April 7, 1976~~.North Shore News by Alan Twigg . Modern dance—to use a loose term loosely—all too often confuses rather than entertains. If you’re one of the many people who has left a performance - 7 muttering, . “Why do’ they twist: their. A dance instructor, fine art student,, and West - Van- couver resident, LeBlond has combined: her talents with those of four cohorts to achieve a refreshing, access- - ible program, sponsored by the . UBC. Contemporary, : ‘Dance Society. bodies like that?” or “Why. do they wear. those strange outfits?’”’ or simply, ‘‘What- does it all mean?,’’ Janice . LeBiond can ‘supply some . visual answers. .. : - LeBlond, 24, a araitaite of Sentinel high school-in West Vancouver, . highlights: two evenings. of .dance tonight - and Thursday at 8 p.m. at the UBE Student Union Building Theatre. - oes hanya broken eoinh | ry 2 After viewing the nine | ‘pieces on tap for tonight—at_ a Monday night. dress re-_ ‘hearsal—I came away witha - healthy. regard ...for = the. sometime gawky « ‘fomant- icism of ' LeBlond’s ehoreng: . raphy. She. takes pains to. juxta- pose all the quirks of body © : movement against our pre-.. . conceived ‘notions of how a Ay Marie Drive . Wy osey NEOUS EL “SECOND s dancer should dance. The results, though not always subtle, are consistently. en- ~ tertaining and. intellectually . challenging. 7 For LeBlond; an elbow is - obviously. as stimulating asa -hand.’ She’ delights. in the ~ - possibilities. of all-- - body. .. movement;: and: therein lies ’ her charm, her boldness, and her originality. A many-sided, pas-de-deux “with Muna Tseng entitled “Orange,’”’. though not as theatrical. as her ‘‘Rugby’”’ _ piece,, was LeBlond dancing at her. best. The bodies on stage never appeared. to be _merely . enacting a choreog- : ‘Napher’ s -visions ‘of - move-.. Wo st Vine Ouse r 7 926-7555 | ment.. -Rather, the piece~ seemed to owe its origins to many hours of improvisation : ‘which lend the work of: freshness so often missing - from larger © company pro- . ductions. ‘Telia ‘Wolofsky’s: sontber. “Staged Time,” plus. an impressive -solo. by Peggy Floring in ‘‘Bamboo,’’ pro- vided the program with the necessary pacing to comple- ment the pe aa en-. ergies of LeBiond.: 6 Tickets for. both perfor- mances are. $1 .00 for