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Reviews/Dance; Swiss Institute Bill Belies Stereotypes By JENNIFER DUNNING Published: May 28, 1989 SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT
The program of dance presented by the Swiss Institute on Thursday night would have surprised anyone who thinks of the Swiss as a relatively sedate lot. To start, there was a bit of agreeably zany fun called ''Swiss Export,'' choreographed by Elfi Schafer-Schafroth. And there followed a knockabout Afro-Swiss-American ritual called ''Lines,'' choreographed by Estelle Eichenberger. Miss Eichenberger has set her dance to percussion music and chants composed and performed by Tiye Giraud, Pamela Patrick and Cooper Moore, who wind through the stylish roughhousing. Moving in and out of lines and communal circles, the dancers build to an explosively high-energy finish, their bodies painted with brilliant color and patterns created by Erik Schurink's slide projections. There are also glints of sensuality and fear in the dance. The piece was performed by Miss Eichenberger and Lisa Hoffman, Wendy Joseph, Beth Klarreich, Amy Pivar, Nefretete Rasheed, Shirley