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...Starbuck and Kenneth Shelley, 1969, 1970, 1971 United States Pair Champions...
Although Tate is sceptical about the poet-activist ("Our friend Shelley thought if he put those tracts he wrote in toy boats in Hyde Park, and people read them, a great revolution would take place!"), he does include social criticism as part of his responsibility as man and poet. For him, I'll Take My Stand was as much a defense of poetry as a defense of the South...
Included on the program for the evening are Harvard's John Misha Petkevich, '71 U.S. Men's Champion: Julie Holmes, '71 World Ladies' Silver Medalist; and Janet Lynn. '71 U.S. Ladies' Champion. Two couples will be featured in the presentation: Jo-Jo Starbuck and Ken Shelley. '71 U.S. Pairs Champion; and Judy Schwoneren and Jim Sladky. '71 U.S. Dance Champions...
...more ways than acoustics, Beatrix Cenci was a remarkable climax to a successful inaugural week. When it comes to piling horror on horror, Ginastera outclasses anyone now writing for the operatic stage. Beatrix Cenci can best be described as Renaissance Gothic. Based partly on history, partly on the Shelley tragedy, it tells how a young Roman noblewoman (Soprano Arlene Saunders) is seduced by her choleric, morally corrupt father. Count Francesco Cenci (Bass-Baritone Justino Díaz), then revenges herself by arranging his murder. In the end, she is found out, tortured on the rack, beheaded. Not a libretto...
...easy enough to quarrel with McBride's resolutely gloomy portrait of the future. But there is no disputing his distinctive cinematic flair or the definitive excellence of his relatively unknown actors-Steven Curry as Glen, Shelley Plimpton as Randa, and Garry Goodrow as the manic magician. McBride, 29, made Glen and Randa on a slender $480,000 budget, without help or hindrance from the major studios. Austerity and autonomy, combined with genuine talent, have produced one of the best and most original American films of the year...