Dance tells story of Snow White.Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard A singing and dancing version of a Grimm Brothers fairy tale fairy tale Simple narrative typically of folk origin dealing with supernatural beings. Fairy tales may be written or told for the amusement of children or may have a more sophisticated narrative containing supernatural or obviously improbable events, scenes, and personages comes to the Hult Center stage this weekend as Dance Theatre of Oregon presents "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves dwarves n. A plural of dwarf. ." The performance, geared for both children and adults, also will include two other dance works, "Grandiloquence gran·dil·o·quence n. Pompous or bombastic speech or expression. [From grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus : grandis, great + Undone" and "Sleep Study." ``We really like the story of `Snow White,' '' says DTO DTO Data Transfer Object DTO Download-To-Own (video content) DTO Data Transport Option (Computer Associates' Unicenter addon) DTO Disruptive Technology Office co-artistic director Marc Siegel. "Not the Disney story but the Grimm Brothers story. It has a real richness." The version to be presented this weekend has seven dwarves, but they're named after the days of the week rather than Sleepy, Sneezy sneeze intr.v. sneezed, sneez·ing, sneez·es To expel air forcibly from the mouth and nose in an explosive, spasmodic involuntary action resulting chiefly from irritation of the nasal mucous membrane. n. and so on. And the plot to kill Snow White works out a bit differently, Siegel says. The show will feature both the DTO company and the DTO II children's company. Before ``Snow White'' comes on in the second half of the program, DTO will perform David Parsons' "Sleep Study" and "Grandiloquence Undone," choreographed by Pamela Lehan-Siegel to W.A. Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" is directed and choreographed by Lehan-Siegel and Siegel with costume design Costume design is the design of the appearance of the characters in a theater or cinema performance. This usually involves designing or choosing clothing, footwear, hats and head dresses for the actors to wear, but it may also include designing masks, makeup or other unusual forms, by Richelle Rudeen and lighting by Phil McBeth. Starring as Snow White is Lindy lin·dy or Lin·dy n. pl. lin·dies A lively swing dance for couples. Also called lindy hop. [From Lindynickname of Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Lou Smith. Other roles include Katie Carter as the jealous Queen and Katie Newbold as Snow White's birth mother. The Seven Dwarves will be Colette Jardine, Liza Clark, Wispra Smith, Noel Leonard, Erin Carey, Kyra Siegel and Caitlyn Simms. DTO dancers in "Grandiloquence Undone" and "Sleep Study" are Eric Smith, Jeremy Wierenga, Lauren Madden, Rudeen, Lehan-Siegel and Siegel. DANCE PREVIEW Snow White and the Seven Dwarves What: Dance Theatre of Oregon's production of the Grimm Brothers fairy tale Where: Hult Center's Soreng Theater, Seventh Avenue and Willamette Street When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday Tickets: $12 to $16, through the Hult box office, 682-5000 |
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