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University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 22. 1991
EXCURSIONS
Ballet dancers Amy Oeding, Wichita senior, and Jason Johns, Morrison, Colo. freshman, prepare for a coming performance.
THE FINER THINGS
Non-traditional pieces, diverse dance styles to highlight University concert
By Stephanie Patrick Special to the Kansan
Ballet, jazz and modern dance will be combined and showcased this weekend when the University Dance Company performs its fall concert.
The company will perform once today and twice tomorrow at Crafton-Prever Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The fall concert will feature guest artist Donna Oberstein, who has taught ballet at the Lincoln Center Institute in New York and the Harwelden Institute in Tulsa, Okla.
She will perform one of her own works, "Busted, Broken and Lost in Love." It is choreographed to three Patsy Kline love songs.
This type of non-traditional performance is typical of the company's style, said Janet Hamburg, associate professor of music and dance.
Carey Wagoner(left), Lawrence junior, and Janet Sears, Eureka senior, practice a modern dance piece.
The concert will be a direct reflection of the diverse training the 22 dancers have received, she said. The dancers have learned many different styles.
"We train students so that you can come here as a freshman and come out a beautiful dancer." Hamburg
The company, made up of dance and non-dance majors, was formed in 1977, she said.
Hamburg said that the company's dancers auditioned for faculty members but that choreographers chose the dancers for particular pieces.
The jazz portion of the concert will attract students' attention because the dancing is similar to what is shown in music videos and concerts, Hamburg said.
Attracting the student population to performances is a big concern of the company, she said.
"Most students haven't seen dance concerts like this," Hamburg said. "It is not the thing to do on Friday and Saturday nights."
Carey Wagoner, Lawrence senior, will make her choreography debut with a modern dance routine this weekend.
Modern dance uses as much floor space and body movement as possible, especially the torso, she said.
Wagoner, who is one of only a few students who joined
the company while in high school, said she had been preparing her four-minute routine since September.
"I just wanted to do a piece that had a lot of energy and used a lot of space," she said.
Wagoner said that she changed the choreography midway through rehearsals but that the dance steps still had the same sense of energy.
It is a sense of energy that she hopes the audience will take away with them.
"I hope they leave saying we have some good dancers here," Wagoner said.
Performance times are at 8 p.m. tonight and 2 and 8 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are available at the SUA Box Office in the Kansas Union, the department of music and dance in Murphy Hall, the Lawrence Arts Center and the Lawrence School of Ballet. Admission is $3 for students and senior citizens and $5 for Lawrence residents.
A 'beach party with Richman
Journeyman guitarist preserves integrity, truth in rock'n'roll
By M. Olsen
By M. Olsen Special to the Kansan
Honesty
Even though it's something we all claim to value, we rarely get any from the majority of today's rock stars.
But there is one guy who still exemplifies the fun, integrity and do-it-yourself ethic that is at the core of rock'n roll's spirit.
A few years ago, when he needed a new record contract, he simply called the record label that was releasing many of his favorite albums. When he tours the country he rides Greyhound buses or takes trains, and for his most recent tour all he took were his guitar and backpack.
He has such a stunningly straight-forward attitude and lack of rock star pretension that it makes one wonder what's the matter with everyone else. By eschewing the usual trappings of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, he seems to have been able to remain honest and faithful to himself and his fans.
This is Jonathan Richman.
Making the first of two appearances in Lawrence on Tuesday, Richman performed three songs a cappella at Love Garden Sounds, 938/6! Massachusetts. The crowd was spellbound with the naked emotion of his voice.
"I didn't want to necessarily be a professional singer," Richman said. "I didn't think I could necessarily be any way. I figured that what I could do was sing with honesty." Richman performed at the Bottleneck, 727 New Hampshire.
For about four years, Richman has been playing solo
“(When you’re) live, you don’t need the hand ‘cause you’ve got the audience,’ he said.
Herelies on the audience to clapalong, providing him with a beat. This creates a rapport with his audience that makes his performances seem less mannered and more playful than most rock 'n' roll shows.
"The show's supposed to be like a beach party," he said. A few songs into his set at the Bottleneck, Richman gave a brief lesson in music history during his "Monologue On Bermuda."
Richman then moved into "Velvet Underground," a song he has yet to record, and one he wrote to give fans some idea of what it might be like.
Richman has long been one of rock'n'roll's most under-rated guitar players, and throughout the show Tuesday, whenever he let loose with the wild call "gee-tar time!" one knew that crazed riffage was soon to follow.
When Jonathan slipped away from the microphone to play the ringing solo riff to the Velvets "What Goes On," it invoked all the hypnotic majesty one attributes to the Velvets.
When he first came on the scene in the early 1970s, it was with a distinctive style that combined wild surf and rockabilly licks with the dark dissonance of Lou Reed at his brutal best.
Over the years, Jonathan has turned down the volume some.
"Dissonance is fine, but too much of a good thing, you understand," he said.
One of the many trials of modern life is that many of us longer feel real emotions, becoming entrained in defensive attitudes to stave off the pain of everyday existence. I being completely honest and sincere, Richman challenge us to feel true emotions once again.
