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.
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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
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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
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“Love for the Future” starts off in
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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
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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.
