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KANSAN.COM | MONDAY, NOV.14, 2016
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Point B Dance Company explores stages of life
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Dancers at Point B Dance Company rehearse "B Human: Part 2." The show will be presented on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.
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Next Saturday, Nov. 19, the Lawrence Arts Center will be presenting "B Human: Part Two," a dance performance put together by Point B Dance Company.
Point B is known for exhibiting the different stages of life through dance, film and spoken word, according to the center's website.
"B Human: Part Two will center around displaying the unity of human emotion and interaction through dance, and will explore the recent political conflict by promoting diversity and union despite differences.
Choreographer and Point B Dance Company Director Cathy Patterson said she wants the audience to engage in that concept while viewing the show.
The show will be split into four sections, each featuring a different stage of life: adolescence, young adulthood, middle age and then beyond.
"In the wake of the division in our country, this show takes on an even bigger purpose of promoting unity within diversity," Patterson said. "In fact, our last section 'ageless' ... the main theme is unity."
"It explores the different challenges and joys that each age feels," Patterson said. "My hope is that audience members will first connect with and relate to the age section they fall into and secondly, to enlighten them on the challenges that other age groups face and build compassion for their issues."
Through this performance, Patterson hopes that audience members will understand the message of inclusion and diversity acceptance.
"This show and company are unique in that we try to include the audience along our dance journey," Patterson said. "We try to make them feel and hopefully inspire them to become open and accepting of others."
Blair Armstrong, one of the show's performers, said she finds the different stages of life uniquely beautiful, and wants the audience to feel that as well, but not just the positive aspects of each.
"I want the audience to see the beauty in pain, love, heartbreak and so may other feelings," Armstrong said. "I want the audience to see the true beauty of what it means to be human."
Armstrong said her favorite aspect of the show is its ability to tell stories that not only display a range of
human emotion and beauty of age, but an all-encompassing story.
"Cathy Patterson is a genius, and has created a show that is not just dances but creates stories throughout each vignette," Armstrong said. "Each vignette tells a different compelling story, but then all of the vignettes run together that tell the story of somebody's entire life. The show is brilliantly done, and every single dance is unique in its own way."
Tickets are $10 and the performance begins at 7 p.m.
The Spencer Museum's massive, multi-modal 'Temporal Turn' exhibit explores Asian culture
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Temporal Turn: Art & Speculation in Contemporary Asia, at the Spencer Museum of Art. The gallery will be open until March 21, 2017. Andrea Ringgenberg/KANSAN
On Thursday night, the Spencer Museum of Art opened its first full exhibit since renovations with pieces from 26 different artists from across Asia. Temporal Turn, as the exhibit is titled, explores a "rich mosaic of ideas about time and history," said Elizabeth Kanost, the museum's communications coordinator.
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il March 12, 2017.
"This is a beautiful display of all kinds of media from sculptures to paintings to tapstries to short films," Kanost said. "And one of the best parts is that it's all contemporary work, meaning that all the artists are alive and active."
Four of the artists included were invited into the museum as artists-in-residence in October to work on site-specific commissions created exclusively for the exhibit. Konoike Tomoko from Japan, Rohini Devasher from India, Park Jaeyoung from South Korea and Sahej Rahal from India each worked over the past couple months on a variety of pieces, including the large clay installation recently seen outside the museum's entrance.
"We're very lucky to have been able to get such amazing talent to the museum," Kanost said. "We're the only comprehensive art museum in the state of Kansas, and I believe that tonight's exhibit
really shows that off."
The opening of Temporal Turn featured several guest speakers introducing the different themes of the night, followed by a free buffet, live music and two hours to peruse the artworks, though Kanost said visitors may need more time to fully appreciate the exhibit.
"This is an incredibly large exhibit and it's full of so many different things that I think it would be best for people, especially if you live nearby, to come in several times to really enjoy it," Kanost said. "One video
Since the renovations, the museum's first floor has been empty to allow for guest speakers and to show off the improvements, but with Temporal Turn, the space is completely full, breathing new life into the once solemn chamber.
The exhibit is split into five themes by colors — "Pulse," in green, presents artists working at the borders between biological sciences, technology and visual art; "The Edge of Infinity," in blue, examines the astrono-
alone is almost 30 minutes all the way through."
my, mathematics and space exploration; "Mythopoeia," in purple, investigates Asian figures from both a historical and mythological lens; "Human/Posthuman/Inhuman," in red, explores the ideas of human evolution; and "Anthropocene," in orange, looks at how humans transform nature and the environment around them.
"One of the pieces that I worked on included old church pews from a disused church here in Lawrence," Rahal said about one of his "Mythopoeia" pieces. "And to me, they become these
fossilized ruins that, to my mind, belong to the future, but are actually pieces from the past."
Rahal also created a short film he said plays on the concept of archeology in that it stars fictional historical figures and focuses on their impact on Indian culture.
While the art comes from Asian influences, the eclectic media could provide something interesting for nearly everyone. Temporal Turn will be hosted at the museum until March 12.
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