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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1981)
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENT TEACHERS AND TEEM. I AND II STUDENTS Tonight Bosworth Brothers and 99C Drinks Boogie to live rock ’n roll with the Bosworth Brothers Band and enjoy 99 c Beer, Wine and Well Drinks from 9 to 11 p.m. Meet your friends tonight at O’Callahan’s... and enjoy! O’CALLAHAN’S & incredible Edibles 8c Libations 440 Coburg Road. Eufiene Phone 343-1221 Food Service Featuring: Gyros Sandwiches Vegetarian Sandwiches French Roast Coffee Homemade Donuts Open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Page 4 Section B Eugene Ballet: Climbing up the stairway to success Pimble & Grannan: David Lortng ■— I— 1 Cinderella Continued from Page 1B developed into a professional-caliber dance company, more than ready for the challenges and competition that will come with the completion of the Eugene Performing Arts Center When the center is finished, Grannan says, traveling dance companies will begin stopping in Eugene The company sees this as stiff competition, yet as a real inspiration to provide the finest qualitv ballet One of the most important steps in the company's development will be seen in Cinderella , for the company will be accompanied by the Eugene Symphony Orchestra This comes at a time when "■"■**** most ballet companies have been forced to rely on taped music for their produc tions, and so the collaboration of the two groups should prove to be a real treat. Cinderella" sold out last year, and can be expected to do the same this year Both single and season tickets for the Eugene Ballet are available at the Ballet s box office at 1231 Olive St. Sin gle tickets are $9, $7 25 and $4 50 for the 8 p m Saturday performances, and $8, $6 75 and $4 for the 2 p m matinee on Sunday Student and senior citizen dis counts are available For more informa tion and reservations, call the box office at 485-3985 Christine Dyer Creative core of Eugene Ballet Company Tom Pimble Grannan are celebrities Eugene finally and Riley becoming around "People see Toni shopping and stop and say. Hey I saw you dance last night and I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed it.' " says Riley Grannan "It's great it should be that way We re part of the community and it s good that people can look at us and say Hey, you feel the cantaloupes just like me' Pimble and Grannan have been the artistic directors of the Eugene Ballet Company for three years since they founded the troupe in 1978 During that time the couple has spent countless hours in their studio at the Eugene School of Ballet dancing teaching planning brainstorm ing. choreographing rehearsing and doing a hundred other things necessary to bring quality ballet to the stages of Eugene Although their dedication to ballet has taken much of their time Pimble and Grannan are still real people 'We re not com pletely addicted.' says Grannan "There are dancers who get real technical and just think of life in terms of how well a leg stretches and that sort of thing " If you re going to create you must have outside influences If you don't adds Pimble with her distinctive British twang, "it s a bit like interbreeding isn't it?'' To avoid this problem they listen to music read go to movies go bike riding or go to exhibitions by other artists Dancing has filled most of their lives however Tom started at the —-j age of eight in England, where she was born My mother thought I should study piano like my brother I spent more time dancing around the room than doing my scales One time my mom came in while I was doing a handstand against the door I guess she thought there should have been more noise or something Anyway, she asked if I wouldn't rather take dance les sons than do piano arid I said yes I haven't looked back since " 'We're trying to make dance more human.' Riley Grannan a native of Junction City took up ballet at the age of 18 also because he couldn't stay still "I'm a relatively nervous person I've got a lot of nervous energy I don t write good poetry, and I don t play a musical instrument I decided that dancing was the best way I could express myself, so I got into a dance class Grannan eventually auditioned !or some dance troupes in Eu ope. and landed in the same company as Pimble in Kiel West 3ermany I even remember when he auditioned," says Pim ale He was the one with pea jreen tights and red hair ” After performing together and ipart for a while, they decided that they preferred being together, and were married in England They then came to Eugene, took over Riley's teacher's dance studio, and founded the Eugene Ballet Company Although a traditional stereo type says that dancers can't have both marriage and the ballet Pimble and Grannan have found that the two are. in tact compat ible That s why we married each other says Grannan If you're serious about it you have to put up with a lot of strange hours It would be a real strain on us if we tried to retain a modicum of normalcy in our hours, but because we re both so involved in it it's not so bad Their work has paid off and now the Eugene Ballet is one of the most respected ballet companies on the West Coast Tor their first year of selling sea son tickets they ve done incredi bly well, having sold more than 700 season tickets We take pride in