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Page 6 University Daily Kansan, November 3, 1981
A star is born
Grace Simpson, Salina junior, faces a tough audience during last Thursday's amateur comedy shop at Ichabod's tavern.
Lawrence dancer breaks Broadway's ice
By SUSAN JEZAK Staff Reporter
The dancers ranged from pear-shaped to painfully thin, from 10-year-old girls to seasoned graduate students. But they were all there for one purpose: to see Jane Bodie, Lawrence native and member of the touring cast of "A Chorus Line."
"You can tell she'd be good on stage. Her whole face just lights up when she dances," said one participant in Friday's masterclass workshop.
And it does—Bottle put every ounce of energy she had into her steps as she led the group of 50 dancers through a short, but complicated routine.
Bodie joined "A Chorus Line" 15 months ago at an audition in Salt Lake City, where she was attending the University of Utah. It was her first performance. She said she was quite surprised to get the part.
"They weren't expecting to hire anyone, but the end up hireing a few of us," Bodele said. "I didn't know."
"I've been in some wonderful cities, but we spend all of our time in the theater, hotel or downtown area and hardly see anything else," she said.
SINCE THEN, she has been doing eight shows a week.
She said that bus travel and lack of sleep interfered with her dancing. Sleeping on the bus seats can tighten and cramp dancers' leg muscles, she said.
She went into the production with little acting or singing experience, and only her ballet background as her strong point. Since then, she has improved her weak areas, she said.
Bodle has been in 400 "Chorus Line"
producture for maggie and is an un-
identified member of three roarer groups.
"I've always sung for fun in choruses and stuff
like that, and I was always scared to death of acting,' she said. 'But these are wonderful roles she's played. I'm not afraid.'
BOOLE PLANS to leave the "Chorus Line" cast in December. She is tired of the traveling,
She hopes to move to New York City and try her luck at Broadway shows.
Despite the tight job market for performers in New York, Bodle said she was optimistic. She said her aptitude for singing, dancing and acting was strong. "A 'Chorus Line' would give her an advantage.
"Broadway shows are expensive to produce and the more people you hire who can do all three things, the more money you'll save," she said.
Bodie said she had no long range plans, but for
she would track down the family and
guests.
"I take it if I come to it," she said. "That's the weird thing about this business. You just have to let it go."
THE COLLEGE ASSEMBLY will meet at 4 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Union.
THE ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS IN-
TECHNOLOGY SMA will meet at 3:40 p.m. in
4041 Wesley Street
THE TAU SIGMA STUDENT DANCE CLUB
will meet t.m. b. in 242 Robinson Center.
TODAY
on campus
A LECTURE ON SOLIDARNOSC, the Polish trade union, will be given by Marta Stienicka, Adam Mickiewicz University professor and a founder of the Solidarity labor movement at the university, at 8 p.m. in the Big Eight Room of the Union.
THE STOUFFER NEIGHBORHOOD
AUDIO VIDEO CENTER 7 p.m. in the
Conference Room of the Satellite Unit
THE EMILY TAYLOR WOMEN'S
ROAD SCHOOL at 7:30 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Union.
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Parlors A and B of the Union.
THE CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST will
music at 7 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room of the
museum.
THE STUDENTS ANTI-NUCLEAR
AIRBREATHING p.m. in the
International Room of the Union
THE CAMPUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
THE KU JAZZ ENSEMBLE I will perform at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Reception Hall.
Artists went West, too
By DAVID HENRY Contributing Reviewer
There are also scenes filled with trails on dust behind cowboys on galloping horses, such as H. W. Jansen's "The Empty Saddle." Classic boy-and-Indian works, such as
What is found in the collection is an amazing diversity of styles, including works by a range of artists.
When we consider the history of American art, we are inevitably first drawn east, to the great art centers of New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
FIRST THINGS FIRST. "American West" more precisely means the American Southwest; nowhere in the exhibit is there a Kansas landscape or a South Dakota pioneer.
Charles Russell's 'Attack on the Muleeters'
are also included in the exhibit.
Indeed, countless American masterpieces found their origins and inspiration there. Oftentimes, however, we begin to believe that there is a scarcity of quality American art this side of the Mississippi or that American artists shunned the American West.
Fortunately, this has never been the case. Since the early years of the 19th century, painters have been depicting the wide variety of landscapes and events that make up the American West.
Review
THIS IS THE type of Western art with which we are most familiar. Cheap—and not so cheap—imitations of this style, loosely called Cowboy Art, is profitable and very popular.
Some of these paintings can be found in the new exhibition, "Masterworks of the American West: Selections from the Anschutz Collection," currently on display at the Spencer Museum of Art. Philip M. Anschutz, a KU alumus, has temporarily loaned the museum these works from his private collection.
The slow's biggest disappointment, in fact, is the noticeable absence of contemporary art. Aside from a medioceque 1948 Geoffrey Curtis, there are only three post-war World War II paintings.
While it's hard to label many of the collection's paintings 'masterworks', a visit to the museum will provide insight.
Did the West cease inspiring artists?
Unfortunately, the Anchutz exhibit doesn't give
them room to explore.
In short, 'Masterworks of the American West: Selections from the Anschutz Collection' is an enjoyable, if not particularly challenging show.
This small cross section of "The Western experience" is on view until Dec. 6 on the 4th floor Kress Gallery in the Spencer Museum of Art.
Compare also the different interpretations of the Western landscape hung side by side in the exhbit: Kenneth Adams "Early Morning," Raymond Jonson's "Cliff Dwellings, Number Four," and Russell Cowles "Summer Shower, New Mexico."
The Anschutz collection, however, avoids being pegged as high-class cow art. The collection's strength is its variety, revealing its intelligent taste and the West's diversity.
Particularly appealing is Anschutz's collection of portraits in the exhibit. Robert Henri, well-known for his paintings of children in turn-of-the-century New York, is represented by "Miguel of Tesque," an Indian boy in a brightly colored costume.
"War Talk," by Joseph Henry Sharp, is one of the paintings in the Anchiet collection. "Master works of the American West," on display in the Spencer Museum of Art through Dec. 6.
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Entry forms are available in the Recreation Services office,
208 Robinson, 864-3546
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