Wednesday, february 13, 1980
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Nebrmka Bmce Emembh set to show off mouth
Friday and Saturday the Nebraska Dance Ensemhl
will perform in an event that will be the culmination of a
learning experience for 14 young dancers and, they hope,
an evening of enjoyment for their audience.
Members of the Nebraska Dance Ensemble auditioned
for the company in September. They and other members
of the Dance Division's production and composition class
have been working on all aspects of the finished perform
ance. 'There's a lot of energy and enthusiasm. The students
have developed ideas for their own publicity and then
doing their own publicity. They're a part of the university
but they especially want to make Lincoln aware that
they're a part of Lincoln, too," said artistic director,
Marianna Ariyanto.
The performance will cover many types of dance, from
classical to modern ballet while Ariyanto will perform a
classical Balinese dance.
Ariyanto choreographed "Crescendo" in 1975 and de
scribed it as a "jazz trio," while "Mobiles" she choreo
graphed especially for the ensemble.
"I thought "Mobiles" would be good for the dancers
and that the audience would enjoy it. The emphasis is on
the visual, there are a lot of slides and the costumes have
long silver pieces that catch the light. I want it to be a
pleasing dance to watch, there is no theme, it is the
movement patterns of how the wind will blow particular
pieces in a mobile." . . ,
Gayle Kassing, head of the UNL Physical Education
Dept. dance division, choreographed the neoclassical
ballet piece that the ensemble will perform. The work is
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jazz artist, Chuck Mangione.
. "In choreographing the piece I was trying to see how I
could mix jazz and modern movements with ballet. I'm
really concerned with the design in abstract. The costumes
bring this together in the kaleidescope effect of their
colors.'
Kassing said that Janice Stauffer, who teaches costume
design in the Theater Dept., captured the mood of the
piece exactly in the costumes she designed.
Students in the ensemble will gain experience from per
forming. "You get used to performing and when you see how a
real performance works; production, behind the scenes
problems, lighting, people, costumes-I feel like I'm learn
ing it from the inside out," said Shelly Thorell, one of the
dancers.
Maureen McKenna, the ensemble's stage manager, said '
she feels diversity will improve her chances of getting a
job.
"I'm trying to get as much experience as I can in any
kind of theater work, especially with dance. I want to stay
in the field of dance and I've always been interested in
this aspect."
For Laurel Shoemaker the dance ensemble provides a
chance for her to work at her craft. Shoemaker is a senior
in the Theater Dept. and supervises all the production
people.
. "I'm terribly interested in dance lighting. This particu
lar job excites me because there are many types of dance
involved and I have to treat each differently."
"Being able to work with a professional dancer like
, Derryl (Yeager) is really an experience. To work on a
classical piece makes you feel like you're really dancing
because it's well known and danced by the major compan
ies. It's been demanding because the rehearsals are so in
tense, but I've learned what it would be like to work for a
. professional company," Schnabel said.
Ariyanto and Kassing both have things they hope their
students will learn from the performances.
"I hope they come out or this with good feelings about
how to make a show as a totality, rather than as a compet
itive thing," Ariyanto said.
"Performing is an important process. It is a culminating
experience. Performance is the great teacher, you must
make snap decisions and be sensitive to what is going on
around you and your own body. It's what dance is all
about as an art form, it brings all things experienced to
gether and makes them viable," said Kassing.
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