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dance Danceworks Studio Opening January 17 A R T S A C C E S S is pleased to present the first public announcement of the opening of Danceworks. Vancouver's most refreshing alternative in fitness in dance. Opening January 17. 1992 this North Shore facilit) oilers qualitj programming in dance, fitness and services in shiaisu and holistic treatments. Classes incorporate the latest scientific research in kinesiology and bio'P'uttttn.' energetics, plus there is an eastern blending of tai chi, yoga, meditation to our traditional western approaches to fitness and dance. A l l classes are self-paced and co-ed, focusing on alignment and injury' prevention. Classes are kept to an average Environmentally safe inks available. of 20 people and are taught by Vancouver's finest fitness and dance professionals. Danceworks combines all this u ith great choreography to terrific motivating Montanaro Dance, a Montreal company al the forefront of creating exciting and innovative dance-based art, crosses traditional artistic boundaries integrating many art forms into its dynamic performances. Z M A N D O E . the company's most recent creation, features both colour and black and white film, hand drawn colour film animation, multiple slide projections, an original musical score and extraordinary sets and lighting. Z M A N D O E has not only played to sold out audiences but has also received outstanding critical acclaim. "ZMAN DOE in one of the most attractive, elegant, well-crafted pieces of dance Montanaro Dance /Integrated Media Pmems Z M A N D O E - Lost in Time. WOMEN'S WORK SCREEN P R I N T & D E S I G N STUDIO® (604) 980-4235 ^wi @o*H*Kuti&ty Sfant CUSTOM PRINTING PERSONAL SERVICE · QUALITY] FOR A QUOTE? ·artist original designs hand screenprinted * * quality clothing 1 sptash dyed octrvevvear · themes of PEACE. MOTHER EARTH. DRAGON, GODDESSES, th© MOON, & c DANCEWORKS works theatre in recent memory...ZMAN DOE is as harmonious an integration of film, animation, slides, lighting, music and dance as one could imagine." Penelope Reed Doob. The Globe and M a i l Z M A N D O E - Lost in Time, a remarkable smash hit, will be performed January 30 and 31 at 8 pm at the Simon Fraser University Theatre. Don't miss this West Vancouver Library Art Gallery Shows literary Pick-Up Sticks Picks Up Governor General's Award Local district librarian Sarah Ellis look the Governor General's Award for Children's Many dead-ends and false starts later, the pressures of having no home finally take their toll. leaving Polly sometimes wondering who is the parent and who is the kid. anywav? Why can't her mum Like the easy route of moving in with very rich Uncle 1 her · op group full January Nancy OToole · Acrylics & Oils - Literature Text with her recent P I C K - U P STICKS, a contemporary novel that will touch a cord of recognition for single women approaching forty years of age who often talk about having a baby on their own. But what happens years later when the child feels deprived of a father.' Sarah Ellis, in her own words: "Not being a big risk taker. I decided to explore what would happen in fiction." In P I C K - U P STICKS, thirteen year-old Polly Toakcly and her mum live on the second floor of an old house. It's a bit rundown, but it's the only home Polly has known, and she can't imagine not having the Protheroes as her downstairs neighbours, or not sleeping in her room decorated with stained-glass that her mother makes for a living. So. when the house is suddenly sold, and the Toakleys and the Protheroes arc forced to find new homes. Polly is more than a littled worried. W i l l she have to go to February Historical Photographs from the West Vancouver Memorial Library Archives Most of all, P>>IK becomes angry with her mother for her long-ago decision to have a child on her own, depriving Polly of a lather who might have helped them out of this situation. Polly's world was fined. Now it seems like every move changes the entire scene, just as every move in'a game of Pick Up Sticks may upset the entire layout. Written with sensitivity and insightful humour this book well deserves its awards and comes highly recommended for children 11 to 14 years. In addition lo this book, Sarah Ellis is the author of the B A B Y PROJECT, which won the Sheila A . Egoff Children's Book Prize, and the N E X T DOOR N E I G H B O U R S . West Vancouver Memorial Library 1950 Marine Drive West Vancouver. B C VTV 1 ) 8 1 6 0 4 1 926-3291 a new school? Will she slay friends with her best pal. Vanessa'.' Will Polly's mum be able to gel it together enough to find them an apartment that they can actually afford? ^2 7