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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Dance production incorporates motion, dialogue into concert By Karen Engels Of the Kmerald Audiences may be surprised to find dialogue as well as dance featured in "Dance ’87." the annual winter concert presented by “Dance Oregon!" "Some of the choreographers wanted to make a statement two ways — through both dance and through dialogue." said |anet Descutner, University dance professor and producer/director of the show. Choreographers developed the use of dialogue in the show after experimenting with tilt* idea last year. Descutner said. "The dialogue forms a framework for the dance." The annual dance production, which is in its 27th year, will be staged seven times and opens tonight in Villard Hall’s Robinson Theatre. More than 40 student dancers and ac tors are featured in the production, which is the largest of the year. The performers range from freshmen to graduate students to faculty, and from dance majors to people who "just like to dance.” I)escutner ex p lai tied. "The dancers are excited and involved — many are finding new challenges, and some are performing on stage for the first time." she said. The concert includes six works choreographed by University dance faculty members and guest choreographer Rolande Chesebro of Seattle, who earned her master’s degree in dance from the University in l‘)82. The dances are “related to who the dancers are." Descutner said. "The choreographers are mostly faculty members. It’s like in the art department where professors are artists. We make dances." she said. "Everyone in the audience will find something to like. We have everything from a tap dance number to a classical ballet en pointe. and the dialogue may come as a sur prise to some in the audience." Descutner said. Auditions for the show were held in the fall, and dancers have been rehearsing with choreographers two to three times a week since then. Emphasis this month has been on costumes, lights and working on the Villard stage. Descutner said. One difference in the production this year has been the group's name, which was chang ed from the UO Concert Dance Theater to "Dance Oregon!" I he group did more repertory dance in the past, said Descutner. and selections often were revived from past wars The change will in clude more dancers and involve more of the student body, Descutner said. This year, only one of the dances has been revived from a past year. This modern dance, entitled "Adrift." ex plores the use of visual pattern and rhvthms as a way of molding empty space and reflects the state of mind evoked by the* ocean, she said. Another dance, "for nancy." takes tin* au dience? te> New Yeirk in the 11150s with a mix ture? of jazz, tap and musical the*ate?r styles. "It has the hustle and bustle? e»f the? subways, the? sadness and le>ne*line?ss of 42ml Stre»e?t at night and a big-bang ending," Descutner said. Musical elire*e:tor feir "Dance '87" is Bruno Madrid, a University dance instructor. Lighting is by David Shaw, a University theater instructor. Curtain time? is 8 p in. fe»r all perfor mances. sche?dtiled for tonight. Saturday. Jan. 24, 20, 30. :tl and Feb. ti and 7. Tickets are* $3.50 feir University students. $5.50 feir the general public and $4.50 feir seniors and students. Tickets can be? reserved by calling tin? University Theatre? beix office? at t>80-4l0l from noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 'Bits & Pieces' focuses on mortality By Frale de Guzman Of Ihe hmerald University Theatre’s second season opened Thursday with “Bits & Pieces,” a contem porary version of the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris, in the Arena Theatre located in Villard Mall. Playwright Corrine Jacker began writing “Bits & Pieces” after being informed that she suffered from a terminal illness, said director Terra Daugirda Pressler. later, Jacker learned that she had been misdiagnosed. Although the play helped her deal with the imminence of her own death. Jacker also ad sponsored by Cl of O Club Sports (686-3733) Training workouts and instruction are held Tues & Thur 7-9pm, B-50 Geriinger and Sat 1 0-1 2am, Essl. East Gym Beginneis welcome For more information call Logan at 683-4824 or contact Club Sports. dresses the effects death has on the survivors, Pressler said. “Hit & Pieces" focuses on a young housewife. Iris (Marla Wildeson), attempting to deal with her husband’s death. Confused and grief-stricken. Iris, through the use of flashbacks, journeys within herself to her former life with Philip (Peter Davis). She also journeys out into the world to meet the recipients of Philip's body parts, which he donated for organ transplants The play sensitively explores the question of mortality and emotional dependence, said Pressler. However, there are many of comic moments in the play. “Hits & Pieces" is a non linear play that leaves the au dience with a warm, healing feeling," Pressler said It was honored in 1075 with an Obie Award for the best new play. "Hits A Pieces" will run through this weekend, Jan. 20-5 t and Feb. 5-7. Curtain time is H p in. for all performances. Tickets are $2.50 and are available at the University Theatre box office located in the lobby of the Robinson Theatre. Box office hours are noon to 4 p m. Mondays through Satur days and noon to 8:50 p in. on performance nights. 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