MONTAZSTROJ is not your average interpretive dance company. Their
performance at the Wagon TVain Project’s 7th Street Loft Monday night was titled
"Everybody Goes 2 Disco From Moscow 2 San Francisco — Re-mix.” The show was
both violent and energetic while tender and laced with political symbolism. The
three Croatian-born performers literally attacked each other—both erotically and
angrily — feigning aggressive sex and firing a .38 caliber pistol at each other.
Interpretations were open to the audience, but it was hard to ignore political
underpinnings stemming from the war in the Balkans. The troupe’s next
performance will be in Seattle.
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Gays watch talk-show trial
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of the majestic birds wings.
The deer and buffalo dancers cop
ied their animals just as well, utilizing
stilts and headdresses, respectively, to
form a collection of imitation wildlife
eerily reminiscent of the actual crea
tures.
The social dances of the Eastern
Woodland tribes followed, with a jo
vial scene of merriment populating the
stage. The men and women competed
with each other to determine the best
of the two groups, trying their best to
be the most creative and impressive
dancers. Several techniques were used,
with a moonwalk thrown in for good
measure.
After a brief intermission, the fa
niliar dances of the Plains tribes were
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performed. The traditional powwow
songs of the Lakota prevailed among
a group of six drummers, sparking a
mixed performance of traditional grass
dancing and modem storytelling.
During this segment, a youth and
his friends learn traditional dancing
from an elder, fending off peer pres
sure and his own reluctance.
A group of five male fancy danc
ers took the stage next, decked out in
all their regalia. The sharp, Bird-like
movements of the dancers returned,
which, combined with the fantastic
costumes, made for the single-most
eye-catching part of the performance.
Traditional women’s grass dancing
was next, followed by the amazing con
tortions of a hoop dancer. The hoop
dancer used both his body and 16
hoops to create amazing visual images,
twisting the hoops around and over his
body to make his form seem larger and
even more decorative.
To end the performance, the troupe
danced to a thoroughly modem song,
complete with synthesizers and a
MIDI. Coupled with the electronic
drums and flutes, all of the dancers
shook rattles and moved perfectly in
time across the stage, never missing the
step.
The American Indian Dance The
atre gave an amazing performance
overall, exposing the audience to
dances and music those of us in the
Plains are not accustomed to. It com
bined art and nature in a perfect pack
age, filling the soul with the goodness
of the world while satisfying the eye
and ear at the same time.
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP)—Gay ac
tivists say they plan to keep a close
watch as a man went on trial today for
shooting a gay neighbor after the ho
mosexual professed his love for him
on the “Jenny Jones Show.”
Jury selection in Jonathan
Schmitz’s trial began Monday with
some 150 prospective panelists filling
out questionnaires.
Defense lawyers acknowledge that
Schmitz shot Scott Amedure after the
taping of the talk show in March, but
argue he did not know what he was
doing. They say he suffers from
Graves’ disease, a thyroid condition
that affects the nervous system, and
thus was not capable of forming the
requisite intent needed to be convicted
of first-degree murder.
Detroit-area activists contend
Amedure’s death is a gay hate crime
and they want to make sure that view
is not lost in trial coverage.
“This is a clear example of an anti
gay murder,” said Jeffrey Montgom
ery, president of the Itiangle Founda
tion. “There needs to be a voice for
Scott.”
Schmitz, 26, appeared on the show
believing his secret admirer was a
woman. He was not told the segment
was on same-sex crushes.
Amedure, 32, told the audience he
was sexually attracted to Schmitz and
described fantasies involving him.
Three days later Schmitz went to
Amedure’s mobile home and idiot him
to death, telling a 911 operator the man
had embarrassed him.
. The segment was never broadcast.
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