Page 6- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 8, 1988 The Michigan Daily - Thursdc DANCE Music Toes Continued from Page 5 even count for credit. And for $30 per semester, Adult Lifestyle classes are offered at the CCRB in ballroom and modern jazz. "Put me in the spotlight!" Maybe dance classes aren't enough - you need to share your talents with an audience. If so, the University Dance department's Uni- versity DanceCompany holds audi- tions September 16 for their upcoming concert, Viva Stravinsky! You don't have to be a dance major to be eligible. Another student company, Impact Jazz, presents an upbeat concert choreographed by its members each winter term. This company is for non-dance majors only and holds auditions early fall term. And New Moves, affiliated with the School of Physical Education's Adult Lifestyle Program, is open to anyone who wants to express them- selves via movement. "But what about me? I've got two left feet!" That's okay! Dance is a spectator sport too. There's plenty of exciting dance to watch right here in Ann Arbor. The University Musical Society books top-notch dance acts from around the globe. If you're a ballet- lover, get set for a toe-twinkling term. From Salt Lake City, Ballet West pirouettes into town on Octo- ber 10 and 11 to dance Romeo and Juliet. And all the way from Bel- gium, the Royal Ballet of Flanders leaps into town October 26 and 27. During winter term, UMS continues the fun in January with the Polish folk dancers of Mazowsze. In February Mummenshanz arrives with their masterful masks and mime, and in March the Paul Taylor Dance Company captivates with modern dance. Looking at the local dance troupes, modern dance dominates the scene with three accomplished companies. The J. Parker Copley Dance Company proudly wears the badge for the only local dance company to perform for three consecutive years at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. They will present Heartland in early December, described by Copley as "a surrealistic work with an Americana theme." People Dancing - Whitley Se- trakian and Dancers - were named the Outstanding Emerging Arts Or- ganization by the Washtenaw Coun- cil for the Arts. They'll be at the JC QQ 'rt .rz t ON O4C 97- Trueblood for a weekend of solo and duet works in September. Ann Arbor Dance Works, com- posed and choreographed by Uni- versity dance faculty, has toured Mexico, Toronto, and New York City with their blend of modern dance. Ballet is performed by The Ann Arbor Ballet Theatre - known for their annual Nutcracker presentation - and the Ann Arbor Civic Ballet. And Jazz Dance Theatre presents quirky, vibrant concerts that explore the jazz medium. So get set for more than one fun- filled evening of innovative, exciting dance in Ann Arbor! S USED a _ RECORDS * CD'S & POSTERS TOO 619 PACKARD 663-3441 (just around the corner from Campus Corner) OPEN 7 DAYS Visit us! Scene. Continued from Page 9 Charley's. PROBABLY the greatest assets to the local music scene are its small clubs - still and al- ways the best places to see any band. Sitting in several assigned, neatly rowed, sectioned, and columned seats is fine if you're traveling on an airplane, but when it comes to live music, there's nothing quite like packing yourself into a crowded dance floor - sweat, flying elbows, and all, in a place where the band walks through the crowd, rather than through a side door, to get to the stage, where you can see the faces from the sleeves of your record collection bellying up to the bar after the show. THE BLIND PIG is one of the busiest lo- cal nightspots for national music. Once strictly a blues bar, the Pig featured a lineup of national acts last year that included rave-ups by the Meat Puppets and Game Theory, along with a gener- ous amount of blues acts. Earlier rumors that the Pig would remove national music from its tiny stage proved, fortunately, untrue. So far. The Nectarine Ballroom, with its larger clien- tele and capacity, has been the scene of a number of great concerts from members of the not-quite- ready-for-Hill-Auditorium set, including Billy Bragg, Robyn Hitchcock and last October's final local performance from the now-defunct Husker Du - one of the best shows of last year. Alto- gether a fun place to see a show - if they lay off the smoke and soap bubbles. The nightclub scene also includes Rick's American Caf6. It may be Charley's with live music, but Rick's carries a fairly regular schedule of out-of-town acts, sharing a big part of the blues load with the Blind Pig. The U-Club, dor- mant in the live music department of late, save for local bands, has played host to the Dead Milkmen and the Dream Syndicate in the past. Even the Ark, a folk music club which for the most part caters to Ann Arbor's burgeoning gra- nolaphile community, occasionally kicks off its earth shoes with rocking shows by the likes of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers. And newcomer the Beat has also stuck a toe into the national music waters. MOVING UP in size - and usually, in ticket prices - we come to Ann Arbor's the- aters. The Michigan Theater, if not already praiseworthy enough for spelling its name with- out an annoying "re," has been recently renovated and looks almost too beautiful to listen to loud C noises in. Looks can be deceiving. University buildings Hill Auditorium and the ca Power Center - buildings actually designed to o have music played in them - are a treat and 1 would be more so if they scheduled more bands. G Which leaves that Acropolis of Athletics, Crisler Arena. Big enough to hold the largest of li animals, it has taken advantage of that fact by m housing dinosaurs like Motley Criie and REO . 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