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COVER STORY
An alternative education Page1.
Community High School is Ann Arbor's "school
without walls," where students can design their own
education. Anything is fair game-from traditional
literature to working at McDonald's. Skateboarders
and future actors come together in this non-
traditional setting to learn about math and music and
Weekend takes a look at how. Cover photo by Doug
McMahon.
MUSIC
In the mood for music Page 4
This week Ann Arbor offers the best in classic rock
'n roll with the Moody Blues as well as classic jazz
with Joco Pastorius. The Moody Blues bring favorites
such as "Nights in White Satin" to Crisler Arena
Saturday night while Pastorius fills the U-Club Sun-
day night with jazzy sounds. Don't miss this week's
previews as they psyche you for this weekend's
musical events.
DISCS
Culture and young stuff Page 5
Boy George has found the secret formula to suc-
cessful pop tunes and his latest effort with Culture
Club, Colour by Numbers is definitely in keeping with
the style of his previous works. Also, Britain's top act
Paul Young has released No Parlez. Catch this
week's reviews and see what's in store for you in the
world of discs.
FILM
Duvall goes director Page 6
Angelo My Love is the touching story of a young
gypsy boy who must grow up before his time. Robert
Duvall makes his first directorial-debut in this
realistic film that follows the gypsy-boy Angelo. This
week's review let's you know if this movie is for you.
THE LIST
Happenings Pages 7-9
Your guide to fun times for the coming week in Ann
Arbor. Film capsules, music previews, theater notes
and bar dates-all listed in a handy-dandy, day-by-
day schedule. Plus a weekly feature on your favorite
foods.
THEATER
Biblical tales Page 11
The Professional Theater Program's production of
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
promises to be a PTP success, according to this
week's theater preview. The play that lit up Broad-
way will surely light up the night for the elite Ann Ar-
bor crowd looking for something a little different as
theatrical productions go.
FEATURES
Historic tid-bits Page 14
The history of the Michigan Theater is as majestic
as Russ Collin's plans for its renovation. This week,
Weekend takes an in-depth look at the theater's past,
present, and future. Don't miss the deta'ils on one of
the Ann Arbor community's most revered locales.
DANCE)
Ballet Kozlov Page15
The University Musical Society proudly presents
Leonid and Valentina Kozlov Saturday along with the
10-member International Corps de Ballet. Get ready
for beautiful ballet with this week's dance preview. ;
Weekend
Weekend
Vol. IIIssue 7
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Susan Makuch
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Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily.
Starry
night
Kozlovs and Stars
University Musical Society
Power Center
8 p.m., Saturday, October 29
By Ellen Rieser
T HE OCTOBER 29TH arrival of
Leonid and Valentina Kozlov and
company in Ann Arbor as part of their
national tour'promises to be one of the
glittering high points of the University
Musical Society's 1983-84 season.
The recent cutbacks in the National
Endowment for the Arts' -dance
touring/dance residency program have
resulted in less visits to smaller com-
munities and less tours by companies
overall. It seems that fewdance com-
panies can afford to make the trip to
Ann Arbor anymore. Nevertheless,
with the Kozlovs' concert, Ann Arbor,
dance fans can rejoice in an oppor-
tunity to see live some of the people
they ordinarily only read about.
For those of you who may have
forgotten (or are not ballet trivia buf-
fs), the Kozlovs are two Soviet ballet
dancers who defected to the United
States in 1979 while on tour with the
Bolshoi - the same tour from which
Alexandr Godunov had earlier defec-
ted.
After Godunov's defection, Soviet
security on the Bolshoi's dancers
tightened greatly. Furthermore, the
Kozlovs' knew that the KGB had also
heard rumors that a married couple
was planning to defect. It might not
have seemed a good time to try to
escape to the West under these circum-
stances.
However, the Kozlovs were keenly
aware that artists associated with a
tour from which there has been a defec-
tion tend to be tarred by association -
they are frequently kept back from the
next few tours abroad.
