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n Feb. 2 at 7 p.m., be
whisked away from winter’s
cold to the warm, lush green
forests of “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.” Shakespeare’s adored comedy of
love, magic, fairies, mixed up lovers and
the mischievous Puck comes alive in Toni
Pimble’s delightful choreography set to
Felix Mendelssohn’s spirited score per-
formed by Orchestra Next.
A new EBC-commissioned ballet,
“Wandering On,” set on the Company by
award-winning choreographer Stephanie
Martinez, will open the program.
Chicago-based Martinez, winner of the
Joffrey Ballet’s 2014 “Winning Works:
Choreographers of Color,” brings her
acclaimed talent to the Eugene Ballet,
stretching the creative minds of its
dancers and audiences
Martinez’s ballet is supported by The
Hult Endowment of The Oregon
Community Foundation.
The Surrounding Third, a new work
choreographed by EBC Company Dancer
Suzanne Haag and set to Samuel Barber’s
Adagio for Strings, will complete the
program.
Founded in 1978 by Toni Pimble and
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Riley Grannan, the Eugene Ballet
Company has grown from a community-
The Eugene Ballet portrays the magic of Oberon and Titania’s faery realm from Shakespeare’s
based dance group to become one the
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” perforned to Felix Mendelssohn’s score by Orchestra Next.
West’s busiest and most versatile profes-
sional dance companies.
tinuously recognized by the National Endowment for
following of dance fans everywhere the company has
The company has performed in more than 100
the Arts with Dance Company Grant awards and, in
performed.
cities in 32 U.S. States and internationally to Canada, 1996, was the first Oregon dance company to be a
Tickets can be purchased at the Florence Events
India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Syria, Jordan, Tunisia
recipient of the Governor’s Arts Award.
Center box office, 715 Quince St., by phone at 541-
and Taiwan.
The Eugene Ballet Company has set a high stan-
997-1994 during regular business hours and online at
Over the past two decades, the EBC has been con-
dard in the performing arts and has gained a loyal
www.eventcenter.org.
LCC offers class on film industry icon Robert Redford
Lane Community College Florence
Center Continuing Education program
heads back to the movies this winter term
with a cinema studies course on humani-
tarian and film icon, Robert Redford.
Continuing education instructor Jared
Anderson will teach a course on “The
Cinema of Robert Redford,” centered on
the films: “Barefoot in the Park,” “The
Candidate,” “The Natural,” “Quiz Show”
and “All is Lost.”
Anderson has previously taught cours-
es on other film icons such as Alfred
Hitchcock and Katharine Hepburn at
City Lights Cinemas in Florence. His
courses include enriching context of the
background influences — on and off the
1 4 • C OAST
set — of each film and actor.
The class is for anyone who loves film
and is interested in learning more about
Redford’s influences on cinema.
“When we think of Redford, we may
think of the young and brash Sundance
Kid or a director of intelligent, adult-ori-
ented cinema like ‘Quiz Show’ or ‘A
River Runs Through It,’” said Anderson.
People may also think about his envi-
ronmentalism.
“People know him as the guy who
started the Sundance Film Festival, but
what they may not realize is how much
he has fundamentally changed how we
watch film, and what we watch,”
Anderson said.
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Before Redford, film was primarily
“the realm of the big studios,” according
to Anderson.
“If there was an independent film, you
could catch it at an avant garde theater or
hopefully get a VHS at your local univer-
sity,” he said. “After Redford, independ-
ent film (and the independent film aes-
thetic) became mainstream.
“What we expect from film changed,
the amount of films available changed,
and the possibilities for anyone to make a
film became a reality.”
The five-week course will be offered
on Mondays starting Jan. 9, from noon to
3:30 p.m. at City Lights Cinemas.
Registration for the course is online.
Marsha Sills, Florence Center continu-
ing education program instructor, said,
“Jared’s students remark about his enthu-
siasm and knowledge of film. We’re for-
tunate to have instructors like him who
are willing to share their expertise to
engage the community in learning expe-
riences like this.
“Michael Falter and his staff at City
Lights Cinemas have also been wonder-
ful partners in helping us offer these
courses.”
For more information about this
course or other LCC Florence Center
winter term offerings, contact Sills at
541-997-8444, ext 4825 or email her at
sillsm@lanecc.edu.