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COVER CREDITS Les manusc rirs ne seront pas rerournCs sauf s'ils onr Cr& com­ mandl-s Oll s'i ls son r accompagnl-s d'une envd oppe adresst'e er Keith Urban and Maria Formolo in Frank Richards, p. 2, 3, 4; Gustin, p. 5; affranch ic. Danse au Canada pub lie les articles dans \cur langue d'origine. Urban's Renaissance. Photo by Frank drawing by Leslie Fairfield, p. 11; Helen Remerciemenrs au Conseil des A,rs du Canada er au Minis­ Richards. Macdonald, p. 13, 21 , 36, 37; Action the des Affaires civiques et culturelles de ['Ontario. Photographs, p. 18; Robert Etcheverry, p. 20; David Cooper, p. 22; Kathleen Watt, p. 30: Lesley E. Spratt, p. 34, 36; CANADA Judith Popiel Urban and For1nolo The Search for a Union ofManandNature Keith Urban et Maria Formolo viennent de fonder une nouvelle companie a Edmon­ ton. Ils ant he co-directeurs artistiques de Dance Works a Regina de 1979 jusqu 'au printemps dernier et Maria etait membre de la compagnie depuis 1974. Leur propre evolution artistique, leur vue particuliere de la nature et leur besoin d 'integrer I 'heri­ tage culture! canadien a leurs oeuvres, leur ant montre !es Ii mites d'une ville comme Regina 01,1 ifs se sentaient trap a I 'etroit. Avec leur nouvelle compagnie, ' Urban and Formolo Dance', leurs intentions sont d 'explorer leur vision plus librement, de s 'attirer un public nouveau et receptif et d'inviter d'autres danseurs ase grouper a eux pqur former une compagnie de huit danseurs. Urban et Formolo ant rq:u une formation artistique autre qu 'en danse, mais ifs parta?,ent une vision idealiste de ce que la danse peut exprimer. Ils croient au desir de I 'etre de se depasser et de percevoir son potentiel. Nature is a revelation of God Art a revelat ion of man. HENR\' W'A DW'ORTH An artist reveals himself to the world only through dying from within his old milieu while simultaneously awakening to a new frontier. Edmonton is not exactl y a fron­ tier. Nonetheless, two of Canada's most remarkable artists have chosen it as the birthplace of their new company - Urban and Formolo Dance. Leaving behind the solitude of the prairie winds in Regina, Keith Christopher Urban and Maria Angela Formolo can only determine through time where the frontiers of this new company will lead Maria Formolo in Wind them. Until last spring, Formolo and Urban enveloped them - a magic chrysa lis, pre­ style and progress ive philosophy of dance were co-a rtistic directors of (Regina Mod­ paring them for a new life. In these final and life. ern ) Dance Works. Formolo had been with Regina years their work moved forward as A chrysalis, however, needs an hospita­ the company since 1974 and Urban joined did their own technical expertise as ble resting pl ace if what it contains is to her in 1979. As they look back on this dancers - under the instruction of ball_et emerge freely. Regina, for a variety of period in their lives, it would seem as if a master Petre Bodeur. They created many complex reasons, finally turned out to be web of ideals and pe~ceptions had slowly new dances and formed their own artistic too restrictive. They needed somewhere DANSE AU CANADA 3 .:: · ·erent to take flight. Having decided to leave Regina and nth Edmonton chosen as a new home, · e two dancers sought the help of Ernst and Carole Eder in planning a new com­ ;;any. The Eders had already run their own company, Tournesol - and the magazine . ,i~er/ace - and had the necessary experi­ e:xe and sensitivity to be able to serve · eirh and Maria's needs. · We have a vision and a purpose' c'i;'i rh Regina behind them, they looked to ·he fu ture but they did not jettison what nad al ready been accomplished and took ,·i rh them a clear vision of what they ,·anted to do as dance artists. ' \Xie are not simply entertainers', says L"rban, 'we have a vision and a purpose. The rime is right. We must now begin to manifest this vision and bring that purpose nro our work as well'. Both Keith and Maria were born in Chicago but have lived in Canada for the asr 15 years. Much of their professional aining and artistic recognition has occurred here. They love Canada, its heri­ ·age and land, and have responded to it in • eir creative work, something that will ::i::rrainly continue in Edmonton. Underlying their whole approach is a hilosophical attitude to life and the ·rnrld in which it is lived. They believe a sionately in the essential unity of Man and ature. 'When you depict to a human i:ieing what he really is or what he could :isp ire to be within the context of a dance', ex-pl ains Formolo, 'you remind him of his ·-ue nature. He identifies with this nature Keirh Urban in Ages because it is innate to him. It is his heri­ like being trapped in an incubator - feeling Keith and Maria have no false illusions age. Nature and man are not separate nor ready to move onto the next stage of devel­ about Edmonton. They realize that are we as artists separate from the quest to opment but not being able to find the growth can and must be slow and careful. be more human. My life and my work are right environment for it. Urban explains: They do not intend to over-reach them­ a unit. As I develop in my attitude the 'Your audience has to find you and you selves and will only move towards build­ work also develops.' them. It has to be an organic, honest pro­ ing their ideal company of eight dancers as Because, in Regina, Dance Works' cess for both the audience and the artist'.
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