The Naples Daily News from Naples, Florida • 16

Naples llatlg Neva Monday September 28 1998 FROM PAGE ONE 1 i Twain: The newest female superstar A A music On on third and latest album the singer asserts her post-feminist Independence counseling a would-be swain that You Wanna Touch Her and on enjoying some role reversal in country Continued from IB But Shania has brought sass and sex into a pretty slow-changing genre What Garth did was define the country male persona as a huggable cowboy in a hat Shania has defined the female pep sons as an edgy woman with attitude In the way that Garth signaled the rise of the hunk Shania signaled the rise of the country Twain was a hit Wednesday night when she performed at the Country Music Awards She sang her hit Home" Twain was dressed in shiny clingy leather and had dozens of teen-age girls on hand to rush the stage and clap along The number ended with the explosion of pyrotechnics was Shania Twain with host Vince Gill quipped Twain is married to longtime roll producer Robert John Lange who made his reputation with hit pop and hard-rock albums by the Cars Bryan Adams Def Leppard and ACDC Because of her influence (he shares credit on all of her songs) the implication has been that the albums the couple has collaborated on Woman in and on (both Mercury) are thinly disguised Def Leppard epics that have been genetically (pro-woman themes) and genetically (a nod or two to country conventions like fiddles and corny double-entendres) altered to fool the faithftil Suspicious minds want to know Can she really sing? it turns out (Twain) has a perfectly serviceable if unremarkable wrote freelance critic John Davis in the Austin American-Statesman alter a recent concert combined with a formidable store of energy an ironclad determination to ingratiate herself with the audience and a pre-existing string of country and pop radio and video hits was all Twain needed to keep the crowd on its feet through much of a show that weighed in at two hours as on her wildly success-fill videos Twain in person projected a sort of unthreatening PG-rated sexuality that kept the guys rapt without ever threatening the women who determine which records sell best in country music We don't want romance We only wanna dance gonna let our hair hang down" she sings on the party anthem I Feel Like a Elsewhere on on third and latest album the singer asserts her post-feminist independence counseling a would-be swain that You Wanna Touch Her and on enjoying some role reversal: home and I had a hard day Pour me a cold one and oh by the way Rub my feet gimme something to eat" By virtue of her success and the nature of it however Twain has caused controversy But it may simply be that been misappreciated because she launched her career as a country singer and then became bigger than the genre she a valid pop artist? Without a says Chris Marino the Nashville-based Americana editor for the radio trade journal The Gavin Report lot of country stations resent that They fostered this career and she sort of leaves But die is what she is and a pop Marino whose beat is the ever more populous crossroads where country meets alternative rock places stardom as part of a larger trend: country artists unblinkingly accepted by mainstream pop radio Hill crossing he says a really huge concerted effort right now to make Alan Jackson a pop star But so huge that they can transcend all sorts of barriers If (songwriter) Keiran Kane sang Go on Loving new hit) they even listen to it funny" Marino continues having a tough time The ratings are dropping all across the nation So in order for these record companies to sell huge nupiben they have to take it to pop To millions of listeners cruising around between suburbia and the sticks though no argument Still the current single is pure pop a lilting: ode to domestic fidelity that is country mostly because of its theme and the audience whose ideals worries and shopping patterns it reflects The singer whose crossover dreams come true on VH-1 and onstage with big-time pop divas like Mariah Carey and Celine Dion may not be hip enough for Lilith Fair but got a stronger link to the demographics know what's going on in rural says Feiler she has a keen pop cultural sense satellite dish is as much an accessory in the South as the barbecue he continues came to town and was who she was and the moment was right for Ballet: and Juliet" comes to Philharmonic HQIPOIMTtyfin LIKE CAPACITY WIIIEI 3 meant i (HFR1GIDAIRE) I KXTIA LUGE CIPIGin WIIIEI idloM witti wMM MUr hvi(i Uric Mftmr diifWtMr nd MORE! KhunM-us ESp Maui qiHor lw feMrtif cMm Urn 40 Im nU tf livrii nil UTnunruiiiTtMl iWMtltMlMKtdMtl-Oeaning lint fitttr VLLB1020T 177 Orchestra is according to Paul marriage that has been in the works tor about a Nicolas Brochot musical director for Les Ballet de Monte-Carlo plans to visit Naples several days before the performance to conduct readings with the orchestra Paul added Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo was created by Princess Caroline of Monaco in 1985 in the spirit and tradition of Serge Ballets Russes which first performed in Monaco in 1911 Six months of each year Maillot takes the company on tour around the world performing both and contemporary works and debuted Dec 23 1996 at the Monte-Carlo Opera with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Gar-forth and is a ballet that Maillot says has haunted him for 20 years and is a suitable vehicle for expressing his philosophy that what is old can be successfully told in a way that is new think changing a little this neo-classical ballet Maillot says sure the best is in front of us" The Let Ballet de Monte-Carlo performance at the Philharmonic it at 8 pm Oct 6 Tickett are $82 for adultt $31 for students For tickets call 597-1900 Continued from IB stress themes of political and social conflict and is a tale that explores the psychology of relationships and the fundamental human conflicts good-evil fear-pride love-violence Unlike the coy childlike Juliets of many other productions young-girl-in-love is here both confident and complicated in a way that present-day audiences will recognize Inspired by the episodic nature of score Mail-lot who won numerous honors as director and choreographer of the Ballet de Tours before joining Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo has structured the ballet in the style of a cinematic narrative Maillot also has drawn out roles not previously given center stage such as Lady Capulet and Friar Laurence Laurence is very central to the drama and is also a representation of Maillot says the essential leader of the whole piece Me-phisto and God at the same time like I put a microscope on characters that were sometimes ignored These things were there but may not have been shown so For the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra Maillot's and is another step in its journey of growth The collaboration with the Philharmonic A BllL SLIITH SHOWROOM HEAR TDD! imiuiviunL mi-iisi linUNII 77H5IJ fa tsfim iJhwnem Turn ftr ff ITS fa TMmH ThU IMS I Sfnrtr NIKI llllll 1141111 IIIIT1 IPIIIGI 419-1171 TOSHIBA I CMEHUgRIESpl M-rl DELUXE BIG SCREEN In Aft-tM twin tapMi contrast Mt-n MMiH Md digits ngnl pomm for raw-skirt ml 21 nit tta smo arils wrtt host tl fill rttairtwMwii jr laUU sabs )kL SMIKMKirS) lELinifKwisnr 247 Mnt net mm Mdbcydll mcMi BEPEX01BLY IIIET" DEIIIE DIIIWIIIEI taavtea mum SJISB yjtwMjwt 'uUMttipMtta iWBiaKkM aNdirtmlMiMtanMwMMdMMirai2nrtliiaMiHiliariM iMwitfsMMiwM dap WM Mt MM Omm MmI attai Na i MMfawlM SlUwwMtMt SmvttiRMfeMiMMi tit Vk I 4.