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March 19. 2008
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The Norman Sylvester Band
Returns to the Stage
Friday, March 28th ~ 9:30 PM - 1:30 PM
At
The Candlelight Café
2032 SW 5th
For more information visitwww.normansylvester.com
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URBAN ARTS DANCE COMPANY
PRESENTS
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The spectacular Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company defies the laws of gravity with the use of ropes
and bungee cords.
Aerial Dancers Excite, Fascinate
Founded in 1994. Brenda Angiel
Aerial D ance Com pany is recog
nized as one o f A rgentina’s most
innovative com panies. A rtistic D i
rector B renda Angiel has devel
oped a dance language that defies
the laws o f gravity, suspending her
six dancers from harnesses, ropes
and bungee cords.
The result is aerial dance that
transcends the stationary viewpoint
o f the audience, subverting the tra
d itio n a l r e la tio n s h ip s a m o n g
weight, m ovem ent and space.
B renda A ngiel’s com pany will
perform its stunning “A ir-C ondi
tion,” encom passing riveting solos
and duets against a wall, and co m
plex ensem bles o f dancers sus
pended, bouncing and (lying in mid
air, with 8 p.m. perform ances April
3-5 at Lincoln Hall at Portland State
University.
A n g ie l's e x q u isite ly train ed
dancers excite, fascinate and m es
merize, and have prom pted John
Rockwell o f The New Y ork Times to
declare, "A ngiel is the m ost inven
tive aerial choreographer I have
en co u n tered .”
Tips from a Legend
Legendary singer Sonny T urncr, a hit m aker with The Platters
from 1959 to 1971 w ho was in concert last week at the Chinook
W inds in Lincoln C ity, shared his advice for young people in an
interview with the Portland O bserver:
T urner reached out to young m usicians advising them to hone
in on their skills and understand their craft by taking m usic very
seriously and learning all that you can.
He said young people should alw ays m ake education a priority
and do their best.
“Stay aw ay from the negative pitfalls and obstacles we all face
in life such as sm oking cigarettes, drugs and crim e; be positive,
work out, eat healthy and take care o f your body at all tim es," he
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T urner said it’s im portant for aspiring artists to learn and
understand about the contractual agreem ents y o u ’ll need to know
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He said know ledge is “one thing they c a n 't take aw ay from you.
but the m ost im portant thing o f all is be true to yourself."
Sonny Turner