University Daily Kansan / Friday, December 1, 1989
Arts/Entertainment
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Duet company will tip toes with KU dancers
By Melanie Matthes
Kansan staff writer
Cohan and Suzeau will perform this weekend in the University Dance Company's fall concert.
A world-traveled and nationally recognized dance company that recently made the University of Kannas its home will perform this weekend in a concert with the University Dance Company.
This concert will feature the choreography and performances of Cohan and Suzeau and will feature works by two other KU dance teachers.
Muriel Cohan and Patrick Suzeau are the members of the Cohan/Suzueau Duet Company. The married couple interrupted their career as a touring dance company to teach dance at KU. The University Dance Company's fall concert will be the second time that the duet has performed with KU. They performed as guest artists in the Company's Spring 1988 concert.
v Suzeau will make his premier presentation of a new work, called "Bagatelle," at the concert. This work features two versions of the same dance. One section of the piece will be performed in the confines of classical ballet, and the other section will use contemporary dance.
This concert will be the first that does not feature a large section of ballet pieces because KU's ballet instructor resigned last semester, said Janet Hamburg, director of dance.
Suzaue is the only instructor with an interest in choreographing ballet, she said.
"The concert will feature Renaissance dance, a little ballet, modern, humor. It has everything," she said. "I think the audience is going to enjoy it tremendously. It's our strongest concert."
Margaret Mills, Winchester, England, graduate stu
dent, said that the emphasis on modern and contemporary dance was a change from her traditional classical ballet training.
"It allows much more expression, much more creativi
ty," she said. Mills will perform as a soloist in "Bagatelle" and also will dance in two other works.
19. "she said. Suns will perform as a soloist in 'Bagatelle' and also will dance in two other works. The concert pieces include four works choreographed by Brenda Hotard, graduate teaching assistant of dance:
eight Renaissance-style works rechoreographed by Joan Stone, instructor in dance; three works by Suzeau and two works by Cahan.
The concerts normally are performed at Crafton- Preyer Theatre, she said, but that theater was booked for the semester. The department of dance received supplemental funding from Student Senate to use Liberty Hall.
A duet piece by Suzeau, called "Aquarelle," will be performed by Suzeau and Cohan.
The concert is the first time that the company has performed at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., Hamburg said.
"It has a nice intimate feeling." she said. "It's a 600-seat house, which is excellent for dance."
Set to the music of Dimitri Shostakovich, this work compares a love relationship to a watercolor technique called aquarelle, Suzeau said.
The Liberty Hall theater also will be more comfortable for the audience and will accommodate more people than Robinson, Hamburg said.
"When one color is added to another each color is deepened while remaining a separate color," he said. "So, it's a perfect metaphor for me."
"We thought it"would be better for our students to be performing on a real stage rather than in Robinson," she said.
Evening performances begin at 9 p.m. on Dec. 1 and 2 and a matinee begins at 2 p.m. on Dec. 2. General admission tickets are $6 for the public and $5 for KU students and are available at the Murphy Hall Box Office and at Liberty Hall.
Sequel backslides from entertaining original
By Marc Parillo
Kansan movie reviewer
The DeLorean is revved up to 88 mph. The flux-capacitor is "fluxing." And, once again, Marty and Doc are ready for another ride through time.
With the tremendous popularity of the original, you'd think "Back To The Future Part II" would be the blockbuster hit of 1989, right?
b nashy, multi-million dollar special effects, a slew of futuristic thrills and spills and what is supposed to be considered a compelling story
b doesn't even come close to stacking up to the snappy comedy and nail-biting situations of the original movie.
Robert Zemecik, returning as director, whisks us away from cozy 1985 into the unpredictable 21st century and the same ironic situations as the first film. This time, however, a friendly television at the local soda stand serves Pepsi, people wear synthetics like they're jumped out of 'Blade
Runner," and little kids spend their time riding hoverboards, a futuristic version of the skateboard.
If what's described so far sounds pretty entertaining, don't jump to any conclusions. Instead, it turns into something pretty confusing.
\ Because the story begs for your undivided attention, watching it becomes more of a chore than a memorable experience.
Michael J. Fox makes an appearance as four different characters, three of which appear in the same scene.
Biff's back again as the antagonist, but he has his work cut out for him, too. This time, not only is he the high school bully from 1956, but he's also an old man, a sci-fi bully from 2015 and a rich, corrupt playboy.
The movie gives the viewer just too much to comprehend in one sitting. As Marty and Doc move from decade to decade chasing after Biff and an onslaught of other characters in a maze-like plot, all you can do is sit quietly and try to make
some sense out of it all.
It was also uncomfortable watching plants blatantly advertised on the silver screen. Every other scene, I felt as if I was being sold something from the movie's sponsors, Pepis ads, an AT&T ad big enough to fill the entire movie screen, a Nike ad, an ad for Pizza Hut. It was like watching an unbeatable two hours of prime-time television.
By now, you're compelled to ask, "When is it all going to end?" Well, here's another big surprise: It doesn't. A flashy "To Be Continued" sign ends the story but promises to pick it back up in about six months.
"Back To The Future Part II" proves once again that sequels are never as good as the original.
So now, it's not a movie anymore. It's a mini-
series.
▶ Merce Pertia is a Lanexe apophrone majoring in English and film studies.
Auditions scheduled for review, play
Open auditions for the third annual River City Review, a communitywide benefit talent show, will be from noon to 3 p.m. tomorrow in the rehearsal room at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St.
Interested persons should contact Ric Averill at 843-622- or Jennifer Glenn at 843-5067 to set up an audition time.
The auditions are open to dancers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists and any other type of variety act.
Prizes for the show include a trip for two and a VCR.
There will be a category for group entrants and individual acts.
Auditions for "Death of a Salesman" will be at 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday at the Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 New Hampshire. Roles are available for eight
men and five women.
The show will be directed by Mary Doveton. Scripts may be checked out from the office with a $5 deposit. Performances are scheduled for Jan. 26 through Feb. 4.
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This winter the Lawrence Arts Center will again sponsor its performance Night Series. Opportunities to perform 10-40 minute pieces are available for three Saturday evenings: Jan. 13, Feb. 3 and Feb. 24. Past performances have included new music, dance, poetry and performance art.
Applications are available at the Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St., and should be returned to the center by Dec. 6. For more information stop by the center or call 843 ARTS.
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