Donna Grant BarrIes only modern dance Instructor Examiner Photo Creativity and sensitivity assets of dance teacher By STEPHEN GAUER Of The Examiner Ill always love to dance Donna Grant is saying minutes before her first students arrive at local dance school still intend to be teacher but will always teach dance and always take dance lessons In the narrow hallway of the Regional Academy of Dance on Dunlop Street Miss Grant sits and talks about dance how she first started lessons in Bar rie in Grade and later studied at Western in London Ontario how she feels modern dance isnt attracting the number of students it should in Barrie Miss Grant is the only modern dance teacher in Bar rie Shes returned to the city for the summer to teach dance at the Academy along with Joan Mallet the ballet instruc tor At 23 Miss Grant can discuss dance with the insight and sensitivity of an experienc ed professional She makes her art one of the most difficult to translate into words comprehensible and compelling In ballet the body does things its not natural to do The modern dance move ment started with people like Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham Its movement away from ballet CREATIVE SIDE Duncan explored the creative side of dance the freedon of movement and the freedom of choreography Grahams teachings are based on the idea of centre that builds power and strength allowing greater freedom of feeling in dance Anyone can hold position but attitude is important she says In modern dance theres more sense of earthness and greater sense of space Youre more aware of the elements of dance the focus of the ballerina is very specific Miss Grant quotes one of her Station fined $2000 for broadcasting violation PETERBOROUGH Ont CP Kawartha Broad casting Ltd owners of CHEX TV Peterborough were fined $2000 in provincial court Thurs day after pleading guilty to not meeting their Canadian content requirements It was the first time CHEX had been charged with the offence which comes under the Canadian Broadcasting Act and carries maximum penalty of $25000 Judge Batten said set ting fine was difficult since few parallels existed Court was told that CKPRTV in Thunder Bay Ont and CFCMTV in Quebec City had been fined $3000 and $1500 respectively for the same of fence All three stations are CBC af filiates CHEXTV had allowed 437 per cent or more than 200 hours of nonCanadian pro gramming during prime time between Oct 1976 and Sept 30 1977 The limit as set down by the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunica tions Commission CRTC is 40 per cent think any suggestion that they were unaware of this in dicates lack of diligence The Thunder Bay station had exceeded the maximum by 300 and Quebec City by about 150 hours It was the Deltas against the rules the rules lost LAMPOONE ANIMAL lIOIISI comedy from Universal Pictures Mt yum SIMMONS IVAN REIIMAN PRODUCTION NANCNc HAIR ANLMN MOUSE JOHN DELUSHI TIM MAYHESON JOHN VERNON VERNA BLOOM MOM HULIE 0nd DONALD SUTHERLAND ru Dunno by MAID SIMMONS om IVAN REIIMAN Warren Manor RAW DOUGLAS KENNEV CHRIS MILI AxIAlr on uU ADMIrrANCI esrmcrco am ATMITTNrE Esraere now LI run or am so our It HNICOIOI® MIGNWAV IN MILES A51 AlUSUN teachers The body is an in strument which must be tun ed If thats the case she can trace the start of this tuning process back to Grade when she started lessons with Isabelle Hobson local dance instructor She learned the basis of movement from Mrs Hobson and continued to study with her until Grade 13 At Central Col legiate she performed in school musicals and was active in gymnastics She also designed routines for the gymnastics team Miss Grants introduction to dance was much more vague than it is for most dance students Most kids start when theyre four or five years old and follow dance syllabus go ing torhough grade system and taking exams had freer exposure to dance until univier sity INADEQUATE At Western she became member of performing dance group felt inadequate at first she says That was my first experience with modern dance Later she choreographed two major works for the group and spend summer in rigorous dance program at York University Dance will continue to play an important part in her life She travels to Toronto in the fall to begin work on an educa tion degree at OCE She will be teacher not dancer but her training in dance will play valuable role in her teaching Dancings link to sports is in triguing Ballet lessons can help an Olympic skier modern dancings emphasis on freedom and creativity can improve the athlete enteinmet Kennedy Orchestras vital asset says federation official Tight times caused by government restraint have hit community orchestras hard says the administrator of tr chestral openings for the On tario Federation of Symphony Orchestras Wendy Reid told the annual meeting of the Huronia Sym phony Association Thursday evening that this contradicts the important role played by or chestras in the community Theres limit to belt tightening shesaid We need volunteer help support and energy to ensure the survival of this community asset The symphony orchestra is an artistic and cultural institu tion thats necessity of Western civilization said Miss Reid It contributes to the development of music in community its also source of pleasure solace and inspira tion Nothing can replace the electricity of live per fromance Miss Reid said an orchestra is much more than cultural institution it also plays an educational social public ser vice and economic role in the life of the community SPEARHEAD The orchestra can be the spearhead for other co operative efforts in the com munity giving cohesion and identity to the community It can enhance celebrations and social events but it must never lose sight of the fact that it is an entertainment and must complete for the entertainment dollar As business institution said INTERNATIONAL LACROSSE BARRIE VS BALTIMORE June 25 pm Dunlop Arena Miss Reid the orchestra can provide economic benefits to the community third to half of the orchestra budget comes from government grants That money is returned to the community because an achestra is labor intensive and those salareis are returned to the local community Promotion of the orchestra is essential to its survival said Miss Reid The volunteers must play the advocacy role is the orchestra is to survive she said We need people to tell the symphonys story in the community At the annual meeting which followed Miss Reids speech treasurer David Croft reported that the Huronia Symphony is now in the strongest financial postition ever The symphony should enter the 197980 season with more than $12000 in the bank And while tickets sales were down more than $1000 this year from the 197778 season dona tions have increased by 60 per cent SUCCESSFUL YEAR Arthur Burgin conductor of the orchestra described the past season as very suc cessful year and predicted steady growth in the size quali ty and enthusiasm of the Huronia Symphony Noel Stephenson president 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cdll 7260259 locations 50 Eun Rd 7269944 PRODUCTION SYLVESTER STALLONE ROCKY TALIA SHIRE BURT YOUNG MUSIC BY CARLWEATHERSAND BURGESS MEREDITH tic BILL CONTI DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY BILL BUTLERASC IRWIN WINKLER AND ROBERT CHARTO WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SYLVESTER STALLONE WM ISIS woo Mists Corp All rights meme PETER FALK ALAN ARKIN in An ARTHUR HILLER Film THE lNoLAWS Music by JOHN MORRIS Executive Producer ALAN ARKIN Written byANDREW BERGMAN Produced by ARTHUR HILLER and WILLIAM SACKHEIM Directed by ARTHUR HILLER Barrio Plaza United Artists ALAN ARKIN OscarWinning performance as Dragline Paul Newmans foe and then ally in Cool Hand Luke released in 1967 PLAYS BAD GUYS Since then because of his out size looks he has never been leading man but he has never been without work either layer bad guys right from start of my Hollywood career said Kennedy whose father was pianist and com poser at New Yorks Proctor Theatre and whose mother was classical ballet dancer ATransamenca Many From wonv 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