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MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2005
Magical show twirls into hall
BY JIM WALSH
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
On every piece of literature put
out by the people at Memorial Hall,
on ever}' banner and on every Web
page, the slogan “Experience the
Transformation” accompanies any
talk of the Carolina Performing
Arts Series.
But it was not until Friday, when
the Carolina Ballet’s rendition of
“The Nutcracker” opened on the
newly renovated stage, that the gran
diose phrase seemed appropriate.
The hall, in its splendor and
gilded edges, had until that point
not hosted anything so massive.
“The Nutcracker” —with its elabo
rate stage designs and multitudes
of dancers did transform the
campus venue, whisking audi
ences away to a land of childhood
innocence.
The magical atmosphere was
fully illuminated when the curtain
rose, revealing an elaborate set that
the stage could not have accommo
dated three years ago.
Making use of the fly space and
rigging that was added during the
renovation, the Carolina Ballet
brought with it fantastic props and
backdrops that made it no difficult
task to transport one’s self to the
land of sweets or watch in terrible
wonderment as the nutcracker slew
the Rat King.
For the uninitiated, “The
Nutcracker” ballet is a study in
contrasts that actually has little to
do with Christmas. The two-act
performance, nearly 120 minutes
long, begins in the Victorian home
of a wealthy family whose son and
daughter fight over a nutcracker
during a Christmas party.
The girl goes to sleep and dreams
of a battle between her valiant nut
cracker and a rat whose worldview
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The Sugar Plum Fairy, played by Peggy Severin-Hansen, dances in The
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is not unlike that of her brother.
Then she flies away in a giant
nut and sits on a cake in the land of
sweets as the Sugar Plum Fairy and
other delectable dancers charm her
with their movements.
The dancers of the Carolina
Ballet put on a splendid display,
and the sonorous stylings of music
director Alfred Sturgis and com
pany supplied the perfect comple
ment to their artistry.
While there were many stand
outs notably during the sequenc
es in the Land of Sweets the
company performed as a cohesive
unit and together created a magic
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that could not have stood on the
slippers of any one dancer.
Indeed, when the curtain closed
and the lights came up, it was
bittersweet. The transformation
offered by “The Nutcracker” had
come to a close, but the spirit of the
dace was cemented firmly within
the hearts of audience members.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
■ There are about 1,200 tickets
still available for the men’s basket
ball game Jan. 14 against Miami.
Students who didn’t receive tickets
through the regular distribution
process can go at 8 a.m. today to
the Smith Center.
■ Students with a meal plan can
donate their extra meals to hunger
relief in Kenya and Tanzania from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., today to Friday,
in the Pit. Those without a meal
plan can purchase an all-you
can-eat meal for $3. The event is
sponsored by Students Working
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Transformation.
■ In its broadcast at 5 p.m.
today, Carolina Week will examine
the issues surrounding the death
penalty, what it’s like for students
at UNC who aren’t the average col
lege-student age and how the sale
of Christmas trees impacts North
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promised by viruses or trojans.
Jeanne Smythe, director
for computing policy for UNC
Information Technology Services,
noted the improvements made in
virus response time between the
fall semesters 0f2003 and 2004.
“We reduced the number of
problems at the beginning of the
semester by 70 percent, which is
substantial,” she said.
She said the money and hard
work devoted to information secu
rity are well worth the results.
til will hold a meeting at 5 p.m. today
at the Top of Lenoir. It will discuss
group priorities and will set goals for
next semester.
■ Kaleidoscope fashion maga
zine is having a release party fea
turing food from Buffalo Wild
Wings from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today
in the Student Union Cabaret.
■ The Chapel Hill Town Council
will welcome new members Laurin
Easthom and Bill Thorpe at 7 p.m.
today. It also will honor departing
Mayor Pro Tem Edith Wiggins and
member Dorothy Verkerk.
■ The lecture series by the
Carolina Center for Jewish Studies
continues at 7:30 p.m. today in the
Hanes Art Center auditorium with
“The Wizard Behind the Curtain:
the De-Fetishizaton for Jerusalem
and the Prospects for Israeli-
Palestinian Peace,” by lan Lustick,
a political science professor at the
University of Pennsylvania. The lec
ture is free and open to the public.
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POLICE LOG
■ A Chapel Hill man was arrest
ed Saturday on multiple assault
charges, according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
Kenneth Antwaine Perry, 21, of
2534A Gemena Road, was arrested
at 6:30 p.m. on charges of assault
by pointing a gun, assault on a
female and a felony charge of pos
session of a weapon by a felon,
reports state.
Perry later was charged with sec
ond-degree trespassing and posses
sion of a firearm on city property,
according to reports.
Perry was remanded to Orange
County Jail on a $25,000 secured
bond and is schedule to appear
Tuesday in district criminal
court.
■ A man was arrested Sunday
on charges of shoplifting, Chapel
Hill police reports state.
Jose Alfredo Mendez, 18, was
arrested at 10:15 a.m. on charges
of stealing two boxes of Life Styles
condoms, valued at $12.39, from
Food Lion, 1129 Weaver Dairy
Road, according to reports.
Mendez is scheduled to appear
Jan. 23 in district criminal court.
■ A Durham Public Schools
employee was cited on charges of
speeding and driving without a
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■ The performance of Marc
Blitzstein’s opera “The Cradle
Will Rock” will continue at 8:15
p.m. today in Playmakers Theatre.
Tickets are $5 general admission.
■ The Lab! Theatre company
will continue its performance of
“Two Straws, One Drink” at 8:15
p.m. today in Kenan Theatre.
Admission to the variety show is
free of charge.
■ Pauper Players now is accept
ing proposals for its February
musical review as well as its spring
full-length production. Pauper
Players is a student-run organi
zation that incorporates its mem
bers in all aspects of production
and performance. Visit www.unc.
edu/pauper/current.html for more
information.
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Events must be sent in by noon the
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valid driver’s license, according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
Melissa Dee Harvey, 28, of 301,6
Pinegate Apartments, was cited at
10:58 p.m. after she was stopped at
the comer of U.S. 15 1 501 and Kings
Mill Road on charges of driving 66
mph in a 45-mph zone and driv
ing with a suspended or revoked
driver’s license, reports state.
Harvey is scheduled to appear in
administrative traffic court Jan. 24.
■ A car accident was reported to
University police Thursday, accord
ing to reports.
Joseph Alfonzo Bizzel hit the
back of a vehicle while driving on
Manning Drive, reports state.
He was charged for not having
insurance and failing to register the
vehicle, according to reports.
■ A woman’s bag and its contents
were stolen at 5:30 p.m. Saturday
from Hanes Art Center, according
to University police reports.
She reported that the bag was
stolen when she left her chair for
five minutes to go to the restroom,
reports state.
The bag and its contents
—a checkbook, an N.C. driver’s
license, car keys and medication
were valued at S3O, according
to reports.