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The Michigan Daily Friday, April 3, 1981 Page 11
*Non-dance majors strut their stuff

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By ANNA NISSEN
- Give them a tape deck and a har-
4wood' floor and the members of IM-
.PACT are ready to leap, spin, and roll.
Soon to be established as a UAC com-
mittee, IMPACT is a student jazz group
whose second annual performance will
he held at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
on April 3rd and 4th.
Company members come from many

choreography through IMPACT," said
William Boyd, an LSA senior. "We dan-
ce, dance, dance, and get those pieces
on stage."
Boyd choreographed four pieces for
the upcoming recital, including the
opening number to George Benson's
'On Broadway.' IMPACT uses a wide
range of music for inspiration, not
strictly jazz. Copeland's 'Rodeo' and a

"These are pieces, not really full
works," said one student
choreographer. "We're pressed for
time, and we started from scratch in
January, preparing for the show.
Hopefully we'll develop four or five
company pieces to use as a repertory so
we can work on technique."
IMPACT'S BIGGEST challenge is
coordinating dancers with different
levels of training. New members are
auditioned every semester, and many
are promoted from IMPACT workshops
held each Tuesday night in the Union
Ballroom.
Sophomore Keith Huckaby and
graduate student Newt Loken, for in-
stance, received all their dance
training from IMPACT. Now they wear
the white jazz shoes and black jazz
slacks which mark them as company
members. "At first everyone was
yelling at us," Loken recalls. "We had
to learn awfully fast."
IMPACT members take turns con-
ducting the workshops, combining

exercises to challenge seasoned dan-
cers while encouraging novices. The
emphasis is on dance as a community
sport rather than a competitive art
form.
The workshops usually draw thirty to
forty students, with room for plenty
more. "I come here every Tuesday
night," one South Quad woman in
maize and blue gym shorts told me.
"It's a lot more fun than jogging."
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TONIGHT

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PRESENTS
BEING THERE
7:00& 10:45-MLB 3
THE SMALLEST
SHOW
ON EARTH
9:15-MLB 3
$2 single feature
$3 double feature

Tickets are $10.50, $9.50 and $8.50 and are on
sale NOW at the Michigan Union Box Office
(11:30-5:30 M-F) and all CTC outlets. Sorry no
checks accepted. A Major Events Presentation.

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MEMBERS OF IMPACT, a performing company of non-dance majors, will
appear at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre tonight and tomorrow night.




of the University schools: LSA,
Engineering, and Rackham, to name a
few. Originated by two LSA students
and a third from the School of Art and
Architecture, IMPACT functions as a
performing outlet for non-dance maj-
ors, offering workshops as well as per-
formances.
"I'VE COME A LONG way on my

few scores will be put to motion along
with Bennie Goodman's 'Sing, Sing,
Sing!' in this weekend's performance.

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