Friday, May 1, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 9
Students strut stuff in concerts
Dance company to take stage with array of moves
By Emily C. Forsyth
by Emily C. Forsyth
forsyth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
The University Dance Company will bring a diverse display of dance to the stage in its Spring Concerts this weekend.
The concerts will begin at 8 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Lied Center and will include six different dances that draw on a mixture of ballet, modern, East Indian, classical and jazz styles. Tickets cost $4 for students and senior citizens, and $6 for the public.
"We want to showcase the fact that our faculty is very diverse," said Willie Lenoir, lecturer in music and dance. "Our students are adept at doing all types of舞."
f- Members of the company, which include students and faculty, had to audition.
Joan Stone, instructor of music and dance, choreographed a set of renaissance dances called *Sad and Merry Measures*. Stone also will be performing in the dance. The piece will be accompanied by Collegium Musicum instrumentalists, under the direction of Paul Laird, associate professor of music and dance. It is the only dance during the weekend that will have live music.
Stone said the performance was appropriately named because of the contrasting nature of the dances. There are stately, processional dances and springy, skipping ones, as well as a grief dance.
Naomi Carson, St. Louis freshman, will perform in *Sad and Merry Measures*. She said Stone's presence in the performance and the choreography added much to the end result.
"She's studied these movements so long that they're really ingrained in her body," Carson said. "I think it's really inspiring. You can tell it's really coming from her heart."
Carson said she appreciated the diverse nature of the dance program, which translated to the performances.
"We want to showcase the fact that our faculty is very diverse. Our students are adept at doing all types of dance."
"The teachers' styles are so different that it creates enough variety," she said. "You don't get bored."
Willie Lenior
The East Indian dance will be a solo performed by Patrick Suzeau, instructor of music and dance. All other pieces have three to six dancers.
Lenoir choreographed the jazz piece called Topsy, performed by five women and one man. He said the piece, which is divided into three distinct parts, was inspired by the music of jazz legend Count Basie.
"Some of the movements are taken from ballroom dancing," Lenoir said. "You'll see a hint of a tango, foxtrot, quick step and the jitterbug."
Mitch Simmons, Sublette senior.
lecturer in music and dance
said the movement was jazzy with a modern feel.
"It's a very difficult piece to perform because the movement is very fast and a lot of it is similar," he said. "It can get kind of confusing, especially when you're first learning it."
Simmons and the other dancers have been working on the routine since the fall semester and have performed it several times.
Topsy will close the concert with a barrage of drums, quick movements and changes of direction. Lenoir said Topsy would leave the audience with an up-tempo beat.
"It gets you to move in your seat," he said. "It's that kind of music." Tickets are available at the Lied Center, Murphy Hall and SUA box offices.
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