1982_03 The Daily Collegian March 1982

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'Coppelia' to be performed
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Four students to dance in Hoffman fairytale
By Laura Lang
Daily l\.|kf un Staff Writer
Three CSUF students will dance this
weekend in "Coppelia." a ballet-comedy
based on the fairy tale written by E.T.A.
Hoffman.
Douglas Jamgochian. a freshman business major, will portray Fran/, who is the
fiance of Swanhilda. but flirts with the
life-like doll Coppelia. annoying his bride-
to-be. Jim Bawgh and Bruce Seiben. both
CSUF students are also appearing in the
production.
The story of the ballet is set in a
European village where Dr. Coppelius. a
toymaker. has fashioned a beautiful doll
so lifelike all of the villagers believe that
she is alive. Fran? is attracted by Coppelia
and to the annoyance of his fiancee flirts
with the doll. The Burgomeister attempts
to cheer the jealous Swanhilda by suggesting she test Franz's love by listening to a
sheaf of wheat, the traditional lest for
love. By listening, if she hears the seeds
rattling he loves her.
But the sheaf remains silent, and the
dejected Swanhilda returns Franz's ring.
She is consoled by her eight friends and
lured into a dance to raise her spirits. The
villagers perform a swirling dance which
'Coppelia is really
coming along well.
Each scene is so
different, and I enjoy
performing them.'
forces Dr. Coppelius as he emerges from
his toyshop to drop his key in the confusion. Swanhilda discovers the key and
along with her somewhat reluctant friends
creep into the toy shop shadowed by
Franz. Once inside among the mysterious
ly draped toys, they discover that Coppelia is only a doll. Swanhilda takes
Coppclia's place as her friends gleefully
set the dolls in motion with a wind-up key.
Dr. Coppelius enters and Swanhilda
hides while he chases all her friends out of
his shop. As he tidies his workshop he
comes across a book of magic thai he
hopes may contain a magical formula to
bring his doll to life. Franz enters the
shop, and forgetting his sorrows and
broken engagement proceeds to dance
with Coppelia, who is actually Swanhilda.
When Dr. Coppelius returns, clutching
the magic book. Franz hides and Swanhilda pretending to be the doll responds to
his attempts at magic. The old man fs
thrilled with his success and urges her to
dance, but she retaliates by dancing uncontrollably and he realizes he has been
tricked. The reunited lovers flee the workshop as Dr. Coppelius is left with his
lifeless doll Coppelia.
In the final scene the villagers gather in
CSUF this weekend.
FRIDAY
Or Blase Bonpane ofthe Council on
Hcmtsperic Affairs. Washington D.C. will give
the presentation "Liberation Theology in the
Central American Revolution'at noon in the
CU. The lecture is presented by the Associated
Students, the CU. and lhc School of Social
Sciences-Lalin American Studies Program and
admission is free.
The award-winning documentary film "El
Salvador: Another Vietnam" will be shown
from 1-2:30 p.m. in the John Wright Thealrc.
Dr. Bonpane will also lead a discussion following the film. The show is also presented by the
Ijitin American Studies Program.
The Department of Communication Arts
and Sciences is hosting the 24th annual Peach
Blossom Fesiivle of Oral Interpretation which
started yesterday and continues today and Saturday. The event ts a speech festival for elementary and junior high school students.
"Four Seasons' is the CU Movie for this
week. Showings are al 3:30 p.m. in the John
Wright Ihcalie. and at 7. 9. and II p.m. in the
CU lounge. Tickets are $1.00 with CSUF ID.
Today is the deadline for accepting applications for Fall 1982 Student Teaching. Applications will be accepled by the Department of
Teacher Education in the Education-Psychology Building. Room 125.
The CSUF softball team compete in a
double-header al Stanford today, beginning at
2 p.m.
University of San Francisco'will host the
women's tennis team at 2:30 p.m.
The Bulldogs travel lo University of Pacific
for a baseball game beginning at 3 p.m.
SATURDAY
The Bulldogs continue its stay al UOP with a
baseball double-header. The first games begins
at noon.
The softball team travels to Santa Clara
today for a double-header. The first game begins at It a.m.
Stanford and FSU will travel to CSU Hay-
ward for a three-team badminton match at 9
The gymnastics team will compete in the
NorCal Championships in Berkeley. The meet
begins at 7 p.m.
FSU hosts Stanford and CSU Northridge in
track al Warmcrdam Field at noon.
SUNDAY
CBS camera crews will be outside the men's
gym at approximately I p.m. to gel fan reaction
when the NCAA committee announces FSU's
invitation to the NCAA basketball tournament.
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happy anticipation of the wedding of
Swanhilda and Franz. The production
concludes with an ensemble dance after
the wedding.
There is more than just dancing in this
ballet." Douglas Jamgochian said. "There
is a lot of acting especially in the second
sceneXBecause there are no verbal lines
the dancer has to express the story using
body motions for expression." he said.
