Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 18, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba F dance and exercise Are a winning record v Henry Kalen says his postcard work makes him feel like an ambassador for the artistic Freedom grows by leaps stars find Opportunity for expression in West new York a in the crowd at Lebourget Airport in Paris on june Likely Little notice of the athletic Young Man who bolted from the ran to the Joti Darmes and shouted protect me but the next the incident was on the front Page of newspapers around the at the height of the cold the leading danger of the kirov Ballet had defected to the six Days he appeared As a soloist in sold the House was sold his Mance with the International Bluet of the Marquis de quevas Prince Flori Arnond in sleeping the Man was Rudolf Nureyev first soviet Ballet his High leaps fld a lamps dialled evoking streams Ana americans anything like while Fili from the Bolshoi Ballet jumped without Nurey his exotic made an Entrance even be fore he started Many soviet Danu prs followed Nureyev to the Nureyev arid Mikhail Way also left the became famous Ballet dancers while Many defect life have Fereen played out in the ideological War tween East and themselves have expressed simpler reasons for bolting the soviet Ballet a desire for artistic Natalia now considered by Many As one of the worlds leading told a typical Story of artistic unhappiness in Russia follow ing her defection in London during 1970 tour of the kirov after Nureyev Makarova was Given instant in she was thrust into the title role in Giselle get people thinking about kirov Ballet instead of for a worked on a Young choreographers Romeo and but then kirov officials decided that the work was too other roles and interpretations were also turned wanted to be free to dance As i to develop my to work with whom i want to make the maximum use of my she said in explaining her decision to she spent several years with the american pallet theatre after her de hut she was not always despite enthusiastic audiences and Crit ical acclaim not always Happy choreographers not to Cre ate new ballets for As they did for after he defected in to Ronto in i97f in 1980 the theatre gave a Beautiful product Ion of la the Story of a love Triangle she staged it and danced one of the last she formed her own Ballet its Broadway engagement was not favourably received because the choreography was not on its this Spring Makarova was again thrill ing America Ballet theatre Audi Only since coming to the West have i had the Opportunity of becoming a virtuoso she the soviet the lyrical part of my Art was when i came to the the whole possibility of becom ing a lyrical technician Here is Brief look at the defections and careers of other soviet defectors d Nureyev after leaving the he joined the British Royal Ballet and became partner to Para Margot Fon Nureyev to become a he performed All Over and pest appearances with such troupes As the australian pallet heated up the he worked with Martha Graham to appear in her modern dance company he did evenings of Nijinsky works with the Jeffrey Ballet on and he also headed Nureyev and friends for several seasons on the great White though Nureyev has to Huff and puff a bit before he makes Bis great leaps he still Sells tickets and is still a great this hell Star with the la Scala Ballet in Romeo and Juliet in new p Baryshnikov the worlds biggest Ballet Star today was a Star in the soviet Union when he he joined the american Ballet theatre and was an immediate stickier and 10 years Youn Ger than he looks like a Friendly he was in the movie the turning Point like also has had television expo he later joined the new York City but left after 15 for the past he has headed the american Ballet theatre and is actively danc q Alexander god Pov after his a gust 1979 he made an unfavourable first impression at the Ameri can pallet he not fully understand the Billet of choreographer George which he chose to express Bis new artistic Gobi Knovs first season in the was a difficult in the past he had Success in modern he is much in demand As a guest More by Hope Kamin mention Winnipeg and people think Golden Assiniboine Boniface Manitoba museum of Man and Portage and it Only makes that when shopping for souvenir tourists be eager for pictures of the intercity rail Yards or of confusion Corner at Osborne and Cory in image is no one knows that better than Henry Winnipeg photographer and postcard creator of 160 per manent images of his beloved Home town available for tourists to treasure i feel like an ambassador of the Kalen whether i like it or the image of the City is going out in in enough of a Winnipeg Ger to be proud of my in my own Little Way Ive done my thing to promote the among the scenes Kalen has captured Lor postcards is the Royal Canadian mint at its colourful Twilight theres a closeup of the Golden shimmering shamelessly