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Italic and mtnimau • t in ltyle, the Odiai form I.I lively and sellllJOUS, with 1t1 accent on • erpentine curves and pl.altic motional pat- terns. It I.I danced to the tingle of ankle bells and the chanting wail of a vocahsL This time, when Lowen dances in San Diego, the ritualiatic drone of the music will be played by a live Indian orchestra, a nice change from the static-ridden taped reproductions or the put. "The Indian government under- wrote the muaic for the tour," said Lowen, "and I was able to get my teacher (Guru Kelu Charan Moha- patra), the undisput'ed master and architect of tire contemporary Odissi form, to accompany me. 'There are 28 single-handand 24 two-handed gestures, and there are unlimited facial expressions.' 1 -lha-onl.owen , Every dancer or 10me note is hie ~~Pa(/eJ ... udiencea around the country to an American-born dancer rep- nting the government of India this celebration of Eut Indian ture. But u Lance Nellon, a ~ialist in the religioua 1tudies artment at the Universlty of San Diego, pointed out: __, foe h,dian government wu ~y to have her because Sharon Lowen ii developing a very good reputation-even in India-and they liked the idea of an American ho dedicated her life to their eulture." Through years of ttudy, Lb.ii cer has mutered the motional and emotional qualities Indigenous io East Indian dance. And with her dark hair, large almond-shaped .eyes and l!llal.l linewy frame, she looks the part u well. Authentic CDIJtumes, traditional makeup and .ell.borate jewelry complete the pie- .lure. Lowen•• supple torlo tWiltll ef. ~esaly into the traditional tri- te-bend curves of the temple poaes. Her painted fingera curl onelessly inl.O clusic Indian ,shapes. And her bare feet stomp out the complex rhythmic patterns the mUSJc with authority. She · eonveys the erotlcilln and ec,tuy Indian dance with a litany of · ceaturea and penetrating eye JDOvemenu. that often go unnoticed by Western audiencea, but speak wnes to lndiah aficionados. Lowen no longer tri."!11 to educate American audiences to~ mean- of the gestural languag~ or India. Irun.ead, she relies on prt. pm notes to describe the mythi · • tories lhe interpret.I in dance. "There are .28 lingle-hand and 24 -handed gestures, and there unlimited facial expressions," wen aaid.. " [Indian dance hu] a -ery elaborate system of mime. ther than explain every item and up the mood, I only explam me of the gestures." For this San Diego appearance, Lowen will limit her repertoire to-. Odisll dance, the classical dance of India, although her apertile ex- to the obscure dances of the te or M.anipuri and the exciting .martial arts-bued Chhau ltyle. Al tradition dictates, the concert 'lrill commence with an Invocation, ,m 1rhich the dancer pays homage :to :Mother Earth. Lowen will alto include pure dance works with non-expressional themes to dem- ooro-ate the elaborate rhythmic ,tnicture of Indian dance. "'There'• a tremendoua variety In pure dance," Lowen a.Id. "It'• watching ju%." .Although American audiences lend to think of Indian dance u ..Alltn '• Est. I 888 P, C. B c:~:::~~ • India, I really shifted my eggs from the Indian/ modem dance buket to On Sunday afternoon, Lowen -will return to San Diego (her home for three years In the late '70.) . This whiatle-1top performance , Indian dance." 1 U.S. DANCER MASTERED ~,r:flt~ S AN DIEGO-Modem dancers have been faacinated wlt h Eastern idioms ever 1lnce Ruth St. DenlJ, the mother of American modem dance; began her experimenu wlth the uotic motifs D ) I Mar • Potpourri Nancy E\\ ing Four awards justly de ·erved of Indian Sharon Lowen have the background. In order to be 1ucceasful, you have to have been already trained In We,tem forms . And after training for 10 or 15 years, one iln't likely to leave that to nudy another form." But Lowen did,u.t that. "I wu attracted to Indian dance because It uses all the forms I wu lntere • ted in-mime, creative movement, improvilat.ion, dance slated for 3 p.m. at the Univel"lity of~ Diego•• Camino Theater, will man Lowen' • first Appearance ln San Diego In about five years. Lowen'• concert IJ part of a 37-state tour apon,ored by the government of India, In