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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 8 PM
167 EMU
OPEN FREE TO ALL
Panelists will make short presentations answering the ques
tion "What is folk music?” All audience members are invited to
share their input towards making this a lively evening. All
experts welcome!
Panelists include: Robert Freeman, Frank Geltner, Paul Hal
pern, Randy Moore, Edmund Soule and Robert Trotter.
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PRESENTS
“ORLANDO ORLANDO”
SATURDAY MARCH 3
EMU BALLROOM 8:00 PM
$2.00 U of O students $3.00 General Public
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and Backstage Dancewear
Books
OF WDLVES
AND MEN
Of Wolves and Men
By Barry Holstun Lopez
© 1978 Charles Scribner’s
Sons
$14.95 hardback
In what is generally regarded as
a scientific age. centuries of
supersitition and fear still taint
Western man's image of the wolf.
So recently did these fallacies
pervade our psyche and literature
and influence our actions that the
serious scientific study of wolves
was initiated only some thirty
years ago. As a result, the wolf
remains one of the least under
stood animals in Western culture
Of Wolves and Men is a study of
this ubiquitous animal and his
relationship with man. The first
chapter is a fine thumbnail sketch
of what science has learned (and
has not learn.ed) about wolf
behavior
Barry Lopez bombards the
reader with a relentless and eye
opening onslaught of information
on wolf physiology, hunting pat
terns. disease, and social
behavior.
Though usually not replaced
by facts — due to the relative in
fancy of the science of wolf study
— the book shows many myths
about wolves to be untrue. Some
of these myths concern the role of
female wolves. Perhaps because
of the socialized sexual bias of
their own species, many scien
tists have assumed that male
wolves were the exclusive leaders
of the pack. The female, however,
will often decide where to camp, a
decision that can determine the
fate of the pack. Young females
are the fastest runners, and are
the ones who will usually chase
down prey.
Of Wolves and Men also has a
great deal to say about the
methodology of wolf study. The
book deals with how the Eskimo
and the Native American view the
wolf, and contrasts this unfavora
bly with how the scientist per
ceives the animal.
The scientific data and infor
mation is presented creatively,
almost poetically and mystically,
as if Lopez himself truly under
stood the-wolf as the Eskimos do
The text is closely and helpfully
accompanied by John Bauguess'
photographs of wolves in cap
tivity and in the wild.
While written from a naturalistic
point of view. Of Wolves and Men
is never sentimental. Lopez is too
dedicated a scholar to sacrifice
the scientific integrity of his book
by romanticizing the wolf. The
wolf is neither the angel that
some defenders make him out to
be nor the devil tha. Western cul
ture has created. These are
human concepts, says Lopez,
that have little to do with the real
wolf. The real wolf is what Lopez
is after, and his cautious and
humble approach befits an animal
who is, as yet, a virtually unknown
quantity By Brooks Dareff
Dance
Dance ’79
Robinson Theatre
March 1-3
Dance 79 opened last
Friday with a spine-tingling drum
roll, preluding a performance of
innovative choreography and a
program with something for
everyone The show continues
this weekend
r
The annual event, co
produced by University Theatre
and the dance department fea
tures choreography by University
students, faculty and professional
artists from outside the Univer
sity.
The dances cover the spec
trum from folk dance to ballet to
disco. The performers. Concert
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Dance Theatre and the Dobre
Folk Ensemble, convince the
audience of the program's con
tinuity by communicating their
high-energy enthusiasm
throughout the show
The Dobre Folk Ensemble
whoops it up and behaves for all
the world like a group of
Bruegelian peasants during their
rendition of "Molim Cetiri Casu
Piva." a set of Serbian folk
dances. In another folk dance,
this one from Norteno, Mexico,
the Dance Ensemble changes
inflection slightly and becomes
(despite a few blond heads) a
group of wild crazy Latinos rais
ing clouds of dust to tell the
surrounding ranchos that a party
is in full swing.
At the other extreme,
members of the Concert Dance
Theatre create haunting moods
with "Resonances,' a quintet for
women with music by the Paul
Winter Consort. The audience
derives individual meaning from
the interaction of music and
bodies
A highlight of Dance '79 is
Papillion" (Butterflies), com
posed in 1832 and inspired by the
familiar Italian street characters
Pierrot, the clown, and the
coquettish, unobtainable Colum
bine Pierrot helplessly chases
the three coquettes around the
stage with a large butterfly net,
tripping over his own feet and
tangled shirt sleeves Bruno
Madrid, musical director of the
dance department, plays
Schumann's piano accom
paniment on stage.
Although the majority of
dances display coordination of
lighting, costume, music and
choreography, a few dance sets
are hindered by costumes In
Landscapes,'' the dancers'
bodies and subtle movements are
hidden by long dresses And in
Last Dance," similarity of cos
tume plays an integral part, but
small variations distract the eye
Overall, Dance '79 offers the
Eugene audience a wide variety
of exciting and professionally
performed dances Dance '79 is
m Robinson Theatre at 8 p m
Tickets are $2 for University
students and senior citizens, and
$4 for general admission By
Prudence Baird.