8 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 30, 2001 ARTS- Troupe uses dance to create community Peppermint kids: * White Stripes shine a light on Detroit By Charity Atchison Daily Arts Writer Ronald K. Brown's danc "Evidence" is that. In dan look at the experience of co life, Brown's company att Evidence Power Center Tonight at 8 p.m. share p tives thr dance. dances the stor viewer than nai them. B: been in in the jo people began+ graphing they ha and wh are goin new life begins and the old traditions ____ end. Brown's choreography incorporates e troupe a synthesis of the arts. "Water" is a ces that collaborated work with performance mmunity poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor. Stories of empts to tragedy, childhood, cleansing and erspec- baptism are referenced in the texts ough the used of Boyce-Taylor's. The piece is The comprised of themes of violence, rit- suggest ual initiation and healing. *y to the For a community suffering from rather self-inflicting wounds, "Water" is an rrate for attempt to heal those wounds from rown has the inside. terested The final work to be presented by urney of Brown's troupe is "Upside Down." since he Again, Brown has chosen to use the choreo- community as a focus and drawing g: Where point for his choreography. While it ve been initially looks at community mourn- ere they ing, the piece focuses on the impetus g. that drives individuals to their des- r debut, tiny. ;h Life," The latter part of the work is set to is a link a song by Fela Anikulapo Kti, of the he rural same title..The song tells a story of ovement chaos and corruption caused by the moving desire for money and power. s. "High Brown said in Dance Magazine, "I vhere the want audiences to understand my sto- By Sheila McClear Daily Arts Writer While most grown brothers and sis- ters are competing with each other by showing up for Thanksgiving in pro- gressively bigger Lexuses and exchanging snipes across the White dinner table, Jack Stripes and Meg White The Magic Stick are making Saturday at 9 p.m. rough-yet-har- monious music together in Detroit Rock City. Thankfully, their duo the White Stripes is utterly devoid of flies across a sprawling landscaped then sneaks up on you in an alley. The music is by no means rudimentary, but it is simple in a manner that gazes at the surrounding scenery, eloquently spits on it, and then lights a cigarette. On their third and most recent album, "White Blood Cells," these peppermint kids (they never appear in anything besides white and red), write anxious just-got-out-of-jail music that is scrawled on the depressing c nt cell-block walls of rock-and- -i. However, 25-year-old Jack has a heart full of the Delta blues, and hdwls like a man who's seen three times what is appropriate for his age. Meanwhile, Meg bangs away on her drum set almost halfheartedly in the back- ground, and the effect is intriguing. Rock music may be their prison, but they're about to break out. On "White Blood Cells," the @te Stripes make it clear that they've found their American Dream and still aren't impressed. So, on Saturday, night be ready for cocky Americana-blues com- bined with an elusive melodic streak. The White Stipes are crude and rude and probably never respected their par- ents, and we love them for it. For their Power Center Brown's newest work, "Hig will be showcased. The piece between the ex-slaves of t south to the urban north, a m similar to that of Africans from their villages to citieE Life" is an examination of w Cour Dance troupe Evidence tells an emotional tale of a people's journey. Inset: Artistic director Ronald Brown knows just how to get bodies moving. ries and messages. I want to share something that is specific. If you stir an audience, move them and inspire them, that shifts them to feel warm with each other and share a sense of community. Whatever they come away with ultimately has to do with where they're coming from. But I want to free the soul and physicality of the person." Tannenb aum intersects poetry and incarceration By Rosemary Metz Vaily Arts Writer Judith Tannenbaum stands poised at the inter- section of art and activism, ready to fuse these two seemingly disparate junctures. She tells of Judith annenbaum Shaman Drum Tomorrow at 8 p.m. this quest in her latest book, "Disguised as a Poem." Tannenbaum became poet- in-residence at California's San Quentin Prison in May 1985, and her odyssey spans four years. Recounting the power of this transforma- tional experience in her book, she de-bunks every, myth that surrounds a maxi- mum-security prison. "My students weren't myths ... they weren't heroes or beasts. They were human," she writes. able to summon up the artistic best in each of her students. Previously silent, each man finds his own voice with the tutelage of Judith Tannenbaum. The walls of San Quentin, while indestructible, are nonetheless transcended through the art of writing. Tannenbaum's descriptions light up the pages of her book and warm the bleakness of prison life. For example, she speaks of Elmo, tall, black and well muscled, (who) loved the poems of Pablo