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Of lilt* three great Afrit .in-Amerit tin
choreographers who established iht'tr
work .is iht* (our tf« force in the early 80s
dance world, one stands out — the lalt*
Alvin Ailey, whoso unstoppable courage
left a legac > of power and exuberance in
American dance.
Alley forged an enduring repertory com
pany that showcased his talents as well as
those of other prominent choreographers
and dancers The acute sense of rhythm
and boundless passion of Alley's dant.es
stirged the company into popularity, and
the athletic prowess of his dancers gives
them the strength to hold up that reputa
tion .15 years later.
The Alvin Ailey Americ an Dance The
ater, founded in 1958, is a multiracial
company dedicated to enriching the
American modern dance heritage by
emphasizing block c ultural expression
After Alley's death in 1989. his prodi
gious star and longtime friend, judith
lamison, took over ns artistic dins lor and,
according to The Boston Globe, "has
sc rubbed the show-business veneer off the
Alvin Alley American Dane e Theater and
lei its soul shine through."
Jamison maintains Alley's legac y by
reviving his greatest works and keeps tho
company's repertoire fresh and alive bv
opening the floor to new works In diverse
artists
At the Mult Center Tuesday, May 4, the
Ailev dance theater will open the evening
with a revival of the i omit: hit. "Fontessa
and Friends,” a lighthearted tale about a
raving beauty obsessed with The Man, a
bodybuilder who. in turn, is obsessed with
flexing his muscles.
The company then cuts to the heart of
serious sot ial issues with "Shelter," a new
work by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar about the
emotional and physical deprivation of
homeless people, specifically homeless
women.
The ever-popular Ailey classic "Revela
tions" crowns the show in a three-part
suite that swings with joy and hope, set to
the fervent beat of traditional spirituals.
Glorious style under a fluttering white silk
parasol in "Wading in the Water," palms
outstretched in "I Been ’Buked," and the
crowd-rousing, stage-shaking spiritual
"Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abra
ham" make this classic one of the great
tributes to black America
The Alley tradition fuses classical hat
Court**y PtaQtO
The Ah/In Alley Dane* Theater In Jawole Wllla Jo Zollar'a "Shelter,' a powerful piece that addresses the life situations of homeless women.
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lot, ethnic stylizations and jazz dance with
the modern dance idioms of Martha Gra
ham and Lester Horton, set to music that
ranges from jazz and classical to blues and
P°P
Through his numerous engagements
coast to-coast and around the world. Ailey
won fame as an international ambassador
of African-American culture. Among his
awards are the 1988 Kennedy Center
Honor and the Handel Medalion. the 1987
Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festi
val Award given for lifetime contributions
to the field, the 198 United Nations Peace
Medal, the 1978 NAAC’P Spingnm Medal
and the 1977 New York Mayor's Award ot
Arts and Culture.
Highlights ot the company's 1993 itiner
ary include an appearance at President
Clinton’s inaugural celebration and an
upcoming appearance in an unprecedent
ed eight-part documentary. "Dancing," to
air on OPB this May.
The Mov 4 performance in the Mult Cen
ter's Silva Concert Mall begins at H p in.
Tickets ore available at the EMU Main
Desk or at the Mult Center Box Office
The Kronen
String Quar
tet (left to
right): John
Sherba, Hank
Dutt, Joan
Jeanrenaud
and David
Harrington.
On the cutting
edge of the
chamber
music scene
Say goodbye to stuffy ele
gaiu;e — San Francisco's cut
ting edge Kronos Quartet
returns to the Hull Center
tonight to shake up the cham
ber music scene.
The three men and one
woman of Kronos have tossed
away their long blai k gowns
and tuxedos to opt instead for
spandex and spiked hair.
On tile same note, their
music is not that of an every
day string quartet They have
been known to throw contem
porary composer Peter
Sculthorpo on the same pro
gram ns a raw. slashing arrange
ment of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple
i lue
First violinist David Har
rington. violinist |ohn Sherba.
cellist Joan Jeanrenaud and
Hank Dull on viola have been
performing together since 197H,
playing everything from Rirtok
and Webern to James Brown
and Howlin’ Wolf.
Harrington founded Kronos
because he wanted to have a
bigger hand in determining the
wav music is shaped in our
country. His vision of cutting
edge classical music was only
realized after nearly two
dec ides of lean times and
struggle, during which his
group took on the Titan task of
introducing the world to
untried vistas of sound.
hi addition to working i.Iom!
I\ with modern masters, kro
nos commissions new works
from today's most innovative
composers and mines the
wealth of musical cultures
around the world. For more
than a decade, Kronos has been
earning a reputation for itself
as a leading voice for new
work
Tickets for the Friday. April
tO, show are SI 1 for students
and S15-1H for general admis
sion The show laagins at H p m
in the Holt Center
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Hammarbox (above) joins Adlckdld and Lincoln Brigade tonight.
Hammerbox delivers anything but musical moderation for a generation that's
All Numbed Out
By Carrie Fanofon
For the Oeyori ptuTy i/wakt
"Sometimes it appears that wo
are reaching a period when our
souses and our minds will no
longer respond to moderate stim
ulation."
So begins the song "Sleep'' off
Nuinh, the new album from
emerging Seattle rockers Ham
merbox. After attending their
show at John Henry’s tonight,
this statement might take on a
new meaning.
The band — made up of gui
tarist Harris Thurmond, bassist
James Atkin* and drummer/
singer Dave Bosch — is an
incredible combination of ener
gy and talent These talents, com
bined with lead singer Carrie
Akre's growling, grinding vocal*,
make the album a powerful fury
from first song to last. (It has
been written that Akre "could
probably wrench bitterness, ela
tion, mourning and lust out of the
Fanner's Home Almanac.")
Thurmond’s guitar stylings
have been called "crisp but
unpredictable," anti ho has said
that he is "trying not to play so
much.” Interestingly enough.
Thurmond was once a resident
of Eugene, and rumor has it that
he was so good that those-in-the
know told him he should move
to Seattle or he would lie wast
ing his talent. Just a word of
advice for Eugene's aspiring
musicians It just proves once
again that S-e-a-t-t-l-e really
spells RtXlh.
Numb is Hammerhox's major
label debut on AStM Records. It fol
lows the self-titled Ham met box,
which was released on Seattle's CZ
label. The premier album sold
15.000 copies and turned them
into Seattle’s biggest live draw.
Judging from the enthusiastic
reception at the bands' opening
performance for Firehose last
April, they could quickly become
Eugene's favorite as woli.
Haminurbox has also gained
recognition outside (he North
west through two six-week US
tours, three weeks in Europe, and
appearances at the New Music
Seminar and CM| Convention. In
Fall of 1032 the foursome
appeared at a Rock For Choice
benefit show with such "alter
native" favorites ns L7. Red Hot
Chili Peppers and Mudhoney.
Accompanying Ho miner bo*
will be lot ids Adickdid and Lin
coln Brigade, Adickdid has just
released their first single on Imp
Records of Portland and has
recorded tracks lor an upcoming
Kill Rock Stars compilation
album If for some odd reason
anyone has missed an Adickdid
show (if. for instnnc <■, you stayed
home to listen to the new Brut e
Springsteen album) catch them
now liefore they get big and move
to Portland.
Here is « heartfelt "sorry" to
those under-2ters out there who
might have had the slightest
interest in any ol these hands —
Hammerbax will bo playing at
lohn Henry 's Doors open at 10
p.m Thu cost is SB.
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