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

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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:

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She. takes pains to. juxta-

pose all the quirks of body © : movement against our pre-.. . conceived ‘notions of how a

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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-..

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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.:

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Tickets for. both perfor- mances are. $1 .00 for <stu- dents and children, $1.50 for adults, and are. available at the’ door of. the SUB Theatre.

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