Neruda and was himself a master of metaphor. An intensely private woman, Tannenbaum is most willing to discuss the impulses for her cur- rent work. In one of her last visits to San Quentin, Elmo exhorted her to write a story from her point of view, an idea that she dwelled on for some time. She assembled her thoughts and began to work on the assignment that Elmo had given to her. Tannenbaum says, "I realized that to do that I had to put my life in some kind of context so a reader would know the values, interests, experi- Tannenbaum is old Detroit rock cliches (you know - Stooges nostalgia, really big guitars, the idea that it's still 1969, songs that name-drop local brews ...). That said, if there were ever any doubts about the White Stripes hometown, the song "The Big Three Killed My Baby" pret- ty much answers the question. Like good politicians, the White Stripes are tuned into their hometown's needs even though they spend much of time abroad (Sympathy for the Record Industry record has sent them out tour- ing Australia, Japan and the USA - several times). They will be stumping in Detroit on Saturday, so get a ticket fast - the hometown crowd will undoubtedly pack the Magic Stick to capacity. The White Stripes are lovely on the outside but have a few screws loose inside that pretty head of theirs - they're missing crucial elements, like a bass, most chords and fancy guitar stylings. But wait, who needs 'em? Proving that all you need is "two boards and a passion," they create love- ly yet wonderfully crude music that 'OmnimusF off power of1 By Matt randstaff Daily Arts Writer When Capcom released "Resident Evil" for the original Playstation in 1996, it sold over a million copies and made the Playstation a hot commodity. The game that started the "survival-hor- ror" genre was a huge success because of its gruesome gameplay, movie-like story line and spine-tingling ter- Grade: A- ror. Five years later, Capcom has Omnimusha delivered the Warlords same formula of For Playstation 2 "Resident Evil" to Capcom the Playstation 2, in the shape of "Omnimusha Warlords." In "Omnimusha," survival-horror finds a new face. Gainers are now placed in 16th-Century Japan facing evil demons. As the legendary Samanosuke, garners must use a power- ful sword, magic and the mind in order to free the Princess Yuke from the clutches of the demons. In the quest to save Princess Yuke, the gameplay of "Omnismusha" is out- standing. While the controls are similar to Resident Evil, the fighting style of "Omnimusha" seems to share more in common with Capcom's arcade classic, "Final Fight." Instead of running franti- cally from zombies with little ammo to spare, "Omnimusha" allows gainers to 'I the C WE'RE HIRING:* .Computerized Layout assistants *Sconning coordinator ences, etc. of the speaker. So the reader could 'judge' my eval- uations and insights because they would know where they came from ... I wanted to lead readers through an experience they proba- bly hadn't had, so I had to make my voice in the book trustworthy and the only way I know to do that is to be honest." Judith Tannenbaum is a native of the West. Her personal history is Courtesy of Northeastern University Press Judith Tannenbaum reads at Shaman Drum tomorrow. one of social activism, as she was a member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) during the height of student protest in the 1970s. Seeking to remove the elitism in society while pursuing her love of words, she was strongly influenced by other practitioners of arts in other places. Liz Lerman (currently in residence here at the University), Laurie Meadoff and Judy Baca are some of names listed as her early role models. "Disguised as a Poem" is a remarkable book by a remarkable author, at once profound and sim- ple. Tannenbaum, in the western tradition, found gold among the tarnished prisoners at San Quentin. Courtesy of Sympathy for the Recr&1 ndustry White Stripes: Young America at its finest. ta' shows the Deuce.; bust out the can of whoop ass on the enemy with a samurai sword, which has many combo moves and magic spells. In addition, "Omnimusha" adds new RPG elements to the survival-horror genre. While the gameplay in "Omnimusha" is a blast, the presentation of the game is what makes it most memor e. Boasting the most impressive visuals yet on the Playstation 2, "Omnimusha" looks more like a summer blockbuster than a game. Not only are the CG movies in the game breathtaking, they really do an outstanding job inimmers- ing gainers into the plot of the story. The sound effects and music within the game are also top-notch. s Although most of the elements of "Omnimusha" are remarkable, there are some downsides. First, the voice g of the characters is not the best;ever. This flaw can be corrected, however, if gamers switch the language to Japanese. Since the game takes place in Japan, this makes sense. After all, nobody wants to see "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with cheesy American voice-overs.. The second and most significant flaw of "Omnimusha" is the game's length. 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