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Wednesday, December 7, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Dance concert to include variety of styles
By M. Meredith Relph Kansan staff writer
Classical ballet, modern dance and an original dance choreographed by a KU dance instructor will be performed at the company's fall concert Friday and Saturday.
The program features about 30 student dancers and several faculty dancers and choreographers. The concert also will feature the premiere performance of "Letters," a dance developed and choreographed by Brenda Hotend KU instructor of dance
Other works on the program are "Luna," a modern dance solo performed to music by Terry Foster and performed by the Scooter Company.
recaptured by Willem Lenier, KU instructor of dance; and "Ripple and Underow" and "Les Patineurs," both choreographed by Susan Grubb, KU instructor of dance.
Hotard's "Letters" illustrates a theme of people receiving different types of letters. Hotard said the dance was inspired by a book he wrote in the museum titled "Did You Receive My Letter?"
"It really appealed to me," Hotard said. "It thought it had endless potential."
She compiled a musical score which meshes natural sounds with existing songs to accompany the dancers. The dance itself is rich and varied, including two received different types of letters, including
general letters, love letters, letters of rejection, and will end with a segment Hotard Antony
"I very much work with inspiration on the spot," she said. "It's a total trial and error thing. You go in with ideas, then things evolve."
Grubb choreographed two dances on the program and will perform the dance, Luna, which made its premiere at the Luna Kara Dance Festival in Wichita in November.
"Luna" was choreographed by Jan Van Dyke, a professional artistic director of her own dance company in Washington, D.C. Grubb received a KU faculty development
"It's unusual for the choreographer to teach her dance to someone like that." Grubb said. "It was a great compliment for me to learn it."
grant last summer to learn the dance from Van Dyke.
Grubb also choreographed "Les Patineurs" (also known as *'Patience*'), which is the final work of the opera.
Curtain times are 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday in the Elizabeth Sherbon Dance Theatre in Robinson Center, Ticket are on sale at the Murphy Hall box office and for student admission is limited. Tickets are $5 for the public; $5 for students and $4 for senior citizens.
Dance company working out financial difficulties
By Tina Kuenneth Special to the Kansan
Refining movements, pre-performance stress and tedious rehearsals are resolvable problems for Susan Grubb, faculty adviser to the University Dance Company.
The company's financial difficulties, however, are not remedied as easily.
Since its move from the department of health, physical education and recreation three years ago, the dance division has had limited financing its new home, the School of Fine Arts. Like any new program, Grubb said, a budget had to be created.
The dance division's move was designed to unite舞 with other performing arts. Since music and dance often are related, her departmental marriage was a logical one.
"Students need a program that allows
them to perform," said Janet Hamburg, associate professor of music and dance.
Next spring will see the union of the dance company's 31 members with students in orchestra. Both groups are scheduled to perform together in March.
Hamburg said that when dance and music were brought together, the department's budget had to be reviewed so financing could reach each of its 12 divisions. By filtering money from other programs, the department created a $100,000 budget for the dance division.
"We're very new," Hamburg said. "The entire department of music and dance does not have a lot of money, but it has been very successful." We're working together as a department.
Because of limited financing, Grubb petitioned Student Senate this fall for $2,300 to
finance the company's production of "Les
Fridays." Senate passed the bill, but by $250.
please insert the bill for $1,500 in costumes.
The bill allows for $1,500 in costumes.
Twenty-two members will perform in $60 net skirts or less than $150 tutus.
"We constantly have to hinge away from costing expenses," she said. "This is our first year to perform a classical ballet, so having has to be costumed from scratch."
Pointe shoes are another big investment for company members. Grubb said that some of her dancers had gone through eight pairs this semester. Depending on the style of shoe the dancer needs, pointe shoes can run from $35 to $50.
"I'm hoping that there will be enough money left over to reimburse the dancers for some of their pointe shoes," Grubb said.
The dancers also have helped with financing their winter ballet, Grubb, along with 25 other company members, stuffed inserts in newspapers to earn $150, said coordinator David Grossman of the Open Line Campus Public Relations Firm.
"I don't mind pitching in just a little to
him," he said. This year we're doing a
larger project.
Grubb said the money raised would pay for the food for a Meet-the-Company evening, a fund-relaiser the company is planning for the public next spring.
Richard Ye, company member, said that most of the dancers were in favor of the play.
Although the company has cleared the hurdle of financing its winter production, money for future performances continues to be a problem.
Degree option decision will come in spring
By Grace Hobson Kansan staff writer
The College Assembly yesterday decided to wait until next semester to consider a recommendation to eliminate the Latin American Studies program.
The recommendation to eliminate the bachelor's of general studies degree option was tabulated by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
"This raises an important procedural point of whether the Assembly has the right to discontinue a research effort. The professor of physics and astronomy
The Committee on Undergraduate Studies and Advising only recommended the discontinuation, which would then go through a lengthy process of review and regulation by the Committee on Academic Procedures and Policies.
Arguments were given by both faculty and students that the degree gave students a viable option to the course and its degrees, which the program offers.
Others said that the BGS degree requirements duplicated those of the BA because the main difference between the two was the language requirement. The BA requires a foreign language, and the BGS does not. However, the Latin American Studies program requires Spanish or Portuguese, nullifying the BGS's lack of a language requirement.
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