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ake room at the top of the perfor­ feat he could accomplish only with an ex­ mance dance charts for Doug ceptional group of dancers. Varone and Dancers. The mod­ “I think one of the unique things about Mern company has left critics every­ my company is that it’s made up of seven where, from the New York Times to different kinds of people. I’m not inter­ Dancemagazine, in choreographic awe. ested in dancers who are clones... because They rave about Varone’s musical insight, when we’re creating, I see them as colors his structurally tight yet emotionally im­ that I can choose from to paint with,” Var­ pulsive movements. They say his portray­ one said. als of the human experience smack of The choreographer’s solo, “Nocturne,” riveting energy. In the world of contem­ is set to a romantic Chopin melody. The porary dance, Varone is right up there with underlying impulse of the score is amaz­ Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor. ingly synchronized with what the Choreographing since 1979, Varone Washington Post described as Varone’s danced for a year with the Jose Limon “streetwise, don’t-mess-with-me aura, Dance Company and then spent eight marked by finger snaps, an angry spurt of years as a leading dancer with the Lar Lo- turns, all purely contemporary in feeling.” bovitch troupe. Overall, Varone said, the program is Last season, Varone’s six-year-old, New “fairly eclectic, and some might even call it York-based company made its debut in schizophrenic, because it doesn’t really South America and Asia. Fortunately for look like it’s all from the same Varone’s fans, the troupe returned to the choreographer.” States this season to tour their new reper­ “And I like that.” tory, a four-piece, stylistically diverse Spontaneity, realism and freshness are program to be presented this Tuesday at 8 among Varone’s priorities for his dancers’ p.m. in Campbell Hall. performance. “I give the performers a great The newest piece is called “Stranded liberalism to experience each performance Landfish,” and Varone said that it had its a different way,” he said. His top priority, original inspiration in Francis Bacon’s however, “is that there’s an honesty in ev­ paintings (which, he thinks, have a ten­ erything that’s done.” dency to be terribly grotesque, but added “I’m interested in having the audience “We tried to find the humor in if’). come past the procenium on the stage with “We started choreographing it to Bar- us in terms of their emotions... by present­ tok’s ‘String Quartet Number Four,”’ Var­ ing work that is very honest and very real,” one said, “which is this extraordinarily ser­ he said. ious piece of work, and it just got to be too Admittedly, Varone has several inter­ much. ... We now dance it to some ests in creating new works. “I’m really in­ Equadorian sambas.” terested in having people respond to the Oddly enough, Varone said he came work,” he said, “and I don’t even care what across these recordings while travelling on that response is. I mean, of course we al­ the N.Y. City subway. “There was this old ways want our work to be liked, but ... man with his cap standing in the subway when you go and see any kind of artwork... with his little alto saxophone and his little there’s no right or wrong way to under­ Casio cassette player selling tapes of him­ stand it. So if people are turned on by the self playing these little tunes. So I bought work, that’s great. If it repels them, that’s two of them and now we have a new cool, too.” piece.” In all of his work, Varone maintains that The duet the company will perform, good technique and emotional intensity “Home” — in which Varone and dancer/ are equally important. As for a tight cho­ choreographer Maiy Govern examine a re­ Man in Motion reographic structure, he says, “IPs really lationship — has been called sad, angry, important so I can tear it apart. I think you moving and even painful. The Village need to have a certain formalism in order Voice noted, “both choreographers use Doug Varone Revives a Genre to destroy it — or to understand how to.” gesture and movement with the greatest “I think the work is really accessible to economy and acumen to detail the psy­ people that wouldn’t ordinarily go to mod­ chology of the situation.” By Traci Rossman em dance concerts because it really is ab­ In “Home” and other works, Varone out people.” has chosen to combine dance and theatri­ gesture, through standing still,” he comes veiy violent at the end, almost to the He added, "It’s taken me six years to get cal performance. Why not just stick to explained. point where the stage stops breathing.” to this point where I feel like I’ve washed a dance? “Force Majeur” is loosely based on im­ Varone said that one of the toughest lot of influences out of my work, and that’s “I’m really interested in creating work ages in Herman Broch’s novel The Spell, challenges in choreographing “Force Ma­ exciting. For the first time, I’m presenting that has a whole realm of experiences, Varone said. He described its impact as jeur” was “to create a community that an evening that I’m really happy with, that whether it’s through movement, through “devastating” and added, “the work be­ didn’t exist anywhere in the universe,” a is mine from