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Page Four. PHOENIXC u n m n o h a m D a n c e r sSixth BrooklynDance Series SetMerce Cunnningham and DanceCompany will be returning fortheir sixth season at the BrooklynAcademy with a series of fourevents. March 22%u201425, with two newworks which will have their worldpremieres, %u201cSolo%u201d and %u201cChangingSteps.%u201dCunningham has long been acontroversial figure of moderndance. He has led innovation inchance choreography and oftenworks with world famous modemartists and musicians to create theenvironment for his dancers.At this appearance the settingsof Robert Morris will be used for%u201cCanfield,%u201d a ballet which won theGrand Prix at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival in1972. Sonya Sekula has paintedCunningham%u2019s costume for his newballet, %u201cSolo.%u201dThe company haiupioneered inthe use of music not specificallychosen for each dance. For the firsttwo events John Cage, DavidBehrman, Gordon Mumma andDavid Tudor will choose andperform the music with selectionsof their own works. The music for%u201cCanfield%u201d is by Pauline Oliveros;Christian Wolf%u2019s %u201cBurdocks%u201d willbe performed with %u201cBorst Park.%u201dThe program for each night willbe: March 22 %u2014 Signal, ChangingSteps-Loops, TV Rerun; March 23%u2014 Solo, Cross Currents ChangingSteps, Landrover; March 24 %u2014Canfield; March 25 %u2014 Borst Park,Solo Changing Steps.frC T T b T H tS yeA R ?\\Uenvisit Mk S O U V L A K ,i * J 7 A \\ o w T A G u l bnrC a p u l e h s& & o iMontagueLunck^ Ptnnet~ Sak4Sun Brunch iMFPff r c o U t f R H e i g h t sftacaMiB R E S T A U R A N T122 M o n ta g u e St.TR 5-1240 TR 5-1241Famous for uurOverstuffed SandwichesC arering O ur SpecialtyLET US PLAN YOUR NEXT PARTYBC%u2019s *Richard II%u2019 DoesShakespeare ProudBY GINA LEBOWITZLast week Brooklyn Collegemounted the most elaborateproduction of its season withShakespeare%u2019s Richard II.Costumes, music, lighting, fineBritish accents and generally goodacting were all excellently used toforwa4d the sad tale of a luxuryloving. weak monarch, who.although deserved recipient of anunblemished crown, had wastedhis patrimony and failed to retaindepriving Bolinbroke of hish o rp H itn rv r io h te h o c o tc th o s tn a p j O -----%u00bb %u201c vfor the latter%u2019s return to England,and insurrection. As the populaceand the English Lords flock to therebellion, we see a queen full offoreboding, played with frowns andwrung hands by Jeanne Sockle.and a confused, aging Duke ofYork, played with many facialgestures by E. Russell Bonanno._ ed i: r>; %u2022 crown, we see turn relinquishing it to ms cousin BolinbrokeBolinbroke, banished byRichard's decree only a short timebefore, has returned to seize hisinheritance, and more as well.Richard remains a poetthroughout; not a king, a connoisseur of style. He commendsBolinbroke%u2019s ambition at thebeginning (%u201cHow high a pitch hisresolution soars%u201d ) only to see itturned against him in the end:%u201cLet us sit upon the ground andsing sad songs about the death ofKings...%u201d We are not meant to pityRichard quite as much as he pitieshimself.Bolinbroke%u2019s father, %u201cOld John ofGaunt, time-honored Lancaster,%u201dis played effectively by AssociateProfessor of English Lee Haring, aCourt St. resident. At Gaunt%u2019sdeath at the end of Act I, Richardconfiscates his estates,replenishing his treasury for hiswar with the Irish. But byrV'f*4,. %u2022* :; /T'play that was written betweennnH Iiiiio t anrl T h p M iprchant of Venice express deeplypersonal feelings in blank verse,and social attitudes and moralsentiments in rimed couplets. Andthe cast, especially Richard,miscast as king, but excellent aspoetic fantasy embroideringlanguage, handles a mostly-rimedplay extremely well. The nlav ends%u00bb*. *%u25a0 - 1j | r 4 8v%u2018 *' if-'Y *\\B a rry A n b in d e r as R ichardwho tries to pick at all times thelesser of evils.The players, according to thewith a moment of stability in arealm now ruled by a good kingContinued on Page 19Simultaneous Exhibit of Tricca%u201cHomage to Tricca, 1880-1969,%u201d adual exhibition of the paintings ofMarco Tricca, will be on view fromApril 2 to 27 at The BrooklynCenter of Long Island Universityand from April 3 to 27 at theBrownstone Gallery, 76 SeventhAve., in the Park Slope section ofBrooklyn.Marco Tricca was bom in Italyin 1880 and studied in Rome, butspent most of his time at themuseums copying the Old Masters.In 1912 he immigrated to New Yorkjust prior to the famous ArmoryShow which introduced modern artto America.Here the bustling street lifeMA 4-9774 5 TO tO P.M.( 0 [ c l < z A /l& x L c o