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Show Ballet West became 'live' comp3ll By KIM FOLTZ Chronicle Staff A new work, "You are Love," ressurected Ballet West and turned them into a "live" dancing company. Jocques d'Amboise's choreography, set to the music ot Jerome Kern was very much alive, fast and funny. The dancers, Janice James, Vicki Morgan, Peggy Scott, and Tomm Ruud, transcended their roles as dancers, dan-cers, becoming people. Janice James, with her Chapiinesque movements, her dead-pan expressions and technical excellence stole the show. And when she wasn't The "swans" Were ward- Portraying f ra'herV,hSand S, b'rds mtended Af 6 9: rembled, most f grade school ft'f morning exercises. H Head swan, Barbara w , ffhnical,y perS?" always pointed, her h'JT "' S P-fect, in' ft mistake her for , ' ne lookjng for the key the? " Wind her up. For h al'rdead,proud her for "corpes de ball : looking, Peggy Scott snatched it from her. The two were not merely performers, they were smiling, laughing, loving-they were real. "Symphony in C" choreographed by George Balanchine was fluid, colorful and good, thanks to Biget's music and fine performances per-formances by Vickie Morgan, Peggy Scott and Christopher Fair. Some ballets, such as "Swan Lake," are choreographed principly to show off the dancers, with the story as almost an after thought. Barbara Hamblin (Queen of the Swans) and her flock, obviously took this quite literally. |