Jamgochian has danced for 11 years,
and is taking acting this semester which he
feels is a good background for his dancing. For the production Coppelia he has
been rehearsing several times a week since
early January—in addition to a busy
dance class schedule and a weekly workout with the Jazz Company he belongs to.
'Coppelia is really coming along well.
Each scene is so different, and I enjoy
performing them for different reasons."
Jamgochian said.
'Scene one is an introductory scene of
the main characters of the village. The
conflict between the female lead and myself is brought out during this scene." he
said. "Scene two—my favorite—has a lot
of acting in it. It takes place in the toy shop
and is when the conflict is resolved. In the
third scene the wedding takes place and
everyone in the cast dances."
Coppelia has not been performed in
Fresno since 1979. and the Fresno Ballet
Company has added new drops and scenery to the production which Jamgochian
said gives the ballet a feel of reality.
Jamgochian is looking forward to lhc
opening performance with a mixture of
nervousness and excitement. "In the end
my excitement over performing overcomes my nervousness. It gives me a good
feeling to perform in front of people."
Jamgochian plans to continue dancing,
hoping to be "spotted' and begin a career
in acting. He wants to travel to New York
or Los Angeles in search of an opportunity to break into professional acting.
"A career in acting could last a long while,
ballet dancers usually retire early." Jamgochian said. "Ballet dancing is a very
strenuous art." he said.
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to join together a reality. The Good Company Players helped Rocka convert an old
Sprouse-Reitz variety store building into
a theatre.
Most Fresno residents probably recognize Rocka from the (iollchalk's commercials hedfoes on television or from Ihe
16 years he spent as a television news
broadcaster for Channel 30.
Rocka decided in 1977 to finally leave
t he tclcv ision new s life and try to make an
old dream a reality. ... 	
The dinner theatre was something I'd
been thinking about for a few years." said
Rocka.
Rocka was born in Chicago and
attended college at the University of
Tulsa. He came to Fresno from Sacramento to wotk for Channel 30.
"I did television for a long time and
anything becomes repetilous if you've
done it that long.
Television is a negative business that
always deals wilh destruction.*- said
Rocka. "Here people walk out with smiles,
on theirfaces instead of worrying if they'll
get bombed."
Rocka describes the relationship between his restaurant and the Good Companv as a 'marriage.* He is dependent on
the box-office draw of the productions for
his restaurant to be a success.
There are "dinner-shows"or "show only*
tickets available. Rocka receives little from
the show purse exeep a small amount
from the "show-only" tickets. He estimated that 70 percent of those who come
to the Music Hall order dinner.
Drinks may be ordered before the show
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March 5, 1912-th* Daily CoHegian-Page 5
'Moon'painful image of divorce
There's one thing about marriage that
never changes; when it starts to fall apart,
it always hurts.*a promotional slogan for
"Shoot the Moon" reads.
by Leo N. Holier
Dairy Collsgun Stiff Writer
"Shoot the Moon." a film starring Diane
Keaton and Albert Finney, is emotionally
charged wilh painful, realistic images of a
marriage and family breaking apart.
REVIEW
While "Shoot the Moon'isa marvelous
and beautifully produced screen drama, it
is not an enjoyable film to watch.
It is an ordeal to sit through "Shoot the
Moon* and be bombarded by the cold,
harsh reality in its message.
"Shoot the Moon" deals a heavy hand
in discussing the sorrow caused when a
loved one lets you down. One message
"Shoot the Moon" makes is that when a
marriage breaks up. there are still feelings
for the other party.
The confusion and lack of constructive
family dialogue arc main elements in
"Shoot the Moon."
Faith (Keaton) is left bewildered when
she finds out that her husband, author
George Dunlap (Finney), has been cheating*^ her.
When George wants to tell Faith why he
had an affair with another woman, she is
too hurt to discuss it and kicks him but of
their home. _
Faith and George's four girls are not
told why their parents are getting a divorce. They are left puzzled when they see
daddy with his lover and mommy with her
new beau.
The trauma has an even larger impact
on Sherry (the eldest daughter played by
Dana Hill), that it does the three younger
ones.
Sherry hates her father for leaving and
refuses to see or.talk to him. She is angry,
upset and perplexed when she finds out
that her parents got back together in a
"weak moment" fora one-night stand only
'South Pacific' set to
open March 18 at GCP
The romantic and fun Rogers and Hammer-
stein musical. "South Pacific," will open
March 18 for an eight-week run at Roger
Rocka's Music Hall. The story of romance on a South Pacific island during
World War ll is filled with classic songs,
including: "Some Enchanted Evening."
"Bali Hai." "Younger than Springtime"
and "There is Nothing Like a Dame."
"South Pacific" tells of Ensign Nellie
I or bush. all-American "Cock-eyed Optimist." (played in the Good Company
Players production by Joleen Siebert) and
her love for mysterious Frenchman Emile
DeBecque (Bill Murphy). Young lovers
doomed to be parted are Lt. Cable (Steve
LeMar) and Lyat (Piet Ogata). Comedy is
provided by Bloody Mary (Clytee Ramsey) and a troop of Seabees led by Jim
Hicks as the infamous conman. Luther
Billis.
