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r doilu 6aef corps Joffrey's dream 9. 4? Phoro hy James Howell Jo f f rey pe r f or me fGa ry CKry st " ' By Val McPherson There have been numerous reviews of performances of New York City's Joffrey Ballet. Hubert Saal said in Newsweek that "...there is a prime quality about the company, resplendent in their youth, their bouyant, scrubbed style, their confident and ardent spirit." The successes of the Joffrey Ballet are due, in part, to Robert Joffrey, their artistic director and founder. Joffrey was born in Seattle in 1930. His father was from Afghanistan and his mother was of Italian doscent. Joffrey's first experience with dance came at the age of 11. He made his first solo debut at the age of 1 7. Most famous dancers rise slowly to stardom. Joffrey, however, went straight to the top. While studying at the School of American Ballet, he was discovered by the late Gordon Hamilton and was inducted into Roland Petit's Ballets de Paris as a soloist. Joffrey often dreamed of forming a company of his own. To do this, a dancer must be familiar not only with classical forms of ballet, but with all kinds of dance. After studying modern dance, Joffrey became a soloist with the O'Donnell Ballet Company. In 1953, he appeared in the American Dance season at the Alvin Theater. Joffrey's dream of his own ballet company was still alive. His other activities were discontinued as he began to concentrate all his efforts on the American Ballet Center which he had started. This center proved to be the birth of his own company. In 1952 a group of Joffrey-trained dancers performed his works at the Young Men's Hebrew Assoc. The result was more appearances that year and the 'next with Ted Shawn's 'InTernationally-known Jacob's Pillow festivals. Joffrey continued to concentrate on his choreography and the 1954-57 seasons saw his new works in the Ballet Theater Workshops and large-scale showings at the Phoenix Theater. In 1954- an ""all-Jof frey program ,4ad.. -been presented at the YMHA, and Joffrey had gone to London to stage two of his works for Ballet Ranbert. His dream finally came true in 1956, when his first small company went on tour. His fame in the world of ballet has been growing since. The Joffrey Ballet will be performing in Lincoln Feb. 1 and 2. Their visit is being sponsored by the University of Nebraska and the National Bank of Commerce. The National Endowment for the Arts, the Mid-America Arts Alliance, the Nebraska Arts Council and several community committees assisted in bringing the company to Pershing Auditorium. Highlights of Friday night's performance include Kettentanz. a salute to the old Vienna of court balls and winegaidens with music by Johann Strauss, Sr. and Johann Meyer, and choreography by Gerald Arpino; The Moor's Pavane, a portrait of how jealousy can shatter lives, with music by Henry Purcel! and choreography by Jose Limon; Parade inspired by Cocteau and Picasso with music by Erik Satie and choreography by Leonide Massine; and Interplay, with music by Morton Gould and choreography by Jerome Robbins. Saturday night's performance will feature The Dream, baed on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with music by Felix Mendelssohn and choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton; Secret Places, with music by Wolfgang Mozart and choreography by Gerald Arpino; and Trinity, a highly-acclaimed rock ballad choreographed by Arpino to the music of Alan Ridge and Lee Holdridge. The Joffrey ballet will also give a school matinee on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. It will be open to elementary and secondary school students. The University of Nebraska Foundation is subsidizing a $1 discount for students. Students with I.D. may purchase these tickets in Westbrook II3 until Friday. After this week, tickets may be purchased in the National Bank of Commerce lobby, 13th and N Streets. Faculty and staff may save 10 per cent off the regular $4 and $6 cost of the tickets by using a Masterchaiye card. Patron tickets are also available forSlO. '. ...... , , at Photo exhibit showing Sheldon Bv Diane Wanek The first comprehensive exhibit of the photography of Ralston Crawford is on display at the Sheldon Art Gallery through Fob. 10. Crawford has long been recognized as an important painter and lithographer. He is an exponent of the precisionist style, which means he presents his view via geometric analysis and refinement. His photographic interests parallel his painting and printmaking. This exhibit of 225 photos was taken during 35 years. It includes shots in New Orleans, which reflect the world of jazz and musicians. A second series of New Orleans prints shows the city's cemeteries. Other subjects are the bullfights of Spain and Mexico: the racetracks at Le Mans, Watkins Glon and Zandvourt; fishing ports in Maine and the Outer Hebrides; Coulee Dam; and one photo from his last visit to Lincoln in 1965 Crawford will visit the Sheldon Art Gallery shortly oeiore tne exnioit closes. COlftECIiO In Monday's special edition there was an incorrect phone no. in the ARMY ROTC AD. . . Please folk to Russ Buyer at 472-2468 that's the correct number PIONEERS OF MODERN PAINTING by Kenneth Clark On Sunday and Tuesday afternoons at 3 o'clock the Theater will present Kenneth Clark's newest film scries, PIONEERS OF MODERN PAINTING. In this series of six films. Lord Clark traces the lives and masterpieces of Paul Cezanne, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, Henri Rousseau and Georges Seurat. Each film is 40 minutes long, in color, and ni admission will be charged. SCHEDULE: Edouard Manet. January 20 & 22; Paul Cezanne, February 10 & 12; Claud Monet, February 17 & 19; Georges SeuraT, February 24 & 26; Henri Rousseau, March 3 & 5; Edvard Munch, March 17 & 19. -rf . r;Ti''j rjrvfryi'- 'W'fx.y -' I mmm.!.. -mt'-i " -iT-rrtir rtiViiiftiir Maintww.i aarth m ii -nuawri wi i iii Juiir uteimriilfiaii miiri-iiTi--Tiiiiiiarr inifwvrinTri-iiiiTiy I t., . .... -HwW i"t 1 page 6 daily nebraskan thursday, january 17, 1974