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Show A Publication of Southern Utah State Colleges Summer School Burch Manns world-renowne- d The American Folk Ballet opens its third annual dance festival with the concert trilogy of The Prairie Years, The Old South, and The Texas Breed, August 10 to 10 in Cedar City. Founder and Artistic Director, Burch Mann, combines the strength of classical ballet while delving into Americas pioneer history and folk art for theme and style. After moving the American Folk Ballets educational headquarters from Tasadena, California, to Southern Utah State in US2, Mann said "southern Utah is the ideal place in which to sink our roots, a small rural community in the heart of the west with beautiful scenerv and triendlv people. Now in its 27th year, the American Folk Ballet Cedar City , Utah July 17, 1989 dancers to present third annual gala in the Centrum August continues to perform for audiences of all ages. The American Folk Ballet has universal appeal to young and old alike because it deals with basic human emotions. The shows are full of history and folklore that teach as well as entertain, said Michael Anderson, ballet company promotional manager. Each performance takes the audience back in time when our land was unfenced and our ancestors were courageously moving out from the protective forests into the untamed wilderness. Mann has created a new style of dance distinctively different from classical ballet or folk. She achieves this stvle of dance by combining the strength of classical ballet training with the heart and soul of America 10-1- 9 and its people. All of her dancers have a 'strong classical ballet background as.. well as being well versed in tap, jazz and modern techniques. Burch Mann has the secret..., the noble hidden vision capable of revealing a nations heart. I know of only tw'o other choreographers in the w'orld who have so served their people, they are Nedezhdena and Moiseyev... her show', you dont want to miss, says Deborah Bertonoff, of the Israel National Theatre. For more information regarding tickets for the Summer Festival of the American Folk Ballet in Cedar City, write to: Centrum Ticket Office, Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, Utah, 84720. Or call Monday through Friday (801)586-7872- . |