WPLN News Archive; Nashville Ballet with Jonell Mosser (Anita) 4 23 99; News Archive 4/2/99-5/7/99

his plans for artistic director paul vast range of the master's music and personality were a perfect fit for a new ballet her powerful vocals range from pop blues to jazz marsalis only question was would she do it what she'd be willing to sing live as dancers interpret her songs through moment he said man on one of her local gates i went into a restaurant years ago i was out of my mind and at that at birdland violent type drama sold for the excuse me for an early i asked her if you know i know my mouth dropped open because he said and i never will i know if he should know will you can take me and said i'm sorry and i have no question of their integrity and i did about that time battling traveled to atlanta to an exhibit a pop art impressed with the people like andy warhol used everyday objects icons and volvos to my car he decided to use that concept as a jumping off point but a

new ballet with loesser start to think about you know the things that we see every day in that were exposed to both in a good way and a bad way from their start to think about the songs and sort of where i want to go with the songs take this on even if you go with one male dancer on stage several female dancers injured when cyrena keyboard another adding machine one a stapler another of the song is i love you know that the commercial a diet coke in all the secretaries are all doing the guy outside it says that song that's i mean that is sort of the commercial sort of a funny take on that he takes out the other commercials as well while the lyrics to master song parasite tell

of the league's like nature of the music industry the sterling and soon interpretive twist my cousin was about a commercial car salesman and two car salesmen that we see it on time here i also sort of think about how the body and their sexuality is used to sell things that's also what the song's about that the dancers are dressed their job either very much shown and that's what being sold that's what it's all about their like the optics to the dancers are argentine and two of them are salespeople it does speak to this the cultural get here i am being our age at work were raised in an in what we've been bombarded with our minds in our sensibilities it just it it's a really cool delegate she and her band are just making the music for the dancers that's really what's

most are into the fabric of the piece so she'll be meeting about the stage with the dancers it's a bit of deja vu for her for days at western kentucky university would dance was part of her major still musto says she's a bit apprehensive about joining the company in the performance as a matter of fact i felt quite felt like a buffalo a therapy for them they're so beautiful and the committee detail kind of beautiful graceful and strong all of these dancers are really extraordinary people monsters eyes flash as she talks about the experience which has given her more material for songs and made or stretch as an artist i need to be aware of the bodies move in around me it's not hey this is my show and me indiana and it's really the years and i am the accompanist know i'm the lead singer i am accompanying them and artistic director paul vast really knows that he's taking a chance with the dead and a performer like joe moss or take the risk of well this was going to take you know we also

look a little to get a boar with the dancing you can always look to china while at the i mean i think about that all the time if you work with a density gauges litter and hopefully she'll be out there and someone will personally go no look at the dancer and a look at the work is all about the people you know people saying come to see john allen may be seeing us and then just the opposite the national ballet performs with jono monsour mr van enough role in part four of their spring series tonight tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night it's me you know