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Show The Salt Lake Tribune TS THE @ JACK GOODMAN,D-2 @ BOOKREVIEWS,D-4, 5 SUPPORTING CAST The Westminster PI. ry outa ers try out and award-winning musicai Line.” Seestory. page D-3. @ ARTSLISTINGS, D-9-12 BRIDGE WORK Dancing on an edgy roller coaster of relationships at Ballet Ted Brandsen Howe Kae BEE works with Michiyo Hayashiat a re- “The EcologicalIndian”reflects on the history of native peoples’relationship to the environment. hearsalof the American pre- miere of his new work, “Bridge Varia- Second-Guessing The Indian as Environmentalist tions.” The . 3 BYJOAN O'BRIEN danceis setto Benjamin Britten’s “Variations ona Theme of When leaders of the tiny Goshute tribe proposed a nuclear-waste storage site on their reservation, they did more than upset environmentalists and the Utah governor They violated a racial stereotype that has been five centuries in the making. Photos by Paul Fraughton / The Salt Lake Tribune IN FORSBERG LAKETRIBUNE within it,” were introduced to choreographer Ds sen in the spring of 1998, when Ballet West offered the American premiere ofhis “Bach BridgeVariations” for Ballet West. will have its American premiere in the dvening of Ballets,” herent ecologists who alw: said Brandsen. And to his knowledge, no one hadmadeaballetto the work, which madeit all the more Moves.” The Dutchmanis back in Salt Lake City via Perth, , wherehedirects the West Australian Ballet which opensat Salt Capitol Theatre this week. Sharingthe bill will be George Balanchine's “Theme and Variations” and Hansvan Manen’s crowd-pleasing “In and Out.” en created “Bridge Variations” for the West is jan Ballet, which premieredit to critical acclaim earlier this month at His Majesty’s Theatre in Perth. The neoc al piece stems from andis driven by BenjaminBritten’s brooding “Variations on a Themeof Frank Bridge.” Brandsen heard the piece, composed in 1987, for the first time several years ago and immediately loveit. “It's veryfresh, very powerful and has hugecontrast After all, are not AmericanIndians in Frank Bridge.” appealing. “T was lookingfor something with variations because ited to makeaballet that hadlotsofdifferent short s that together formedone story,” said Brandsen. It isa piece forfour couplesabout relationships. 's about how people connect to each other. Sometimes ‘t works, sometime: Sometimesit’s funny, sometimesit’s sad,” said Brandsen. “It is not a deep drama ballet, but somepieces are more heartfelt than others.” The piece uses the word “bridge” as a metaphor. “There are a lot ofreferences to it. It is about bridges betweenpeople andbridges connecting people,” said Brandsen. The set is a stylized form of a suspension bridge designed Kenneth Rayner,lighting designerof the WestAustralian Ballet. Jonas Kage,artistic director of Ballet W ppreciates Brandse s choreographic bala “What lived in har monywith nature? How couldthese Indians considerjoining forces withutility compa nies to turn their desolate Skull Valleyinto a nuclear-waste dump? The Goshutes’ actions seemas unnatural as the spent nuclear fuel rods theyproposetostore But American Indians’ historicrelation ship to their environment is complex and does not conform to their herent conservationists, stereotypeas in. according to the newly published book The Ecological Indian. The romantic idea of Americans living gen tly with the land maybe appealingto Indians and whitesalike, but author Shepard Krech I says it is not supported byhistorical evidence. Krech, professor of anthropology at Brown University, studied the impact ofIn dians on the American landscapefromthe tocene Age through thearrival of the iropeans500 years agotothepresent He foundthat while theyhadvast knowledge appeals to meis the wayheworks in that borderline area between cl: | and contemporar id Kage. Kagealso likes the edgy quality Brandsenbrings to of the natural world, somewerecapable‘of See BRANDSEN,Page D-8 See RETHINKING,Page D-7 Only é select fewhave French Music Ineveii te the top. Join then. RUSSIAN STYLE! Friday & Saturday, November5 & 6 AbravanelHall, 8 p.m. Breathtaking footagefilmed with IMAX@ cameras, EVEREST 5the dramatic truestoryof a tear of imbers who found hope, strength andtiumph in the wakeof tragedy. 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