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The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, April 23, 19915 Originality, passion highlight Feld BalletsNY performance The Carolina Performing Arts Se ries pulled off yet another coup on Wednesday, April 17. This year they have successfully bettered themselves by presenting a series of spectacular dance companies. Wednesday, Me morial Hall played host to the Feld BalletsNY. This highly original com pany wowed the audience. The Feld BalletsNY are a national and international touring company that first performed in 1974. Linked with the company is "The New Ballet School." This is a tuition-free profes sional ballet training program for tal ented children in the New York public schools. Two former students of this pro gram are now members of the com pany. They are indicative of the di verse backgrounds of many of the company's dancers. These include members from across the country but also from Mexico and Brazil. Their experience and style provides an eclec tic diversity which is held together by the wonderful choreography of Eliot Feld. A dancer himself, Feld has per formed in everything from "West Side Story," to the American Ballet The atre. S ince 1 967 he has choreographed 67 ballets from companies such as the Isabel Barbuk Dance New York City Ballet, as well as his own company. His highly original style and constant development of works sets this company apart from others. Of the four works performed, only one was developed prior to 1990. The audience greatly appreciated the originality and the verve of the pieces. However, enjoyment was slightly marred by technical hitches that the verve provided. The constant whirring of blinds and the amateurish lighting were annoyances, especially as the danc ing was of such high quality. The principal dancer was Lynn Aaron. She performed several solos, most impressively with Jeffrey Neeck in "Ah Scarlatti." Their technique and passion was evident in apiece thatplayed the audience as voyeur of an extremely sexual act. The choreography was spec tacular and highly intricate and these two in particular performed it with aplomb. "Charmed Lives" utilized the music of Ravel and the dancing talents of Aaron, Dawer Gibson and Joan Tsao. This was perhaps the most original and humorous piece and reminded one of seeing fish swimming in a vast ocean. Again Feld's choreography placed as much emphasis on the floor as on the air surrounding the dancers. One criticism of his style is that it lacks the visual stimulation that an occa sional jump or elevation would pro vide. However, "Common Ground" pro vided a rousing finale with the whole company participating. It's in these ensemble pieces that the Feld Ballets NY is truly successful. The complex ity of interlocking choreography and the techniques of the dancers are sights to behold. Feld incorporates the Hollywood choreography of Buzby Berkeley through geometric lines of dancers and undulating wave effects. The mu sic of J.S. Bach was a wonderful back ground to this piece which incorpo rated the Feld specialty, that of wig gling hips and dragging dancers across the stage in a series of split positions. If this did occasionally get repetitive, it is certainly an identifiable trademark. Art displays variety of techniques Tuition UNC undergraduate and graduate art students had the opportunity to enter their works in competition, and the re sults are currently on display at Union Gallery providing a veritable feast for the eyes. Although the display is uneven in quality, it is a fascinating spectacle. The works utilize diverse items such as clay, oils, wood and neon. Some of the less successful pieces are those using the more traditional media of pencil or pen and ink. These lacked the maturity of the other work and were perhaps done by less experienced artists. Although the jury has already passed judgment on the pieces, their views do not necessarily represent what is good art and what is not. One of my favorite pictures in the display is "Forest Gar den" by Frederick A. Hattman, and this was not even mentioned by the jurors. Using acrylic paints, Hattman splat ters and daubs color on the canvas to create a sensual and decadent display of nature. To paraphrase Thomas Hardy this is nature grown rank and vile. The vivid use of color is also perti nent to the photograph of cutlery by Robin Dial. A large yellow-green spoon dominates the frame and is strangely ethereal in quality. Equally deserving of mention is Jill Balloun for her "Dinner with Dana." This picture is both original in style and in the interpretation of its subject mat ter. It shows a table viewed from above and has a very poster-cartoon quality to it. Balloun's technique is not perfect, but her originality is commendable. from page 1 Isabel Barbuk Art Original techniques also are evident in "Hand to Mouth" by Geoffrey Neal and 'Teroia" by Elizabeth Fowler. Neal uses electric and household items to create a moving model of a hand and a jaw. It seems indicative of the modern world almost mechanics gone wild. Fowler's piece is extremely mesmer izing, due largely to the red moon she incorporates into her work. However the piece seems slightly dated a product of the '80s and would not look out of place in a yuppie residence. Another award winner is Jennifer Geosner whose naked woman on a chair is interesting, if somewhat pseudo-Van Gogh in style. Although I liked the picture, I found it to be art for art's sake, lacking depth and feeling, but creating a facade of emotional wealth. My personal favorite, however, did coincide with the opinion of the judges. "Untitled" by Temple Hemric is a beau tiful blue day sculpture that invokes a feeling of warmth and beauty. Its rounded shape, female in form, is at once calming and challenging. Walk ing around it one is struck with awe and it is quite clearly a vastly superior piece to any other in the exhibition. But don't take my opinion on it, go see for yourself and broaden your horizons. "There just seems to be a general feeling that tuition will go up," he said. But Robinson said he did not want to speculate about how much tuition could increase. Basnight said he would not support a tuition increase if it included reducing the amount of money the state legisla ture gives the UNC system. He also would want the additional money to go directly to the schools, he said. Hackney said discussions about tu ition increases probably would occur late in the legislative session, which will be sometime during the summer. Hard work is needed to ensure that any money generated by an increase in tuition would stay within the UNC sys tem, Hackney said. Robinson said he did not suggest a tuition increase when legislators were considering cuts to the system's budget because he hoped that any increase would be considered after all cuts were made as a means of budget restoration. Legislators now are debating where to cut $59.2 million from the system's budget. He does not endorse a tuition in crease, Robinson said. But if one were proposed, he hopes the money would be controlled by the system, he said. Ruffin Hall, student government bud get crisis coordinator, said he hoped that any bill to increase tuition would allow the money to be used at the system's discretion to restore cut pro grams. It also should include a provi sion to use 30 percent of the increase for financial aid, he said. 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