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Dance Gala To Feature Mars Of Ballet And Modern Dance Four guest artists will be featured in A DANCE GALA presented April 3 at 8 p.m. in Ovens Auditorium by Dance Charlotte Yoko Ichino. principal dancer with the American ballet Theatre, Helgi Tommason, prin cipal dancer with New York City. Ballet, and Laura Glenn and Gary Lund of Two’s Company will headline the performance with Charlotte Ballet and New Reflec Hnn« n«nf» Jlssfei___ Yoko Ichino will replace Patricia McBride who is unable to appear due to pregnancy. In 1877 Ms. Chino became the first American born dancer to win a medal at the Third International Ballet Competition in Moscow. Following her success in Moscow she joined American Ballet Thittf* where Her repetotre tin eludes Steeping Beauty, Don Quix ote, Swan Lake, Giselle, Under tow, Little Improvisations (Turdo), Theme A Variations (Balanchine) and The River *AnW) Helgi Tommason, born in Reyk javik, Iceland,-studied at the School of American Ballet before joining Joffrey Ballet, and 2 years later the Harimess Ballet. In 1870 he joined the New York City Ballet. Among the ballets Mr. Tommason has danced the leading roles in for New York City Ballet are Robbins’ Dance at a Gathering and Balanchine’s Donizetti Varia tions, Tschaikovsky Pas De Deux Coppelia, The Nutcracker, Pro digal Son, Raymonda Variations, Swan Lake, Stars fc Stripes, Sym phony in C, Union Jack, Vienna Wattses and Giselle. Ms. Ichino and Mr. Thommason ■will -perform the beautiful Flower Festival Pas De Deux, and the romantic Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux on the April 3 GALA. Laura Glenn and Gary Lund of Two’s Company have literally and artistically created a marriage of two seasoned professional dancers. Ids. Glenn and Mr. Lund have performed, choreographed mdtaughtextenaiy dyinoTcr » Mata and 14 countries. Ms. Glenn was a prominent soloist with Jose Limon and danced in his company over 11 years (Charlotte audiences may remember Limon’s The Moor’s Pavane performed by the Pennsylvania Ballet last -November—which Ms. Glenn restaged. Mr. Lund was a featured member of the Nancy Hauser Dance Company. Both are reci pients of Choreographic Pizza Time Theatre Comes To Charlotte Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time JbgPtaLi. Coming To Charlotte. Pizza Time Theatre will open in Charlotte at Sims Plaza, 4120 E. In dependence Boulevard, the end of March. The Charlotte Pizza Time Theatre will be operated by Pizza Entertainment Centers, Inc., under franchise license agreement from Pizza Time Theatre, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California. Pizza Entertainment Centers, Inc. is a Raleigh based firm with the license to develop Pizza Time Theatres in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. They have two units already operating in Raleigh and Memphis, Ten nessee. Pizza Time Theatre is a unique conception family entertainment which combines three elements: a quality pizza restaurant; video games and other amusements; and musical entertainment provid ed by the Pizza Time Players — life-sized, computer controlled, cyberamic characters, emceed bv Chuck E. Cheese. Pisa Time Thrcaire.Inc. presently operates or has franchised over 100 units 111' SI states, Australia and Canada. “Pizsa Time’s entertainment center concept has been very suc cessful in Raleigh and Memphis,” states Joe Parker, President of Pissa Entertainment Centers, Inc., “and we look forward to introduc ing it to Charlotte. We expect to open additional units in Greens boro and Nashville, Tennessee in the near future.” The Charlotte location will seat 250 and contains space for a theatre-dining room showcasing the Pizsa Time Players, a lounge featuring “The King,” a rock ’n roll lion who sings Elvis tunes, space for over 50 games and rides, Jasper’s General Store, and an of fice, kitchen, and storage area. The large seating capacity makes Pizza Time Theatre an ideal place for .group meetings, team parties and banquets, and birthday par ttaa- ____ Start Every Thursday With The Charlotte Post Fellowships from the National En dowment for the Arts, state arts agencies and foundations and are on the New England Touring Pro gram. Ms. Glenn and Mr. Lund will perform Jose Limon’s Exiles on the April 3 GALA. In addition to performances~By ' the guest artists, Charlotte Ballet will perform Chitra choreograph ed by Katharyn Horne and Paquita restaged by Marina Eglevsky. New Reflections Dance Theatre will premiere a new piece being “created for it by Laura Glenn. Tickets for A DANCE GALA are $15, $12, & $9 and may be purchas ed at the Spirit Square Box Office 704/376-8833. Groups of 15 or more receive a 20% discount. A DANCE GALA is presented by Dance Charlotte. For additional informa tion call 704/374-1619 Tomorrow’s Child” fe WSOC-TV’s Monday Night Movie A young husband and wife face a terrifying ordeal after they agree to take part in a secret experi ment of world-shaking import ance: to become the parents of the .first-baby grown entirely.outride the mother’s body, in “Tomor row’s Child.” The suspenseful drama airs March 22 at 9 p.m. on SOC-TV, Channel 9, as "The ABC Monday Night Movie.” Stephanie Zimbalist, William Atherton, Arthur Hill, Bruce Davison anil Ed Flanders star in the provocative film which is projected from scientific proce dures in actual use today, and which probes the powerful conflict between technological progress and medical ethics. Dr. Anders Stenslund (Fland ers) reveals the top-secret “Pro ject Genesis” to young resident research colleague Jim Spence (Atherton). A radical, history ' making • attempt- -to • produce the ultimate “test-tube baby," “Gene sis” is designed to bring a human fetus to'full-term birth, completely in the laboratory. Fired with the thrill of scienti fic discovery, Jim tries to enlist Kay, his bright, ceramicist-teach er wife (Zimbalist) in the project. Although fascinated, Kay holds One Day At A Time Schneider is in for an unusual lesson in detente when he tickles the fancy of a six-foot female Russian basketball player, and finds himself in the middle of a brewing international incident, on “One Day at a Time,” Sunday, March 21 at 8:30 p.m. on WBTV, Channel 3. preference to the traditional way of having babies. She worries of possible complications: Would the baby actually be. able to live and grow in a glass jar over an entire ... nine-month period; and if it did. would she be able to love it as her own? But Kay’s faith and trust in Jim . eventually outweigh her uncertain ty and she reluctantly agrees. Padded with constantly adjusted “pillows” to fake her pregnancy, she soon comes to regret her ~ decision. And -warnings to beware of Stenslund lead her to suspect that this genetic tinkering may have sinister connotations. Her terror mounts with the tragic death of a friend and her darkest fears seem to be confirmed. Apprehensive, Kay decides to Pull the plug” on “Genesis,” an act tantamount to discrediting the security-conscious Stenslund Insti tute, aborting the project -- and killing her own baby. “Tomorrow's Child" airs Mon day at 9 p.m. on WSOC-TV, —Channel 9. Clip this coupon and get 50% off our professional dry cleaning services Pick up your dry cleaning until 11 00 p m every day Open 7 days a week TRYON MALL CLEANING CENTER 451 SUGAR CREEK ROAD (NEXT TO TRYON MALL THEATRE* WITH A HEW YOU! 20% OFF NfcW For professional "curly look" results at home. Professional Beauty Kl'PPI.V Freedom Mall 393-2400 Hours M-W, 10-7, T Sat 10-9, Sun l-«
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