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L arry J . Ja ck so n , Sr.
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G ary A n n T aylor
Creative Director
O regon Ballet T heatre (O B T ) will
perform tw o different program s as
part o f its tenth annual “A m erican
C horeographers Show case” (A C S)
th ro u g h Ju n e 24, 2 000, in the
N ew m ark T heatre at the Portland
C enter for the Perform ing Arts.
Program X will include the Portland
prem iere o f T ry M cIntyre’s hip,
contem porary A liss in W onderland
a n d J o s ie M o s e le y ’s re c e n t
choreographerCharles Moulton and
N ew Y ork choreographer D avid
P arso n s’ w itty dance w orks, Sleep
Stu d y and The Envelope.
H ighlightin g Program X o f the
“ A m e r ic a n
C h o reo g rap h ers
S how case” will beT rey M cIntyre’s
A Uss in W onderland, a multi-media,
c o n te m p o ra ry in te rp re ta tio n o f
L ew is C arro ll’s classic ch ild ren ’s
b o o k “ A lic e ’s A d v e n tu re s in
W onderland.” M cIntyre’s A liss in
W o n d erla n d uses an en o rm o u s
television screen in place o f the
OBTperforms “American Choreographers Showcase”
trad itio n al r a b b it’s h o le as the
launching point for the tale, as A liss
is lured by the W hite Rabbit on a
zany jo u rn ey through a 20“’-century
m edia w onderland, com plete with
b a c k d ro p m o n ito rs d is p la y in g
television im agery. T he ballet is set
to m usic ranging from G eorges
B izet’s Carm en to the crooning
sounds o f Sam m y D avis, Jr. A liss in
W onderland is a co-production with
Fort W orth D allas Ballet, w here it
p re m ie re d in N o v e m b e r, an d
N ash v ille B allet, w h ere it w as
perform ed in A pril. T he D allas
M o r n in g S ta r c a lls A lis s in
W onderland1' . . .a w itty, scram bled
and phantasm agoric.. .surreal tale.”
Jeanne Button - w ho has created
costum es for the Broadw ay show
A rsenic a n d O ld Lace, Wings, The
R obber Bridegroom , and H enry V
- designed the costum es fox Aliss.
T h e s c e n ic d e s ig n s a r e by
M acdonald Eaton, who has w orked
e x te n siv e ly d e sig n in g n etw o rk
te le v isio n sp e cia ls fo r S am m y
D av is, Jr., D ick C lark , V ic to r
Borgin, Ed Sullivan, and others.
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A liss navigates by rem ote control through a surreal 2 (B-century m edia
w onderland in Oregon B allet Theatre's perform ances o f Trey
M c In ty re ’s hip, contem porary version o f A liss in W onderland, as p a rt
o f the "Am erican Choreographers Showcase, " J u n e 14-18, at the
N ew m ark Theatre. O B T w ill p resen t a different program o f the
"Am erican Choreographers Showcase, " J u n e 7-11 & 21-24.
“ S ister”, the know -it-all
n o n , w ill b e te a c h in g
su m m er schoolt hrough
July 3 0 ,2 0 0 0 ! Late Night
C atechism , the hilarious
o n e w o m a n /e v e ry n u n
sh o w w ill o e n tin u e to
e n th r a ll a n d e d u c a te
audiences. Local actress
T ian Paradiso as “ Sister”
w ill keep class in session,
and audiences laughing,
through July 30, 2000.
For m ore than a year and a
h a lf ,
over
6 0 ,0 0 0
“students” have attended
S i s t e r ’s
L a te
N ite
C a te c h is m
c la s s
in
P o rtla n d . T h a n k s to
S ister’s gentle prodding,
her students have contributed m ore than $62,000 to the Sisters o f the Holy
N am es o f Jesus and M ary at M arylhurst College, Lake O sw ego, Oregon.
T he donations help support the O rd er’s retirem ent and m edical assistance
program s.
Late N ite Catechism is perform ed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings at 8 pm. and on Sundays at 2 pm in the Portland Art M useum ’s
M ain Street T heater, 904 SW M ain Street at Park A venue, Portland,
Oregon.
Tickets are on sale at all T icketm aster locations, or by calling 790-ARTS.
Tickets are $24.50 - $29.50 per person. For group inform ation, call 503/
226-0973.
P ro g ram X o f th e “ A m e ric a n
C horeographers S how case” w ill be
perform ed June 14-18,2000 at 7:30
pm; and June 18, 2000 at 2 pm.
P ro g ram Y o f th e “ A m e ric a n
ch o reo g rap h ers S h o w case” w ill
featu re F ive, a w o rld -p rem iere
m ovem ent piece created by Charles
M oulton, set to com positions by
Terry Riley and John Lurie for the
(P lease see ‘S h o w case’ p ag e 3)