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12 Campus Arts Feature
University dancers cool season with 'North of Here'


A~ETV Feature
'Magnificent Seven' roi
wit a talented cast of

By Laura Layfer
For the Daily
Just when we thought these cold
winter days were almost over, the
University Dance Department cools
the season with its "Choreography of
Geography," "North of Here" dance.
This dance is a reflection of
Impressionist painter Claude Monet's
winter landscapes. displayed in the
exhibit "Monet at Vdtheuil: The
Turning Point" at the University's

Museum of Art.
"North of Here" incorporates a
multitude of cultural art forms
through the medium of choreography.
The culmination of these two
extremely different "vocabularies,"
as University Productions coordina-
tor Tom Loewe describes them,
brings together paint and dance -
"the art of static and the art of
motion."
Dancers personify the harsh winds,

waters and ice of V6theuil, in north-
ern France, while also portraying the
human drama behind Claude Monet's
bleak winter paintings.
The exhibit and dance both reveal
the tribulations of Monet's personal
life and the performers explore the
suffering and pain integral to his
beautiful scenes.
The performance highlights a diffi-
cult time in Monet's life, when poor
critical reviews of his artwork made
it impossible for him to support his
wife, Camille, and their two sons.
He was left with no choice but to
move his family into a joint house-
hold with Ernest and Alice Hoschede,
one-time patrons of Monet's work.
Disaster hit once again when
Camille died of cancer. To add to this
desolate scene, a bitterly cold winter
struck V6theuil, causing the Seine to
freeze solid, thaw and then flood the
countryside.
In her dance, nationally reknowned
Ann Arbor choreographer Jessica Fogel
conveys the emotions involved with this
bleak period of
Monet's life.
In a performance Fogel dE
commissioned by
the Museum to cele- moveme
brate the exhibit,
Fogel introduces the ele enti
master of
Impressionist art, atniospi
Monet, to the father
of Impressionist aspec-ts
music, Claude
Debussy. nature.
"I am taking my
cues from the
serene formality of Monet's land-
scapes, as well as from the tumul-

By Jie Lin
For the Daily
If she turned on her television, Paula
Cole might stop wondering where all
the cowboys have gone. With "The
Magnificent Seven," all seven of them
ride into your living room

ladies' man who believes his
magnetism is a "curse," to Josia
Perlman), who provides the
relief as a Bible-toting former p
Ezra (Anthony Starke), the
turned semi-good guy who is
ready and willing to

every Saturday night.
"M7" fills in the 8 p.m.
"Dr. Quinn: Medicine
Woman" slot on CBS until
after the Winter Olympics.
This program is an ordi-
nary, predictable good-
guys-vs.-bad-guys drama
in which the good guys
always survive.
But what keeps this
show perched high on its
saddle is a terrific cast of
actors that make the story

Magnificent
Seven
CBS
Saturdays at 8 p.m.

quick buck.
Then there's the na
anxious to please
(Andrew Kavovit),
forever looking for
all the wrong
Rounding out the gr
straightlaced Vin
Close) and honest n
man Nathan Jackso:
Worthy). Despite the
ent stereotyping of ti
acters, the cast f<
believable ensemble.
Every good t

Music sophomore Michael Phillips dances with two companions.

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tuous and nuanced tonalities found in
Debussy's piano
music," Fogel
picts in said.
Through move-
nt L te ment, hFogel
depicts the ele-
a! and mental and atmos-
pheric aspects of
feri nature - as
Monet did through
of oils, and D6bussy
through music.
This rhythmic
combination of
the internal and
external pressures surrounding
Monet's life is divided into four sec-

tions: "Wind," "Camille on her
Deathbed," "Freeze/Thaw" and
"Flood,"
Fogel described the music as
"tumultuous, accompanying the
dance's pockets of activity and sense
of randomness," serving to portray a
turbulent scenario of the renowned
painter's world.
A unique meeting of dance and
paint provides insight into the chill-
ing history of Claude Monet's life.
As it depicts his love affairs and
sorrows, and the motives and inten-
tions behind some of his most
acclaimed works of art. this com-
pelling performance is sure to leave a
lasting impression.
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DAILY
ARTS.

Courtesy of CBS Photography
The cast of "Magnificent Seven," the new TV show based on the classic film.
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FARAH
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grade-schoolers. and I know from experience that those girls farted. All the
time. And they relished their flatulence the same way men do when they're
older.
Maybe that's just one of the changes of puberty. Maybe that's where
breasts come from - maybe they're just pockets of air.
Whatever the reason, look what kind of problems their denial gets them
into. They spend loads of money on makeup, fancy clothes and even fake
body parts, all in an attempt to outdo each other. If they were really smart,'
they'd just shell out a couple bucks for an extra serving of chili the next time
they eat lunch at Wendy's. (And they're supposed to be the civilized ones!)
I'm convinced that women will only truly be happy - and men with them
- when they ease their flatulatory prejudices.
Because when it comes right down to it, after all the talk, debating and
arguing, only the couple that farts or rips together, will stay together.
And I guess love. good communication and all that nonsense wouldn't
hurt, either.
-- Chris Farah can be reached via e-mail at if arah(6umich.edu.

come alive.
The heroic and mysterious leader of
the good guys, Chris Larrabee
(Michael Biehn), is haunted by .his
past, but so far all the audience knows
is that he lost someone very dear to
him. He gathers six other rough-riding
cowboys to help defend members of a
Native American village.
Each member of the Magnificent
Seven has unique personality traits -
ranging from the confident, almost
arrogant Buck (Dale Midkiff), a real

needs a damsel in distress, and
case, she is the beautiful Mar'
(Laurie Holden), who has her
story to tell. Her husband w&
cally murdered while he
watched.
Because of her courageous
she refuses to leave the town w
grew up, but not even she can I
battle alone. She convinces [
and the rest of the troupe to s
help defend the town against

MARGARET MYERS/Daily
Ayaka Kato, a second-year graduate student, performs in "North of Here."

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