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January 19, 1970 The N. C. Essay THE VIEW F R 0 n HERE bu Mike I dig the sound of these records: Blue Aftemoorij Sweetheart of the Rodeo (Hiakory Wind)^ Turning Pointy Tim Buckley, Byrds, John Mayall. Also, Live Dead, neu Inaredible String Band, and Then Play On, Flee'i^ood Mao, We've just passed through an incredible decade: Kennedys, moon, war, Dr. King, assassinations, Beatles, lbj, hippies/ dope/peace, Nixon, Dylan. Changes. What does it all mean? The universe seems to be divided into parts which equal no whole. We're separate right now, except in isolated cases, and we can't make it like this anymore. We each possess a consciousness which is (hopefully) capable of being formed into oneness; but has failed to do so. We have to want to make it happen, we have to work at it. Nixon thinks that the lottery system is the solution to something. Pepsi thinks we have a lot to live and that they've got a lot to give. -Last summer was a particularly troubled time for me. Changes came, radical enough to upset my existing world structure into something un recognizable and difficult to re late to. At the height of all my frustration and turmoil, I would put Pete Townshend's magic opus. Pinball Wizard, on my turntable. Head phones, volume way up. Electric rushes sent through my brain. Fury. Rage. Three minutes in inner space. "I'm searchin' for Ferguson my mainline." What does it all mean? I consulted the I Ching (Chinese Book of Changes) in late August. The pressures of the summer at a peak. Me, trying to stash away my doubts about the ancient Chinese text, trying to believe the words. On their first album, Steppehnwolf sang Ves'peration. The Ching told me that I would shortly enter into a sort of academic/ spiritual community. Six months later. I'm writing at NCSA. I still don't have complete faith in the Ching. Sometimes I'll be listening to music, really involved, and this whole messy cosmos forms into crystal order. I know what it's all about, but it's not anything I could articulate. After the flash has passed, I don't know anymore. Maybe that moment is enough. In Crawdaddy, someone wrote; "The best of life is in flashes." It happened the other night, listening to Steve Miller's Children of the Future. The main theme of John Fowles' The Magus (a book I do wish you'd all read) seems to me to be that we spend time exploring, only to end up at the initial point of our explor ation. And only then can we begin to understand about that period of searching. I'm just now coming to realizations about the last six months in particular, and the whole Cco a-V. oa PO E M E Page 5 CALEhJDAR OF PERFORMANCES by Kathleen Fitzgerald Alvin Alley's premiere performance of Pauline Koner's Poeme this past fall season met with unanimous praise in reviews by major dance critics. Walter Terry of Saturday Review referred to Miss Koner as "...a choreographic craftsman of high repute and a sensitive artist.." and to Poeme as "...a work that was polished to a delicate luster and in which flowing movement gave a songlike cadence to the total action." ' Danae Magazine declared Poeme a valuable addition bringing "... a fragrance new to the repertoire..a sort of piece one can breathe... a rare delight." Clive Barnes, the BeW York Times dance critic also applauded Poeme as "...charming, moving and as perfectly dormed as an Oriental miniature created by skills and then lovingly eroded by time..." The Village Voice's Deborah Jowitt hails Miss Koner as "...a true romantic. Of Poeme she says, "Something like this must be scrupulously planned, meticulously performed, or it is as liable to make you giggle as weep. But Koner is scrupulous and sensitive and has excellent taste; her choreo graphy maintains a long, rhapsodic line in which unusually beautiful (and difficult) lifts appear out of now- where. There is no awkward maneuvering, no fancy stuff that you can see coming a mile away, just a warm, gentle lyri cism concentrated in a very brief space of time. Koner is remarkable at helping dancers to perform better than they or anyone else knew that they could." The pas de deux was first per formed at NCSA by Geordie Holmes and Gyula Pandi and in Italy by Gina Vidal and Gyula Pandi. It is performed in Alvin Alley's company by Linda Kent, and George Faison. CHRISTP1AS IS... (Cont. from page 4) and so on. "During any other productions around here everything practically stops. People lean over backwards to help you get it on. The show wasn't perfect by any means, but it was the first show NCSA has ever done for television, and it is the best sl)ow they've ever produced at WSJS, and it did reach over 93,000 people in the Raleigh viewing area alone. With figures like that somebody UPSTAIRS better sit up and take notice." John Comas, Vice President of WSJS wrote: "I watched Christmas Is, both times we played it over the holidays, and vjant you to know I thought it was delightful. The music, the story, the talent, all were excellent. Please convey my enthusiasm to the others who helped you with the project." GUBSf CONCERT Trio Di Trieste Mon., Jan. ]9 8:15 P.M. Auditorium of Main Hall, School of Arts STUDENT CONCERT NCSA Woodwind Chamber Group CHORAL CONCERT Fri., Jan. 23 8:15 P.M. Main Hall, NCSA Camerata Chamber Singers Fri., Jan. 30 8;15 P.M. Mail Hall, NCSi FACULTY RECITAL Majorie Mitchell, piano Fri., Feb. 6 8:15 P.M. Main Hall, NCSA FACULTY RECITAL Mark Gottlieb, violin anc Clifton Matthews, piano Fri., Feb. 13 8:15 P.M., Main Hall, NC‘ ALL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE NCSA Dance, Drama, and Mi Thursday, Feb. 19 8:15 P.M., Main Hall, NCJ FACULTY RECITAL Claremont String Quartet Fri. , Feb. 20 8:15 P.M., Main Hall, NCS OPERA Evening of Chamber Operas Fri., Feb. 27 and Sat., 8:15 P.M., Main Hall, NC£ MUSICAL "Guys and Dolls" Fri., March 6 through Sat March 14, (matinee and e'' performances each Sat. 2:00 P.M. matinees, 8:15 Drama Theatre, NCSA FACULTY RECITAL Clifton Matthews, piano Fri., March 13 8:15 P.M.7 Main Hall, NCS FACULTY RECITAL Claremont String Quartet Fri., April 10 8:15 P.M. Main Hall, NCSA FACULTY RECITAL Jesus Silva, classical guitar Fri., April 17 8:15 P.M. Main Hall, NCSA ALL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AN EVENING OF DANCE CHORAL-ORCR. CONTEST NCSA Dance, Drama and Music Students Mon., April 20 and Tuesday, April 21. 8:15 P.M., Main Hall NCSA NCSA BAllet and Modern Dance Students Fri., April 24 and Tues., April 25 8:15 P.M. Drama Theatre, NCSA NCSA Chorus & Orch. Fri., May 1 8:15 P.M. Main Hall, NCSA
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