Graney Dancers To Join Tipton Saxes On UW's Meany Stage

Except for the saxophone cradled in front of her, its mouthpiece clamped between her lips, Amy Denio could have been mistaken for a modern dancer. She lay on the rehearsal hall floor with her legs stretched in front of her - one knee up - her weight resting on one elbow in a come-hither pose.

As the three other members of the Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet backed her up, Denio finished her solo and slowly rose to her feet, playing all the while.

Meanwhile, four members of the Pat Graney Company, a Seattle modern dance troupe, ran, hurtled and sometimes slunk around Denio and the other musicians. Later on, in a move that might be called pirouetting saxophones, each dancer lifted one of the sax players - while they were playing - and slowly turned her around.