conjunction 1 with the nationwide Festival of !ndJL • It may come u a IU?'J)~t_ to Pl«lui«LOWEN, 1 9 pl;111 that tw • The ood nPw w,, •ighhor of our received 11 Onh1 San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454) Son Diego, CA !Son Diego C~.l Son Diego Union !Cir. o. 217,3241 (Cir. s. 339,7881 30 1985 N NO\/ io \985 c ,. c. e "''· , ~/ll'n Jl{kn'• I 888 's p C 8 • RRx / USD plans to study Central American refugees in~xico A $16,000 gr~ the Ford- Foundation ha~fi warded to the Universitntof San Diego Law School, whic.'1Jw1 undertake the nation's first academic study of the legal sta- tus and treatment of Central Ameri- can refugees in Mexico. _ The six-month study will be an at- tempt to determine whether Mexico provides safe harbor for refugees from Central America. Attorney Joan Friedland, a resident of Mexico City, will conduct the study wi~h the help of Jesus Rodriguez _Y Rodr1~ez, a Mexican expert on mternational law. Friedland estimates there are 350 000 Central American refugees in Me~ico and nearly 500,000 in the United States. Because thousands of Central Americans pass through Mexico ~n their way to the United States, their legal status in Mexico "has _beco~e an increasingly important issue m U.S. courts," said Susan Drake, a coordinator for the Mexico-U.S. Law Institute at USO, which will sponsor the study in conjunction with the Na- tional Autonomous University, a law school in Mexico. Drake also said that legal asylum is granted to very few Central Amer- icans in the United States, and the U.S. government "frequently main- tains that the Central American refu- gees should have sought safe haven, or protection from the Mexican gov- ernment when they traveled through Mexico." / , / Com!J).ission on Constitution's biCefltennial to meet at USD . ed th t'ng as a enter busmess. The Commission on the Bi_centen- He ch~r_acter1z " e mee i A Distinguised Professor of Law t ·t t' ill meet "giant c1v1cs lesson._ . . and Director of Law and Economic nial of the U.S. Cons I u io~ w Previous commission me.etings St d·es at USD Siegan has either au- at the University of San Diego Sch~l th bl c ac u 1 • Of Law ·1n February, chair by Chief have been closed to e. pu s ' th; thored or edited seven books. He ~s a cording to USD authorities, but d ate of the University of Chica- Justice Werren E. ~urger.. USD meeting may be opened ode- gro\~w School The commission is com~g ~o ~an cision has yet been made. g l gal Diego Feb. 2 and 3 at the mv1tatton Sie an is a nationally recognized For five years he wrote e I USD law Professor Bernard chol!r on the Constitution who has column for newspapers and is now ~iegan who was appointed to the s ublished some controversial views writing another book on the Supreme ComlillSS : ion by President Reagan P C t on its interpretation. . . , our . . . last spring. . . He argues that the Constitutions The Z3-member comm1SS1on also The commission is developmg ~c- framers clearly believed property includes U.S. Senators Ted Kennedy tivities to commemorate the frammg rights to be as esse_ntial as personal and Strom T,hur_mond, and House 01 the Constl.tution in 1787 and its rat- t N 11 rights in a free soc1e Y . Speaker Tip O e1 . ifi~~o:;~i!~;·dedicated to the rule His position goes agamst ~any The meetings have been tentative- of la w it is most desirable that the U.S. Supreme Cou~ rulmgs. ~ef8n ly scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 2, 1 • d better has said that while legal sc ? ars to 4 m and Monday, Feb. 3, public knows more about an . . favor the court's rulings, he_ bel!~vdes P9:m30·am tt'll:30 a.m and 1:30 p.m. to understand the Constitution wht~h the results "have been terrible, e- . . / the most important of all the nations nying many people the chance to 3:30 p.m. / laws," Siegan said. ~ ~~~.:.==.,..:._~-~-~-----~---------- Los Angel es, CA (Los Angeles Co ) Times (Sa n Diego Ed .) (Cir. D 50,010) (Cir. S 55,5731 Jl.(ltn '• P. C. B Es t. 1888 izt· he has no photograph oh tht• (lprnolition m process. If rinyonc has pictures of the l,r,,ncl Old Lady going down will you plea call sw:ede ~t 755 14 4(!? lie d apprec rate it nd O will ter1tv
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