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‘EDMONTON (CP) - ~ “The
performing arts, hurtured by
money, climate - mand
eslergetic people, have buret
into full bloom tn Alberta.

An exciting cultural pulse
is emanating: from Ed-
menton —a city. that a few
shart years ago. had a boom

‘profeauional.
panies,

rts r

town image ‘and’ Was. ‘con.

sidered ‘a: cultural joke in
Eastern Canada.

The city and its (500,000
people riow have a symphony”
orchestra, an opera ‘com.
pany, a ballet Goat and alt

eatre com:

strength irom their hosts.’

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“Ity incredible what's.
going on In a city that

asically {is isolated
physically," said Irvin
Guthnan, director of the Ed-
montdn Opera Association,.
“who ‘also “Wolke “with opera
ours in. Vancouver and.

innipeg. ;

“You should be extremely

oud of what's happened

re... of haw good It [s in all
areas,” Guttman said inan
interview, ;

: It's extremely. good on the
” theatre scene, ranging from
~'the clty's oldest eatablished.

"- gimateur Walterdale Theatre

to Stage West, a commercial
dinner theatre; to Theatre
Network, a collective similar
to-Toronto's Theatre Passe
Murallle; tothe Citadel:
Theatre, one of Canada's

_ finest: theatre complexes.

Joe Schoctar, the Citadel's
executive producer, mt the

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: gowth | in the: a: perfigming -

arta “is only natural in a
erowing city with a ‘buoyant its

economy wheré .there Is.
_ more money available to put

Into leigure activitles.”
Bab Cook, director of per-
forming arte In the Alberta

culture department, said -
money has contributed to an”

attitude “that we in Alberta
and the West want to catch

has - not had suring the
Poneer days.”

of those things which at foant

outwardly serve to give Us .
status and Fresteon and a
feeling of se ;

esteem.”
‘The arts are a natural

_ autlet for people to display

_ their: affluence. There is a
natural tendency to use the
cattevasa bit of window
dressing. "

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Guttman sald Western

Canada ‘has emerged from "

pioneering phase, . has

achieved success and: is ©

showlng: more BO
phigtication. ‘‘Now the
people want to da more to
eur ch-their Ilves,".

He said people in Western
Canada have always had the

- feeling. that the East looked
on them! as necond-class
up ... we want what the West

citizens. —- ;
“They had en inferiority

.. complex. But they now have

ple, want every:
ont Pee and luxury, a

a feeling of pride and expect
and demand the best.”- wee
. Cook sees another aspect

to the flowering ofthe arta in

Alberta.
“People ia this area of the
world have a certain energy

_ which they'ye derlyed: from

the country and the’ period of °
growth we're in. They're
people who brought energy
into this area because they
wanted to grow, to develop,

Japan spends millions.
on western culture art

KOFU (Reuter) — ‘As part |

of Japan's ever increasing

dnterest in western culture

its provincial governments

are spending millions to

’ build new art museums and

fit them with works by Eu-
an masters.

ntll recently, most focal _
led | (1775-1651).

> art museums were fill
with poor collections. The

. sudden turnaround in at-

. titudes. started in this city,
100 _ kilometres . weet | of

yo,
Ih’ November, 1978, the
provincial government of
mountainous: , Yamanashi,
which includes:! Kofu, am
‘nounced that.'if had spent
just over $1. million to buy
two 18th century works by
_France’s, Jean Francois
Millet (1814-1875). |.

It also purchased a ‘con-
temporary bronze sculpture

by Britain's. Henry: Moore. -

The - Yamanaahi mavern-

“STEEL HEAVY <

ment later spent another $1
million on six 19th century

- European works, including

another three Millels.

The other works were by
Frenchmen Camille Corot
(}786-1875) and: Gustave
Courbet (1819-1877), and
Britain's William Turner

The Millets, bought at a

‘New York auction, include

The Sawer, The Return of the
Clock and Daphis and Chloe,

‘A two-storey museum built
in. Kofu,. which is-in a
province dominated by
Mount Fuji and peach or-

_chards, was designed by. top
Japanese architect - Kunio”

Maekawa at a cost of nearly
$7 million.

Museum ‘curator . Yoichiro
Idee said that more than
800,000. people from. other
paris of Japan already had
visited the recently com-

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masterpieces. |

Apart fram a permanent
display, including Japanese
works, the museum is also

used for exhibilions of ©

collections loaned from other

museums and works of local

amateurs.

Six other provinces are

either building or plan to
build museums.

The six are Miyagi, in
northern Japan, Saitama,
north of Tokyo, and Toyama,
Gifu, Mie and Shizuoka in
central Japan.

The list Por artists whose ,

works they have either pur-
chased or’ plan’ to ‘buy. in-
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1930), Aristide Malllol (1861-
1944), Andre Desain (1880-
1954), Paul Gawgin.  (1848-

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“energy in Alberta it’s not just
the energy that's in. the
ground, ... it’s the energy
- that’s ain layed by the
people. e forces for
growth ore mare Important
than what's in the ground.”
“What we have done is
witnespedt the growth of aris
pont fe beyond the
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box office. Thi

orgar Plone thal are
‘financlal difficulty for the
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becatse they have to walt for _

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overly. pre- -accupied with
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Cook recalled an ob-
“servation by Boris Brott,

conductor of the Hamilton.

Philharmonic, that as far as
orchestras cand music or:
ganizations are. concemed,
the ‘problem Is one of

physics,
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’ make It economically viable,
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soccer game which can take
place ina great big stadium
and accommodate thousands.
of people atone shot.. -
“We're in the 196s now
and we're still thinking in
terms of the traditional
concert hail as being the
exclusive’ venue. for a.

symphony orchestfa or an

opera, We have nat used the .
electronic media. to the
extent we should.

work which s¢!
delivery system: for @n-
tertainment to the public.
But the Met, our own Ed:
monton Opera and others
throughout the world have
only recently reallsed that
television is a. feasible and
appropriate way {or more.
people to be served with this
PH En ERs ie Lala de Ma Renin

othe we Citadel, Shoctor said,
has reached a point where
there ia no point in adding to
the season or extending the
run of a play undl Ed-
monton's population Ine
creates, °

Cook said government
funding has helped develop
the arta during ihe Inet 28
years but haan’t been sue
cessful in stimulating the
grass-roots situation In
which people become . ie
ticipants rather than

; spectators. mt

: Alberta capital

“ass-roats develop:
ment w help to aticaulate | a

betterunderstanding of what

the arte are ail about and a
‘ better interest in those arts.

which will be seen in the box .

office, In fuller auditoriums
and theatres.” ;

Cook, @ music teacher :n
the United States for 28 ab years
before he came fo

has falth that the performing ;

arts
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