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Beckett Piano School plans an afternoon of music and art Free noon concert The festival, underâ€" taken by the University of Waterioo Arts Cenâ€" tre in coâ€"operation with Toronto‘s Harbourâ€" front, is being held as part of the celebrations honoring the universiâ€" ty‘s 25th birthday. Veteran Czech clown and mime artist Bolesâ€" lavy Polivka will appear on Thursday May 20. and Bob Berky,. a clown and mime artist from the U.S., will perâ€" form on Friday. Both shows will be at 7 p.m. in the Theatre of the Arts. The highlight of the sixâ€"day festival will be the long holiday weekâ€" end when 19 perforâ€" mances by 10 different AT UW CAMPUS The festival opens on Wednesday, May 19 with Kazeâ€"Noâ€"Ko (Chilâ€" dren of the Wind), a sevenâ€"member Japaâ€" nese theatre group which will perform at 7 p.m. in the Theatre of the Arts. Unger, who will be present during the ex hibit, grew up on Maâ€" dison Avenue, a block from the old Farmer‘s Market. She attended Cellist Nancy Bender will be the guest perâ€" former at a Tuesday noon hour concert on May i8 from 12: 15 to 12:45 at the First Unitâ€" ed Church, King and William Streets, Waâ€" It‘s getting close to showtime for the 15 acts which will be perâ€" forming in the Internaâ€" tional Children‘s Fesâ€" tival at the University of Waterloo from May 19 to 24. The Beckett School of Piano in Waterioo will feature an after noon of art and music this Sunday, May 16, from 1 to 5 p.m. And the pottery of Marina Dick Unger, a former Kâ€"W area resi dent, will be exhibited during the afternoon event. Teachers from the school, located at the corner of King and Allen Streets, will perâ€" form piano duets. PAGE 14 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESOAY, MAY 12, 1982 International kids‘ festival begins May 19 On Sunday, Canada‘s Theatre Direct presâ€" ents a new â€" musical fantasy set in a roller rink, How I Wonder What You Are? at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. The Magic Carpet Storytime continues at the Waterloo Public Liâ€" brary on Tuesday, May 18 at 10: 15 a.m. In the Theatre of the Arts, magician Danny Orleans will give two performances at 9 a.m. and i p.m., and Eric Peterson and John Grey,. creators of the Canadian hit Billy Bishop Goes to War, will give two showings of a new children‘s musical fantasy at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Danny Orleans will return for a second show at 2: 30 p.m., and England‘s Jacolly Pupâ€" pet Theatre will give Unger‘s earliest exâ€" perience with pottery took place at The Sounding Stone, an inâ€" novative Winnipeg potâ€" tery studio. Later, she spent short periods of study at the University of Edinburgh and at the Sheridan College, Misâ€" sissauga; more recentâ€" ly, she has participated in workshops conductâ€" ed by Kayo O‘Young of Toronto and Michael Casson of England At 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. Lampoon Puppet Theatre will present their new production, the Technicolor Wiâ€" zard. Preschooiers three years and up who have a children‘s library card are invited to see "Pig Tales® in this sesâ€" Suddaby â€" school, just across the street from what is now the Centre in the Square. The weekend show opens Saturday, May 22 with two concerts at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. by Sonia Manâ€" zano, better known as Maria from Sesame Street, in the Humaniâ€" ties Theatre. groups or individuals will be presented. Unger prefers to Library programs Unger is a membrer of a potter‘s group based at the North To ronto YMCA. She lives in Toronto with her husband, Walter, and their three daughters. Tickets are available through the UW. Arts Centre Box Office. In addition to the acts mentioned, the Arts Centre will presâ€" ent numerous free atâ€" tractions over the long weekend, including magicians, bands, clowns, the musical duo Jim and Rosalie, and the P uppetâ€" mongers Powell. Also on the 18th, the Coin Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the auditoriâ€" two performances of Jack and the Beanstalk at 11:30 a.m. and 2: 30 Monday‘s perforâ€" mances include two shows by Canadian television favorite, Mr. Dressup, at 10: 30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre; two performances of Pleurer Pour Rire (in English) by Quebec‘s le Theatre de la Marâ€" maille at 12: 30 and 4: 30 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre; and a pair of showings of a new play, Schoolyard Games by John Lazarus, staged by the Young People‘s Theatre of Teronto. throw funtional pottery pots "pots you can use" â€" as opposed to scuiptural pottery "pots you only look at."" She is increasingly influenced by Chinese pottery of the Sung dynasty (12th century A.D.) known for its simplicity and lack of pretention. Admission to all these performances is $3.50, $3 for children and semiors. Exhibited items will be available for sale. On Wednesday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. everyâ€" one is invited to attend a Canadian University Services Overseas meeting in the audito j Brookes says several area schools have exâ€" y â€" pressed an interest in having the company bring s _ the 45â€"minute production right into the individual â€"_ schools "as part of a teaching program .