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Ann'sBY BRIAN BOYDText, music, and stage set are all aspectsof dance that usually play a subordinaterole to the dance itself. In the Solo to SoloDance Festival, which opened at St. Ann%u2019son December 3, producer Nina Winthropchallenged three choreographer/dancers tocollaborate with artists in other mediums ina way that would stand these threetheatrical elements on an equal footing withthe choreography. The result was anendlessly inventive and electrifying trio ofperformances.Dancer/choreographer Steve Paxton andactor Daniel Lepkoff collaborated on ahumorous and visually dramatic investigation into Einstein%u2019s Special Theory ofRelativity. Paxton%u2019s restless and athletic exploration of Einstein%u2019s ideas contrasted in astunning way with Lepkoff%u2019s deliberatereasonings. Each approach proved equallyimaginative, as the duo shared miniexperiments or drifted apart in personalmusing.An energetic and expressive solo performance by Robert Kovich paired with swiftly changing music by June Schneider, madefor an electrifying partnership. Entitled%u201cSeven Exits,%u201d Schneider%u2019s composition incorporated spoken words invoking themystical potency of the number seven inreligion, music, and gambling.Passages of histrionic organ music,violent winds and the bland voice of apreacher reading from the Bible werefollowed by rock-%u2019n-roll and stylized %u201cOriental%u201d music, complete with percussivesnakes. Kovich nimbly kept pace with thecomposition, changing moods smoothly andimaginatively.In %u201cPilgrimage: the Falling Forest,%u201ddesigner Tetsu Maeda created an environment for dancer/choreographer Kei Takeithat drew exclamations of amazement fromthe audience. Takei%u2019s pilgrim struggledthrough falling forests of sand, plastic bagsfilled with air, silver buckets that come rattling down with a crash and finally, strips ofwhite paper unravelling and descending incoils to the stage with a purring sound.Takei%u2019s passionate responses to thesebizarre and beautiful environments madefor a captivating performance.ARTS AT ST. ANN%u2019S: Series continueswith the Bread and Puppet Theater performing %u201cJosephine,%u201d based on a parableby Franz Kafka. Performances runDecember 11-13, and 17-20, at 8pm;December 13 and 20, at 2pm; andDecember 14 and 21, at 4pm. St. Ann%u2019sChurch is at Montague and ClintonStreets. Tickets are f8. For reservationsand information, call 834-8794.'Sholom' Could Have Been More InvitingBY MICHAEL TOMASKYA show like %u201cAn Evening of SholomAleichem,%u201d Murray Horwitz%u2019s one-man performance of tales by the famous Yiddishfolk writer at The New Theater, is plagued,perhaps unfairly, by the prejudicial baggage the audience carries in with it.Aleichem is a character with whom the audience already feels familiar. Those whohave read his writing, or even seen %u201cFiddler on the Roof,%u201d which was based on hisstories, bring with them preconceived notions of the author%u2019s personality that set expectations about the performance before thecurtain rises.Admittedly, this places an onus on the actor. He must somehow balance the audience%u2019s expectations of the character withhis own interpretation. Horwitz achievedthis fusion quite nicely in many briefmoments, but on the whole, he did notestablish a rapport with the audience thatwas comfortable or personable enough.Aleichem was a storyteller, a folkraconteur whose characters and storiesevoke a sort of wistful sadness, a mournfulyet celebratory mosaic of small triumphsfor small people. The story Horwitz toldabout riding third class in Russian railwaycars (the Jews rode third class, whilearistocrats and gentiles rode the first andsecond) is a perfect example of Aleichem%u2019swisdom. The seats may be hard, and theride may be rough, he says, but at least weare getting somewhere.Horwitz was not always able to conveythis underlying optimism because he justwasn%u2019t quite friendly enough with the audience. He spoke rather stiffly at times, asif he were reading the evening news, anddid little in the way of gesticulation orembellishment. He didn%u2019t use much of thestage, either (made up like a library, withtwo chairs, a reading lamp and fireplace),and perhaps he could have drawn the audience in %u2014 invited us in to his library, as itwere %u2014 had he done so.Still, the play delivered many sharp andentertaining moments. One of Horwitz%u2019sstrengths is his ability to draw out thepunch line in his stories, to leave the audience hanging just long enough beforedelivering the goods.The play consisted of two acts, each containing three or four vignettes taken fromAleichem%u2019s tales. The one mentionedpreviously, the railroad odyssey, wasamong the most enchanting, as was anepisode about a Czarist general%u2019s attempt atTalmudic logic. But on the whole, the impression is more one of being recited tothan being entertained by a wonderful tellerof folk tales.%u201cAn Evening of Sholom Aleichem%u201d continues at The New Theater of Brooklynthrough December 14. 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