in the Therese the legislative building grounds presided Over by Queen theres the famous Comer of Portage and Complete with famous pedestrian and Boniface Assiniboine the Manitoba the Winnipeg Art gallery the initial choosing of a potential postcard scene depends on a fairly Basic mistakes its marketability who going to buy Kalen when i started out in i made some i assumed the Public would buy Post cards that were pretty in he said have to know the have to have been there and identify it Kalen has some cards in the Stock room to prove among the thou Sands of cards i have from eight years ago Are ones of the ulterior of lower fort because a lot of Money can be tied up in Kalen it is important to be sure a first printing of a card will sell out in one or two the season for cards is generally Only about five from mid april to mid septem and during that in dependent on the Price of the difference in Exchange rates and the continuation of postal As Well As interest rates that con Cern so Many in he estimates that about postcards Are sold in Winnipeg in a about 15 times fewer than would be sold in the Toron to Niagara Region and three times fewer than Kalen says he is somewhat unusual in that he is both the creative Force his As Well As the Dis Tribu As the he sends his Art work to postcard printers in Vancou and with specific instructions for the cards postcard pictures must be updated to account for changes in styles and the Aerial photo of Winni Kalen is every two own work some distributors say they want have anything in the picture that will out irate that put i do uhf pc people and cars and things in the picture because can update those cards easily because j do my own not everyone buys postcards to accommodate a having wonderful Tim wish Youwer Here Kalen said that about 30 per cent of postcards Are never people buy them for themselves to put in an they have information on the Back which is postcards Are idea i when a site is out of a snapshot cameras Range or when said camera is forgotten in the trunk of the and in Many the tourist is simply unable to shoot the kind picture a postcard photographer is Able to takes time i am not Kalen if i have to stand on my head to get a picture and its i will do tourists dont have time for take an for How Many tourists Are going to do it that one of our biggest Sellers because its too difficult for people to tourists passing through Manitoba cant always capture each attraction at its optimal either something that is crucial to a postcards i try to epitomize the i try to photograph it at its very Best that May mean waiting for the right time of Day or even the right month of the for the North Side of the legislative building has to be taken on or around the longest Day of the year or the Sun just int Flower shots must be taken around the end of the v postcards pose a particular Winnipeg just Doest look too hot in it took me three years before i was Lucky with the Hoa Frost sex in the Winter without Hoar it looks pretty pretty but about two years the Hoa Frost Hung on one morning and i just drove i around frantically to get pictures at the at Boniface Cathe sometimes obtaining the optimum appearance requires a bit of Embel in a few he i have actually dropped in the Moon behind the Golden put in Flowers As Well As the air plane in the Airport the postcard of the inter National Airport features people who appear to have just de planed and Are standing in front of the terminal an air Canada Jet appears to be coming in for a Landing from the that although jets May come in from that there we rent any on the Days Kalen stood out camera i stood i must have tried this shot three or four times for an air plane to come in at that but it so i photographed an made a print and put it in the with the Jet added to the print of the other the Winnipeg International looks like a real it embellishment is done Only when necessary to balance a composition or to add More interest or to solve a technical my aim is to come up with a card that Doest look like its been its got to look Natu the Point of All of this extended work goes Back to even if postcards Are guilty of omission when it comes to presenting the real picture of a that memories i certainly want Back alleys and pinball arcades in the pictures for obvious reasons who going to buy them and Why i show the City like want people to have Good memories of the City and so do a summer shot of Portage Avenue features the South Side looking East from Edmonton the Boulevard i Are dotted with colourful Flower pots there Are no newspapers ing no fast food no Portage Avenue May take picture jut in the postcard Kalen sometimes prefer Fei be in Paris with its champs of Marc Detriomphe or maybe Low join with its Pauls Cathedral and Tig Ben we have our own attractions that Are equally people know these things around the world a the Golden Portage and the Flat Prairie you dont Eiffel i ;