‘ , _ She agds that the company "would love" to Wanted: future ballet stars. The Black Walnut Ballet Company will be holding auditions next Sunday (May 16) for both male and female dancers. Marjorie McCauley, president of the Black Walnut Ballet Society Inc. which sponsors the company. says the prime requirements are "dedication and the desire to perform .‘ Applicants also must be at least 12 years old, have elementary training in ballet and currently be taking lessons at least three times a week from a recognized dance school. ‘‘They don‘t necessarily have to be adept at pointe work," McCauley adds. â€" â€" Currently, the company has eight dancers, all girls, and McCauley says male dancers "probaâ€" bly don‘t have to be as well trained as the female dancers." ‘"If any maile shows any promise at ail, we want him." Aithough the Biack Wainut Baliet Company doesn‘t pay its dancers, it provides them with both additional training and, most important of all, a wide range of performance experience. Ballet dancers invited to auditions on Sunday Several former members of the company are now with professional dance companies, includ ing the National Ballet of Canada, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Les Ballets Jazz. "Our dancers have been chosen by the professional companies because of their stage presence and their ability to perform, qualities which the Black Walnut company has given them the opportunity to develop."‘ The 1982â€"83 performance schedule hasn‘t been finalized yet, but according to business manager Beverly Brookes, it will include presentations of last season‘s Carnival Of The Animais. ‘‘‘The kinds of stage experience the company provides are invaluable for anyone who wants to become a professional dancer." The sixth annual Tibetan Art Exhibit opened to "the best crowd ever," last Friday at the Waterioo Public Library. Here show organizers Maurice Nichol and Vivien Hunter examine one of the paintings from this year‘s collection, an illustration of Padma Sambhava, the saint who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century A.D. All items in the collection were painted by the craftsmen of Tashi Jong, a community of exiled Tibetans now living in India. Featured in this year‘s show are some of the last works of master artist Tsewang Topgyal, who died last fall, and paintings on silk by Choegyal Tulku. The collection will be on display in the library‘s Gallery until Friday, May 14 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday, May 15 in the children‘s library. All proceeds from sales go to the Tashi Jong communiâ€" ty. TIBETAN ART By Victor Stanton The auditioners are the company‘s artistic directors Sarah Jane Burton, Bernd Juche, a former artistic directos who has his own dance studio in Kitchener, and Rosemary Doyle, a partâ€"time dance teacher who has been associated with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company. ‘‘*Nobody will have to do anything by herself or himself," says McCauley‘ The audition lesson will begin at 1: 15 p.m. Funding for the company is provided from membership in the Black Walinut Ballet Society, donations from local citizens, small businesses and corporations, and from such fundâ€"raising events as this month‘s annual spring champagne brunch. ‘"On Sept. i1 this year, the first Saturday after Labor Day, we will be holding our annual garage sale, and by the end of September we expect to have available our 1983 calendars which will feature photographs of our company dancers," says McCauley. The auditions, which will be held in the dance studio of the University of Waterloo‘s physical activities complex, will take the form of a lesson, McCauley explains. ‘‘The dancers don‘t have to prepare anything before hand. They will come in and register and they will receive a number. They then will go into the studio and Rhonda Ryman of the university will teach a ballet lesson. The lesson wil}l be observed by the auditioners." The brunch, which was held at The Wateriot in New Hamburg, raised $600 and was a seliâ€"out two weeks prior to its May 2 occurrence. â€" _ present the show at Toronto‘s Harbour front, ‘"because we‘ve been told we‘re as good or better than other shows people have seen there." Dancers who are accepted into the company will receive a free 90â€"minute lesson every Saturday, starting in September. "As well, there will be additional rehearsal time if they‘re going to perform," says McCauâ€" ley. She points out that while dancers are expected to have their own ballet slippers or pointe shoes, the company provides all costumes.