Accordingly, after the Bolshoi's last
American appearance in Los Angeles,
the Kozlovs decided it was now or
never. °After a performance of Romeo
and Juliet, the Kozlovs left the
auditorium by a little-used and hence
unguarded back door, spent the night
MATH (MAJORS/MINORS!
APTITUDE).. .
You're Needed All
Over the World.
Ask Peace Corps Moth volunteers why
their degrees ore needed in the class-
rooms of the world's developing nations.
Ask them Why ingenuity and flexibility
are as vital as adapring to a different cul-
rure. They'll tell you their students know
Moth is the key to a solid future. And
they'll tell you that Peace Corps odds up
to a career experience full of rewards
and accomplishments. Ask them why
Peace Corps is the toughest job you'll
ever love.
I PEACE CORPS
sleeping in a van, and the next morning
went to a local police station to ask for
asylum. Several hours later, the
Kozlovs were under the protection of
the United States.
After their defection, the Kozlovs
spent the next three years in a hectic
schedule of touring and performances
with many different companies as
guest artists. They danced with such
prominent troupes as the Milwaukee
Ballet, the Jackson Ballet, and London
Festival Ballet, the Australian Ballet,
and the Caracas Ballet (which was
reincarnated as the Caracas New
World Ballet, seen last week at Power
Center).
Leonid and Valentina Kozlov staged
ballets for various companies; they
participated in arts festivals; and they
somehow found time to also become ar-
tistic directors of the Classic Ballet of
New Jersey, a state-supported com-
pany with aspirations of becoming
professional. For a time, it seemed that
if a stage existed, no matter how grand
or how humble, then the Kozlovs had
either just performed there or were due
in town next week.
Just like other Soviet ballet dancers,
upon defection, the Kozlovs had said
that they wanted artistic freedom and
that they wanted to expand their reper-
toire. These same sentiments have
been expressed by other recent defec-
tors - who then joined American Ballet
Theatre where they danced such "new"
and "modernistic" -ballets as Swan
Lake and Giselle. Thus, the Kozlovs'
statements were received with scep-
ticism by many.
Nevertheless, in March of this year,
the Kozlovs surprised nearly everyone
by joining the New York City Ballet.
They may actually stay and make a
success of it. Baryshnikov too had at-
tempted, for a year or so, to drink from
Balanchine's artistic spring; however,
he was already a principal dancer,,
molded in a style alien to the sharp
angularity of the NYCB.
The Kozlovs came to the United.
States as promising soloists but hardly
stars. Their extensive guest-artist ex-
perience exposed them to new and dif-
ferent styles of ballet when they were
not yet "set" in their approach. Indeed,
Valentina Kozlov has been getting good
reviews of her performances with the.
NYCB. It will be interesting to see the
effect of the Bolshoi's bravura
technical training combined with the
NYCB's emphasis on speed and
flexibility.
For the Ann Arbor portion of their
tour, the Kozlovs are accompanied by
WHAT DO YOU CALL A PERSON
WHO'S HAD ONE TOO MANY?
The Kozlovs; Free at last
what is essentially a pick-up company
of eight friends and acquaintances.
Three of the Pennsylvania Ballet's best
young dancers, Deidre Duffin, Tamara
Hadley, and William De Gregory, will
appear- with the Kozlovs along with An-
ne Marie De Angelo, until recently one
of the stars of the Joffrey Ballet. (Un-
fortunately, Katherine Healey, who had
been expected to appear on the tour,
had to cancel.)
The Kozlovs' program for tomorrow
evening is an ambitious one. It will in-
clude a few standards: the Act II pas de
deux from Giselle (Valentina Kozlova
and Leonid Kozlov) and a diver-
tissement from Don Quixote.
The program will also include two
rarities, however: a beautiful pas de
deux that is a Bolshoi favorite, Grand
Pas Classique, and the pas de six from
La Vivand
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