ANNA WYMAN DANCE THEATRE
elebrating fresh dance with fresh cake

By NANCY WEATHERLEY

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dance troupe, coming home from a successful
tour for a gala party and premier dance series,
there is all the more reason fo celebrate.

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Mary Loutse Albert and Christopher Neil Worticy perform part of Adastra, a compicx new ballet by Anna Wyman,

Anna Wyman Dance
Theatre, officially in its
ninth year, has come a long
way through its daring in-
novations, hard work, and
Canada Council support.

Anna Wyman now has
three new works ready for
Vancouver unveiling and the

April 4, 1982.

Tel. 985-2131

Canada Council is
celebrating its 25th = an-
niversary.

Put the two together and
you have a gala opening of
premiere works followed by
a fancy birthday party cum
opening night celebration im
a combination fun-raising

to be staged for the first time in Vancouver, April 15, 16 and 17 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Those vivid
costumes were hand-painted by Fritz Jacobsen. (Rodney Poldes photo)

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and fund-raising event.

It all begins Thursday
April tS with a 7:30 per-
formance at the Queen
Elizabeth Theatre.

The program opens with
the very first performance of
Anna Wyman Dance
Theatre on Tour, as the
company peaks behind the
scenes at itself, a smail
touring company typical of
many others.

This will be followed by
Hamarstia, a 1979 creation
based on Picasso's picture of
A Man Sitting.

Cadenza is next on the
program, another new dance
piece based on Les Quatre
Saisons by Andre Gagnon,
and finally Adastra, which
the company’s road
manager, Pierre DesMarais,
calls “A technicians
nightmare” and which is just
as complex, artistically.

Popular artist Jack
Shadbolt has painted a
picture based on Adastra
which will be sold at the gala
to help raise funds for the
company. It is a_ nice
complement to Hamartia,
which as noted earlier, is
dance based on a picture.

Following the opening
night performance, the
audience will adjourn to the
Vancouver Art Gailery
where snacks and an
enormous birthday cake will
be served and Shadbolt’s 5%
by 12 foot painting will be on
display.

According to Cathy Levy,

publicist for the theatre, .
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evening a success.

Tickets for the whole
evening's entertainment are
$50 which is tax deductible

Adastra and Gadenza were
two of the six pieces the
company took on a recent
tour of Quebec.

They spent 14 weeks on
the road, mostly at the in-
vitation of the various towns
in which they performed.

Which DesMarais says is a
“two edge sword.” It saves
the company doing its own
publicity and taking on the
responsibility of filling the
theatre; but the reverse side
is “if they don’t like you.
you'll never be back.”

How were the shows
received?

“Very well” but = in-
terestingly the reaction

varied on different pieces. A
careful choice of four of the
six possible pieces had to be
made for each performance.

Cadenza, for example,
was much better received mn
the provincial towns where
Andre Gagnon still has a
fervent following than tt was
in Montreal.

The eight-member in-
ternational troupe will kick
off its home season in style
with the gala, April 15, and

two more performances
Friday April 16 and Saturday
April 17.

The latter two per-
formances will begin at 8:00
p.m..

Tickets for all per-

formances are available by
phoning 926-8181 or 926-
9414.

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