ARTS Friday, September 14, 1990 The Michigan Daily 1I1 Dance Works tunes in, S. turns on by Elizabeth Lenhard T he stage is the canvas, the choreographer is the artist, and lancers' bodies are the tempera. The genre is active visual art and your tole as a spectator is not to sit and watch the performance, but to expe- rience it physically and spiritually. Sound challenging? It is. But if it also sounds enticing, then the Ann Arbor Dance Works, performing this Saturday at the Power Center, in- yites you to break out of your com- fortable M-TV cocoon and emerge into a world that will make you swear off your La-Z-Boy forever. * Modern art is intimidating to most people. Stravinsky's Rite of Spring may sound more like a ride on the subway or that painting in the museum - you know, the big, red dot? You, unlike the rest of the cultural elite (right?) just don't get it. Many people feel similarly about modern dance. The person in the black turtleneck and nose ring sitting next to you may see a metaphor for the nuclear waste crisis in a perfor- mance, while all you see is undulat- ing bodies and lots of spandex. You want tutus and happy endings and... hey, aren't dancers always supposed to point their toes? These are the challenges that modern dance is up against, and it's time for you to defy your Arthur Murray roots. Ann Arbor Dance Works is the *.resident professional dance company of the School of Music. Its members are faculty, semi-professional com- munity dancers and students. Since its inception in 1984, the company has grown to be an integral part of the department, both as a creative outlet for the resident choreographers and as a valuable fundraiser. The group has toured several major ci- ties, and hopes to take this program 0 on an extended road tour as well. Dance Works is opening its sixth anniversary season with an exciting new program that has a little some-.. thing for everyone - literary inter- pretation, a seminal work by a mas- ter choreographer and a little abstract expressionism to boot. If you feel all this variation may e overwhelming, don't worry, it starts off easy. The jewel of the pro- iram is "Icarus." This is a celebrated dance work by Lucas Hoving, a :utch choreographer who has been closely linked with Jose Limon. The ;piece relays the tragic myth of Icarus and Daedalus in smooth and con- Irolled minimalism, similar to the Style of Japanese Kabuki. As Peter Page 9 "ZigZag," also by Sparling. In his words, "It's a deconstructed, frag- mented dance... there's no logic re- ally." Oh boy, here we go. But by now it's too late, you're hooked, and wait a minute, you think you may even be getting something out of this! Maybe not in the same terms as the woman with the black lipstick and the reserved seat at Cafe Espresso sitting next to you, but in your own way you get it. "More!" you cry. "Give me more!" Well, in this show alone, there's much more. Jessica Fogel's work, "Woman with a Pearl Drop Earring" is a dance based on a Vermeer painting. Fogel is a founding member of the com- pany. The show is capped off by Linda Spriggs' "Rebellion - a bat- tle cry for the immediate actualiza- tion of the inherent human right of freedom." Sparling describes it as a "whirlwind of power and energy" set to a dynamic score by Stephen Rush. All this should leave you breathless, which would play out Sparling's theory that "dance is not a passive experience." Both "Rebellion" and "Pride and Prejudice" were produced with the help of grants from the Michigan Council for the Arts. Naturally, this brings up questions concerning the problem of decreased funding for government-sponsored art. Sparling said the Council sets no conditions when it supplies a grant, and the Dance Works hasn't had a problem with the content of the grant agreement. However, Sparling is very concerned with the problem. "True artists are going to create what they must create, regardless of where the money comes from; we are now more than ever aware of the limits of taxpayers' support." Sparling also expressed a strong belief in artistic freedom, but, he said, "With dreams come responsibilities... you are re- sponsible to your craft." This is the first time that the Dance Works will perform in the Power Center. Sparling says this shows people that "we mean busi- ness, we deserve to be seen in the best venue in town." It is not impor- tant to any of the members if the show is a sell-out, Sparling claims. What he hopes for is a greater in- volvement and a better use of the University's many resources by its students. "I hope the University community is willing to take the risk to see live dance." Sparling also hopes that the Dance Works may inspire more studentsato take See DANCE, Page 10. Quotes of the Day "Ain't nothin' changed but the address."- James Brown "Our music is about the truth, people, and stuff that really hap- pens." - Dr. Dre, from N.W.A. "Die, pig, die." - the Black Pan- thers "So I was thinkin' of the hardest shit I could think of, but still sayin' sum'n they could play all day .. I'm gettin' paid, I wanna get paid. Word." - Rakim "Every morning I go to the bath- room and tell myself I'm the baddest motherfucker alive. But I can't be all that bad, since I always flush before I leave." - George Clinton "A cult of death need of the sim- ple striking arm under the street lamp. The cutters from under their rented earth. Come up, black dada nihlismus. Rape the white girls. Rape their fathers. Cut the mothers' throats." - LeRoi Jones, from The Dead Lecturer "You can squeeze my lemon till the juice runs down my leg." - bluesman Robert Johnson, "Traveling Riverside Blues." "We're not into the cliched rock 'n' roll thing where you bring the 12-year old boys backstage, have a coke party, and then have oral sex." - Vicki Peterson, The Bangles. "Collins is a generally sound sort of bloke who makes fairly ordinary records for very ordinary people to play at their desperately ordinary par- ties." - Melody Maker, 1985 on Phil Collins U The University of Michigan SCHOOL OF MUSIC Fri. Sept. 14 Faculty Recital by Hamao Fujlwara, violin with Katsurako Mikai, piano Kreisler- Prelude and Allegro in E Minor Beethoven: Sonata for Piano & Violin in A Major, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer") Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 Szymanowski: Mythes, Op. 30 Wieniawski: Polonaise Brillante in D Major Recital Hall, School of Music, 8:00PM Chinese art opening Centuries of Chinese Clay: Early Ceramics from Domino's Pizza Collection opens at the University of Michigan Museum of Art with a public reception on Sunday from 2- 4 p.m. The Museum plans to hold several public openings throughout the year. The artworks are on display at the Museum from Sunday until October 21. Pictured here is a red pottery watchtower with green lead glaze from the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 221 A.D.). Sat. Sept. 15 Ann Arbor Dance Works Fall Sun. Sept. 16 Ann Arbor Dance Works Season Featuring the modern dance classic, Icarus, by guest choreographer Lucas Hoving; other works Tickets $12, $9, $5 (student) Power Center, 8:00 PM Faculty Recital by Erling Blbndal Bengtsson, cello Recital by this new faculty member, formerly of the Royal Danish Conservatory, features music of Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor; Suite No. 3 in C Major, & Suite No. 6 in D Major Recital Hall, School of Music, 4:oo PM Sparling, chairman of the Dance De- partment, says of the piece, "A lit- tle says a lot." Gay DeLanghe, who has worked closely with Hoving, earned two grants to bring this work to the University; it is the first piece'by a major choreographer that the Dance Works has performed. DeLanghe also choreographed "Pride and Preju- dice" (based on Jane Austen's novel) a piece that satirizes marriage. So now you may be feeling a lit- tle more comfortable. Pride and Prejudice, that's something you know. 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