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Show m 10M The Salt Lake Tribune ' $ 1 Friday, April y' y T ""l j) Hy -i iy "mg April 14 is Sir 6, 1984 A potpourri of dance from Ballet West y h 'y ii "f yNf yNP T q0"li'miqlwqr"iipiMiiii .ii.iij- r nj iy fl,yf,ait Johns day London prepares to celebrate Gielguds 80th Garcia who pulls off the greatest coup as the sly and sleazy gangster. The programs centerpiece and Bruce Marks Pipe program, "Invitation to the climax iswhich makes its second Dance, that when searching for a Dreams, treasure, you need look no further return to the stage since its debut in 1979. Choreographically, the conthan your own back yard. temporary ballet remains the For in this potpourri-lik- e prosame; however the accompaniment which gram, opened Wednesday has changed drastically, a change night at the Capitol Theatre, that which is not better or worse, just different. "Pipe Dreams premiered to the sound of pure organ music by Louis Vierne, which gave the piece a softer, more lyrical feel. Its new sound, which is most successful is the an electronic score transcribed work of the companys own artistic from Vierne by William Martin and staff. Kenton Reynolds of the American Reviving one of Wiliam F. ChrisCenter for Electronic Music in Santensens earlier works, Nothin ta Fe, gives even the ballets lightDoin Bar, is a stroke of genius for est moments a harsh edge. which the San Francisco Ballet Pipe Dreams is one of Marks should probably receive credit. It most inventive works and one was that company which initially which will probably be in Ballet revived the work several years ago Wests 10 years from repertory and provided the art nouveau-typ- e now. When danced well as it was sets for this production. Wednesday night, its a great piece Up until the time of its revival, to show off the company. the piece had been stored away in Marks uses a broad range of the mind of the creator and its movement from the lyrical much too funny to have remained dance of the Naiads to the athletic only there. Its Christensen chore- divertissement danced confidently ography at its best and, surprisingby Ed Farley, to the bold and brilly, it works wonderfully on Ballet liant Westminster Carillon. Only West. This crazy spoof on speakeasthe Clair de Lune, though beautifulies of the 20s is a piece of almost ly performed by Stacey Swaner pure pantomime, which is usually and Bruce Caldwell, is devoid of innot the companys forte. teresting and But this opening night cast choreography. A new pas de deux by ballet mascomes forward with characterizations you wouldnt believe. Evi- ter and mistress Louis Godfrey and dently it just takes a little pushing Denise Schultze completes the arand prodding from the master, Mr. tistic staffs contribution to the proC. is choreoEsmeralda gram. A spicy score by Darius Milhaud graphed in the couples clean and sets the mood for makin whoopee classical style and is full of elecin this jazzy joint. Its customers intricity as danced by Lee Provancha clude Odette Millner and Randall Day and Bruce Caldwell, undoubtWray as a sophisticated rich couple edly Ballet Vests most secure who likes to slum and also likes to partnership. dance in elongated slants that pracOnly Beauty and the Beast by tically reach to the floor; Ed Far- John Cranko (until his death artisley, an endearing, but clumsy little tic director of the Stuttgart Ballet) pickpocket with a perfect slouching falls short in dramatic interpretatstance; Clay Miller as a charmingly ion. The story itself is tender and arrogant prizefighter, and Rhonda moving, but Rhonda Lee and MiLee and Martin Leuthauser as a guel Garcia fail to evoke any deep emotion. The beast does not seem couple of college kids. Shari Nagley-Gome- z makes for a beastly and the young maiden does scintillating Sexie Sadie, while not seem particularly caring, at Vane Vest, also on loan from the least not caring enough to bring San Francisco Ballet, taps out a about such a great transformation. slick routine as the smooth doorThe program will be repeated Peter Christie and Da- Friday, Saturday and Monday at 8 man, vid Wirth are convincingly tough as p.m., with a matinee Saturday at 2 the body guards, but it it Miguel p.m. By Helen Forsberg Tribune Staff Writer Ballet West proves in its spring Dance Review eye-catchi- Yo-Y- o. By Matt Wolf Associated Press Writer LONDON Sir John Gielgud is turning 80, and in a city that takes its theater seriously, a crescendo of reminiscence is building. Two books are being readied for publication to coincide with galas in Gielguds honor around his birthday on April 14, and colleagues of the great British stage and screen actor are happy to recall his performances of the classics, the moments they shared on stage and his impact on actors 40 years his junior. Ronald Harwoods The Ages of Gielgud, a compilation of reminiscences about the actor-knigh- t, will be launched at a dinner at the Garrick Club, the famed actors watering-hole of which Gielgud is a member. Pictorial History Pavilion Books, publishers of Gyles Brandreths pictorial history, John Gielgud: A Celebration, will hold a birthday gala at the Old Vic Theater, where Gielgud made his first stage appearance in 1921 as a herald in Henry V. John has an extraordinary capacity for tears, recalled Paul Scofield in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. Scofield was remembering his run opposite Gielgud in the 1953 revival of Venice Preservd, especially the first performance after Gielgud was knighted. Audience Went Mad He came on for his first speech, with the knighthood in everyones minds, and the audience just went mad standing, applauding, shoutsaid the ing Bravo, Scofield, an Academy Award-winne- r himself for A Man for All Seasons in 1966. Well, John stood there, tears rolling down his face, waited it out, and then launched into his first speech. It was a particularly emotional moment, he said. Dame Wendy Hiller, 71, first worked with Gielgud when he directed her in The Cradle Song in 1944. Since then, the two appeared together in such films as The Elephant Man and Murder on the Orient Express, and in Peter Shaffers 1970 play, The Battle of Shrivings. Display of Strength ShrivDame Wendy recalled ings for Gielguds display of a strength he didn't know he had. There was a scene where John had to hit me, she said. Now, hes very gentle, hardly warlike and one at anybody particularly a female colleague. But he just didnt know his own strength, she said affectionately. He was jolly well hitting me. The wonder of his career, she said, is the quality, as well as the quantity, of it. Hes been able to give us a record over such a long span that if he is proud of his achievement, he makes us all proud of his achievement. caliber to knock out English Theater He is the English theater, she said. Gielgud has influenced the younger generation, as well. Gielgud has had an enormous influence on actors of my generation, said Ian McKellan, 43, who starred on Broadway in Amadeus. acDerek Jacobi, the tor whom many see as an heir to the r of actors, recently received the Evening Standard Best Actor Award for Cyrano de Bergerac from Gielgud, with whom he had acted in the 1960s. Ambivalent Reaction My reaction to the whole thing of prizes is ambivalent, Jacobi told The Associated Press. But when your name is called out, and it happens to be Gielgud giving you the well thats when the knees prize just go to water. The understudy and eventual successor to Noel Coward in The Vortex and The Constant Nymph in 1927, Gielgud began his Shakespearean successes in 1929, when he joined the Old Vic company to play Romeo, Richard II, Marc Antony and Macbeth. In 1928, Gielgud made his first Broadway appearance in The Pa triot." He did The Importance of Being Earnest" in 1947, and opposite the late Sir Ralph Richardson in David Storeys Home and Harold Pinters No Mans Land in the 1970s. 126th Role Gielgud last appeared on the London stage in 1978 in Julian Mitchells Half-Lifhis 126th theater role. He won an Academy Award in 1981 for his performance as the fase, tidious valet opposite Dudley Moore in the movie, Arthur. His other films have included, Julius Caesar, Richard III, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Lost Horizon, The Wicked Lady "Providence, and Scandalous. 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