University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 9, 1988
Arts & Entertainment
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Modern Dance Critics meet to consider future
By Terry Buroth Kansan staff writer
This year's Mid-America Dance Network Annual Conference will be a conference within a conference, said Ms. Fischer, associate director of the department of continuing education.
"Not only will the conference attract dancers and those affiliated with dance companies, but it will attract people who are interested in learning about dance criticism," Rousseau said.
Rossland said
The University of Kansas is hosting
the ninth annual conference today
through Sunday. The Mid-America
Dance Network was formed in 1979 to dance promote in the region including Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Dance critics who will speak at the conference include the New York Times' Jack Anderson, Dance Magazine's Joan Acocella and Mindy Aloft, the Village Voice's Deborah Jowitt and free jazz artist David Cecilion who will discuss dance Caribbean and the future of U.S. dance.
dance Rousseau said that dance conferences were a rarity, especially in the Midwest.
Janet Hamburg, chairman of dance, said that the conference would provide something for everybody.
day
"Anyone who is at all interested in dance will find something for them," Hamburg said.
the conference also will include master classes, a performance by dancers David Gordon and his Pike Showcase at MADN Showcase Dance Concert.
Friday's Showcase Dance Concert will provide an opportunity for people in Lawrence to see what's happening in dance, Hamburg said.
Unifying chairs, dance
By Terry Badron
Kansan staff writer
David Gordon's imaginative use of chairs along with speaking dancers, combine for a different interpretation of everyday events that appeal to a broad number of audiences. Hampton, chairman of dance.
Gordon and his 10-member Pick Up Company will perform at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Crafton Prayer Theatre as the opening event in the KU New Directions Series. The concert is also part of the Mid-America Dance Network annual convention.
"It's a wonderful opportunity for the Lawrence community and students. Hornburg said, "We have to have seen dance to enjoy it."
Hamburg first saw Gordon perform when she was a student. Her first impression was one of freshness, she said.
ness, she said.
"It seemed honest and it was fun," she said. "I felt involved."
A sense of openness also made her feel that the dancers were communicating with her.
communicate with.
"You usually feel good when you're watching it," Hamburg said.
Jacqueline Davis, director of the concert series, said that the intent of the series was to provide an opportunity for Lawrence and neighboring communities to see some new work.
"This particular event is exciting and interesting because for the first time, a number of presenters of performing arts from around the country came together to commission the work," Davis said.
Using movement, music and words, Gordon is constructing "United States" from his own perspective, using the distinct
The company will perform "San Francisco" and "Minnesota," she said, which are portions of Gordon's "United States," an ongoing work being commissioned by 27 art companies, arts presenters from 16 states.
qualities of the people and places found in the various regions, Davis said.
"I've seen those works and they're wonderful," Davis said. "It will be exciting for people to see."
In order to attract more students, the Concert and Chamber Music Series added the New Directions Series last year.
She said that the audience could expect to see chairs used in a way it never thought of before.
Charla Jenkins, director of public relations for the theater department, said that the series had been created to show how that student attendance was high.
Tickets for the concert are on sale in the Murphy Hall box office. All seats are reserved, and reservations can be made by calling 913/644-3828. Ticket prices are $12 for senior students, $10 for KU and K12 students; and $11 and $9 for senior students and other students.
(Illustration by Dave Eames/KANSAN
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