Even so, he still rocks out like no one else, and thensubashed enthusiasm that he brings to his singing alshines through in his guitar playing.
Sure, some of his songs are so open they're almost embow rassing, and it's real easy to cap an attitude and shut him
The genuine feelings and emotions stirred by Jonathan performance bring to mind a quote from the late L.C. Bangs: "Good rock 'n' roll makes you feel alive."
Star wants AIDS tests on show
"Since the show is predicated on two young men taking three young women to bed and then discussing it, surely the producers should provide all participants with a free AIDS test as part of the casting process." he wrote in Monday's Los Angeles Times.
Charlton Heston recommends AIDS testing for participants on television's bawdy "Studs" kiss-and-tell dating show, saying it would contribute to AIDS awareness.
Charlton Heston
Those testing positive for the AIDS virus would not be permitted to participate, "but they would have the advantage of early knowledge of their condition and the chance to engage in sexual partners and seek early treatment," Heston said.
*Whether or not people have sex on their dates is a decision made by the girl who encourages it and she encourages it.* Schultz said in a letter.
"Studs" executive producer Howard Schultz said Fox broadcasting was not in the business of telling people to be leaders.
Chuck D fights against violence
Public Enemy leader Chuck D said African-American adults must take charge to turn around violence in their communities.
"Family is the whole key for gelling in the Black community," the rapper told about 100 young people before a show at the Museum of African American History.
lence"program.
"Lots of parents distance themselves from their kids, who then go out wandering," he said. "It's about time for black adults to take responsibility in their communities. I don't blame the youths. I blame the adults."
Chuck D said African-Americans would have to rid their neighborhoods of problems because whites were not going
"White people are only going to respect black people if black people respect themselves," he said.
Hendrix gets Walk of Fame star
Rock innovator Jimi Hendrix was honored yesterday for his psychic guitar solist narratives with a posthumous hit song, "Walk on the Moon."
His father, Al Hendrix, and brother, Leon Hendrix, joined more than 200 fans on Hollywood Boulevard for the unveiling of the star outside Book City Collectables, which has a shrine to Hendrix along an entire wall.
Hendrix died of a drug overdose in 1970 at age 27. The star was embedded in the coral and gray sidewalk between stars honoring actor Art Carney and director Fred Zinneman.
"It was a long time coming, but good things happen to those who wait," A. Hendrix told the fans, many of them wearing tie-dyed shirts and rocking to Hendrix guitar riffs screeching from loudspeakers.
Hendrix died of a drug overdose in 1970 at age 27.
The Hendrix star, the 1,943rd unveiled along the Walk of Fame, was sponsored by Warner Records, which is relentless in its efforts to produce top-quality music.
His albums include "Axis: Basis of Love," "Band of Gyp-
sies" and "Are You Experienced?" He also was famous for such songs as "Purple Haze," "Foxy Lady" and his version of "The Star Spangled Banner" at woodstock in 1969.
Idol booked for hitting woman
Rock star Billy Idol turned himself in Wednesday and was booked for allegedly punching a woman in the face last
Idol, known for his spiky blond hairdo, walked with his lawyer into the Los Angeles County sheriff's station and did not speak to reporters.
He was fingerprinted, photographed and released about an hour later on his own recognition逮捕 arrangement Dec. 18 on misdemeanor assault and battery charges. If convicted, he faces up to a jail in a jail and a $1,000 fee.
The 35-year-old singer of "Rebel Yell," whose real name is William Michael Broad, was charged with the Oct. 11 attack on Tuesday, Deputy District Attorney Mark Vezzani said.
Two women said they offered to drive Idle and a friend to their car after dinner at a restaurant. But during the drive, Idol, who is in the back seat, allegedly began shooting at her when she put her twice in the mouth and forehead, the prosecutor said.
Vezzani the singer's large rings cut the woman's mouth, bruised her and gave her a slight concussion.
The woman still is receiving medical treatment, said Sara Gibbons, a representative for the district attorney's office.
Gibbons wouldn't 'dilugue any details about the case, but said Idol authorities he had added several drinks.
Idol will not comment on the case, said his publicist,
Sarah McMullen.
From The Associated Press
Lawrence Nightlife
Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire. Ricky Dean will open for the Homestead Grays at 10 tonight. New World Spirit will open for Pale Devine at 10 tomorrow night. Cover charge is $4.
Benchwarmers, 1601 W.23rd Street. The Shagnastys will perform at 10 tonight and D.Alexander will perform tomorrow night.
Jazzhaus, 926 $^1/2$ Massachusetts. Ida MacBeth and Friends will perform at 10 tonight and tomorrow night. Cover charge is $4$.
Just a Playhouse, 806 W. 24th Street.
Just Incase will perform at 10 tonight and tomorrow night. Cover charge is $3.
Bogarts, 611 Vermont. Melvin Litton will perform at 9 tomorrow night. Cover charge is $3.
Down & Under, 801 New Hampshire. Milhaus Nixions will perform at 10 tonight. Zoom and Tuber will perform at 10 tomorrow night. Cover charge is $3.