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Mime-performance aims to amuse, enlighten
Paul Fdger
Staff Writer
On March 3, a mime troupe
performed at 8 p.m. in Lipinsky
Auditorium.
Silent Partners, Hilarie Burke
Porter and Connie Schrader,
perform at festivals, schools and
theaters in the Southeast.
A Fund for the Improvement of
Post Secondary Education
(FIPSE) grant sponsored the
performance.
The mime troupe, established in
1985 by Burke Porter, use short
stories and scenes from situations
everyone can relate to, said Burke
Porter.
Silent Partners’ scenes range
from a two-minute solo called
"Blind Date" to a 15-minute duet
called "Boxes."
"Blind Date" shows how we
(everyone) allow our work to
become so much a part of us that
it just kind of takes over," said
Burke Porter.
"Boxes" shows the wisdom of
experience and consequences of
choices.
"We want to leave our audience
thinking, not merely entertained,"
said Burke Porter.
The word mime means imitation
or representation.
"Mime is the silent movement of
theater," said Burke Porter.
"Mime is anytime you’re not
dependent upon dialogue to get
your message across," said Burke
Porter.
"Silent Partners considers
themselves a mime and movement
theater company, not just a mime
company," said Burke Porter.
Schrader said "watching theater
without sound forces you to use
other parts of yourself to interpret
what’s going on."
Mime dates back to the 16th
century. Mime came from the
streets, said Heather Pittillo of
The Arts Journal
"From the beginning, this is one
of the first forms of theater. It’s a
nonverbal form of
communication," said Burke
Porter.
During that time, mime was "a
lowly and boisterous and hardly
silent art form," reported Pittillo.
"But it was not until the start of
the 19th century that mime began
to resemble the art form which
has become the 20th century
model as well," reported Pittillo.
Silent Partners is one of two
North Carolina based troupes
performing mime. The other is
Touch Mime Theater from Chapel
Hill.
In 1979, Schrader received her
master’s degree in dance. Schrader
has since taught, choreographed
and performed across the United
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She toured with Meredith
Monk/the House for eight years.
She became a member of Wall
Street Dance Works, a modern
dance company in 1985 and then
joined Silent Partners in 1989.
Burke Porter, artistic director
and founding member of Silent
Partners, moved to North Carolina
from New York. She studied,
performed and taught mime for
six years.
She has entertained audiences in
Europe, South America and the
United States. Burke Porter also
designs and constructs the props
for Silent Partners.
Silent Partners are members of
Alternate Roots and the North
Carolina Arts Association.
Both Burke Porter and Schrader
are Artists in Residence in the
N.C. Mountain Arts Program.
Others who have seen the
program comment on Silent
Partners.
"We all were very impressed with
the level of artistry, sensitivity and
sense of reality exhibited by the .
duo," said Donald M. Douglas,
program director at Winthrop
College.
"Silent Partners was an
overwhelming smash and the
results could not be more
pleasing," said Craig Madison, The
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Economy
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international economic order," he
said.
Oliver-Kelley outlined the tasks
that would promote a united
economy including the elimination
of trade tariffs, the completion of
a ban on all quantitative trade
barriers, and the expansion and
empowerment of the general
agreement on tariffs and trade.
"The interlinked economy (the
ILE) of the triad (the United
States, Japan and Europe,) is
joined by the newly industrialized
countries such as South Korea,
Taiwan, and Singapore, to become
so powerful that the ILE has
swallowed most consumers and
corporations, and has made
traditional, national orders almost
disappear," he said.
Many operations of the
government, such as the military,
have been pushed toward the
status of a declining industry, he
said.
"Most of the wealth in the world
is created, consumed and
redistributed within the ILE.
Wealth is now created in the •
marketplace," said Oliver-Kelley.
The policy of the ILE will insure
the free flow of information,
money, goods and services as welj^
as the free migration of people
and corporations, thus
empowering the consumers like
never before, he said.
The traditionally isolated
subjects of product development,
international organizations,
currency^ trade discussions and
developing country issues should
be pulled together to define the
characteristics of the ILE and a
borderless world, he said.
Oliver-Kelley described this
borderless world in which utihty
would have precedence over
ideology, and where confidence in
man as inventor, would replace
man as regulator.
Kwanzaa
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goulash, lentil dinner, green bean
ajar, mancouda potatoes, fried
cabbage, and yams.
"It’s (Kwanzaa) just to give all
students an opportunity to eat a
different kind of food using
African recipes," said Briggs.
There are seven principles of
Kwanzaa. These principles are
self-determination, cooperative
economics, unity, creativity,
purpose, collective work and
responsibility, and faith. These
principles, along with the African
word and pronunciation, were on
display in the cafeteria during
dinner.
"I think too often that if it’s
something that is a form of racial
connotation, then students think
it’s just for African-American
students," said Briggs.
"I think some of the problems
we have with each other is
because we have not learned about
each other," added Briggs.
Organizations such as the
education department, the housing
office and Underdog Productions
sponsored events during the
month.
"It’s just been a variety of groups
on campus that have been very
supportive to the planned
activities. Different departments
and programs put together
different kinds of activities," said
Briggs.
"We are trying to move to a
point here that we just don’t
celebrate African-American
History Month in February
because it should be a part of all
our celebrations all year long,"
said Briggs.
Briggs feels that African-
American History Month was
somewhat of a success.
"I think we need to have a
greater mbc. I think we need to do
a better job of making sure of
getting everybody to participate.
We could always do better," said
Briggs.
"I think it’s (AAHM) a month
for everybody. It’s just not a
month for African-Americans to
celebrate their heritage, but a
month for all of us to learn more
about African-Americans and
African studies," said Briggs.
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