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hail Baryshnikov and Twyla
rp perform tonight and to-
rrow night in Rudder Audito-
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he performance is presented
Texas A&M's Opera & Per-
ning Arts Society (OPAS),
he performance will feature a
reographed contemporary
ce by Tharp called "Cutting
illustrating the evolution of
al dancing during the 20th
:ury.
It's a wonderful perfor-
ice ; " said Cyndy Biek, pro-
n coordinator of OP AS. "They
e a lot of fun on stage and it's
light."
Cutting Up," will be accom-
ied by music from Louis Arm-
ng, Hoagy Carmichael, Ster-
Smith, and Pergolesi.
his tour is the first time
yshnikov and Tharp will
ce together, Biek said.
Twyla Tharp and Mikhail
yshnikov have never per-
ied together," Biek said. "She
choreographed for him and
las danced for her, but they
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Twyla Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov will dance in Rudder Auditorium.
have never danced together. They
have had a professional relation
ship for twenty years."
Baryshnikov and Tharp first
meb in 1975. Through the years
Tharp has choreographed for
Baryshnikov.
Some examples of Tharp's
works and contributions to con
temporary dance choreography
are "Push Comes to Shove,"
"Sinatra Suite," and the film
"White Nights."
Baryshnikov and Tharp are
touring 35 cities throughout the
United States, Canada, and Mexi
co. They began their tour in
Austin on Nov. 30 and will con
tinue to tour until February 1993.
The tour is being produced
and managed by Columbia
Artists Management, in associa
tion with Tharp Productions.
"Our tickets sales have been
real strong these la^st two weeks,
but there are tickets still avail
able," Biek said. "We are not
sold out."
lassical pianist plays Wednesday
Pianist William Marsden is the featured
performer for Wednesday afternoon's Brown
Bag Concert in 402 Academic.
Marsden will perform Sergei Rachmoni-
noff's "12 Preludes for Piano."
A graduate from the University of Mis
souri, Marsden is currently finishing his doc
torate's degree at the University of Houston
under the instruction of Ruth Tomfohrde and
Abbey Simon.
KAMU-FM 90.9, Texas A&M's public ra-^
dio station, will broadcast the concert.
The Brown Bag Concert is presented by the
OPAS Stark Series and the Department of
Philosophy and Humanities' Music Program.
‘The Bodyguard’
Movie offers love, mystery and a few gunshots
By JENNY MAGEE
Rci’iewer of THE BATTALION
"The Bodyguard"
Starring Kevin Costner,
Whitney Houston
Directed by Mick Jackson
Rated R
Playing at Schulman 6
"The Bodyguard" surprised
me. I'm sorry, but I expected a
movie that stars Whitney Hous
ton to
contain
along the
lines of
M a d o n -
na's per
formance
in "Desperately Seeking Su
san." However, director Mick
Jackson played it safe by hav
ing Whitney Houston play a
rock star. And hey, it worked.
As for the movie's other star,
I have come to know Kevin
Costner as a Hollywood big
wig actor. There has always
been a certain saunter in his
walk, heroic confidence in his
speech, and his characters have
seemed to posses a distant rela
tion to Superman.
Quite surprisingly though,
Kevin Costner as a bodyguard
is real. I must admit his slight
physique is a little bit question
able. I hate to st^jAotype, but
the word bodyguard usually
brings someone along the lines
of Mr. T or Hulk Hogan to
mind.
Costner, does however, fit
comfortably into the life of
Frank Farmer, a former secret
service agent who has never
been able to forgive himself for
the shooting of President Rea
gan.
Farmer was not even on
duty when the attempt at the
President's life was made, but
the experience turned him into
the "Good Fairy Bodyguard."
He'll protect people for special
occasions or a short period of
time, but no long term commit
ments.
This all changes when
Farmer is persuaded by an old
friend to protect actress-singer
Rachel Marron (Whitney Hous
ton), who has been acquiring
quite a collection of threatening
fan mail.
A little cat-and-dog action is
ignited between Marron and
Farmer after she consents to
hire him.
She wants to be a
movie/rock star; she wants to
be out and in public; and she
sure wants to go to the Acade
my Award ceremony where she
has been nominated for Best
Actress. And gosh-darn that
Frank Farmer for coming and
expecting her to change her life
just so he can protect her.
The interaction between
Houston and Costner is what
made the movie click for me. It
was not so much the romantic
encounters between the two, as
it was the moments of wit and
hostile little power struggles.
Houston is perfect for the
spoiled, bossy Rachel Marron.
Don't get me wrong, Whitney
Houston is no Meryl Streep or
Sally Field, but she does tackle
this role with a decent degree of
success.
What I liked the most about
"The Bodyguard" was the very
fact that I liked it at all. I would
much rather be pleasantly sur
prised by a movie than disap
pointed. Which has been the
case more often than not with
the '92 pre-Christmas releases.
Granted, "The Bodyguard"
does lay on the cheese pretty
thick in certain cases. A certain
dive over a stone fence that
Costner makes in pursuit of a
suspicious auto mobile was a
little too McGyverish for me.
Luckily, the rest of Costner's
big bodyguard maneuvers are
carried out a little more dis
creetly.
Along with this on and off
romantic interlude between
Farmer and Marron, the basic
meat of the movie is the fight to
find out who Rachel's blood
thirsty fan is before it is too late.
The movie also does a nice
job of incorporating a theme of
dealing with fear. As Farmer
tells Marron's 8-year-old son,
"Everybody is afraid at one
time or another, that is how we
know we care about things."
The fact that "The Body
guard" chose to address fear as
an emotion that is common to
everybody, instead of just fo
cusing on the macho fearless
ness of a bodyguard, gave the
movie a more believable angle.
"The Bodyguard" drives
down the road of entertainment
with relatively few bumps. A
couple of pit stops for love,
mystery, and a few gunshots
make watching this movie a
smooth ride.
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