beginning to end.” Okayama's ENCO RE s ta ff Contributors______Claire Davies ‘Touch & Go’ Denis Faye Joanna Frazier Originality Highlights Work A.J. Goddard Eric Kaufman There are artists, who, by their nature, shun the words A nna K ent that flock together to describe them. Keisho Okayama, Christian Lincoln whose work is now showing at the College of Creative Ted M ills Studies, is one of these artists. Traci Rossman I am not talking about struggling for some illusive in­ J. Christian Whalen tent of the artist, but knowing the artist so well, through his art, that passing off a few adjectives seems inadequate. Assistant Editor______His paintings speak to our inner lives and our deepest emotional remembrances. Pax Wassermann Okayama’s work is unpretentious; it lacks the dogma of excessive labor obvious in so many artists who do not E d ito r______know when to stop working. In a sense, this “touch and Brian Banks go” style — that only leaves marks when necessary— re­ minds us we are essentially complete the way we are, and Keisho Okayama’s “Ozoni Knows,” that striving for completion can be an illusory endeavor. featured in the Creative Studies exhibit. The fact that none of the paintings have frames, and the canvasses look like they were bunched up in the back of of the compositions. He paints what he feels on the can­ his trunk until they arrived, does not pilfer an ounce of the vas, and then walks away. CAN YOU work’s integrity. Each piece has a face, giving the viewer a pervading Where he does threaten his style (as in “Central Figure sense of humanity in the squarish, white gallery. In With Two Attendant Figures” and “You and Me”) is with “Weeping Face” and “Antique Figure” the viewer has the the very trance-like attentiveness that makes the work trenchant awareness of being understood, and of being READ THIS? strong. He is almost over-reaching, beyond a technical received. equilibrium, to get to the emotional content of the sub­ It is these faces that remind us of Miro’s simple line, the Then you can read a book, too... ject. It is mainly a clash of color, battling the theme for colors of Kandinsky and his application is not unlike and review it for ENCORE. We’re attention. Chagall’s. Yet, they are uniquely Okayama’s vision, a vis­ looking for book reviews, so come Okayama responds to life with large spontaneous ion that seems universal at its core. movements that seem to emanate from a deep prescience. The show, appearing in the College of Creative Stu­ down to the Nexus and ask for There is a fine accord in this seemingly discordant work. dies Art Gallery, runs through October 18. Brian or Pax. Then read, then It is achieved by a meditative layering and superimposing —Christian Lincoln write, then go do something else. Icore views Thursday, October 10,1991 3 A BU Y 1 -G E T 1 Damn Good Cheese FREE! 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As The Heavy Metal Industry Grows, Everyone Involved Seem s More Concerned With Bigger Profits Than Better Music. Temple of The Dog, featuring members of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, are caught in a rare By A.J. Goddard live performance at last weekend’s Concrete Foundations Forum in Los Angeles. n n here is a seedy underworld of bureaucratic bullshit cause they truly care about music and getting the good stuff Most of the bands who played Concrete weren’t real looming in the gutters of our society. The members heard. It wasn’t worth the time and much less whatever happy about it, since the crowd was hardly responsive for a don’t dress real well; claws, fangs and beady eyes amount of cash they managed to squeeze out of the atten­ show that only cost a mere $5,000-$7,500 to play. ■A“ are rampant and eveiyone is stabbing eveiyone dees. And boy, they tried to wring as much as they could. Then there was the over-hyped “First Annual Concrete else’s back in competition. Pupils turn into dollar signs and There are some vital differences between Concrete and Foundations Awards” ceremony, for which tickets cost boom! there ya’ have it... it’s huge, it’s domineering and it’s other industry conventions. First of all, FF isn’t an “indus- $200, not included in the comparable registration fee. It gobbling up everybody’s money; yours and mine too. As tiy” convention because any Tom, Dick or Harry off the was basically a fiasco, marred with no-shows for presenters you might have guessed, it’s the music industry. street can pay the piper and attend. This is supposedly be­ when they were introduced and an ongoing joke made of Alright, maybe it’s not that bad, but it is too horrifying cause half of the panels are designed to help unsigned the prompting monitors’ corny sentiments, started by King for anyone’s good. Record company bribes of money and bands get some idea of what it takes and how to go about metal dork himself Riki Rachman. cocaine, in exchange for radio station air time, isn’t a far­ getting a record deal. And they can also showcase downs­ But, when Concrete realized how angiy people were ab­ fetched notion. But hey, it’s one of the biggest industries in tairs during the day in hopes of some A&R dude picking up out the moneymaking focus of the convention, they sent the world and as we can’t forget, outside of the artform ar­ on them, but this