arts
Jane Rickenbaugh
’Dancing is a wonderful, physical high’
By Kristi Blackman
Of The Print
To go anywhere in danc­
ing, you have to be talented,
and College dance instructor
Jane Rickenbaugh qualifies for
the above. “Taking classes is a
great workout and training,
you have to be disciplined. It’s
a performance art. You have
that in your mind constantly
when you train,” she said.
Rickenbaugh uses the
techniques of ballet and applies
them to modern dance.
“Modern is my idiom, because
modern is more adaptive to
setting. I’ve always been in­
trigued by the journey from
chaos to form,” Rickenbaugh
said.
Her teaching methods
begin with dancing in bare feet,
using the natural body contrac­
tions, imagery and ideas as
motives behind movement. “I
did a presentation for the open­
ing of the Linus Pauling
Sciences Center, ‘Visualization
of Science,’ and it was an ex­
tensive venture. I spent nine
months in preparation for the
presentation,” she said.
Recently, Rickenbaugh
finished a stage and operetta
using kindergarten children in
the production. “Watching the
children communicate with the
audience was wonderfully
satisfyirig. They were little
hams! When it’s a live perfor­
mance, it’s always unpredic­
table,” Rickenbaugh said.
Rickenbaugh has also
choreographed a Liturgic
dance using movements to all
the parts of the mass. It was
first performed in a Catholic
church and it was well receiv­
ed, but when Rickenbaugh
took it to a Lutheran service,
she was banned. Rickenbaugh
said, “There are different views
on movements of dance. Some
people do not support them,
and some do support them. Of
course I’m one who does.”
Working with many dif­
ferent outside groups keeps
Rickenbaugh very busy with
outside projects, and she is
presently waiting to see what is
going to come next. “It’s satis­
fying and rewarding and the
pay is low,” Rickenbaugh said.
Dancing itself takes greater
concentration on body align­
ment, and “the correct align­
ment of the spine. How you
move is very important. This is
why we use the ballet bar to
constantly lift the body to bring
it up. It’s a natural part of ballet
technique,” she explained.
baugh said, it was due to a
limitation of space. “Dance is
limited. The practice floor is ex­
cellent but the space restricts
dancing. Dance is a part of the
three performing art forms,”
Rickenbaugh said, referring
also to theater and music. She
added that dance is related to
both concepts, and all three tie
in together.
“I prefer to do a lot of
stretching in modern dance
and in dance it’s a lyrical feel­
ing,” Rickenbaugh said.
When asked why there
has been a lack of perfor­
mances at the College Ricken­
Rickenbaugh concluded,
“Dancing is a part of who I am.
I need production and perfor­
mance. I love to start out and
have nothing, and then create,
dancing is a wonderful physical
high, a great outlet.”
STRETCHING OUT, Modern Dance Class students
prepare for her practice.
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Tickets now on sale for
‘Androcles and the Lion’
Tickets are now available
to Clackamas Community Col­
lege’s Theater Department’s
Winter term production, “An­
drocles and the Lion.”
The show will play March
3, 4, 5, 8, 11,12 at 8 p.m. and
Sunday March 13 at a special
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call ext. 309
2:30 p.m. matinee in the
McLoughlin Theater.
The production will also
travel to the Coaster Theater in
Cannon Beach, Oregon for
three shows March 24, 25 and
26.
For ticket information or
reservations call the College at
657-8400, ext. 356 or 283.
For Coaster Theater reserva­
tions call 436-1242.
Tickets are .50 cents for
College students with ASG
cards and Gold Card holders
are free. General admission is
$3.00 and students are $2.00.
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