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Show Page 4, DIXIE SUN January 28, 1983 Annie Get Your Gun Features BYU Ballroom Dance Company to Perform Vaudeville Setting From the shimmer of sequine gowns to the swing of petticoats and bobby socks, the Brigham Young University Ballroom Dance Company will enchant audiences with an exciting evening of dance Thursday, February 3, at 8 00. p m in the Dixie College Gymp-siumI he performance is part of the groups 1983 winter tour From Feb. 4 13, the dancers will travel through Nevada. Arizona, New Mexico and California giving dance workshops and evening performances. Under the direction of Lee Wakefield, the companys superbly choreographed spectacular will include every'hing from waltz to hustle, Charleston to cha cha. The group will also perform Latin American, international and modern ballroom dances as well as numbers choreographed to currently popular music. When most people think of Dixie College Musical Theatres production of ANNIE, GET YOUR GUN, which will presented musical, the stage will feature a false proscenium and entries downstage through curtained and fringed arches reminiscent of those in Victorian playhouses. This basic framework for the play will make the audience aware that they are watching a play in which realism is not the major consideration ballroom dance, they think formal, said Wakefield. After a performance, however, many people will say they didnt realize there could be so much variety in a ballroom dance performance. Our scope is very wide, he said, and very entertaining During their 9 day tour, the dancers will perform in Los Angeles, Calif. ; Henderson, Nev. Gallup, N.M.; Joseph City, Phoenix, Thatcher and Snowflake, Ariz. Currently the U.S. National Formation Champions, the Ball- ANNIE, GET YOUR GUN, is a show like that in Buffalo Bills Wild West Show which is within the play, resulting in a show within the show. Instead, Costumes designed by Olive Esplin will follow this same vaudeville or touring show theme. Each major actor is costumed authentically in terms of period, but the show concept is retained in color and detail. An unusual feature of the costuming is that the chorus members costume is an individual design for that actor only. Fringed flappers from the twenties, ton Pitman and Mel Clandge dance the Charleston in the Brigham Young University Ballroom Dance Companys variety show. ; groups performance, Never has there been such applause for any formation team at Blackpool. From the first note of music, they danced with such skill, artistry, poise and drama that they left the audience spellbound and breathless. Their summer 1983 tour will take company members back to England where they will compete in this years British championships. The Ballroom Dance Company is room Dance Company has performed throughout England, France, Belgium, Holland, Canada and the United States. They were the first Americans to win the prestigious British Ballroom Championships in Blackpool, England, a feat they have since repeated three times. International Dance Magazine critic Jim Graham said of the BYU affiliated with the largest ballroom dance program in the United States. Recognized by the U.S. Dance Teachers Association, the program has over 4,500 students enrolled in classes each year. Company members are selected from more than 1,000 students who audition annually. For ticket information on the university-sponsore- Thursday night contact Bob Dalton. d Tickets for ANNIE, GET YOUR GUN will be available beginning February 8 at the Fine Arts Theatre Box Office. Dixie College students are admitted with their activity cards but may pick up reserved tickets in advance. performance, Rebel of the Week Tom "Stretch be through 19 at the February campus Fine Arts Theatre, will be enhanced by a unique set designed by Brent Hanson, the theatre's Stage In keeping with the Designer. concept of Director C. Paul Ander sen that ANNIE, GET YOUR GUN is the epitome of the old fashioned 15 (overlooking Red Hills golf course) Discover. . .Enjoy one of Dixie's finest n restaurants Wittig has been selected as Rebel of the Week for his elforts as chairman of the March of Dimes benefit basketball game which raised $315.00. Stretch, who comes from Sussex Wisconsin, is well knowr on KRDC. Hes also Sports Editor for the Dixie Sun. Stretch is majoring in Jour Chinese-America- o A delicious meal oA lovely evening oA delightful date ! For directions and reservations call: Rebel of the Week will receive courtesy of Arctic Circle. 653 St George Blvd , over 1 0 no vo"h of Arctic Circles fine food, and ice cream, free Congradulations!' 628-055- 2 |
