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arts@Entertainment Students of dance company to perform Troupe creators set own limits in choreography By Stacey McKenzie Senior Reporter Lisa Dallon and Austin Hartcl set their own limits in dance when they created Dalton-Hartcl Dance in 1989. In the past three weeks, the New York City-based couple has been teaching students at the University of Ncbraska-Lincoln to push their own limits of physicalily. Twenty students will gel to show their accomplishments in a 20-minutc opening dance choreographed by Dallon and Hartcl for “Dance Eclat,” which opens Thursday at the Johnny Carson Theater. The opening dance, to music by Enigma, will include Dalton, Hartcl and Lynn Topovski, an assistant pro fessor in the dance department. Some movement in the piece may appear animal-like, or like it is taking place under water, Dalton said. The biggest challenges for the stu dents, Dalton said, have been with the physical nature of the choreography, which includes partnering, weight bearing, counterbalancing and lever age. “It’s very important for them to trust each other because they arc in positions where they have to, Hartcl said. “And it’s interesting to see that growth within the time that we arc working ... and just how1 much more coni idem they have become in the movement.” Following the student pcrfonnancc, Dalton and Hartcl will perform three dances, and Hartcl will perform a solo. Dalton, 31, started dancing when she was 17. She attended Texas Chris tian University and majored in mod em dance. - - It s interesting to see that growth within the time that we are working... and just how much more confident they have become in the move ment. Ha riel Dalton-Hartel Dance -- After spending a summer at the American Dance Festival in North Carolina, she transferred to New York University, where she studied dance for one year. After attending the the Alvin Ailcy dance school in New York City, she opted not to finish college but to pursue her professional career, which included seven years with the Mark Dendy dance com pany. Dalton met Hartcl at Pilobolus Dance Theatre where she worked from ' Courtesy of Third Stone Records Nona Gaye, the 18-year-old daughter of the late Marvin Gaye, has released her debut album. Marvin Gaye's little girl matures with debut album “Love for the Future” Nona (iaye Third Stone Records When Marvin Gayc left us in 1984, he not only left a legacy, but he left his 9-ycar-old daughter Nona who now, at the age of 18, is trying to make some of her own sweet music. “Love for the Future” is done with the help of various producers who «have come up with positive results in the past. Bernard Belle (Michael Jack son), Keith Crouch (El Dcbargc), Wolf and Epic (Bell Biv DcVoe, Prince) help Nona Gayc pul together a terri fic first effort. “Love for the Future” starts off in high gear with “Natural Motion,” a slamming track of sexy up-tempo funk that lets the listener know from the start that this LP is going to be good. “I’m Overjoyed” is a mid-tempo cut on the pop lip that has a distinct Janet Jackson flavor. Listening to the first half of “Love for the Future,” it isobvious thalGayc has pul a lot of time and energy into creating a product the listener can enjoy. The mixture of up-tempo, mid tempo and ballad tracks offer a good balance. Gayc is able lo flow with each style effectively without having a letdown. “The Things That We All Do for Love” is by far the best song on this album. Gayc just lets everything go on this one. “Forever” is an up-tempo slinky groovin’ track that features the sounds of formetGap Band member Charlie Wilson. What makes this song sue ccssful is Wilson, who brings funk that only he can bring. “Forever” is followed up by “Give Me Something Good,” another slam ming tune that has a touch of new jack swing. “Love Is All You Need for the Fulurc”putsa filling ending toGaye’s debut effort. Her message comes through loud and clear: If you have love nothing else matters. “Love for the Future” is a big winner. Gayc has come out with a product that her father would be very proud of. Even though Gayc is only 18, she shows amazing instincts for a music newcomer. There are 11 tracks that offer a little bit of music for every body from the hip-hop junkie lo the ballad seekers. Watch out for Gayc because her star is on the rise. — Anthony D. Speights 1987-89. “There came a lime when Austin and I wanted lodancc with each other,” she said, “and if you arc in a company working for someone else, you dance with who they tell you to dance with.” So Dalton and Hartcl formed their own company in 1989, and since then have toured the continental United States, Hawaii, Europe and South America. Hartcl, 32, has danced for about 22 years. He studied ballet at the North Carolina School for the Arts but switched to modem dance. “I felt that modem allowed a greater