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CRANBERRY) BROOKLYN, N.Y.ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTEDD elivery to: Park Slope * ftoerum Hill %u2022 Brooklyn Hts. %u2022 C o b b le Hill_ . . ^ .. %u2022 C a rro ll G a rd e n s %u2022 Quick Delivery CocktailsTake CXit Service Sunday BrunchFree Delivery643-6121M Y L I T T L EP I Z Z A%u201c Taste Why Our Pizza is the Best\114 Court St. Hours: 10AM-1AM Fri & Sat %u2019til 2AMGet the Dope On What%u2019s New and What%u2019s HappeningIn the Busy World of The Arts In Brooklyn, EveryWeek in The Award-Winning Phoenix Newspaper.P B Q q M XA nngxlc n i s / i n o / i i b ^ v i v J %u00ab %u2022* B ^ a v a a i vContinuedchoreography is delicate and suave, and themusic is for the most part a concoction ofsoothing New Age sounds %u2014 selections fromVangelis and from Popol Vuh%u2019s score to thefilm %u201cAguirre.%u201dBut Chong%u2019s is an inane beauty: theangels remain evanescent spirits withoutvitality, and they drift in and out of theclouds in ways that are attractive but nevermoving, appealing but never compelling.There is no intensity, and the uniformlybland masks seem to contradict one ofSwedenborg%u2019s most important points: thatangels and devils are not a separate classof beings but merely spiritualizeddevelopments of human beings. Even ascene in which an offending angel has itswings clipped %u2014 the closest Chong comes toportraying an angels%u2019 human qualities %u2014 issuffocated in the serene gracefulness withwhich Chong imbues everything in this production.Swedenborg himself was berated for thissort of thing in the late 18th century by theEnglish poet William Blake, who read andfor a time admired Swedenborg%u2019s work.%u201cSwedenborg,%u201d Blake wrote, %u201chas not written one new truth . . . he has written all theold falsehoods. And now hear the reason:He conversed with Angels who are allreligion, & conversed not with Devils whoall hate religion, for he was incapable thro%u2019his conceited notions.%u201dBlake%u2019s point was that Swedenborg%u2019s visions were inauthentic because they sprangnot from energy and passion (representedby the devils) but from a pale and overactive imagination bound by the fetters oftraditional religious schemes and symbols.So, too, in %u201cThe Angels of Swedenborg,%u201dwe have a work that pays wistful homage toarchaic symbols without the redeemingdevotion inspired by passion. Chong maynot have given us any old falsehoods, butthere is certainly not new truth to his gauzyartifact.Ping C h o n g %u2019s %u201cThe A ngels of S w e d e n %u00adborg%u201d at the B rooklyn A cadem y of M usic.NEXT WAVE THEATER: Festival continues with the Flying KaramazovBrothers and the Kamikaze Ground Crewperform Stravinsky%u2019s %u201cTlie Soldier%u2019sTale.%u201d December 2, 7pm, December 3-8,8pm, December 7, 2pm and 7pm. Ticketsfor December 24 are $22 and $15,December 5-7 are $25 and $18. For moreinformation, call 636-4100.Animals At RotundaRotunda Gallery will open %u201cThe AnimalWithin,%u201d an exhibition of painting andsculpture, on November 12. The showfeatures work by painters Emilio Cruz andRochelle Shicoff, and sculptor Linda Peer.The exhibit will run through December 20at the gallery, at the Brooklyn WarMemorial, Cadman Plaza West and OrangeStreet. Hours are: Tuesday-Friday, 12-5pm;Saturday, llam 4pm . 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