KANSAS REVIEWS
FESTIVAL : One, not two
By KENNETH CUMMINS
Kansan Reviewer
From the various tidbits floating around about the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, I expected last night's concert to be a stodgy first half of classical music followed by a somewhat livelier rock concert. From the first number that impression was thankfully shattered. The Ensemble did not separate its training in the classical from its enjoyment in rock but combined them into one concert, not two, and what has to be one of the most exciting performances I have seen.
The classical vein was advanced mainly through the playing of the group's extremely versatile keyboard man, Michael Kamen, who switched back and forth from the electric piano to the organ. His playing would begin to remind you of a Bach fugue, but then he would be getting into something else. Several times during the concert the group traded its guitars and drums for the cello, oboe and English horn in departures that served to spice up the performance.
The second half of the concert erupted into hard-driving rock and the music became undoubtedly heavier. But the classical influence was still there. Just as the scene seemed about to explode into chaos, the group returned to the melody and rhythm. At times the bass guitar sounded like a cello or violin.
The Ensemble is one of the most solid, versatile and original groups around. Much is said about the musical trips of Hendrix or the Airplane but with these the listener seems to sense where the trip is taking him. The Ensemble with its originality and abrupt changes that surprised the listener just when he thought he had figured out where the music was going, led the audience on a musical trip which it followed right up to the climactic "rush" ending with the chaotic national anthem. Last night's performance was a truly exciting musical experience.
ACTORS : One man show
By MARILYN McMULLEN
Kansan Staff Writer
Restraint and stylization characterized the performance given by Won Kyung Cho, a Korean dancer-actor, in a one-man show in University Theatre Wednesday evening.
Cho's performance comprised the rendering of an original one-act play, several Korean love poems, and six interpretative dances. To enjoy the performance, a viewer needed some knowledge of traditional Korean drama. Extensive program notes and explanations of poems by Cho greatly aided appreciation of an extremely exotic form of entertainment.
The play, which concerned the awakening of sexual desires in a young novice monk, was novel, but the plot advanced slowly. All costume changes were made on stage, creating several intervals of complete silence and prolonged loss of story continuity, which western audiences are not used to.
Cho assumed both male and female roles in the dances he performed. Long sleeves, extending about two feet beyond the fingertips, were the point of attention of dancing costumes. Their flowing and twining were
Nevertheless, Cho's beautifully poetic monologue and excellent characterization of a young man torn between service to his Lord and love for a woman, made the drama poignant and appealing.
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reminiscent of a hula dancer's hands, which tell the story and render meaning.
Of the six dances, the Fan Dance, or Sorcerer's Dance, was most exciting. It was characterized by fierce leaping, which Cho executed with infinite grace. The entire performance was an unusual view of oriental dramatic genre.
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Festival previews - art scene
Art is the media featured for the fourth night event in the week long Festival of the Arts. Barbara Rose, a young 33-year-old art critic is scheduled to speak to Festival-goers at 8 p.m. tonight in Hoch Auditorium.
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Mrs. Rose who writes and speaks on art extensively is this year serving as a Regents Professor at the University of California at San Diego. In 1966 and 1969 she received the College Art Association Award for Distinguished Art Criticism.
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But in 1955 because she realized the need for a change she ventured to France to study at the Sorbonne. After that she continued her studies at New York's Barnard College where she had the advantage of the major New York art galleries and many private collections. She received her B.A. from Barnard. In 1960 she
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was awarded her M.A. in art history for her thesis on Dutch and Flemish Painters in Spain from 1519-1598. A Fulbright scholar in 1961 she used her fellowship to work on her dissertation on 16th century Navarese Painting.
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Mrs. Rose began her career as an art writer in 1959 when she worked as editorial assistant for "Art News." She became the contributing editor of "artform" and a regular contributor to "Vogue" while teaching at Sarah Lawrence College in 1966-1969. She also
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University of Kansas Theatre
presents
KYOGEN: Comic Theatre of Japan
EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
Murphy Hall
8:20 p.m.
April 2 thru 11
Tickets $1.50
Students $.75