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Show Arts & Leisure SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE, CEDAR CITY THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1990 PAGE 9 Verge sees future These are the voyages of our three sister sojourners. r Their mission: to seek out new worlds, to explore strange new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. five-yea- Sound familiar7 No its not another episode of Star but the SUSC Theatre production of Eric Overmyers optimistic comedy On the Verge, playing April 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium. Students with activity cards can get tickets for $2. On the Verge is about three Victorian polytopians (lady explorers of the 19th century) who set out to explore new worlds. Why are these three ladies special? Because they hit a time warp that propels them into the future, where they discover exciting things like Jacuzzis and Cool Whip. On the Verge is about imagination, optimism, hope, courage, said director Jesse Berger."The most exciting aspect of the show is the exploration of the limitless possibilities of the future. These women see things that theyve never even dreamed of. It opens doors to the imagination of the human spirit. The explorers are portrayed by three veteran SUSC actresses: Janette Jensen (Orem), Shanna Peterson (Salt Lake City), and Lisa Rasmussen (Salt Lake City). One male actor, Geoffrey Bennett (Salt Lake City) plays everyone else they meet in their travels from an abominable snowman to a Las Vegas-styl- e lounge singer. The play is directed by Jesse Berger, who assistant-directe- d the recent Randall Theatre production of Life with Father Scenic and lighting designs are by resident designer Rebecca E. White, with Jared B. Leese creating the costumes. Trek, Three Victorian (Janette Jensen, Lisa Rasmussen and Shanna Petersen) explore the future in On the Verge, playing April 12 through 21 at 8 p m in the Auditorium Two solo with SU Orchestra Two students Chelle Hansen Leyva on flute and Phil Chidester playing cello will solo with the Orchestra of Southern Utah April 9 at 8 p.m. in the Thorley Recital Hall as part of the orchestras Showcase for Youth program Students will be admitted free with an activity card, but donations would be appreciated for purchasing future concert music. A second performance will be held April 10 at 1:30 p.m. in the Cedar City High School Auditorium and will be free to students. Leyva will perform the Allegro Moderato movement from Franz J. Haydns Concerto in D for Flute and Orchestra. Chidesters selection is the Largo movement from Dmitri Kabalevskys Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Chidester and Leyva were chosen during January auditions to perform with the nonprofit orchestra. These two "Showcase for Youth performances were instituted by the Orchestra of Southern Utah last year to feature talented student musicians, said Hal K. Campbell, orchestra director and music professor. The hour-lonprogram will also include Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saen- s by special soloist June Larsen, Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofieff by special narrator Kent Myers; and the William Tell Overture written by Gioacchino Rossini g well-know- n Sorcery infuses dance with color CONCERT REVIEW BY JASON NORTH Splashes of color formed The Sorcery of Dance Friday and Saturday nights. Garlands of flowers and pink balloons drifted across the stage like droplets on a wmdowpane; then, twirling folk music from Romania and the Middle East painted the movement bright red, green and blue Sojourner, the Theatre Departments dance troupe, joined dancers from workshops and Dance Ensemble II for the colorful performance. The dancers whisked from country to country and style to style, from medieval England and the Old West to folk group dancing and jazzy tap. exchange Country Western Walking was a blue-deniof partners and jealousies, in stark comparison with the High Society Tango. The somber combination of gray and pink tuxedos and formals snapped across stage. Stamp, stamp black boots beckoned chauvanistically as the women strode on stage to join their partners. Six Saturday Night Jazz women, in shades of tasseled green, tapped with highly energized rhythm. Native America was also expressed as part of the sorcery through Kelvin Yazzies Eagle Dance, a dignified flight of the soul. Robert Johnson sang and led the audience in snapping their fingers to the beat of Amen. This spiritual provided a powerful transition between the militaristic tango and the looser, freer Shag and Jive dances. Like a prism, Sorcery of Dance split into a wide range of musical eras, coloring each with a joy for life. slow-movin- '' VY iWiiii nililiir Viifiimr ail n r, Butcher and Tiffin Butcher danced in an early tango style Friday and Saturday nights at the "Sorcery of Dance" concert Tracy R 20th-centur- y |