is of course, for a price. out fliers that lowered the prices for the various seating. But ound which it’s centered, it is a business. So fine. Non-industiy people are running around eagerly there wasn’t a chair in sight in the flat ballroom which, for­ Each year there are a handful of music industry conven­ handing tapes to radio, press, record and management peo­ tunately, was not full. tions that try to focus on a certain piece of the pie. New ple. But a more fundamental contrast is the fact that all the Amongst all of this, some great musicians showcased York’s New Music Seminar each July is supposedly about bands >yho play Concrete play ip .the hotel itself, where their talent. Prong played a great set, and locals-tumed- “new music”. CMJ does the “hard alternative thang” in most of the actual fans can’t get in to see them (unless they rock-stars Ugly Kid Joe, recently signed to Mercury, also New York and Concrete Marketing sponsors the Concrete pay the fee). performed. They played pretfy well, creating a positive buzz Foundations Forum in Los Angeles each fall, concentrat­ Every other convention has a number of bands which later in conversations. Lead singer Whit Crane wailed ob­ ing the industry’s hard rock, heavy metal and best hair pro­ play during its three-to-five-day reign, except that every noxiously throughout the set with his new rock star atti­ ducts into one hotel for a weekend of obnoxious cavorting other convention also has many local clubs to showcase tude. He was also seen smoking in the very small, always and amusement. the bands who play, be it in New York or San Francisco. All packed hotel elevators — another veiy cool rock star Last year's Foundations Forum had some substance to it. the conference attendees can show their little hol- maneuver. Important issues like racism and sexism in music were dis­ logrammed badges and get in for free, while any other per­ Then on the eighth day, God created Soundgarden. cussed during panels, while some great acts played. There son who really wants to see the show can pay the 10 bucks Can you say “Amazing?” We should all shout it out in was the usual schmoozing and “free stuff” and it was a tir­ or whatever to get in. Maybe then the concert will have unison. There’s no other way to describe it. They show­ ing good time. some kind of decent vibe other than a stuffy, camera­ cased all new material off of their just released Badmotor- This year, FF basically epitomized the industry as a flashing, schmooz-a-thon-prone mass of tumed-up noses finger, and blew the roof off. whole — a moneymaking monster of epic proportions and conversation competition for who knows more about where maybe 10 percent of its people really are there be­ music. See FF, p.5A

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Pearl Jam played prob­ down in history for satiriz­ ably their biggest show to ing this hysterical industry date, with a refreshing many years ago in their do­ happy intensity not always cumentary by the same present at their heavy-on- name ... the-soul gigs. Meanwhile, “Not only is this night cheezy acts like Crimson great ‘cause all our friends Glory were taking up ball­ are here,” Soundgarden’s room time, and Concrete let Chris Cornell said at the be­ Pearl Jam, the best new ginning of their set, “but we band around, slip out the are playing on the same door. Real intelligent stage that Spinal Tap just At the Rip party, when played on!” Alice In Chains came on, Yup, and heavy rumor singer Lane Staley asked the says that this was only the audience, “Did you all get to beginning of their stage A J. GODDARD/for die Nexus see Pearl Jam? They’re the reign, since they are plan­ Phil Anselmo (center), lead singer of Pantera, accepts the group's Best New Artist Award. best band going right now.” ning a tour. They might as Two extremely rare per­ well capitalize on their formances took place, at the classic industry impression. What Do Boozers Know? convention and at the Rip People don’t really need party. Temple Of The Dog, a some convention approval Unpopular Choices Upstage the Concrete Awards mixture of Soundgarden to justify a genre of music, and Pearl Jam members, which is shifting from the ^ | i he First Annual Concrete Foundations Awards the Abyss” hadn’t ruled metal charts, retail sales and ra­ played two songs off their cheezy made-up clones that Ceremony in L.A. last week might’ve been a dio request lines this year, as well as “Arise”, which put one-time side project. Never started the movement to a good idea, but hors d’ouvres and black ties Sepultura at number one on the Concrete and CMJ thought we’d see this one grungier, more valid art- J L don’t exactly suit rockers. Metal isn’t about charts for over 10 weeks since its release four-and-a-half live and it was very worth re­ form. But the American that. It’s about T-shirts, Levis, banging heads and ring­ months ago. maining at the Palladium public does seem to be ask­ ing ears. As Dave Mustane (Megadeth) said upon pre­ And finally, perhaps one of the greatest overlooked until 2:30 a.m. They played ing for a little more these senting an award, “I’m supposed to read what’s on the fairly new bands currently in existence, Texas’ Pantera, the single “Hunger Strike” days, which is one reason screen and it says ‘Metal is freedom’ so that means I have will turn some heads after taking the “Top New Artist” and then the 11-minute why nobody’s been excited the freedom to say whatever the fuck I want to say.” award. “Reach Down” jam, during about the new, remixed Exactly. which Jerry Cantrell (Alice Motley Crue album. Per­ Even though the ceremony was to recognize hard So if the ceremony did anything good, maybe it’ll cre­ In Chains) joined them on haps they realized it's just rock as well as heavy metal, the fact that Jane’s Addic­ ate a sizeable buzz for Pantera. 