Show What's inside this week 3 Boom modem Beads 9 Beglonal the 4 Stage st Emit 19 Artists art features a show Logan 5 fffletfj 11 6 fiGNSsmtd Two Charlene Hirschi reviews for price of one A collection of dance presentations The fuse goes out on “Miss Firecracker this weekend host of artists from The student show at USU continues begins die weekend of the dance valley dance programs are debuting their spring performances this So weekend The first is the Cache Valley Civic Ballet’s tip-to- e production of “Cinderella” The CVCB is at the heart of valley ballet and this annual production at the Eccles Theatre has become as “scary music in the ‘Omen’” The piece of music in addition to bearing that classy moniker is also one of the more sensual works of the 20th century The way I understand the story (music scholars cringe here) composer Carl Orf discovered the writings of a group who had fled of 13 th century-monkthe monastic life in search of a more ahem hedonistic lifestyle The monks who are wont to chant wrote a series of secular chants about the pitfalls of fortune politics morals and the pleasures of the flesh Orf discovered their writings and set them to music stirring music Then somebody maybe it was Ballet West I don't know created a modem dance piece to accompany the monk’s chants and Orf ’s music The performance I witnessed was truly a multimedia experience and one that made me appreciate the capacity of dance especially modem dance to delight the senses The sensual ruture of the music coupled exquisitely with the writhing choreography Suffice it to sayit was quite moving This weekend offers two splendid opportunities to witness the exercise in modem dance and the precision of ballet Take your pick or see both —Jeremy Pugh s much a sign of spring as hippies playing fris-bin the park The show opens this weekend and continues through Monday For more details see our Hot Ticket section on this page In a mode die Valley Dance Ensemble is back on stage this weekend debuting six count em six original and locally choreographed selections of modem dance The ensemble will present these works for one performance only in the program titled “Perpetual Motion” Also on the bill for the evening is an encore performance of “Flow" choreographed by Valley Dance Ensemble founder Marion Anderson See the opposite page for more Out of all dance modes I’ve always had a penchant for modem To explain this odd statement I recall going to a Ballet West production of “Carmina Burana” which most folks know as the ee I 8 Your weekly roundup of films now playing around Two USU professors exhfcit a selection of work “New York Times puzzle IQ Your week at a stare ScKentogBoon H Andy simply loves “Holes” 14-1- 5 Continuing film roundup 19-2- 8 aH man Your tomstm jr Belly dancing meets gypsy fusion moves guide to whafs on Hotticket It's a Cinderella story Valley Civic Ballet The Cache “Cinderella” — die famous fairy tale enhanced by the beauty of ballet and classical music with a dose of comedy Performance dates for “Cinderella” are April 25 26 and 28 Evening performances begin at 7:30 pm and Saturday matinee performance begins at 1 pm Tickets are $6 to $10 and are available at die Ellen Eccles Theater Ticket Office “Cinderella” is a delightful family ballet filled with familiar characters — the kind and beautiful Cinderella Cache Magazine editor dreams of a life filled with happiness her mean stepmother and ugly stepsisters frantically attempt to gain wealth and prestige a loving Fairy Godmother who comes to the aid of Cinderella and of course die dashingly handsome Prince The ballet version of “Cinderella” is not without surprises due to the comedic roles of the stepmother and stepsisters It is the European tradition to cast men in the roles of the ugly free-for- m 752-00- 26 SnctmtfL Bum Itsu 1 “Seinfeld" 2 “Simpsons" 3 "MASH" 4 “Cheers" 5 “Fraiser" To your 5 favorites send an line "My 5” to jpughOhjnewscom list each week Include your name with the subject I’ll randomly select a age and city of residence Profane or offensive lists will not be considered ail This production has several dancers returning to die Cache Valley Civic Ballet stage from previous performances of “Cinderella” Reprising their debut roles of stepsisters from the 2000 production are Shane Brown and Dale Leishman Vivian S Adams Natalie Robbins fife the glass sUppers this weekend in the Cache Valley CMc Ballet’s “Cinderella’ (2000) returns as the loving fairy god- mother and Stephanie White (1989) is once again the mean stepmother “Cinderella” will be danced by Natalie Robbins and the dashingly handsome prince by Travis Mallet |