arch 28, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Five
A vant-garde
By TONY CECERE
"Today's avant-garde spokes-
men a r e wild - eyed unkempt
radicals, a r r o g a n t and unap-
proachable, ready to toss a bomb
at the first mention of the C-
major scale!"
You can see that Sever
Tipei, doctoral candidate in com-
position doesn't fool a r o u n d
when he gives a recital. Last
night in the School of Music Re-
cital Hall he was assisted by
William Albright, composer of
the piece in which the marvel-
ous opening quote appears, and
Al Phillips, speaker, in a tradi-
tional crumbling program of
modern music.
The Variations for piano of
Anton Webern opened the eve-
ning, featuring Tipei in a frag-
mented, s p a r s e piece that
was punctuated with occasional
fence-posts of chords. Tipei per-
formed well and was applauded
tentatively.
With tthe next number, Bruno
M a d e r n a' s Honeyreves, the
static atmosphere came to life.
Nancy Ruffer soloed on this pre-
pared-piano and flute work that
sounded much like Luciano Be-
rio, employing flutter tongued
notes and extremes of register.
Ruffer played with a pellucid
sound that brought out the posi-
tive elements of the piece.
The next work, Les Liasons
Dangereuses composed by a
computer with the programming
assistance of Sever Tipei, was a
game piece performed by ama-
teur instrumentalists. This one
didn't get off the ground, due to
the hesitance of the performers.
A game piece supposedly elicits
spontaneous, enthusiastic re-
sponses from the performers.
This one did not accomplish
that.
Gavin Bryars' Marvelous Aph-
orisms, a poem or "text piece,"
featured n o t h i n g more than
singer Kay Walker's recitation
of the poem. I will not argue
its merits as a composition. It
was an intriguing poem.
At intermission wine washed
the throats of the audience, for,
as Tipei explained at the outset,
"Music shouldn't be painful for
the performer or the listener."
With that in mind, Tipei and
Walker performed John Cage's
Wonderful Widow of Eighteen
Springs, for voice (only three
notes) and piano lid.
The big production of the
night was Albright's Beulahland
Rag, a mulligan stew made of
prerecorded tape, percussion, Al
lives.
Phillips' blistering voice, Mickey
Mouse cartoons, amplified cello
and other sundries. It was a
theatre piece with a moral, end-
ing with color slides of sunsets
and thunder and Phillips' cosmic
warning to the audience: "All
is Vanity!'
Albright created a paranoid
dreamland in sixtie's style with
Beulahland Rag. His creation
both instructed and entertained
the audience, which, after all,
was the original function of the I
avant-garde. I for one eagerly
await his next piece.
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Dancers in concert
Next weekend University Dancers will present
five performances in their spring concert series at
the Power Center.
Evening concerts to be held April 5, 6, and 7 at
8 pm will include eight dances: "Chaconne" by
Jose Limon, Elizabeth Bergman's "Homage," "Bi-
frost" and "Asaka" by Vera Embree, "Toe, Ball,
Heel" by Carol Richard, Doris Humphrey's "Pas-
sacaglia," "No Soap Radio" by John Cwiakala,
and Martine Epoque's "Amiboisme."
A special young people's matinee will be per-
formed at 3 pm on April 6. In addition to numbers
from the "grownups" concerts, the program in-
cludes "To See or Not To See" by Andrea Verier,
Elana Prude's "Shadows," and "Moon Down" by
Linda Van Velsor.
On April 7 at 3 pm, there will be a second spe-
cial matinee, this one to provide a showcase for
new works by young choreographers. "Nerd Out
of Water" by Andrea Katz, Jane Tavalin
Schwartz's "Senselessful," "Croise Moteau" by
Ellen Bogart, and works by Verier, Cwiakala, and
Richard will be performed.
This spring conceit series utilizes the talent of
115 dancers and countless friends and helpers;
among the dances to be performed are eight origi-
nal student-choreographed pieces, six by graduates
and two by undergrads.
The five concerts also represent the first "jur-
ied" series to be sponsored by University Dancers,
and will feature a broad spectrum of dance styles
and themes.
Tickets go on sale April 1 at the Power Center
Box office.
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"Nerd Out of Flater"
Michifish open annual swim
presentation tonight: Splash
The University's Synchronized
Swimming Club, Michifish, is
presenting its annual swim show
tonight through March 30 at the
Margaret Bell Pool. The show is
called "Street Beats" and fea-
tures routines portraying vari-
ous streets and roads in fact and
fiction.
I n synchronized swimming,
deckwork, music, lighting cos-
tumes, arm movements, and
stunts combine to convey a par-
ticular routine theme. All rou-
tines work together to portray
the theme of the show. It may
be considerea similar to figure
skating or gymnastics, using
the medium of water.
There are thirteen routines in
this year's Michifish show,
choreographed by Sue Moxley,
Mary Lu Hellie, Jorja Howe,
Rozanne McGraw, Jan Burdick,
Gail English, Lynn Sandmann,
and Cindy Gardner.
The opening number, "On the
Road", uses 24 swimmers in a
variety of patterns. Wall Street
is portrayed in the duet, "The
Blue Chip Exchange", swum by
Janie Campbell and Lynn Sand-
mann. Following "T h e Hyde
Powell Line", a quartet tribute
to the San Francisco trolley cars,
Moscow's Red Square is honor-
ed in "Russian Salute", a team
number. The next number, "Car-
naby Beat", conveys London's
fashion district. "The Path of
Discovery" is suggested by the
coed duet. Special lighting ef-
fects will then be seen in "Night
Lights", a 10-person number.
Following an intermission, the
days of vaudeville come alive
again in "The 42nd Street En-
tertainers". In the next routine,
a quartet uses the subject of
Robert Frost's poem "The Road
Not Taken". This year's coed
team number, "Street Rumble",
is followed by a trio calling them-
selves "Caesar's Teasers" who
bring to the show a glimpse of
the Las Vegas Strip. Before the
show ends with "Still Moving
On", the 24-person finale, Roz-
anne McGraw will swim this
year's solo number, "On Broad-
way." In addition to the skill-
ful swimming, scenic slides and
folk singing will provide the
narrative background for each
routine.
The twenty-eight members of
Michifish have been practicing
at least once a week since Sep-
tember, and more frequently in
the past two months, under the
direction of Joyce Lindeman, as-
sociate professor of physical ed-
ucation and athletics at the Uni-
versity and Supervisor of the
Margaret Bell Pool.
Performances of "S t r e e t
Beats" begin at 8:15 p.m. each
of the show nights. The admis-
sion charge is $1.35 and tickets
may be purchased at the Mar-
garet Bell Pool (764-9450), day or
night; from Michifish members;
or at the door the evening of the
performance.
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