Show - P j: 2000 r NTEIA1EW 10 March Beyond Grimm: Rumplesflltskin gets a new look Friday diminutive director of State University's children's theater production “Rumpclstiltskin's Fire" is like all directors — visibly excited about her latest production But I was able to get Sara Jane Hardy to sit still for a few minutes last Friday to talk about the original day feat takes its audience into Rumpelstiltskin’s fantastic world The play is a conjecture based on the original fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm In the Grimms’ tale the heroine is 4 locked in a tower and told she must turn straw into gold dr lose Page her life Rumpelstiltskin arrives and promises to turn the straw into gold for the heroine wife one malicious caveat — she must provide him wife her firstborn child The heroine’s handmaiden understanding Rumpelstiltskin must have limitations or he would conjure up a child for himself presents this feet to the imp who flies into a ' rage and turns her into al rat Rumpelstiltskin offers a new deal — if fee heroine can guess ' his name within three nights she can keep her child As Rumpelstiltskin departs fee play’s focus Rumpelstiltskin The Herald Trie Diractor Sarah Jana Hardy retools handmaiden now a rat follows him to discover his name ' Three days later fee imp returns and wife the help of her ' rodent bandmairian the heroin- is aide to guess the conniving creature’s name : Hardy said she and writer liana Lydia became fascinated wife the missing three days in fee traditional tale and wrote a -- a dasaic tale day based on other classic tales to describe them “In fee story there is this scene where Rumpelstiltskin is described as dancing around a fire” Hfcrdy said "We came up wife the idea that he is a story-tellwife his posse of goblins” This goblin crew is Rumpelstiltskin’s audience and during the three days of the ' er : spins three yams one for each night Hardy said The tales he tells her help to explain his behavior why he needs to steal a child and how ' he came to be the magical creature he is "It’s a search for his humanness” Hardy said 1b come up wife these stories Hardy and Lydia pulled from the mythologies that the Brothers Grimm based most of ' their tales on "We looked less at Grimm and more at the origins” Hardy said "We pulled from Greek Critic and Norse mythologies” Using fee roots of familiar stories was important to Hardy and Lydia because they wanted children in the audience to see the beginning of mythology TVe wanted them to see where fee Disney tales come from” she said "The basic archetypal story” All this week Hardy’s cast has played to schoolchildren throughout the valley and tomorrow they will perform their only public performance at 1:30 pjn in the Morgan Theatre She said the production also was built to illustrate to young minds the magic of theater "We want to hook ldds on theater” she said "We can’t compete wife movies and video games in realism and that’s not what theater does best anyway” Instead of trying be realistic the play lets its audience see through to the "guts” of the production For example Hardy said in one scene a giant puppet is employed and Hardy said the puppeteers are dearly visi-ble and throughout fee play acton are within the audience "We’re not trying to fool : these kids” Handy said "We want them to experience theater as a community event staged just for them” Tickets are available only at the door which opens at 1:30 pjn tomorrow Tickets are $3 for adults and up to three accompanying children ages 5 and older are admitted ire of ' charge Each additional child is $3 Tickets are free to USU students wife valid identification Flex-PaSeason Subscriben may use their Conservatory Senes coupon for one free adult admission For more information call ss 797-15- 00 N CAMPUS Bird basics Wife spring just around the corner community mem-bo- s kxdring to get out into nature have the perfect opportunity in the Utah State University workshop on spring binding in Cache Valley The program taught through the Bear River Institute is designed to help beginners leant techniques of bind watching and to help more advanced watchers improve their skills Hie course which runs from Mar 23 to Apr 22 is held on weekday mornings a perfect time to bird watch There is a $165 fee which includes instruction day field trips and one overnight trip The nice thing about the binding program is feat yop ( Climbing around the Great Basin don’t need to have any expe- rience” USU Conference Services program specialist Cami McClure said "You can just come and learn" The course will include group discussions about such skills as fee use of optics field marks field guides finding birds in the landscape and more The course also includes an outdoor instructional portion where such principles as appropriate dress equipment and behavior needed for a successful and enjoyable bird outing win be fes-cuss- ed The deadline for registration is March 9 For more information about spring binding in Cache Vriley call (435)T797-042Wroll-fhJr:- a’ at (800) 538-26- -- Rock climbers will get a unique view of the Great Basin as they hang from the granite formations they climb as part of the Bear River Institute program “Climbing in the West Desert” The program is meant to take beginning climbers to the next level in their skills and apprecia- ’ tion of nature “We enhance any skills students might have learned through friends or a beginning rock climbing class that they maybe aren’t too confident about” said Bear River Institute program coordinator Darek Staab "This will give them a chance to try those skills out and build confidence" ' 7 VThe primary purpose of the workshop is to instruct students aspects of rock climbing They will also learn about such issues as proper judgment safety knots belay techniques repelling movement balance ethics commands placement of natural anchors and concepts of leading while climbing limestone surfaces in Logan Canyon and granite formations during the three-da- y field trip to fee West Desert non-traditio- ‘ m 5-- Instructors will also lead discussions about the unique geography of the Great Basin as students explore the Pinyon and Juniper country of fee West Desert “This gives students a chance to improve their climbing while they learn about the Great Basin area its habitat and wildlife” klV- 63 Students who choose to take the course for credit can earn two upper division credits in just oneweek "This is a quick program designed for traditional as well as students in a way to offer them credit in a setting” said Conference Services program specialist Cami McClure ' The course which is April has a $199 course fee and is ' open to fee community as well as students The registration deadline is Mar 21 For more information about “Climbing in fee West Desert” or other workshops fert Utah State University offers contact USU Extension Conference Services 5 at (435) or ton free at -' fi' 'llfi' 23 797-042- (800)532663 t t a a j k s I & i a tf'i 1 f 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