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thursday, december 13, 1979
daily nebraskan
Imagination center of dance
Show a coricert of emotion
p flies
album
By Brian McManus
The Trudance Dance Education Organization will be
presenting 'Trudy and Friends" on Dec. 14-16. It is a
concert of dances choreographed by Trudy Knisely,
featuring the music of Elvis Presley, Lou Rawls, Leon
Russell and Rossini.
"The program will present both literal and non-literal
pieces,' said Knisely. "The literal pieces are straight
forward expressions of feelings and emotions. Hie non
literal pieces are more abstract. They work with line and
design rather than motions." .
Knisely said that the dance she teaches at Trudance is a
more open, expressive form than most modern dance.
Trudance is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization to
teach people that dance is for everyone and shouldn't be
restricted just to performers, she said. - .
"Anyone can move their body to express themselves. It
is very therapeutic to be able to get up and move around,
expressing your feelings. People find a great release by
dancing at a local bar. Many would say that this isn't real .
dancing, but it's expression and creative. T
'That is the purpose of Trudance. It is an attempt to
get people to creatively express themselves.'
Knisely added that the biggest problem with dance
education is its restrictive tendencies.
"With most 'modern, dance, there are a list of 'do's and
'don't do's. Education can often by inhibiting to
creativity, because they try too hard in setting down form;
and structure, which inhibits freedom of expression.'
- "This is one thing that I love about the children that I
teach. They don't have to be taught to be imaginative.
Kids have a limitless store of imagination, all you have to
do is encourage them.
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Knisely's main source of income is from a program
called Artists in Schools, which is financed by the Nation
al Endowment for the Arts and the Nebraska Arts ,
Council . She travels to schools in outstate Nebraska ,
-teaching large groups of students ranging from lender
garten through high school.
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Photo courtesy of Trudy Knisely
- Trudy Knisely
Knisely said the Trudance; studio has supplied her with
the opportunity to teach people in Lincoln to express,
their imagination and it has also given her the opportunity
to organize and develop her own style and ideas.
The upcoming performances will be the 'first public
presentation for the Trudance Organization. Performances
will be at 8 pjn. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with 2
pjn. matinees on Saturday and Sunday.
Writer
needed to prod
Starshi
onriew
By Casey McCabe ,
The torch has been passed to Paul Kantner. As the last
surviving member of the original Jefferson Airplane,,
Kantner seems to be relishing the opportunity to start the
Starship off with a clean and familiar slate as the band's
curious evolution continues.
There are a lot of years in the business between people
like Kantner, Pete Sears and David Freiberg. But on Free
dom At Point Zero Jefferson Starship plays as though it
has just been promoted to the majors and is anxious to
show its stuff.
(sEsMm! FCUE317 :
If the urgency and hard edge on the album make it
sound like the band just crawled out of hiding, it may not
be too far from the truth. The departure of Marty Balin
and Grace Slick after the band's eclectic effort on Earth
certainly left the rest of the Starship with no responsibil
ity to keep up with Balin's affection for radio-oriented
love ballads.
While Balin was bringing in most of the group's revenue
on the last three albums, it was becoming increasingly
peculiar to think these members of the '60s most
notorious psychedelic rock band were putting out music
heard in doctors's offices and hummed by millions of
housewives and businessmen daily.
WHILE " FORMER Airplance " members Jorma
. Kaukonen and Jack Casady went on to pursue their own
V outlets witluHot Tuna and solo efforts, Kantner stuck :
with the deteriorating Airplane and its rebirth as Jeffer-
son Starship, although his status as a composer for the ,
group dwindled to the point where he had only one song'
to his credit on Earth. '
" may.K why Kantner 's re -emergence on Freedom
At Point-Zero is so welcome. It also may be why it takes ;
only a little imagination to interpret the album's title as a
- suggestion that the band is glad to be free from Balin's'
shadow.
Kantner's title track, a song in the tradition of "Ride -The
Tiger," serves as the group's statement of purpose:
" got a note from the heart of the darkness
l he melody isn t over '
- Steady as steel, I want to take the wheel
'n drive you like a rock 'n roller
Freedom at Point Zero 4 .
'nrock'n roll isn't over".
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erbalfertilizer
' By Peg Sheldrick -
As yet another semester wends its weary way to a close
and the good ship GJA? sinks slowly on the horizon, it's
the time of year for a number of termination rituals, for
casting out the old, for clearing out the dead wood, for
setting aflame the phoenix that will later rise renewed
from the cleansed ashes of the purging fire. In short, the
newspaper is hiring its staff for next semester.
Given that the position of humor columnist is a, highly
enviable one (garnering up to five fan letters a semester)
and the wages of newspaper work are so astronomically
criticizes, like the Regents and the phone company. Just
don't mention anybody's mother.
. 4. Get more coffee.
5. Never use the words "wild," "crazy" or "guy" in
the same sentence.
6. Avoide relevance whenever possible.
7. Don't resort to cheap humor. . . It is beneath an in
sult to the reader and an unnecessary degradation of the
noble art of comedy. So never-never do cheap humor. . .
unless you can't think of anything else.
high (up to 25 cents an hour and all the words you can
eat), it seems likely that a great many of you might want
to vie for the privilege and prestige of this job.
. . .. - - . . 8. If you are indeed stuck for ideas, there are a
Q pV ' number of alternatives open to you; You can
1 mOTnnl(?)f? a retrt behind a facade of fargon, obsure allusions,
juujuuuu polysyllabic circumlocution, references aux "tongues'
etranges, comme "menage a trois" and any other form of
verbal fertilizer you can come up with.
b) write about the Regents and the phone company.
c) do a column that involves a list of ideas in outline
form which, when verbally padded and triple-spaced will
give you the sixty lines that you need.
As a public service to all those who think they might
be interested in doing the journalistic equivalent of
dancing around with a lampshade on your head at parties,
the following helpful hints on how to go about it are
offered. ' .
1 . First, make a list of every little thing and everyone
who ever made you mad, caused you grief, or got under
your skin. Label this "Story Ideas."
2. Go get some coffee.
3. Begin writing. Be caustic, be wry, be cynical, and
above all, be fearless. Don't be afraid to attack difficult'
targets. Speak out against the wrongdoers no one else ever
9. Get more coffee.
10. Don't lose heart. Remember that at a university
where the highest paid employees wear tennis shoes and
sweat pants, comedy is a way of life, and that truth is
often sillier than fiction. 1
It is sincerely hoped that these suggestions help. If you
do by chance win this coveted post, you can look forward
to a whole new world opening up for you. You will learn
the fascinating terminology of the newspaper world
terms like "slug sheet" and "headline' and 'late story'
and "jerkface."
You -will earn the praises of your friends, and learn
how to respond to flatteries like, "Gee, loved your column
today, but why do you write under the name 'ombuds
man?' and "Oh, do you write for the paper? I never read
Jiat piece of trash."
.. " ' ... , , . .
Above all, you will learn, like Blanche DuBois, to de
pend upon the kindness of strangers.
(And if all else fails, remember there are still many
openings in the exciting new field of computer program-
Applications are now being taken. Only sincere
megalomaniacs need apply. ' . "
Orchestra doubles your pleasure
The Lincoln Symphony Orchestra will inaugurate a
new concept by repeating its Tuesday concert of
January 22 on Wednesday January 23 at 8 pjn. in
Kimball Hall. This is the first time in its 54 year history
that the Orchestra has given concerts in pairs in two
different sites in the city. .
Robert Eraile will conduct the performances, which
' will feature the winner of the Young Artist Competi-
box omce. ' Januiry 14 at 5tan ifili