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Hard Alternative Band” is fair but it would’ve been nice to see Fishbone or Primus or Last Crack or King’s X — • Best Debut Album: Alice In Chains all very worthy contenders who haven’t had the same • Best Hard Rock Band: Queensryche • Best Thrash Band: Megadeth hype — take it instead. • Best Hard Alternative Band: Jane’s Addiction More difficult to digest is that Sepultura, the Brazilian • Best Video: Slayer “Seasons in the Abyss” thrash band that has amazed metal America with their (Single Clip) Jane’s Addiction “Been Caught Stealing” latest release Arise did not receive either of the two they • Best Album Art: Jane’s Addiction “Ritual...” • Top A rtist (Radio Album): Queensryche “Empire” were’up for and were beat out on one by Napalm Death, • Top Artist (Radio Cut): Megadeth “Hangar 18” the opening band on their hugely popular New Titans • Top Independent Artist (Retail): Napalm Death “Harmony Register On the Block tour last summer. Yeah, sure. 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10/11 Friday New R icochet Carries a Familiar Ring COMMON Stop if you’ve heard this one before. The formance in New Jack City portraying another handsome, studly cop fearlessly puts away one of unforgettable Tm-bad-so-don’t-mess-with-me” those psychotic bad-guys, and is instantly thrust role, this time playing a drug dealer. This latest 10/12 Too Free Stooges on to the front page of the morning papers. A 44 If we’re not careful, chapter in the rapper-tumed-actor saga isn’t re­ short time passes, the bad-guy somehow gets out we might end up ally that bad. I just hope it doesn’t result in the (if he didn’t, there wouldn’t be a movie) and de­ creation of a new movie genre. If we’re not care­ Thelonious votes the rest of his entire life to seeking revenge. with a body­ ful, we might end up with a body-switching mo­ Sound familiar? Tango and Cash? Almost. vie starring Kurtis Blow and Eazy E. Monsters Another intensely original Stephen Seagal flick? switching movie Continuing the line-up, Kevin Pollack is mis­ 10/15 Tuesday Closer. Actually, it’s die cop thriller Ricochet, a starring Kurtis Blow cast as Denzel Washington’s partner and Lind­ &IteroattlK Matice movie that’s cliche in the plot categoiy, but still say Wagner puts forth a not-so-bionic perfor­ manages to entertain its audiences with a few and Eazy E.” mance as the D.A.. The film also features a ca­ 10/16 Wednesday strong acting performances and an action- i meo appearance by Jesse ‘The Body” Ventura, y packed punch. ------s------but don’t worry, he gets killed early. Countdown Denzel Washington is a risky, young police of­ nally escapes (you knew he would), the rest of The film itself retains enough entertainment 10/17 Thursday ficer who works the dangerous L. A. streets while the movie is devoted to his revenge. value to make it enjoyable, as long as your expec­ finishing his law degree in night school. John Director Russell Mulcahy does a notably fine tations aren’t looking for something new. The PIGFACE Lithgow plays the crazy, hired killer who acci­ featuring members of: job, and Washington and Lithgow’s perfor­ tide, however, is a bit misleading due to the fact Ministry, Skinny puppy dentally runs into him in a crowded, outdoor mances shine. However, we still can’t help but that the story’s ending (and the film in general) Rev. cocks, Rollins band carnival scene. Washington’s unorthodox-style cringe at the predictable predicaments that wri­ far from ricochets. In fact, the movie ends up be­ arrest of Lithgow is captured on film by a curious ter Steven E. de Souza has created. The leads ing more linear and less surprising. Take comfort 10/19 Saturday tourist with a loaded camcorder. How ’90s! make a great team, but when all is said and done, in the fact that Hollywood may have a more orig­ From here, our triumphant cop goes on to be­ this movie would probably end up in the pile of inal version of the story — in the form of Martin E X C E L & come the new assistant district attorney, while rejected scripts never fortunate enough to be Scorcese’s Cape Fear — right around the our villain spends the next seven years in the packaged with box-office attracting stars. comer. KRONIX pen, observing his jailer’s success. When he fi- As for the rest of the cast, Ice T follows his per- —Eric Kaufman 10/24 Thursday lends spunk to a part of the son relationship that soundtrack by Elmer Berns­ STAN RIDGWAYI film that starts to lull into breathes through its recog­ tein sometimes injects a bit 10/25 Friday TATE mediocrity. nition of each other’s faults, ROSE too much sweetness into Foster’s performance, de­ as well as strengths. 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