University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 12, 1991
Arts and Entertainment
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KU dance company springs into concert
Kansan staff writer
Bv Amv Francis
More than a semester's worth of work will reach a climax of mixed moods this weekend as the University Dance Company performs its spring concert at Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murray Hall.
The annual concert will feature eight works, which will be performed at 8 tonight and 2 and 8 p.m. tomorrow.
"It's a dance concert and has a lot of original music," said Muriel Cohen, assistant professor of the ballet and dance. "It's a total experience."
The concert provides a variety of moods for the audience, she said. The different dances range in mood from romantic to extremely intense. There are also mood changes within the individual dances.
The last dance. "Journal Entry No 2." sums up several of the moods of the concert.
"They all are really different," said Michelle Heffner, Lawrence senior and dance company member. "I'm really proud of this concert. Our dancers are really strong; our choreography is really good."
Janet Hamburg, associate professor of music and dance, said that the work was based on the journal that choreographer Jan Erkert kept while he worked.
The third dance, "Protest." has an intensity that borders on being ferocious. Cohen said.
Members of the University Dance Company will perform tonight at 8 for the spring concert in Crafton-Prever Theatre.
Erkert was a resident artist at the University of Kansas earlier this semester. For three weeks in June, he and his students who will perform in her piece
"She choreographed the work," Hamburg said. "She was very speciific with the steps of the dance."
Eckert also provided the set and costumes for the dance. Hamburg said.
The dances will be performed by 26 dancers, many performing in more than one work. They are all KU students who were chosen through open auditions at the beginning of the dance company.
"It's a challenge, but that's what the profession demands," Hamburg said
"Footprints" will be the first performance of the concert.
Hamburg said, "It's a wonderful concert opener. It kind of warms the audience up, gets them used to looking at dance."
"It opens on a sort of joyful note." Cohan said, who choreographed the dance.
Michelle Hyde, KU graduate student, will perform in Cohan's work. She also will perform in two other dance companies with the dance company for nine years.
"I'm always nervous if it's a new work, which is what these three pieces are," she said. "You wonder if you will remember what comes next."
A special concert opener is planned for Friday. One of the 26 dancers performing will be awarded the 1991 Elizabeth Sherbon Scholarship Award. It will be presented by Peter Thompson, dean of fine arts.
Student tickets for the performance cost $3. Non-student tickets cost $5. Tickets will be available at 452 Murphy Hall and at the door.
The Samples, a quintet from Boulder, Colo., will bring their music to The Bottleneck Sunday
Samples' music socially aware
Special to the Kansan
Is the sense of social activism that coalesced with the music scene in the '60s alive and & cell in the techno-pop, Top-40 market of the '90s?
By Kristine Curley
Although this question may appear unanswerable, it is hard to ignore the efforts of the Colorado based quintet The Samples Using music as its medium, the group communicates a message that corresponds to the planet in which it is planet because of the destruction of many of its resources.
Lyrics from songs such as "Ocean of War" and "Nature" illustrate the group's attitude toward safeguarding the beauty the Earth has to offer.
Charles Hambleton, who plays acoustic guitar for the band, admitted that being environmentally conscious was becoming somewhat of a wind now, but he said that without awareness, there could be no solution.
PREVIEW
'We're not preaching, but I think
The group's desire to get its message to its listeners has forced the band to make some compromises.
our music definitely has a positive impact," Hambleton said.
The names of the actors called back for a second audition will be posted by the Green Room in Murphy Hall on Sunday evening. Second auditions will be conducted from 7 to 10 Sunday night.
Music is what appears to be high on the list of priorities for the band. It will be going back into the studio this summer to record a follow-up to its self-titled release that came out last fall on Arista records. Hambleton said that the new album would be a logical musical progression for the band and that many of the songs evoked a sense of urban life.
The Samples, whose name goes back to the band's humble beginnings in Boulder, Colo., when a lack of money forced the band to eat food from the sample section of supermarkets, arrive in Lawrence on Sunday for a sold-out show at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire ST. It is the last scheduled stop on their tour.
"We're driving across the country in a tour bus eating up a tremendous amount of money," he said. "If forces take me about what is important to you."
