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Friday, March 10, 1989
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Ballet
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Ohio Ballet, acclaimed as "one
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will be in concert at MHC
March 16. Their perfor
in will be held in Moore
^tiuim and will begin at 8 p.m.
j^tWded in 1968 by Heinz Poll,
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^li his works along with others
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and Anna Sokolow. The com-
commissions new works from
he looks for "speed, something kinetic
that the audience can respond to. I’m
motivated by energy and movement."
He says, "dance ought to reflect
modem experiences, where we are in
the arts talay."
The company has performed wide
ly during their 11 years. Appearan
ces have included both the Spoleto
Festival U.S.A. and Italy, 166 cities
throughout the U.S., and travel to
Mexico as well as Central and South
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Sav course, the dancers,
that he looks for dancers
classical technique and an
k contemporary d^ce values
, 'vitality, athletic ability, and
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a variety of styles. This
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works. Poll explains that
America. Their current tour included
extended engagements along the East
Coast, particularly in North and South
Carolina and West Virginia.
The Ohio Ballet’s performance at
Mars Hill is part of the school’s Visit
ing Arts and Lecturers Series, and is
jointly supported by a grant from the
NC Arts Council and the National
Endowment for the Arts. Admission
to the concert is $5 in advance and
$7 at the door. Tickets are available
from Robert Kramer, PO Box 117,
Mars Hill, NC 28754. MHC students
will be admitted free with college ID,
and this event counts toward Com
munity Life Program credit for stu
dents.
Symposium: Storytelling
Laura Simms will be returning to
Western North Carolina after her re
cent appearance at the Asheville
Storytelling Festival. She has been hail
ed as a guiding light in the contem
porary renaissance of storytelling. She
works with images and narratives from
many cultures, which range from
classical epic poetry to modern
language. She has served on several
storytelling festivals founding commit
tees and since 1980 has been storyteller
in residence at the American Museum
of Natural History in New York City.
Michael Parent’s heritage reaches
deep into French-Canadian roots. He
grew up in Lewiston, Maine in a bi
lingual home and community. After
teaching high school for seven years,
he embarked on a new career as a
storyteller, singer and juggler. It was
clear that French-Canadian stories and
songs play a large role in his programs.
This has evolved into offering entire
programs in either French or English
or combination of both. He has recent
ly returned from a storytelling trip to
France.
Alice McGill is a native of Scotland’s
neck and has degrees from Elizabeth
City State University and Towson State
University. She is the historian for the
Association of Black Storytellers and
has a repertoire of over 200 stories
featuring African-American folktales
and songs from the pre-Civil War era.
She is perhaps best known for her por
trayal of Sojourner Truth and has per
formed the 83-year old character
throughout the U.S., Canada, and the
Caribbean.
Stories, their effects on us and the
techniques of telling them, will be ex
amined as Mars Hill College’s Sym
posium brings three nationally ac
claimed storytellers to the campus
March 14-15 to ply their crafts.
The Symposium, which provides a
forum for “Knowledge in Transition,’’
its overall title, was rejuvinated three
years ago with an endowment created
by funds from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation as well as gifts from alum
ni and friends of the school. The series
seeks to provide a forum for issues af
fecting American society with implica
tions for future generations.
“Why, in this ‘television’ed,’ in
dividualistic society,” says Dr. George
Perry, chairman of the Symposium
committee this year, “is storytelling ex
periencing a major revival? What is the
magic about these stories? How does
storytelling help us understand
ourselves and where we are going?”
These are the questions the Symposium
will explore.
Laura Simms, Michael Parent, and
Alice McGil will headline the two-day
event. The three will jointly appear in
the opening session at 10 a.m.-Tues.,
March 14, in Moore Auditorium.
Storytelling performances from all
three will be featured Tues. evening in
Owen Theatre beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The final session will be held Wed.
afternoon, March 15, at 2 p.m. in Belk
Auditorium.
The three will also be available for
classes and at other times for students
and faculty.
Residence Halls: A New Look
by Tammy Condrey
Staff Writer
Cary Poole, Director of Residential
Living, hopes students notice a dif
ference in six of the twelve residence
halls on campus next year. Plans have
been made to finish Huffman’s
renovations, begin renovating Stroup,
redo apartments and townhouses, and
make several other improvements.
The townhouses and apartments will
be painted inside and out. Also, new
furniture and carpet will be put in to
give these buildings a new look.
Brenda Russell and Rebecca Kruk
will be working with Poole on the pro
ject so “there will be a sense of interior
decorating going along,” Poole said.
“It (the carpet) will be industrial or
commercial grade carpet, but it won’t
be just plain colors,” Poole said.
Bathroom and kitchen tile will be
replaced in the apartments and
townhouses and appliances will be
replaced if there is the need. Stoves
with burnt-out heating units and
refrigerators that have quit will have
replacements next year.
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