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<br /> <br /> <br />the <br /> <br />Area Arts <br /> <br />"Eddy...A currant that runs contrary to the main CUfTant or tradition as of life, art or philosophy; a hyway. <br /> <br />· October 2006 <br />Edition Number 62 <br /> <br /> <br />Performance Series 2006-07 <br /> <br />The ERAM Performance Series <br />committee has come out of its huddle and <br />announced the lineup for 2006-07, an <br />exciting mix of classical guitar, jazz, <br />ballet, Civil War ballads, fiddling, tap and <br />dance kicking off Friday, October 13 with <br />Robert Bluestone and Sunday, Oct. 22 <br />with the Continental Ballet Company <br />performing "Sleeping Beauty." The <br />Zabee Theater will house both <br />performances. <br /> <br />Bluestone began playing as a child when <br />his uncle gave him recordings of guitar <br />master Andres Segovia. Suddenly the <br />guitar took on a new meaning, something <br />more than wood and string; in the right <br />hands, it could become an extension of <br />the artist, and a voice of many moods and <br />languages. After finishing his master's at <br />Eastern Michigan University, Bluestone <br />spent two years in Mexico where he <br />studied with Manuel Lopez Ramos. <br /> <br />"There's something so personal about the guitar," he has said. "You're holding it in your <br />arms. The means of sound are your hands. As you play different notes you can feel it <br />vibrate. I've always loved the sense that its voice becomes your voice." <br /> <br />Bluestone's concert will include material from a repertory that spans four continents and <br />four centuries, including Spanish, jazz and classical pieces. <br /> <br />Continental Ballet Company's "Sleeping Beauty" is story telling with a kick. The fairytale <br />comes alive with Russian ballet artists Tatiana Berenova and Pavel Homko in the lead <br />roles. The story finds the young beauty asleep, dozing for a hundred years in her <br />enchanted castle, until the prince arrives and plants his kiss. <br /> <br />Continental Ballet makes its home at the Bloomington Center for the Arts and is a <br />nonprofit organization with a mission <br />to foster the growth and appreciation <br />of classical ballet. The company has <br />been awarded recognition by the John <br />F. Kennedy Center for the Arts in <br />Washington, D.C. <br /> <br />Tickets for Bluestone and Continental <br />Ballet are now available and are $15 <br />for adults, $12 for members and <br />seniors and $5 for youth. Group rates <br />are available. Look for a mailing <br />about the series in September. <br /> <br /> <br />Series Performers <br /> <br />Robert Bluestone, classical <br />guitar,Oct. 13 at Zabee Theater <br /> <br />Continental Ballet, "Sleeping Beauty," <br />Oct. 22 at Zabee Theater <br /> <br />Buckets & Tap Shoes, drumming and <br />dance, Jan. 11 at Zabee Theater <br /> <br />George Mauer Band, jazz, March 3 at <br />Zabee Theater <br /> <br />Ken Waldman & Pop Wagner Family <br />Show, fiddling and poetry, March 25 in <br />the Little Theater <br /> <br />Robert Trentham, songs of the Civil <br />War, May 6 at Zabee Theater <br /> <br />