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currently is airing fine:

: theater, music and dance

ecials under the umbrella
title of Great Performances. .

‘These magnificent cultural .

events’ are offered Wed-
nesdayS at:-9 p.m. and.
Sundays at 10 p.m. _

The - first: Great. Per-
formances: Dance in
America production of the

season is scheduled for —

December 15 (and 19) with

‘two works by the American

Ballet Theatre. Kristine
Elliot; Karena Brock and
Fernando Bujones are.
featured in Frederick

 Ashton’s ‘‘Les Patineurs”’,

- artist,

which Clive - Barnes
described as’ ‘‘a lovely
Christmas card of a ballet,

Mystery |
writer -

commits
murder

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such a dislike to an. artist
that she. followed the advice .

of the man’s enemies.to “go. |.

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full, of snow,
-erinolines and without a
thought in its head.” Terry
Orr, Clark Tippet and
Marianna Te erkassy,

dance Eugene Loring’ s
_ Bergerac”, the Theatre in
_ America encore 9:30 p.m.

“Billy the Kid”,

‘The holiday " spirit.‘ ‘con-
‘tinues on December -22 (and
Dec. 26) with the ‘Chester

Mystery Play “Christmas”.
_ This stylistic rendition of a.
- 14th century..;

“mystery
lay” dramatizes
iblical story of Christmas,

. from the fall of Lucifer to.
the brith of Christ. Mystery °
plays, re-enactments of.

Bible stories, were written
by priests and monks and

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December. 29. In Edmund
Rostand’s-romantic play
about the.’ “man with the

‘longest nose in Christen-

dom,” the characters ex-

perience emotions in heroic .

proportions. The production
as special significance for
northwest viewers, since
Mr. Singer is a graduate of

‘the. University of

Washington’s ‘‘professional
actor trainin program” ,
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Contemporary ‘Theatre and .

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- Future’ ‘programs include

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airing Sunday and Friday.
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