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Three works were presented: \Guest to Star,” a premiere, ”Cloud...Roots” (19B4), and “Bones Cascades Scapes” (1073). All three had costumes by Anthony Candido, live music composed and performed by Eleanor Hovda, and Ughthig by Blu. Each dance also used the dancers as an ensem ble, the oidy real solo being by Meehan in “aoud...Roots.” As with Hawkins, Candido created costumes for Meehan out of ordinary materials. Where Hawkins used colored “Cloud...Roots,\ but, again, if she was the “cloud,” the coetume seem ^ heavy. The choreography did not vary greatly from one work to the next. “Guest to S tv ” had the dancers swimming on the floor, and some qiurts of sudden violent actlvify. There , were several short blackouts in “Cloud...RDOt8d,” and the dancers formed a tunnel with their bodies a t one point, throu^ which one of them squirmed. Anottwr time there was a line of dancers with the dancer at the end dancing up to replace the dancer at the beginning of the line. Hands were turned at i ^ t angles to the arms in “Bones Cascades Scapes,” formed what looked like bird's heads. But all three had the dancers rolling across the floor, flailing tbeir arms like windmills, and stamping their feet to add to the music. The d ^ c e s lacked focus and a sense of movement. Even the entrance of Meehan In “ClQudi..Roots” lacked excitment. If one were to compare Meehan's three numbers with the works of Hawkins, the former craft paper or a sheet of felt with a hole for would be a rainy day, the latter a the head and ties on the sides, Candido used thunderstorm. Meehan's pieces began, and paper strips, knotted cloth or strands of continued until tlwy ended, but there was no rope. But where the designs for Hawkins us- highs and lows or drama, ed color, Candido (xmfined himself to earth Eleanor Hovda's music, althoug|i tones only—dull-colored cloth, giey-belge fascinating hi its own right and adding to rope, and just a toudi of green in the paper the atmosphere of the dances, was of strips. minimal assistance in k eying the dancers Hawkins' costumes always move well, ad- together since it lacked a i^ brat iff strong ding to the work as a whole. Candido's rope musical patterns. Hovda's musical arsenal cascades for “Hones Cascades Scapes” did included “found” itenu3—kettle lids, well on that score, the rope strands conceal- children's flutes, etc.—and unusual uses of ing and;revealing as the dancers moved. conventional instruments, such as using a The mass of paper strips on the dancers in “Cloud...Roots,” however, reminded me of those pumpkin costumes the kids wear on Halloween with the legs sticking out below and the arms and head above. 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