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Canadian ballet company to perform in Lincoln By Julie Naughton Senior Reporter The Lied Center for Performing Arts will play host this weekend to the first of two ballet companies per forming this semester. Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens, a Montreal-based company, will pres ent two shows, one tonight and one on Saturday. Both shows begin at 8 p.m. Lisa Fusillo, head of the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln dance de partment, said the shows should be excellent because the Canadian com pany had training exchanges with the Soviet Union and Great Britain. “The Canadians have had a long exchange with the Russians and the British,” Fusillo said. “They’ve had very strong Russian training and the benefit of training from Royal Ballet teachers from England.” The Royal Ballet, Fusillo said, is one of the best companies in the world. According to Fusillo, American ballet companies have not had these opportunities because of politics and, until recently, Cold War tensions. Critics also have hailed Les Gran des Ballets Canadiens for their tech -4 4 They've had very strong Russian training and the benefit of training from Royal Ballet teachers from England. Fusillo director UNL dance department -f f nical ability. Anna Kisselgoff of the New York Times has called Les Grandes Ballets “excellent” and Linde Howe-Bcck of Dance in Canada has hailed the company’s “daring heights.” Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens will perform “Misfits,” choreographed by the company’s guest choreographer, James Kudelka. Kudelka also has choreographed ballets for the Joffrey Ballet, which performed at the Lied Center last spring, and for the San Francisco Ballet. The company also will perform the ballets “Na Floresta” and “Pet rouchka.” “Na Floresta” is a ballet choreographed by the Spanish chore ographer Duato. It is the story of a “steamy, passionate romp in the rain forest,” according to the ballet com pany. ‘ ‘Petrouchka’ ’ is a burlesque in one act and four parts by Igor Strav isky and Alexandre Benios. It is cho reographed by Michel Fokine. Tickets for the performance arc S26, $22 and $16. Tickets for UNL students and those under 18 are half price. The Lied Center will host the famed Kirov Ballet, a Soviet company, later this fall. INXS Continued from Page 9 vocals. The following track, ‘ ‘The Stairs” -- the best song on the album, has impressive musical qualities unlike the fabricated INXS sound. However, Hutchence’s voice -- less appealing than on “Disappear” - is annoyingly laid over Tim Farriss’ loosely strung guitar. The lyrics on “The Stairs” are exceptionally inane, but sound as though they have substance due to Hutchence’s occasional lack of enun ciation. “On My Way” is another song that almost sounds good. 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