spotlight Wun West Coast dancer looks to Europe WHEN KAREN Jamieson’s dance company takes to the stage at Centennial Theatre April 1, audience goers will witness something of a departure for the Vancouver dancer and choreographer. Best known for her trademark West Coast style, Jamieson will open the night with a European piece called Le Bateau. EVELYN JACOB feature writer Accompanied by piano virtuoso Melinda Coffey and the music of Bach, Le Bateau is “the boat’ in which bodies roll over each other, undulating fike the waves of the sea susrounding them, with Bach, the acoustic sea. ‘We had a terrible time strug- gting with the set, which began as mammoth, gargantuan squared-off rectangles without any content,’’ Says Jamieson, sitting in her Eastside Vancouver studio. ‘’Fi- nally it became a boat which somehow seeined to stand for this fundamental European dualism. | think #t’s interesting to book at it {oss Indian cuhure. ig was almost snifting my focus 100 degrees to the si back on myself.” Le Bateau is an exampie of Jamieson’s refusal to be tied down to any one technique. tt is, along with recent works, part of a lan- guage Jamieson is slowly evalving for herself. “Teel like Vim coming ciuser and closer to distilling my work down to the kind of forms that I'm interested in speaking with. So each piece has its own vocabu- lary,” she says. Words, however, fall short of translating just how Jamieson’s dance is growing, evolving. Even she has difficulty expiaining it: ‘It takes years of trying to get at things and certain discoveries are made, but they're not verbal discoveries,’ she say's, pausing long and often, sometimes break- ing off in mid-sentence, letting hand gestures complete an idea. in the six short years her com- pany has beer. together, Jamieson has earned a reputation as one of Canada’s most exciting choreographers, with her startling, jaring images and her preoc: tion vith exploring the Mjarker s side of human nature. Her dancers possess boundless energy, dancing frenetically across the stage. Her audiences don’t just telax and watch her perform — they are actively engaged, absorb. ed, drawn into her shocking, sometimes haunting, yet refreshing, work. As a student of anthropology, energy and the human body have long been concerns of Jamieson’s. Artists of Tomorrow to perform THE WEST Vancouver Chamber Music Committee presents Artists of Tomorrow in concert with Gerald Stanick on March 31st at 8 p.m. This benefit conceit highlights the outstanding talents of award winning student musicians, i cluding the sextet winners from the Friends of Chamber Music March Competition. Proceeds go towards a scholar- ship for performing students through the U8C Schoo! of Music strings departmen The concert ali be heid in the West Vancouver United Church, 2062 Esquimalt Avenue. Tickets are available in advance at the recreation centre in West Vancouver or at the door. Group and family rates are available by phoning 922-1211, local 200. Beatlemania film a lot of fun From page 36 Allen alone in the Beatles’ rooin, letting hez straight-laced guard down to fondle Paul's bass, are just two highlights that make this worth renting. By teaming this with Image — John Lennon or The Complete Beatles, you'll have a good double shot of nostalgia. 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A student of anthropolo- gy, Jamieson has long been inter- ested in the human form, rela- tionships and Northwest Coast native Indian culture. with this thing called enezgy on a real gut level — more so than with any other medium,” notes Jamieson. One of the most captivating works of the evening will be an earlier work, the solo from Chaos, which Jamieson performs on top of a ladder, down to the floos and through various movements across the stage. Accompanied by the amplified, almost territy.og breathing of Ahmed Hassan, Jamieson is transformed into someone or something that is possessed. “Chaos,” she explains, “has something to do with inspiration and inspiration being connected to breath — that another can breathe life into you.” Another departure for Jamieson is a new wark called Danceland, which was performed in February at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre as part of Discover Dance Week. An exploration of romanticism and the western couple dancing tradition, Jamieson has turned the themes of Danceland around in her most recent work, as yet un- titled, which premieres at Centen- nial Theatre. “I'm trying to fint out what is the result if you turn things on ‘The spine is the connection of their head,’”’ she says of her latest our emotional, spiritual, inte!lec- tual, physical selves,’ she ex- plains. ‘That is for me what the power, the excitement of dance is. Energy, she says, ‘is really what dance is all about.” “The audience participates piece. Lovers of dance and those who have followed Jamieson’s work expect that she will turn contem- porary dance on its head for years to come. ORCHID SHOW AND ANNUAL PLANT SALE t § 8 a ' a | SAT. APRIL 1,1-9pm ! SUN. 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