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Friday, April 26, 1974
University Daily Kansan
Dancers' Trial Run Needs Theme
By CHERYL CROOKS Kansan Reviewer
As a newcomer to dance concerts, I can only evaluate the dress rehearsal of the Tau Sigma Dance Ensemble concert in terms of personal impressions of the pictures on stage. The concert contains pretty pictures, usually many more less-skillful pictures.
If last night's dress rehearsal is indicative of the performances at 8 tonight and tomorrow night, in the University Theatre, it will be a bumpy concert with a good deal of wasted time and energy, especially that lived in raising and lowering the curtains.
It is difficult to condemn the concert because parts of it do display definite creative and artistic work, both in the performances and the choreography. Add to that the consideration that for many of these dancers, this concert is their first public performance and may be their first experience in dance.
The concert lacks theme continuity. Instead it is a collage of individual dance compositions from a variety of dance styles, including dance with modern and jazz dance compositions.
Of the 13 different dances, four distinctly stand out in my mind. "The Zealots," choreographed by Liz Jeans of 1304 Massachusetts St., is well designed. The movements are angular and economical. All five dancers work together as a well-coordinated ensemble. The costume is eclectic, with various shades of red for the "Jesus Christ Superstar Overture" and even the suspended wooden cross, lend favorably to her theme.
The solo composition, "Man His Horse Crazy," by 'Danny Dishon, Wichita senior, is dominated by a primitive, ritualistic mood. The dance in three movements, each expressing an aspect of the Indian chief's life. Dishon's choreography is original and contains few standard movements. Again, his choice of music, by the Golai Olsaust
Bump and Grind Defies Prowess of Gymnasts
By BYRON MYERS Kansas Reviewer
Tired of having sex presented to you with violence? Did the nude scene in "The Exorcist" turn you off or did it leave you with a desire to see the real thing? Then go see Lori Love."Miss Petroleum U.S.A."bears her love tussle at the Flamingo Club.
bare her ivory tye as the Flamingo Club.
Miss Love, gray-eyed with dark brown hair and a 36-24-36 figure, is appearing locally as a stiperaver.
She opens her act dressed in a virgin sheer veil and a blue evening dress, dancing to the theme from "Exodus." At the beginning of her show, about all she has bared are her gleaning white teeth, but there's more to come.
The tempo picks up as the music changes to "The Stripper." She peels her way out of her first layer of clothing and begins to do the dance of the seven veils. However, since her act apparently on a tight budget there is only one veil.
As the mood of the audience picks up and she diverts herself of her garments, she works into a bouncy little number done to the tune of the theme from "Hawaii Five-0."
Now the crowd begins to get steamed up a little, so the audience migrates like lemmings to the edge of the stage. The sound of scraping chairs and the pit-patter of big feet as the group congregates around the stage. We are impressed by Love's performance, but then we must remember that it is part of the show nonetheless.
Miss Love's skin appears to be undisturbed by sunlight. Perhaps it's the lighting, or perhaps it's the effect of the rather strong drinks mixed at that establishment, but soon Lori's skin begins to appear iridescent.
To break the routine she does a pantomime of a drunk trying to obtain information from an airline ticket office. Perhaps this part is meant to be the comic relief for the evening. The only relief that is granted is when it's over.
From this number she goes into callisthes on a fur rug. She also does not touch the rug or the pillow.
Don't ever let someone tell you that a topless act is so simple that it could be done even if the chanteuse stood on her head because Lori does part of the act standing in her dress doesn't look easy. In she displays more talent when she assumes that position.
The performance I attended was disappointingly brief. Someone had informed me they wanted to see if she could keep three oranges in the air and look seductive at the same time. She didn't do that part of the act however, which was really quite unfortunate.
Many of my enlightened peers might consider such entertainment degraded, but there I would be forced to quarrel with them. I found Miss Love quite talented.
In fact, if ever there should be an Olympic event featuring topless gymnastics, I would be the first to say so.
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carries the theme through.
In contrast to these two modern dance compositions, is a ballet of a more delicate nature, "La Harpe et La Danse", choreography by Carolyn Crawford for Eudora. The three movements, "Sicilian", "La Commera" and "Toccata" contain
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Josh Jossard, Dodge City senior, was more distracting than the over-all of
“Act-React” is an improvisation between dancers and musician. The jazz pianist, present on stage, could have created an awkward situation, but this wasn't the case. The dance itself was confined to simple movements.
intricate movements, beautifully executed by the three dancers.
As could be expected from inexperienced dancers, the problem of timing and relaxation was noticeable. There are also questions concerning costume selection. For example, why is only one of the four women dancers in the first composition, "Allegro for Six" wearing a blue costume? The voice track of the composition used by
in many of the other nine compositions, the plot—the clear expression of an idea—was missing. It was comparable to reading and wondering what happened to the climax.
These small details are ones that can constitute the difference between a good concert an excellent one. If the problems of last night's dress rehearsal could be cured before tonight's opening performances, it would be a nice KU dance presentation. But with so little time left, it will take a small miracle to do so.
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