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http://www.thechar1ottepost.com CIbatlotte $os(t THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2005 D Section PHOTO/CURTIS WILSON Green Green to do her first Charlotte concert By Chens F. Hodges chensJiodges®thechaTlotteposlx:om It seems as thou^ Vivian Green’s chicken pox has deared up and she’s ready to ser^ade. On Saturday, the sultry vocalist will make her first appearance in Chaiiotte at Tfempo Club on V^kinson Boulevard. Green’s new disc “Vivian” has a more youthful sound, she said “I was really sad when I wrote my first album,” she said. “And it was more jazzy and people think I’m older than I am ” Green, for the record, is only 25. And she’s not neo soul. Green said she doesn’t know how she got lumped into that category with her first album. “It’s just real music,” she said. “Real singing. I write all of my songs and it’s very tha*- apeutic.” Green said she hates that there are genres in music and the industry tries to put singers in a box, espedally when her sounds crosses so many genres. She’s jazz, a lit tle pop and a lot of soul. Greai said die likes to con nect with audiences and will ask if they feel what she’s singing. “At some point we all tread the same water and I want my fans to be in touch with my humanity.” Oeen tells a lot of her per sonal life in her music. “The more you share, the more people recc^nize you as a human being and I am a person who doesn’t mind sharing.” she said Tickets are $27.50 at Tlck- etmaster by calling(704) 522- 6500. Fca* more information, send an e-mail to nexxtlevel-' proC« aol.com or call (704) 391- 8909. Former North Carolina Dance Theatre dancer Uri Sands is choreographing NCDT’s production of ‘Tearing for A Cure” this week in Chariotte. Sands’ piece is part of NCDT’s second presentation of its 35th anniver sary season. Homecoming dance Sands back to choreograph NCDTproduction By Cheris F. Hodges cheTvs}wdges®lliecl>arlottepost£om Uri Sands knows what its like to take direction fium North Carolina Dance Theatre choreographers. This week he’s back and he’s the one telUng the dancers what to do. Sands will debut his work, ‘Tfear- ing for A Chire.” “The concept is based around the ribbon campaigns,” he said “The meaning of the pink, red and yellow ribbons are explored through move ments to show what people have to deal with.” Being back at the NCDT gives Sands a diance to direct dancers he bonded with over the years. “Tliere’s an intimacy that allows for more exploration,” he said. “Tliere’s more trust and we’re open with eadi other.” Sands’ piece is part of the dance troupe’s Innovative Works, which opened Wednesday. This is the com pany’s second presentation of its 35th anniversary season. Sands and his wife, Tbni, have started their own dance company, TU Dance in Minneapolis, Minn. Prior to co-founding TO Dance, Sands had been a principal dancer and choreographer with NCDT. His choreography has earned national recognition for work that fuses clas sical elegance with edgy contempo rary action, pulsating intensity and poetic lyricism. A principal dancer Pfease see SANDS/2D hi' Aizron Mccyrutio-r By Cheri.s F, Hcxiges cheris Jiodges®lhechaTlotlepost£om “The Boondocks” is a great show. It will be canceled soon. Anyone familiar with Aaron McGruder’s comic strip knows that he does n’t care who he offends and this is translated into the Cartoon Network show. That is if it’s hard to offend you. The debut begins with Huey, the mini revolu tionary, dreaming that he’s telling white folk the timth about things they \ Winfred Cross Expect a more mature ‘Ro’ Floe try Flo’Ology Various producers East West/Geffen The Boondocks makes a splash on TV hold dear to their hearts (“Jesus is black, Ronald Reagan is the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11!”) and makes them star^ rioting. Then there’s Riley, a wanna be gangster with cornrows and a love of guns. Both he and Huey hate living out in the ‘burbs, a.k.a. the Boon- docks. But Grandpa tells the boys that he moved them there for a better life. When the banker who owns the loan on the house invites them to a Please see BOONDOCKS/2D Floetry - Marsha Ambro- sius and Natalie Stewart — have dropped the hurt female persona fium “Floetic” and adopted a more mature, inde pendent female perspective for “Flo’Ology,” their third rdease. “This album is completdy and utterly self-centered,” says Stewart, the “floadst.” ‘Tt’s about breaking ourselves down over and over and over again, knocking ourselves off our pedestals and Uien build ing up again and getting knocked off again.” The duo certainly will not be knocked oflf the charts soon. This is the kind of neo soul that has weigiit and meaning., I’m not crazy about the spoken word stuff Stew art doesn’t claim to be a rap per - she’s a poet. Her skills are nice, but it’s still poetry, which I hate. Ambrosius is a different story. Her voice is sweet, but she can get a little blue^ if she wants. “Blessed 2 Have” opens the CD on just that note. The mtisic is more hip- hop based, but Ambrosius’s voice is anchored somewhere in the ol’ school. “SupaStar” is hip-hop, featuring Common. Ambrosius sounds amazingly like Jill Scott, which is a good thing. The CD’s peak is reached at “Feelings,” a heartfelt ballad which displays Ambrosius’s expressiveness. She nearly tops herself on “Sometimes U Make Me Cry,” were it not so overdone. There are a few uptempo winners like the strutting “My Apology” and the more sedate “Closer,” but it’s those torch songs that make this CD desirable. “Flo’Ology” isn’t perfect, but it’s good enou^ to get these women a lot of notice. Ratings ‘Princess Briana’ aims to buUd up children’s self-esteem By Qieris F. Hodges chensJtodge5®lhechark)nepost£om Yaba Baker isn’t a father, but he knows the impor tance of providing good self-esteem for young black gills. His book, “Princess Briana” shows something that Disney doesn’t - a black princess. “A parent sent me an e-mail and told me that her dau^to* said she wanted to be someone else and she asked her why,” Baiker, 34, said “Then her daughter said brown gills don’t get to be princess es.’” MOVIE REVIEW According to research done by clinical psycholo gists, black children that do not see images of them- sdves consistently in fairytales and storybooks tend to have lower self-esteem and a poorer self-image. Princess Briana is a beautiful, Afiican princess who has the opportunity to attend the School of Elite’s summer camp in ^ain. She has never been to Spain and is very excited about the people she will meet and the things she will learn. Upon arriv ing, she sees other princesses, but none who looked likft her. Thou^ questioning whether she belongs at the school, she continues to her classes, emted to meet her instructors. Shortly after, Briana isn’t too sure of herself, her beauty, or if she deserves to be a princess, so she tries to make herself fit in by chang ing her outside appearance. “Finally there is a book that addresses one of the key issues that face adolescents today, which is how they view themselves. Girls of any ethnic bach- ground can relate to this book because it points out the need to love yourself for who you are and not who society portrays beauty to be. After reading this story to my young students they told me what they liked the most about the book,” wrote Amazcaxcom customer Simone Howard on Amazon’s web site. ‘Jarhead’ offers more than the average war-time dramas By David Dawson THE CHARLOTTE POST Most war movies are so similar to each other, you think that the writers just threw them into a huge black pot, over medium heat, added seasoning for flavor and mixed them for another war movie Foxx stew If you believe that, then you can throw “Jarhead” into the pot and slowly devour the taste. “Jarhead” is a compelling film, which takes the position that soldiers are trained killers and how that does not escape fixan a soldier’s mind onc^ combat is over. The movie has the comlanation of comedy fi*om “Biloxi Blues:,” the craziness and narrative of “Full Metal Jacket,” and the dramatic backdrop of Operation Desert Storm fi*om “Three Kings.” “Jaihead” also gives a tribute to “Apocalypse Now.” “Jaihead,” jargon for a Marine, takes you into the mind of Anthony Swofford (Jake Gjdlenhall) as he trains at Camp Pendleton, Calif, in 1989. A year later, Swofford is enrolled in sniper training along witii his spotter, Th:y (Peter Sarsgaard), who would become his dosest fiiend. Their commander, Servant ^kes (Jamie Foxx), is the kind of hard-but- fair sender who loves every waking moment in the Marines. Gjdlenhall delivers an outstanding performance that leaves you at the edge of your seat. Foxx adds spice to the movie. Ifis character provides great leadership and comical sarcas tic remarks. mmo
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