Hambleton said he hoped the band's music made listeners think.
"It's like a painting. No two impressions are alike," he said. "I want people to feel good when they hear our music."
Hambleton described the group as a wandering cartoon show, but he said that despite the band's uniqueness, the mood within the band was harmonious. Hambleton said that however different each person was, they all shared the common desire to help the environment.
ally would sit on the stage
"We're psyched to come to Lawrence." Hammleton said. "We've played some pretty bizarre shows on television and I've always believed Lawrence is the best way to end it all."
'Midsummer' to be produced at KU
A requirement for the play is that the person currently must be enrolled at the University of Kansas or enrolled in a summer class. An outside job may be held, but it cannot interfere with the play.
By Amy Francis Kansan staff writer
Mike Boring, secretary for the theater and film department, said that the group would perform the production at the Theatre and that the audience actu-
from 1 to 4 p.m. To audition, students should make an appointment at 317 Murphy Hall. The deadline to sign up is 5 p.m. today.
"I'm just looking forward to doing this piece," said Paul Meier, director of summer theater. "It seems suitable for summer."
This summer, 14 KU students will have an opportunity that few actors have: the opportunity to perform a Shakespeare play in the round.
Kansas Summer Theatre will produce William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." It will be performed July 19-21 and July 26-28.
For those who would like to act in the play, open auditions will be conducted tomorrow and Sunday
CALENDAR
Friday
■ "Kindergarten Cop." SUA movie, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, $2.50
**Spring Concert.** University Dance Company, 8 p.m. Cranston-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall, tickets at 452 Murphy Hall and SIA office
hire. $4
Bonedaddy's and Now See Hear, 9.30 p.m. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, advance tickets 6
■ Black Cat, Bone, 9:30 p.m. The Jazzhaus, $921⁶⁰ Massachusetts St.$³
■ "The Seven Year Itch," SUA movie, 4 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, $2
■ "Kindergarten Cop." SUA movie, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas City $2.50
The Modern Saints, 9:30 p.m. The Mad Hatter, 904 New Hall St.保斯. $2 "Excaburl" SUA movie, midnight. Doodrift Auditorium, Kansas Union. $18
**Spring Concert. University Dance Company, 2 and 8 p.m. Crawley-Pretower Theatre, Murphy Hall, tickets at 452 Murphy Hall, SUA office.**
- Salty Iguanas and Picket Line Coyotes, 9:30 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 New
Saturday
*Id Explosion*, 9:30 p.m. The Jazzhaus
*261% Massachusetts St.*, $3.
The Modern Saints, 9:30 p.m. The Mad Hatter, 904 Newman St. $2.
"Excaballar." SUA movie, midnight.
Draft Audition. Kansas Union,
$2.99.
Sunday
■ "Kindergarten Cop." SUA movie, 2 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
University and Concert Bands Performance, 2:30 p.m., Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall, free.
■ The Samples and the Millions, 9:30 p.m. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., advance tickets, $5.
Monday
Open mike, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck
737 New Hampshire St., free.
Tuesday
"Sophie's Choice," SUA Movie, 7 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, $2
information call 864-3982
Chamber Music Series: Paula Robinson, flute, and Eliot Fisk, guitar, 8 p.m. Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., for
■ Reverend Horton Heat and Gul Gut.
i:30 p.m. The Bottleneck 737 New
1am5mchester St.$4
Wednesday
■ "Sophie's Choice." SUA movie, 7 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Jnion, $2
**Inge Theatre Series:** "Cimazano" and "Sinmarina's Birthday," 8 p.m. **Inge Theatre**, Murphy Hall, tickets at Murphy Hall Box Office.
- Common Ground and Interface, 9:30
p.m. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire
St., $3
Thursday
"iassa in America. A Journey with Isaac Bashac Singer" and "The Catelera." SUA movies 7 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, $2.
**Inge Theatre Series:** "Cizano" and "Sinmova's Birthday." 8 p.m. * Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall, tickets at Murphy Hall Office Box.
Lucky Seven and Ricky Dean, 9:30 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. $4.
■ Lonnie Ray's Blues Jam. 9:30 p.m.
The Jazzhaus, 926¼ Massachusetts St.
$1.
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