PLAIN DEALER, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1994 7-E ME THE Troupe dances repertoire of the bamboo people By WILMA SALISBURY PLAIN DEALER DANCE CRITIC According to ancient history of the Filipino gan when a weary bird bamboo bough and first man and the They were called CLEVELAND legend, the people bepecked at a released the first woman. Malakas the strong and Maganda the beautiful, the Asian counterpart of Adam and Eve. "We are supposed to be a bamboo people," says Ramon A. Obusan, founder and artistic director of the National Folk Ballet of the Philippines. "I use the dance company as a showcase to bring forth the traditions and unknown rituals of the Philippines." Obusan's 25-member company, which makes its Cleveland debut tomorrow at the Palace Theater, opens its touring show with an interpretation of the Malakas and Maganda legend.
The introductory number features authentically costumed dancers accompanied by traditional music played on bamboo instruments. "The production is more informative than entertaining," said Obusan by phone from Santa Rosa, the second stop on the company's American debut tour. A woman balances a basket of wares for a feast and. men display "blankets of life" in "Ragragsakan," a tribal dance performed by the National Folk Ballet of the Philippines. "I have made five suites that show the uniqueness of the Filipinos." The unique quality of the carefully researched repertoire stems from the mix of cultures that influenced the history and development of the island nation.
Some Rock hall names Cleveland native for public relations By MICHAEL NORMAN Obusan 1 PLAIN DEALER MUSIC CRITIC CLEVELAND Another native Clevelander has returned home to take a top job at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Robert W. Goodlow, who grew up in Glenville and graduated from Hawken School, has been named the rock hall's first manager of public relations. Goodlow, 40, comes to the rock hall from his job as director of media relations for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California in Los Angeles. He joined the rock hall staff Jan.
28. "This is an outstanding opportunity to be involved in a project that is of major significance to this community and to the world," Goodlow said. He is the third Cleveland native to join the rock hall staff in the past six months. The other hometown appointees are director Dennis Barrie, who took over the reigns of the rock hall Sept. 1, and curator James Henke, who started work Jan.
2. Goodlow will replace Howard Landau of Wyse Landau Public Relations as the rock hall's primary press liaison. Landau, who will continue as a consultant, has handled the rock hall's media work since the early days of the project in the late '80s. Goodlow attended Cleveland public schools from kindergarten to the eighth grade. After graduating from Hawken, he received a bachelor's degree in art history and architecture from Columbia University in New York.
Returning to Cleveland, he enrolled in a master's degree program in communicatons at Cleveland State University. He took a television production job at WUAB Channel 43 in 1982. While there, he won a fellowship from NBC to work in public relations at the network's local affiliate, WKYC Channel 3. He worked at WKYC until 1985, eventually moving into the news department, where he was an assignment editor and associate producer and did some on-air reporting. Goodlow moved to Bakersfield, in 1985 to take a job as the assignment editor for the NBC affiliate there.
He jumped to the independent KCOP TV in Los Angeles in 1986, then worked for three years as a media relations representative for Southern California Edison. His uncle, the Rev. Robert Lawrence Fuller, was pastor of Mt. Hermon Baptist Church in Cleveland for 55 years before his retirement last year. "One of my first goals is to build a bridge of understanding with people from throughout the Cleveland area who played such a significant role in bringing this museum to this city," said Goodlow of his job at the rock hall.
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I am the only anthropologist to run after our dying traditions. I have done research in caves and in the deep dark mountains. I have found traditions that have been there for thousands of years." Although Obusan's folkloric troupe officially represents the Philippines on tour, it is not a professional company. "There are not many professional dancers in the Philippines," said Obusan. "But all Filipinos dance.
Filipinos are very musical. They have inborn talent." Obusan is a good example. He finished a degree in marine biology, then became an anthropologist. He is now artistic director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. "I dance.
I sing. I teach," he said. "On tour, I am the technical director of the company. I take care of the costumes and the lights." Professions represented in the folkloric company include pilot, nurse and midwife. Obusan, who visited Cleveland with the Bayanihan Dance Company in the 1960s, guessed that the local Filipino community has its share of "danc- ing doctors and singing nurses." One of the most renowned professional dancers to come out of the Philippines is Maniya Barredo, prima ballerina of Atlanta Ballet and a guest artist with Cleveland Ballet.
"Maniya is splashed all over the papers now because she is making, farewell performances," said Obusan. "I think she is sick and tired of being really famous." Friendly rivals, Obusan and Barredo competed for one of the top national awards given to dancers in the Philippines. Barredo won in 1992. Obusan took the prize the following year. Both are in line to be named National Artist for Dance, a coveted honor given for public service.
To thank the tribal people who have helped him in his research, Obusan has established educational foundation. "It sends tribal children to school in their he said. "It has nothing to do with dance." a For your information The National Folk Ballet of the Philippines performs tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Palace Playhouse Square. The performance benefits the Parma-based Philippine-American Society of Ohio.
Tickets, Call 241-6000. The company gives an abbreviated performance tomorrow at noon at the Palace Theater. The free one-hour show is presented on Cuyahoga Community College's Showtime at High Noon series. dances come from tribal traditions practiced in remote areas. Others were brought by Spanish conquerors who ruled the Philippines for centuries.
Mexicans, sent to the islands by the Spanish, introduced colorful fiestas, mellow guitar en- ROBERT W. GOODLOW mote the museum, in a proactive manner to the citizens of Cleveland what we are and what resources we have, and to let them know that we are on schedule for completion in July of 1995." sembles and brilliant costumes. The influence of China and Malaysia is heard in the pentatonic scales of traditional Filipino music. The Muslim minority contributed Middle Eastern music and dance. The influx of Americans af- Guggenheim Museum to cut staff, hours ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK The Guggenheim Museum will lay off 30 employees, cut back its hours and temporarily close its library to save money.
The cuts, announced last week, will save of the museum's $25 million annual budget, director Thomas Krens said. The museum, perhaps best known for its building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, reopened in 1992 after being closed two years for major renovations. The museum, which employs 380 people, announced just two weeks ago it had reached half its $100 million goal in a fund-raising campaign. Hours at the main branch will be shortened six hours a week two hours, three days a week. A branch in the SoHo section of Manhattan will close on Mondays and Tuesdays, instead of just Mondays.
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