our community, says Grannan "These are our people They have a right to expect good Quality theatre It's like a candy bar It can be in a great wrapper, but if it tastes terrible you're never going to buy it again Our philos ophy here is to give the audience a performance that will bring them back again We re trying to make dance more human '' by matt meyer Christine Dyer: Cinderella wants to settle down hristine Dyer of the Oregon Festival Ballet will star as Cinderella when the Eugene Ballet Company brings X-/ the tarry tale to life this weekend Miss Dyer is no stranger to Eugene audiences however, having performed in the company's production of Pinocchio' last year Originally from Spokane, Wash , Chris tine s interest in the ballet was sparked by her sister Pam "She asked for dance les sons and I didn't want to be left out " said Christine with a smile Pam left Washington at the age of ten for the Royal Ballet School in England while Christine studied n Spokane with Tessa Williams of the Royal Academy The two sisters were reunited when they joined each other at the San Diego Ballet and moved on. together, to the Royal Ballet Folk of Moscow now known as the American Festival Ballet Yet somehow dancing together wasn't satisfying enough for them We used to dream about the company we'd like to have The kind of dancing that we wanted to do would be much more spiritually based than what we were doing at the time We both have very strong Christian beliefs, so we wanted to do some works that grasped that kind of spirit in our dance that kind of communication with the audience That's what a performer does " 'We choreographed a dance entitled Le Sonnet' and performed it together at the Opera House back home in Spokane That is the most enjoyable performance I’ve ever experienced Something happened on stage. We were both dancing together with the music and all of those ingredients came together It was like something was born on stage" Unfortunately, Pam Dyer injured her knee last year and can no longer dance It is sad to me that my sister can no longer dance/' reflects Christine "That partnership meant a lot to me. ” When Christine isn't dancing, she's taking classes at the University or waiting fables at a local restaurant "People are not compensated for their work The work they do re hard and strenuous * 7 wish I could stay but you’ve got to live. You’ve got to pay the rent.' Today the standards are very high To be good you have to dance for hours and hours each day There s just no way that you can do that and try to wait tables You j exhaust yourself and then eventually injure I yourself, which is what I've done, and then ; you re out tor tour months There are many : dancers in this country that have to have other jobs' Yet still they dance Christine sees dancers and painters as being some of the only idealists left in the world "They have an intense desire to do something." she says “If there was money there would be no limitations Their energy and devotion is endless " It is this energy and devotion that keeps Christine on the road, going from town to town and production to production "It s difficult to have this lifestyle, although I j enjoy traveling In the past five years I’ve] had 20 residences, and I know many peo-J pie, but I don't have any close friends I also find myself at me point where I want to put myself somewhere and dig in a little bit. f want a place that l can call my own home; where I can unpack my bags and grow some plants, and develop some relationships with the people I work with. Really work with them, not just breeze in. learn a dance, dance it, and then leave. You come across people that you really want to work with but you can t I can't afford to stay on the West Coast because they can’t afford to pay me enough to live on I do love it here, and I wish I could stay, but you've got to live You've got to pay the rent.” And so, when the cast of ‘‘Cinderella’' has taken its last curtain call and the lights all go back up. Christine will start packing her bags and getting ready to move on to j her next production — somewhere further Look fur Grizzlies & Grizzly Bars at these University locutions: • Allann Bros. Coffee Co. • B.jou Theatre • EMU Main Desk • Hilyard St. Market • House of Records • The Marketers • Miller’s Grocery • Prince Buckler’s • Sahalie • Sundance • Tom’s Market • UQ Bookstore • Wednesday, October 14,1981 Does the concept of wellness interest you? You are cordially invited to fill out an application for the Student Health Center Input Committee You may pick up a position description and application at the SHC or the Information/Grievance Booth at the EMU We are seeking students from all classes and all majors to work with the Student Health Center to develop new ideas and programs, including wellness promotion WHEN: October 21st at 11:30 WHERE: Conference Room. Student Health Center HOSTS: Medical Director Administrative Director Nursing Director Nutrition Educator Health Educator Oregon Daily Emerald : EARN MONEY WHILE YOU STUDY DONATE PLASMA Bring your books in to Eugene Plasma Corp. study for two hours while you donate plasma, and walk out with cash in your pocket. Earn up to $100 a month And remember, bring a friend and get a $5 referral bonus. Bring in this ad and get *5 extra on your first donation. 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