Pulse Editor
Jacquelyn Lewis
jacquelynlewis@dailyemerald.com
Thursday, October 10,2002
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Searching
for a good,
cheap time?
Once again, you’ve completed the long
pilgrimage to Oregon Hall to pay your tu
ition bill, and it’s time to reflect on how
it sucks to be broke. You’re probably
reading this paper because it’s free, and
free things are good — with the excep
tion of hug bites and “Married... With
Children” reruns.
Despite a lack of money, you can still
find an abundance of amusements in Eu
gene that won’t wipe
out your checking
account. I’ve put to
gether a list of fun,
arts-related activi
ties that cost $5 or
less to help you
make the most of
those dimes and
quarters lying be
tween your couch
cushions.
If you’re in search
of live music, a good
bet is to shake off
that Saturday mom
Peter
Hallinan
Better than
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mg uaiigover anu wariuer uowniown to
the Saturday Market. In addition to food
and crafts, the Market Stage showcases
different bands each hour. You can al
ways find an eclectic mix of hippies and
college students dancing without a care
in the world. The featured band this Sat
urday at noon will be Dromedary, a duo
that blends together styles ranging from
Celtic to jazz.
Loo lung for a slightly more formal ven
ue in which to dance? The Rumba Room
at 100 E. Broadway offers Latin dancing
every Wednesday through Saturday
nights. After munching on some of their
Mexican food, you can take salsa dance
lessons at 7 p.m. Wednesdays for $4.
On Friday nights, Gerlinger Hall offers
another venue to bust out those dance
moves you’ve been practicing in front of
your bedroom mirror. It’s $4 for stu
dents, with lessons beginning at 7:30
p.m. and general dancing that goes from
8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
The band Rasputina will perform at
- Gerlinger Lounge on Oct. 20. At 87 a
ticket for University students, the per
formance doesn’t quite meet my 85-or
under criteria, but the price is still less
than that of a movie ticket. The group
likes to call itself a “pseudo-classical,
hard-core ‘positive-goth’ cello band,” and
comprises three cellists and a drummer.
Their style is not for everyone, but it is
certainly intriguing and far from ordi
nary. To get an idea of what the group
sounds like before shelling out $7 for a
ticket, check out their Web site at
www.rasputina.com.
If you’re just looking for something to
pass the time between classes, the Lav
erne Krause Gallery in the School of Ar
chitecture and Allied Arts showcases in
teresting art exhibits. These range from
traditional pieces of artwork to more eso
teric displays. It’s worth a look, and it’s
free. Or, if you’re grabbing a bite to eat in
the EMU, take your lunch upstairs to the
art gallery located down the hallway
from the ballroom.
The EMU Buzz Coffeehouse is anoth
er good venue for free, live performanc
es. From 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Mondays is
Open Poetry Mic, a fast-paced verbal
Turn to Halliitari; page 12
L0V€, tragedy and bcllld
I he tugene Ballet Lompanys
rendition of‘Romeo andjuliet’
has dancers, intense music
and dramatic fight scenes
Jacquelyn Lewis
Pulse Editor
Sparks will fly; love and tragedy
will collide at the Ilult Center this
weekend. Sword fighting, masquer
ades and world-class dancing will
kick off Eugene Ballet Company’s
2002-03 season when the company
presents “Romeo and Juliet” Satur
day and Sunday.
The ballet company’s managing
director Riley Gannan said the uni
versal theme of “Romeo and Juliet”
will appeal to a wider audience than
most ballets.
“In a way, it’s a classic of its era
— the pinnacle of narrative ballet,”
he said, “and the story is such a
knockout.”
Gannan said even those who are
not ballet fans will enjoy the pro
duction, especially its edgier as
pects — rivalry and combat. “It’s
something that people can relate to
— even bad-ass boys,” he said.
“This is something a bad-ass
boyfriend can do for his girlfriend,
and he might even like it.”
The ballet boasts riveting sword
fighting, which the dancers learned
from fight director Christopher Vil
la. Villa has lent his expertise to
more than 300 productions, includ
ing the Oregon and Utah Shake
speare Festivals. He also teaches
sword fighting as a guest artist at
colleges and universities across the
country.
Gannan said the addition of
sword fighting transforms the ballet
into much more than just dance.
He pointed to the tale’s many layers
— a love story wrapped in violence.
“It makes it a seamless narra
tive,” he said.
Eugene Ballet Company spokes
woman Kelcey Boyce said the
dancers themselves make the bal
let noteworthy.
“We have a really exciting guest
artist,” she said, adding that David
Makhateli is “one of the world’s best
male dancers.”
Makhateli, who will perform the
role of Romeo on Saturday, is a
principal dancer with the Houston
Ballet. He performed with the Eu
gene Ballet last season in “Don
Quixote,” and he will make a guest
appearance with the Bolshoi Ballet
after his “Romeo and Juliet” per
formance.
The Eugene Ballet’s own Hyoung
Turn to Ballet, page 12
Band brings its ‘theories’ to WOW Hall
The boundary-crossing instrumental group
Taarka returns to Eugene on Saturday
Aaron Shakra
Pulse Reporter
Superstring theories are relatively recent
developments in the field of physics. They came
about as a way to bridge both classical and
quantum systems into one unified and consis
tent set of rules explaining the operation of the
universe. There are many string theories, and
Taarka is the name of one of them.
All of this is just to say it also happens to be a
band name, and Taarka, the band, will come to
town Saturday. They’re playing at the WOW Hall
at 9 p.m. with The Sugar Beets.
Posters advertising the show around town have
labeled the music as “seismic gypsy hypno-jazz,”
but the instrumental band’s sound is quite inde
scribable. During their last show in Eugene —
' Turn tq Band, page 11