November 3. 1969
The N« C» Essay
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PENNSYLVANIA BALLET
AREVIEW
by Gwen Spear.
On Thursday night Oct. 30, the
Reynolds Auditorium stage was graced
by the magnificent dancing of the
young Pennsylvania Ballet Company.
The company appeared under the aus
pices of the Civic Music Association.
Civic and other groups have brought
in a number of relatively young
companies as well as the established
troupes. The newer regional companies
cannot match the perfectionism of the
nation's older groups, but they can
bring a vigor and communication to
their action that the older com
panies do not always achieve.
The program presented followed
classic lines for the most part, but
never seemed bound by them. The first
ballet was "Concerto Barocco". choreo
graphed by Balanchine to Bach's "Dou
ble Violin Concerto". The dancers
mastered this tricky choreography
superbly. Josanne Sidimus and Hilda
Morales deserve praise for their
sparkling performance in this work.
Each possess an assured technique,
style, and stamina which they demon
strated in this performance. The corps
de ballet, obviously well rehearsed,
was very strong and precise through
out the entire ballet.
"Gardin aux Lilas", with chore
ography by the famed Anthony Tudor
was in the purest romantic tradition
in music and form. The man and woman
are in love, but separated by a man
she must marry. Friends, relatives,
and his past all rise against them.
Josanne Sidimus, Frona Fuerstner and
Robert Rodham (ballet master of the
company) gave touching portrayals
of the rather tragic Tudor charac
ters.
The highlight of the evening
was the "Mignon Pas de Deux",
choreographed by Robert Rodham and
music by Ambroise Thomas. The pas
de deux was of sheer delight. The
audience fell in love with Miss
Alba Calzada with her beautiful
charm and style. Her dancing was so
pure and believable, it made one
forget all his cares. Jean Paul
Comelin was a very attentive, strong
partner, and they both danced to-
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should be digging; too many of us
have neglected them for too long.
(If you are already a Kink fan, we
gotta stick together, brother). In
their quiet, unassuming manner, this
group has progressed their musical
horizons and simultaneously, the
quality of rock music. They have
been around for a long time and may
themselves be tired of waiting. At
this late date, the least we can do
is listen.
gether with much finesse.
The last ballet, "Scotch Sym
phony", choreographed by Balanchine,
was a sparkling work with kilted
dancers cavorting sometimes in a
modified highland fling and sometimes
weaving through intricate patterns.
One such maneuver, which had the men
and the girls moving in and out be
tween each other, was a double de
light visually, for the neatness of
the dancing and the contrast presented
between the men's military plaids and
the girls' pink dresses. The piece
is jaunty and carefree, but it has its
sterner moments as a sylph entices .a
sturdy Scotsman. Barbara Sandonato
and Alexei Yudenich danced beautifully
together in a slow adagio movement.
All in all it proved to be quite
an enjoyable, exciting, and successful
evening.
II N!) E R G R 0 (.1 ri D ROCK
RECORD TO BE
RELEASED THIS MONTH
NOTE: Hang on to your turntables,
save your bread, 'cause this may be
it! The rock'underground is buzzing
about an as yet unreleased "super
session" LP, titled "The Masked
Marauders". The personnel for the
two-record set is: John Lennon, Paul
McCartney, George Harrison, Bob Dylan,
Mick Jagger, and an unidentified
drummer. The set was recorded sometime
last April in Canada.
Obviously, for contract rea
sons the participants names will not
appear on the jacket liner. A special
record label was created for the album
and it will appear on Deity Records.
Scheduled for release at the end of
this month, the LP supposedly contains
several old rock songs and a few
written especially for the session.
Lennon reportedly does a twelve-
minute version of James Brown's
"Prisoner of Love" and Dylan an
eighteen-minute riff of "Season of the
Witch",
Jagger contributes a new com
position of his, an instant classic
titled, "I Can't Get No Nookie".
This isn't a put on and from all
reports, it is true, although some
are claiming that the LP is not for
real. But Rolling Stones magazine has
run two articles on the LP and
apparently is in agreement with the
rumor. If it's true, the Masked Marau
ders may well be the classic rock
meeting of all time.
Mike Ferguson —