range of expression and emotion,” he said. “There’s a greater possibility for movement discovery and exploration in modem dance.” Hartcl has worked at three profes sional dance companies, including Pilobolus. He said he w anted to create a com pany with Dalton because both loved to dance in a physical style. “For myself as a choreographer, I was really very interested in trying to put together all of the different things I’ve learned from my background and develop a style that was very much my own out of that.” “Dance Eclat” will be performed at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. A reception to meet the artists will follow the 8 p.m. performance Satur day. Tickets arc S8 for general admis sion and S6 for students and senior citizens. Michelle Paulman/DN Austin Hartel and Lisa Dalton horse around while showing students a new move for “Dance Eclat.” Companionship and solitude make cats good traveling companions I usually travel alone. I wanted some company, but most people talk too much for me while I’m driving, so I decided to take along my cat, whose name is O.K. Sometimes he goes by Mr. Peterson. It made a good deal of sense to take him on this trip, because he was going to the vet anyhow. He was well be haved at the vet’s office, so the cat got to go to the park as well. Cals must have a special kind ol radar. 1 think he knew we were going to the vet, because he stayed up all the night before playing with fun things like rolls of toilet paper and the trash can, and making a mess. This may not sound like the slul l from which good traveling partners arc made, but O.K. has his moments. More importantly, he docs not make many demands nor intrude upon my driving reverie. O.K. is about 5 months old, a stray taken in who has done quite well. He wavers between the adorable playful ness of a kitten and the snotty serenity of a full-grown cal. Somewhere in between those extremes is sure to lie the perfect traveling companion. Alas, one problem arose: O.K. is generally not fond of being in the car, probably because he only goes into the car on the way to that horrible, nasty place with big needles and cold tables. And dogs. But he has gotten better with each trip, so a longer excursion than usual seemed to be in order, even if it would begin with a journey to the vet’s of fice. I tried to forget about the first few such excursions, during which he roamed freely about the car, clawing me and trying to hide under the brake pedal. After one lurching stop, he opted for the secure darkness under neath my seal. Dner, someone gave him travel ing box previously used by her pet ferret. O.K. was skeptical, but gave in because there were numerous new things to sniff. It did not work well at first, for he yowled constantly once inside. I let him out and he sal next to the box for a few minutes, then reverted to thcold ways. As long as I held him on one arm, things were fine. But I often drive a friend’s car to the vet, and shifting gears led to unexpected problems. This day, though, O.K. was won derful. He walked into the box by himself and was quiet the entire drive, just arching and craning his neck in side the cage-1 ike box, trying to watch the passing cars. It was a line day for driving, and my companion turned out to be quite alright. We shared the sights and en joyed the autumn weather together, yet leflcachother toour own thoughts. This car, un I ike m y ow n, has a tape deck. I cringed upon realizing that the only tape I had was by Nine Inch Nails and thought again about getting O.K. dcclawcd. But how could I possibly imagine treating my docile traveling compan ion in such a manner? A single vacci nation would be bad enough. I settled back to enjoy the drive and toyed w ith the cat, twisting my arm at impossible angles and drawing minor looks of alarm from those passengers in nearby cars. I fell like driving all afternoon, but we made the vet’s office in short lime. He was so good there that I took O.K. along to the park, where we sal and wrote and watched leaves blowing along the ground. He did not seem to want out of his box while at the park, so everything was line. Back in the car, all was well. O.K. made only one sound, registering a complaint upon realizing that the N inc Inch Nails cassette was a maxi-single and that the tape player had auto reverse. Even a cal can only listen to a cover of Queen’s “Get Down Make Love” so many times, no matter how compelling the rhythm. To makcNtpfor imposing my mu-o sic uponhim.TlciO.K.oulof the box at a slop light. After a quick trip through the car, he returned to the box and joined me in contemplation. I turned off the tape, rolled down the windows,and pondered driving in this way for hours, balanced between solitude and companionship. Rryan Peterson is a senior Knglish, psy chology and philosophy major and Daily Ne braskan arts and entertainment reporter.