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Cirque du Soleil
is Joy o f Spectacle
Portland welcomes international cast of performers
Following the success o f Saltimbanco and Dralion,
Cirque du Soleil presents Alegria under its Grand
Chapiteau, a dazzling white, state-of-the-art big top. on
Southwest Moody Avenue from Thursday, Oct. 2 through
Oct. 26.
A Spanish word for elation, joy and jubilation, Alegria
features an international east o f 56 performers and musi
cians from 13 countries. Alegria has a baroque and oper
atic style with flamboyant costumes, extraordinary light
ing and an elaborate set design enhancing an astonishing
spectacle o f athleticism and artistry. The result is an
impressive mix o f skill, strength and speed combined with
elegant, almost ethereal performances.
The 2!6 hour spectacle showcases breathtaking acro
batics including the dramatically sensuous Synchro Tra
peze and the hi-speed. hi-energy Aerial High Bars where
daring aerialists tly to catchers swinging more than 40 feet
in the air. Imagine twoagile performers who bring alive the
Mongolian art o f contortion and an artist manipulating
(laming knives around his body in a rhythmic and danger
ous Fire Knife Dance.
Tickets range from $45 to $65 and are available by
calling800-678-5440oronlineatcirquedusoleil.com .
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Chuck D Slams Gangsters
(AP) — Rapper Chuck D, w ho helped
pioneer political rap music with his group
Public Enemy, urged black college students
to forgo hip-hop’s gangster style and hit the
books, not the streets.
“There is no such thing as a college
thug,” the 43-year-old told several hundred
students crammed into an auditorium at
Albany State University last week. “It’s
either the blo ck ... or you become the sm art
est (expletive) around.”
He criticized rappers who use racially of
fensive slurs as common slang, and said too
often so-called street credibility is valued
over true knowledge among young blacks.
“This is your world, but it w on’t be your
world ifyou’re not mentally prepared for it,”
he said.
Naomi Campbell Touts Political Fashion
Katharine Hamnett to marry her 20-
year career as one o f the country’s
leading designers with her strong
political views.
Hamnett said Campbell's appear
(AP) — Another day at Lon ance was designed to draw public
don Fashion Week, another dis attention to the AIDS epidemic in
play o f beauty, sexy clothes and a Africa and to promote safe sex.
celebrity on the catwalk. But the
“ It was about breaking a major
a p p e a ra n c e o f s e m i-re tire d taboo, and Naomi is the perfect
supermodel Naomi Campbell on person to do that because she is a
the runway wearing a skimpy, huge icon in South Africa," the
sparkling bikini came with a twist designer said backstage after her
- emblazoned across herchest was show in a south London nightclub.
the slogan, “Use a Condom.”
“AIDS awareness was bigin the
The stunt was the latest o f sev 1980s when there were several cam
eral attempts by British designer paigns, but the new generation
Appearance draws
attention to AIDS
epidemic
hasn’t benefited from that aware
ness. They don’t understand how
serious the situation is in Africa,
that a whole continent could be
wiped out.”
More than 30 million people in
Africa, or 70 percent of the world
total, carry the Hl V virus that causes
AIDS.
Campbe 11 was the centerpiece o f
a show that also cut short the dis
play o f Hamnett’s new collection -
cream dresses and layered chiffon
skirts - to parade models in oversize
white T-shirts bearing the black
slogans “Save Africa" and "Make British designer Katherine Hamnett (left) holds up the
Trade Fair."
arm of model Naomi Campbell. (AP photo)
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