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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, April 29,1998
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--afternoon in the Kansas Union lobby to kick off the dance department's celebration of National Dance Week. The performance was moved indoors because of weather.
--afternoon in the Kansas Union lobby to kick off the dance department's celebration of National Dance Week. The performance was moved indoors because of weather.
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Students combine movements into collage of forms
Performers kick off dance week
By Emily C. Forsyth
By Emily C. Forsyth
eforsyth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The turn of the century may bring a revolution in dance.
Joan Stone, University of Kansas instructor of music and dance, said the combination of processing current trends and looking ahead to new dance forms likely would change the dance world.
This pattern has been demonstrated in a recent project of the Environmental Choreography class called "The Body Eclectic." was performed yesterday.
Twelve students performed "The Body Eclectic," which included tap, ballet, African, modern, postmodern, jazz
and hip-hop routines. The performance was an assignment for the class and was a "living advertisement" to promote the University Dance Company's spring concerts this weekend.
Stone said that the Environmental Choreography class gave students an opportunity to try innovative ideas and to confront the challenges of new surroundings.
Pia Heinonen, Helsinki, Finland,
senior, choreographed the African
dance routine. She said that African
dance was one of her favorite styles.
"It seems very short because one thing follows another, and it's just so quick and exciting," Stone said. "Once you start looking at it, I don't think you could stop until the end."
"From the time I started teaching here, I've thought that the best way to make our program known was to get dancers dancing where people are."
"It was up to us what we wanted to show the audience and what we thought would be interesting," Heinonen said. "So, we included a lot of the different styles."
"By getting off the stage and out of the studio, you connect with the ingredients of the environment, and that should set off new ideas," Stone said.
Stone said the performance was representative of global trends in the arts and of the movement toward a fusion of different dance forms.
Joan Stone University dance instructor
"The Body Eclectic" consists of seven fragments of dance joined in one continuous procession. All pieces were choreographed and were performed by students.
"It is a dizzying collage of dance forms," Stone said.
She also said a dancer's sense of space changed in a different environment.
"When you're working in a square or rectangle, you can divide it however you want to," Stone said. "But you're going to dance differently in an outdoor environment." One important aspect of the cla-
is that it brings a new awareness of dance to the audience. Stone said.
"From the time I started teaching here, I've thought that the best way to make our program known was to get dancers dancing where people are," she said. "I come from a generation of choreographers who danced outdoors, on rooftops and on boats in the middle of lakes."
Abby Kepka, Ellsworth senior, said that the performance succeeded in capturing the attention of passers-by.
"It's a good promotion for the University Dance Company," Kepka said. "I don't think a lot of people realize that this form of entertainment is available. This promotes student involvement and awareness."
Cameron Waters, Overland Park senior, Kiersten Chapman, Chapman sophomore, and Ashante Childs, Derby sophomore, perform a "living advertisement" for the University Dance Company's concert this weekend. The dancers performed yesterday at the Kansas Union. Photo by Tara Bradley/KANSAN
NATIONAL DANCE WEEK
Tomorrow:
■ Noon to 1 p.m. "The Body Eclectic" performed in trent of Wescoe Hall by students of Environmental Choreography. The performance features tap, ballet, African, modern, postmodern, jazz and hip dances.
Parade of Outdoor Dances: A project of the Environmental Choreography class.
2:30—Danforth Chapel
2:45—Watson Library
2:30-Dalton Chapel
2:45-Watson Library
3:00-Porter Lake
3:15—Fountain on Jayhawk Boulevard
3:30----240 Robinson Center
Friday & Saturday:
Sasha Ringler. Sylvan Grove junior, said that she enjoyed seeing
8 p.m. The Lied Center
The University Dance Company
Spring Concerts
Tickets: $4 for students and senior
citizens, $6 for the public, avail
able by calling (785) 864-ARTS.
- Outdoor events may be rescheduled due to weather conditions.
students perform.
New proposal focuses on graduate students
By Susie Gura
sgura@gkansan.com
Kanson staff writer
By Susie Gura
Graduate Affairs is proposing nine new subcommittees to get more graduate students involved in University of Kansas programs and activities.
Sheryl Adelman, executive director of the Graduate and Professional Association, submitted a proposal for the creation of the graduate affairs subcommittees.
If these subcommittees are approved by the Graduate Executive Committee and GradAffairs during tonight's GradAffairs meeting at the International Room in the Kansas Union, they will be implemented next fall, Adelman said.
"It has been done in the past, and it actually gets things done across the board." Adelman said.
If GradEx and GradAffairs agree to the subcommittees, volunteers will be sought through GradAffairs meetings and memos to graduate departments.
"It gets a variety of people involved," Adelman said. "Research was done, and this is the
best way to bring in more participation."
The proposal is an effort to address the issues that face the Graduate and Professional Association. Adelman said.
She said it was necessary to appoint graduate students to specific subcommittees, which incorporate graduate student programming, academic and community needs.
"The committees were designed to provide more graduate student input into University affairs," said Gary Johnson, graduate research assistant in political science. "We believe it is going to be helpful."
The proposed new graduate affairs subcommittees are minority graduate student organization programming, graduate teaching assistant issues and experiences, graduate community events programming, financing graduate school, professional development and job search, graduate student grievance procedures/solutions, mark-up conference committee, community outreach and social service committee, and high school reciprocity/teaching opportunities for graduate students and GTAs.
Student films to hit screen
By Marcelo Vilela
mvilela@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The second annual Student Union Activities Student Film Festival will take place at 7 p.m. at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The festival is free.
University of Kansas students will take control of the big screen tomorrow night.
"It's an opportunity for students to show their work," said Brett Generaux, Kansas City, Kan., senior and SUA spectrum films coordinator. "It's really important for filmmakers to have their material seen."
The two-hour program will feature about 20 short movies produced by KU students.
Generaux said that students from all fields of study were welcome to enter work in the festival.
"Everyone with a film can do it." Generaux said.
He said that most of the movies were shot on 16-millimeter film and then were transferred to video. The films will feature various themes, Generaux said.
"There's one about an artist and his final work, one about Pablo Picasso's life and inspiration, an animated film about an ant who flies and a couple of documentaries," Generaux said. "It's mostly experimental films."
"There's too much timidity to show your work," he said. "You work like crazy on something, and you are afraid of criticism. But films rely on an audience and cannot be hidden away."
John Tibbett, assistant professor of theater and film, said that student festivals were commendable because they offered young filmmakers a screen to test their works.
Tibbetts said that experimenting with films in a student environment was a fundamental step before students could become polished filmmakers.
"A movie is like a play," Tibbetts said. "It doesn't come alive until there's an audience."
Heather Lusk, Wichita senior, submitted her movie for the festival. She said that her short film was a drama about relationships and that it was shot in black and white by the Kaw River.
"Festivals like this are good for the students who make movies," Lusk said. "We really don't have a big film community here, but it's good exposure for the kids who are making movies."
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