The show will be presented Wednesday
through Sunday nights. Dinner is served
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starting at 6 p.m., with a pre-show entertainment featuring the Junior Company'
at 8 p.m. Curtain is at 8:30.
Matinees are also presented Sunday
afternoons when the house opens at noon,
with pre-show at 1:30 p.m. and "South
Pacific" at 2.
Tickets for buffet meal and show for
Wednesday evening and Sunday matinee
performances are $16.50. On Thursday.
Friday and Sunday nights dinner and
show arc $18.50. and Saturday night
dinner and show are S20.
Tickets are also available for show only.
They are $9 for all shows other than the
Friday and Saturday shows. On Friday
the price is $10, and on Saturday it is
$11.50.
The Good Company box office is open
seven days a week, and phone reservations
will be taken at 266-9494. Groups of 20 or
more may enquire about group rates by
clling 266-0211.
Valley Women's Service
A Family Planning Service
125 E. Barstow, Suite 135  Fresno, CA.  93710
offers. ..
Cbrrfidential FairulyJ-lanning Services
PREGNANCY TESTING
(early pregnancy screening
• Problem or Unplanned Pregnancy
Counseling and Alternatives
• Birth Control Information
• PREGNANCY TERMINATION
(General (asleep) or Local Anesthetic)]
 Medi-Cal and other uisurance
accepted Ck^ifidential-Personal care
For farther information call Valley Women's
Service or the Student Health Center
225-5180
to go back to their new loves.
In separate scenes. Sherry asks her
mother and father if who they are going lo
make love to next week.
'Shoot the Moon' is a brilliant film.
Performances by Finney. Keaton and Hill
are superb.
Peter Weller as Frank Henderson
(Faith's boyfriend) and Karen Allen as
Sandy (George's new mate), are both
good in supporting roles.
The other girls. Viveka Davis as Jill.
Tracey Gold as Marianne and Tina
Yothers as Molly, are all cute but their
names are impossible to connect to their
faces.
Kcaton's and Finney's characters are
both very complex. Both Faith and George
still love each other and arc extremely
jealous ol the relationships they are having with other people.
Faith becomes angry, but unlike George.
her anger is limited loshoutingand breaking dishes.
George is much more violent, he whips
Sherry with a coat hanger and destroys a
new tennis court with his car.
Finney is much more effective in scenes
where he takes his three younger daughters on outings. We are given a deeper
appreciation for George during these
short, sweet moments.
"Shoot the Moon" gives an impression
that George and the children are the true
victims in this divorce.
Faith, although bitter and upset, shows
her pain in a different way. A way that
touches the audience, but is more superficial.
Keaton has blossomed into one of the
finest female performers in Hollywood.
As Faith, she is comparable to Meryl
St rcep s fine characterization of Joanna in
"Kramer vs. Kramer."
Dana Hill deserves a nomination for
best, supporting actress in next year's
Academy Awards and probably will get it
if 'Shoot the Moot." is not forgotten
about in the intervening months.
Hill gives a performance unequalled by
actresses who have been in the business
many years longer. As the mixed-up.
confused child, she does as good a job as
Timothy Hutton in "Ordinary People."
Written by Bo Goldman. 'Shoot the
Moon* is filled wilh human scenes like
George taking his three younger daughters to Carl's Jr. only to have them argue
about what they are going lo get.
Goldman has made 'Shoot the Moon'
a powerful film because he is not afraid to
show people's emotional pain. His assumption that feelings for each other are
still present when people break up are
supported by a number of memorable
sequences.
The one-night stand is important to
"Shoot ihe Moon* because the discussion
following it supports Goldman's assumption.
Director Alan Parker was smart to let
the emotional conflicts in "Shoot the
Moon* play out their full course. He
might be blamed by some critics and
audiences for laying it on thick, but the
message comes through.
Parker also chose great songs for the
soundtrack. "Fame." "Play With Fire"
from the Rolling Stones. The Eagle's "I
Cant Tell You Why*.and The Beatles *lf
I Fell In Love With You'are included as is
a simplistic but haunting piano melody.
Keaton singing "if I give my heart 10
you, I must be sure from the very start that
you will love me more than her. 'Cut. I
couldn't stand the pain.* will tear up the
eyes of even the person with the strongest
of emotional backbones.
But then, who can't use a good cry
occasionally?"Shoot Ihe Moon'givesyou
an opportunity to release a flood.
A MARTIN BREGMAM Production "THE FOUR SEASONS"
ALAN ALDA • CAROL BURNETT • LEN CARIOU • SANDY DENNIS
1 RITA MORENO • JACK WESTON • BESS ARMSTRONG
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CU FRIDAY FILM
Showttrnaw: 3:30 John Wright Thsatrt
7:00,9:00,11:00, CU Loung*
Admission: $1 w/CSUF I.D. $2 w/out