both royal and demonic char- acters were portrayed with sym- pathy and skill: Rawana as well as Rama is a king. But there were differences in deportment which reflected the differences in character. In the Sita-Hanu- man scene the forces of the greater good moved more grace- fully and had a greater power of bodily control. Their finger movements were agile and deli- cate, their physical features were more refined and exhibited the ideal type of the handsome and the well bred-the unclut- sinuous movement of arm and fingers; the dancer personified the notes sounded. As in Indian civilization, the arts of music, dance, painting and sculpture are united as dif- ferent aspects of one Idea. It is this philosophic and visible unity plus the skill of the Budaya Troupe that draws the audience into their delicate joy- ous net. Indrajit's incantations and his incense made us invis- ible too and we were one with them. The Daiy extends its apologies to Deborah Linderman for the misleading headline on her re- view of "The Boys in the Band." -L.W. you can see it THURSDAY SGC VOTE LAST DAY Animal characteristics of the tered profile swept elegantly frightening but lovable monkey from forehead to long and Hanuman were emphasized by slender nose. In contrast, the his use of fists, and separating demon types were ugly, moved his fingers, the evil masked In- jerkily and did not have the drajit just shook his outstretch- bearing and order of their op- ed hands, while Sita, Rama and posite numbers. Balinese chil- the noble Wibisana showed their dren can unmistakably tell courtly upbringing though har- which characters are good and monious movement of -individ- which are bad and can surely ual fingers. determine the correct behavioral Contrasting this subtly, great model. vigor was displayed especially The desirability of order and by the male dancers who pro- harmony, both theatrical and jected their limbs into space in social which were brought out an almost sculptural metaphor by the physical movement and for dominance and power. Com- appearance, were underscored pared to traditional European by the gamelon's almost mys- dance, the costumes were color- tical union with the dancers. ful and contributed to the ef- The gamelon which is exciting fect - drapery scarves for ex- to hear alone, presented a de- ample, were masterfully used to lightful change from Western convey character. (and especially Big Ten) con- The Ramayana was not just ceptions of a percussion section. a narration of a story or even And combined with the dance, of the triumph of good over evil; thedmusic effectively punc- the division between good and tuated the thrust of a leg, the I- qwrvlrlur1r"qw9rupw4ft I One Show Tonight at 7:15 AS AULT ' Shown at 9 P.M. pAFIR1FH FAY * THURSDAY * "MIDNIGHT COWBOY" and "STOLEN KISSES" t ' -Daily-Richard Lee music trang musical Directions' By JOE PEHRSON T lie Composition Department of the School of Music present- ed the second of four "Contem- porary Directions" concerts Sat- urday night at Rackham Aud. Unlike the Festival of Contem- porary Music Series, "Contem- porary Directions" is a forum for new ideas in composition, many of which a r e decidedly experimental in nature. If Sat- u day's concert is any indica- tion, these experiments are get- ting strangr. The prurm opened quite un- officially w i t h a rendition of ('lassie pianio rags, performed by William Albright, The lights hiad not yet. dimmed, and the audience was not suore whether She concert na really started. Mlost of theni atrial had been comiposcd hby Albmight himself, and consisted of fragments from some- of his larger works. Al- bight hias a penchant for the pop)-art antics of rag-time tunes, and set the tone of the concert a 1 i g h t and experimental moodzr of precision, Uonomusic, by Joel Chadabe, is a study in sound. Timbres of ldifferent instruments combninet to illustrate an ex- reme ited pitch range, Eachl instrumrent loses its char- acter and separ??ate identity, but from t his results a ''white sound," a cons-tant pitch, but a ng in sound quality, as one becomes predomi- nant over anther. The constant ifn colr requires a tightly integated-nsemble, and Jack Fortuer, conducting this work, vas able to acieve this unity. In Lius 3Memorium, a piece by Seymour Shifrin, falls short of his works heard as part of the Contemporary Festival. T h i s piece is unbalanced every- thing revolves about the piano part, and depends on this in- strument for form and content. The other instruments add little new material, and the elabora- tion of themes seems almost pre- dictable. A Solemn Music II, by Casti- glinoni, was performed as part of the Festival of Contemporary Music. At that time, the per- fornance had been far f r o m perfected. Castiglioni has creat- ed a powerful and intricate work, and this repeat perform- ance did it justice. The percus- sive sections, in particular, had been re-defined, and each musi- cal event became secure in its precision. The first performance had been almost devoid of ex- pressive content, but this has been added, to the point of ex- aggeration. The impact of this work lies in dynamic contrast, and the emphasis of this con- trast accounted for most of the success of this second perform- amce. The intermission marked the end of any remnants of tradi- tion. The three following works were of varying quality, but were new directions. Ballad, by Salvatore Martirano, was the least successful. This Frank Zappa sound extravaganza, com- plete with an astonishing array of per-cussive equipment, at- tempted to mimic the sound ualiles of a typical night club setting, The sounds, unfortun- ately, had little r'elationship to the activities on stage-the off- key howling of James Shields, playing the role of a popular performer. Projections, by Joji Yuasa, explored the sound qualities of amplified piano and cello. Oc- casionally, the overtone feed- back from each instrument combined to create some excit- ing sounds, but the work was much too disjointed. Yuasa could not convince the listener that each of his sound events belonged with the others. Cave! Four Primates with Nine Legs!, by Richmond Browne, is undoubtedly the strangest work to ever be pre- sented by the School of Music. Three performers dressed as apes and carrying, in turn, sax- ophone, trombone, and violin, rushed from the back of the auditorium and proceeded to chase each other around the three-legged primate, the piano. Eachvisual expression was ac- companied with a sound event, as the primates encountered curiosity, aggression, and the harmony of attempting to work together. Their normal means of expression were forced upon them. Oddly enough, the instru- ment-carrying apes were not greeted with warm reception: their antics were not as subtle as those of human variety. ART AUCTION! THURS. EVE., NOV. 13 at 8:30 P.M. 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