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Show The Tfmnderbird Monday November 12 , 1984 Pttge 9 Nielson dancer and teacher It is a typical night in the dimly lit dance studio. The mirrors on the walls only serve to amplify the studio, to make it even larger and lonelier than it actually is. The only sounds heard are the dull thud of shoes contacting the wooden floor, and the periodic panting of shortened breath. She glides along the polished floor as if she were gliding on ice. A figure appears on the other side of the studio. She is small, thin, and blonde, and she glides along the polished floor as if she were skating on ice. The lonely figure in the studio is dancer Heidi Nielson. But she does not only dance; she teaches, too. She is a dance instructor at SUSC. Nielson has taught dance techniques at SUSC for three years. Before coming here, she had her own dance studio in Wisconsin, her home state. Nielson attended the University of Wisconsin, and graduated from Lawrence University with a bachelor of science degree in mathematics. In addition to her dance responsibilities, she teaches a math class which she says has been an education in itself. Nielson teaches classical ballet, classical modern dance, and folk dancing. She says she has no favorite of the different dance types. I enjoy teaching all forms of dance, Nielson said, because each one is different and each one has unique characteristics. Nielsons teaching career has not stopped her from dancing either. In October, she performed in the American Folk Ballet, and plans to continue performing with that company. In addition, she will appear with a professional dance company in southern California in the near future. Nielson is scheduled to participate in the dance departments performance-worksho- p during Jewish Week. The department will perform 10 or 12 dances, influenced by Arab, Jewish and Spanish cultures. The department will then invite interested spectators to learn the dances just performed. Nielson will also perform, as part of the dance department ensemble in May, at the Utah Lifetime Achievement Awards, sponsored by SUSC. The emphasis of this performance will be on characterization, and the theme will be Early American History. Nielson said she does not feel that there is such a person who cannot dance, or one with the proverbial two left feet. S ,y x There is no such person with two left feet. If you can walk , you can dance , says Nielson. If you can walk, you can dance, Nielson claims. You may not become a Barishnikov, but anyone can get something out of a dance class. Heidi Nielson will soon perform with a professional dance company from southern California. Stage Two play begins Edward Albees Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will be presented Nov. 16 and 17 in Auditorium 108 beginning at 8 p.m., the first production in a projected second season of plays in the theatre ' department. Directed by Scott Phillips, the Stage Two production is set in the home of the professor of a small college. There are only four characters, two couples, who in a single night of fun and games manage to run the full range of emotions from sympathy to mutual insult and injury and finally to verbally ripping each other apart. It is one of the most studied plays in American theatre, Phillips notes, and it is one of the most controversial. This play contains adult language and adult situations, so its suggested for mature audiences only, said Phillips. Senior theater arts major Philip Shelburne plays George in the y production. Shelburne has appeared in numerous productions, most recently as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus, a role that netted him SUSCs 1984 Bet Actor Award. Martha, Georges wife, is played by senior Kristin Catherall. She is a member of the forensic squad and most recently appeared as Elmire in Tartuffe. The second couple in the drama includes Honey, played by Anne Maria Jacobson, and Nick, played by Tobin Atkinson. Jacobson was the maid last season in Tartuffe, for which she was named Best Actress in a Cameo Role. Adkinson is a freshman who was awarded a theatre department scholarship for his performance in the annual SUSC High School Shakespeare campus-communit- S H I N E U NHealth Foods We have a healthy supply of muscle and fitness magazines. At Our lunch counter, try our ever popular All Natural Pita Pizza! Dont forget that starting Wednesday November 14, Free Iris Diagnosis Every Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Save a dollar on our Trimlite Grapefruit Reducing Tablets 50 South Main, Cedar City Competition. Admission for Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? At ,Yini m '. h'.LV.V.. , is $2. vf. |