THE UNIVERSITY DAHY KANSAN
THURSDAY OCTOBER 9 2008
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008
NEWS
5A
THEATER
Contemporary play explores a person's role in world
Performers from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company act on stage during "A Quarring Pair" performance in 2007. The company will perform at the Lied Center on Friday.
Performance based on 1946 puppet play uses contemporary dance, music, film
Mike Peters/KANSAN
BY BRANDY ENTSINGER
bentsminger@kansan.com
Bill T. Jones questions a person's role in the world through contemporary dance, film and Vaudeville-style theater in his production, "A Quarreling Pair."
Performers from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will bring the show to the Lied Center Friday night.
The work is based on a 1946 puppet play written by Jane Bowles and tells the story of two argumentative spinster sisters. The younger sister argues that it is her duty to do good in the world; the older thinks it is better to stay safe at home.
Jones choreographed the show and said it was full of contradictions and questions that would keep the audience thinking after it was over.
"This is the slow burn, I think, of art," lones said.
He said he hoped people in the audience would relax and look at the performance as they would a puzzle.
Karen Christilles, associate director of the Lied Center, said the show would also present an important lesson for students who were considering their future goals.
The show opens with a host and live band and includes elements such as a filmed scene that is projected onto the stage. Christilles said Jones' work went beyond the genre of contemporary.
"Bill T. Jones is one of the most fantastic and prolific choreographers working today," she said.
Jones said one of the biggest challenges of choreographing the show was making it clear without making it simple-minded. After every performance, company members revise the show.
"That is where the craft comes in,"
Jones said.
Jones said he found inspiration in things that sparked his interest and encouraged him to elaborate and also in things that were so strange he couldn't resist them. His inspiration for "A Quarreling Pair" came after seeing Bowle's play 15 years ago.
"The play was a provocation," Jones said.
This is the fifth time a Bill T.
Jones production has visited the
University. The first show to visit, "Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/ The Promised Land," featured 40 community members.
Michelle Heffner Hayes, associate professor of dance, was part of the Lawrence show and said Jones' work generally addressed controversial issues.
"It isn't Swan Lake," Hayes said. "It isn't something that's traditional."
Hayes said most people were
used to viewing dance as something entertaining and aesthetically satisfying, but that Jones' work would make them think.
"It is as intellectually demanding as it is visually stunning." Hayes said.
The show will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Lied Center. Student tickets are $13.
Edited by Arthur Hur
Student Senate notebook
Student Senate held committee meetings Wednesday at the Kansas Union. Four committees met. Next Wednesday full Senate will meet.
Committees create an elections reform board
The University Affairs committee and Student Rights committee passed a bill to create an elections reform committee. Mason Heilman, Lawrence junior and Student Executive Committee chairman, said the committee's purpose was to improve elections, because they had gotten out of hand. The committee would impose a spending limit of $6,000 for campaigning and would create additional campaign regulations. Adam Wood, Lawrence senior, opposed the bill and
said it favored larger and more established coalitions and imposed on students' free speech rights. The bill will go before full Senate next week.
Finance allocates $17,450 for media
the bill will go before full Senate next week.
The Finance Committee passed a bill to fund the student media outlets. The proposed $17,450 would go to The University Daily Kansan, KJHK, KU Filmworks, Kiosk and KUpedia. Alex Porte, Great Falls, Va., junior and student body treasurer, said an oversight on the part of Student Senate caused the student media fee to base its yearly allocations on a budget of $213,000, when the revenue was only $180,000. The University Affairs committee passed the bill last week and
KU Steel Bridge Team set to get $4.210
The Finance committee and the University Affairs committee passed a bill to give the KU Steel Bridge Team $4,210 to construct a steel bridge for a regional competition. John Kenny, Colorado Springs, Colo., fifth-year senior and School of Engineering senator said the team would represent the University in a national competition if the team qualified. He said the competitions were an opportunity for engineering students to have learning experiences outside of the classroom.
— Haley Jones
ECONOMY
Exports warn against McCain's mortgage plan
WASHINGTON — Ordering the government to buy bad mortgages might sound good,
financial markets and freezing up credit have been sliced, diced and repackaged into complex investments that the government would be hard-pressed to unravel and buy.
but experts are skeptical. They say the plan John McCain is promoting is unlikely to solve the housing crisis that's pushing the economy toward recession.
The vast majority of the toxic home loans that are clogging
Associated Press
FOOTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Nebraska ranked second in the nation by shelling out 2.72 million dollars for four home games. They paid three opponents — Western Michigan, San Jose State and New Mexico State — more than $800,000 each to travel to Lincoln and get beat soundly by the Cornhuskers.
"It it just pretty much depends on when you made the game." Keating said of the price. "If you made the game three or four years ago, it might be 450 or 500 thousand, but if you made the game in the spring when you were desperate, then it could be another hundred thousand
Texas had the highest singlegame payout, sending $900,000 to Florida Atlantic in exchange for a 52-10 beating of the Owls.
The alternative to guarantee games is to schedule series in which each team would travel to play the other team an equal number of times. Kansas has series with Duke, Southern Mississippi and UTEP starting next season. Kansas will host SMU in 2009 and travel to play there in 2010 while UTEP will wait a year to make its return trip to Lawrence in 2011.
or so."
Most schools don't exchange money with the opposing schools because the money ends up equaling out in the end. Kansas and South Florida, which finished a series this year, each paid the visiting team $150,000 to help pay for travel expenses.
Keating has completed the 2009 Kansas football schedule and hopes to have 2010-2012 completed before the end of the year. He is looking to find three teams for series, the first of which would come during the 2010-2011 seasons.
"We've probably bought more games than we would normally the last couple of years, but that was just an effort to help us get our head above the water," Keating said. "Now that we've better and will hopefully stabilize and stay that way, you're probably going to see a little bit better quality of teams because the home and homes tend to be better teams."
— Edited by Arthur Hur
Women Running for Office
Sessions will focus on women running for office (state or national)
Pick your favorite candidate and follow her campaign. We will discuss the different races and predict the winners
Watch women's leadership in action!
When and where
At the Dole Institute of Politics
Sunday, Oct. 12 5:30 pm
Sunday, Oct. 26 5:30 pm
Sunday, Nov. 2 5:30 pm
Thursday, Nov. 6 5:30 pm
For more information contact the Dole Institute at 864-4900 or doleinstitute@ku.edu