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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 15 Mar 2000, p. 18

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Spring Awhkrning shocked the contemporary public, and " students tackle controversial Vledelttnd my The Uruversity of Waterloo drama department wtll present Frank Wedekmdy c0ntr0ver- sul Sprrng Awakening tonight through Saturday at the The- aire of the Arts m the Modem Languages Buldmg me. The plan emerged after the third scene and was com- piled from my own personal experience or the experiences of my classmates" Kitchen a. Bath Gallery (519) 748-6984 Kitchener/Watcrloo‘s Most Award Winning Design Team The play was banned in Berlin in 1912, but its support- ers found an unexpected ally in Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet will present its acclaimed version of Dracula at The Cen- tre In The Square this month. Godden has created over 15 ballets for the RWB, including Angels in the Arcuecture, The Rite of Spring and Mucus. Dracula is his first full-length work and it has been a hit with audiences and critics alike. its frank representation of adm lescent love-both hetero and homosexual. Burned into the public's psy- che over the past 100 years, the name Dracula evokes dread and horror-but, most of all, fascination. A legend, a classic novel, the subject of countless films since the earliest days of celluloid, this full-length ballet version of Dracula will be brought to life by choreogra- pher Godden, who has based his ballet on the Bram Stoker novel, Set to the music of Gustav Mahler, Dracula features otigi- nal choreography by Mark Godden, original sets and cos- lumes by Paul Daigle and orig- inal lighting by Davnd Momson. Royal Winnipeg Ballet to perform Dracula "Nourishing the Body Temple" with Simone Gabbay, nutritional corrsultant and hollsuc health educator March 19, 3:30 “From Stress to Peace" with meditative lmmer Arum Tesolin March 25, 2:30 Medical Empowerment for Patents Seminar with Dr Robert Fallis March 26, 3:30 My Books Events for KIDS includes Mammal Skulls Demo! MI: 16, 11:30 Movie Book Club. Match l8 7:30 Daily storyumes Chapters Come In. Go Anywhere. Chapters 428 King St, North, Waterloo 886-4015 Open Oam-l 1pm, 7 days a week Call or pick up our calendar of monthly events for more details I "h1ARCH" into Chapters for these Events: Lise Music EVERY Friday Nigm Born in Dallas, Texas, God- den studied acting at G1megie- Mellon University and then changed his focus to dance. In 1981, he entered the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, pro- fessional division, joining the company after his graduation. As one of the RWB’s leading soloists, Godden distinguished himself in leading roles, espe- cially in the RWB's contempo- nary repertoire More recently, he has won international acclaim as a choreographer and was the RWB's resident choreographer from 1991- 1994, Mex are $26. $29, and S38, with a discount for groups, students and semor5. an enlightened judge of the Administrative Court who lifted the ban, and whose assessment of the play's merit isstill valid, although the social citcurnstances which gave rise The Royal Winnipeg Ballet will present Mark Godden's Dracula for one performance only at The Centre la The Square on Friday, March 24 at 8 pm. To order tickets or for more information, call The Centre in the Square box office at 578-1570. The play IS directed by VIS- umg artist Darlene Spencer and features a cast of L'W stu- dents. Set and lights are designed by Robin Paterson, and costumes designed by Jocelyn: Sobeskl "The play," he sod, "shows how the forces of real Me affect Innocent young people at the age of pubcny with pamcular reference m their own Ilk‘lpl- em sexuality and the demands made on them by Me, and especraily by their schooling They perish m the ensumg conflict, because their appointed mentors, their par- ean and teachers, fail to gutde them with proper understand- ing, because they are prudish and lacking in worldy wrs- dom_." to u may have altered radically Tickets are $10 for the gen- eral public and $8 for students/ seniors, available at the Theatre Centre box oTrce at Hagey Hall or by calling 888-4908 Nble: (hi; production cow lains scenes of nudity and mature subject matter.

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