UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, August 19, 1996
9A
Lied's world-class acts
1996-97 schedule showcases performances from abroad and from the United States
By Adam Darby
Kansan staff writer
The Lied Center is bringing performers from around the globe to Lawrence in its 1996-97 series, Lighting up Kansas With the Power of the Arts.
"The Lied Series is proud to be bringing work of national and international importance right here to Northeast Kansas," said Jacqueline Davis, director of the center, when she announced the season in April. "This season lights up with the best American performers and taps the creative power of a global network of artists from cultures as diverse as Tibet, Australia, Japan and Russia."
"So as people come into the event, they will be stepping into a Russian village. They'll have booths there, and there will be a sampling of crafts and foods," she said. "People can see what it would really be like to come into a Russian community."
Indeed, the audience will walk through Russian life when they enter the Russian Village Festival on April 9.
"They're going to create a Russian fair in the lobby," said Karen Christilles, director of public relations for the center.
Inside, folk groups from five regions of Russia will dance. sing and perform on Russian folk instruments.
The series fits in to what the center and its founders consider to be its most important role — bringing together audiences and performers from all walks of life.
From Japan comes Sankai Juki, a dance company that performs Butoh, a Japanese art form that evolved in the 1960s as an expression of humanitarian awareness by the Japanese post-war generation. The troupe will present Yuragi, or In a Space of Perpetual Motion, a seven-scene act, on Oct. 22.
"Sankai Juku were here before, in the opening season of the Lied Center." Christilles said.
"That's perhaps the group the people have most continued to talk about," she said. "It's absolutely fascinating."
The group's dance form employs slow movements, white makeup that covers the body and a strong emphasis on facial and body expressions.
A dancer from the Japanese troupe Sankai Juku performs Butoh, expressing humanitarian awareness. The dance company will perform Oct. 22 at the Lied center.
Jamie Partridge, Manhattan junior and committee member, said the committee tried to provide the audiences with a diverse group of performances.
The Lied Center also will present ballets from Australia and Russia, a European string orchestra and a dance ensemble from Tibet, as well as an assortment of acts from the United States, such as The Who's Tommy and STOMP, a percussion group that performs on everything from cigarette lighters to trash cans.
This year's acts were chosen by a programming advisory committee made up of faculty members, Lawrence citizens and students.
"We provide the acts like Sound of Music, which appeal to a wide range of audiences," Partridge said. "But we also wanted to branch out and present programs from all different walks of life."
Going away to college can strain high school sweethearts' bonds
Feelings of loneliness spending time apart can cause changes
By Megan Jordan Kansan staff writer
Love endures all things. Well, most things. When students leave for college, they often find that their romantic high school relationships cannot survive under new circumstances.
Tony Kitchen, volunteer for Headquarters Counseling Center, 1419 Massachusetts St., said frustration in relationships often stemmed from not seeing each other on a regular basis.
Feeling alone can prove more devastating than feeling guilty for wanting to date someone else, Kitchen said. Headquarters encourages students to weigh the pros and cons of a relationship before deciding to end or to continue it.
When Brooke Warde, Greeley,
Colo., sophomore, came to the University of Kansas last fall, she left her boyfriend at home.
The two had decided to continue their long-distance relationship, but it took only a couple of weeks for
Warde to realize the decision was a bad one.
"I got here and I wanted to be able to date other people," she said. "The problem was, I wanted him to be faithful, but I was not willing to be faithful myself."
Warde said it was tempting to date others because she was not worried about her boyfriend finding out.
During winter break the couple broke up.
"I was ready to go home and marry him, but I got here and thought, 'Brooke, what are you doing?' " Warde said. "There's so much more, so many other people."
There are couples that successfully carry on long-distance relationships while in college.
Going away to college while involved in a serious relationship at home is not always smart, Warde said. Instead, students should be open to dating other people.
However, this does not mean it is impossible to maintain a high school relationship, she said. A couple just needs a strong base before going different directions.
Yeoman said that they realized their relationship was bound to change from high school and that it had helped them deal with new problems and situations.
relationship.
Mike Chaloud, dery senior, and Jennifer Yeoman, dery junior, have been dating for four years and agreed that college had strengthened their
"We knew we would not always be the exact same high school sweet-hearts we'd always been," she said. "We wouldn't be holding hands in the hall. We knew we would mature and grow and our relationship would change."
Dating in college requires a lot more understanding and trust than in high school. Chaloud said.
"He may not like what I have to say, and I may not like what he says, but we are a strong enough couple to deal with it," she said.
Each person has to realize that their partner is going to have friends of the opposite sex. Chalou said.
Yeoman also said that honesty is essential to maintain a solid relationship.
Most importantly, after overcoming the changes college brought to their relationship, both Chaloud and Yeoman said they could withstand any obstacle.
"We've learned we really want to be together," Yeoman said. "It's not just a high school thing."
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