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By Lnuri Hopple
Once b not enough for the Nebraska Dance
Ensemble. The group will dance tonight at UNL a
second time thi3 semester, performing pieces that
won them a place in the gala concert of the Midwest
Regional Festival of the American College Dance
Festival Association.
Marianne Ariyanto, one of the ensemble's faculty
advisers, said this i3 the third year. judges have
picked Nebraska's dances for the gala concert. This
year the dances included "Even Sevens" and "Movaldi
Vivaldi" choreographed by UNL senior Theresa
Field.
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"We're a real powerhouse now" Ariyanto said.
Out of 23 schools attending the 1C31 festival, she
said, only two others have a record close to Nebras
ka's. The University of Iowa group has danced in the
gala concert for four years, and the University of
Illinois has for five.
Despite similar records, Ariyanto said, those
schools differ from Nebraska. Both Iowa and Illinois
have graduate dance programs, she said, with 50 to
70 dar.ee majors.
UNL has no graduate dance program and has
about 25 dance majors. Last year UNL graduated
seven dancers.
Hie program's small size helps rather than hind
ers its dancers, Ariyanto said. Instead of learning
from several teachers in large classes, UNL students
get special time and attention that makes UNL's
program unique, she said.
Larger dance programs usually keep classes
for dance majors and non-dance majors separated.
Not so at UNL. Classes here are open for anyone, as
is the ensemble itself, Ariyanto said. However, she
said, ensemble dancers must have high skill level
and dedication. Auditions for the next ensemble will
probably be in October, she said.
Although the ensemble earned a "great reputa
tion" from its peers at the festival, Ariyanto said the
program will not use that as a recruiting tool.
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Laser ballet
at Mueller
The Ralph Mueller Plan
etarium in UNL's Morrill
Hall will present Fresh
Aire's "A Dream" by Mann
heim Steamroller as its
spring laser light concert.
"A Dream" is the musi
cal interpretation of as
tronomer Johann Kepler's
famous dream of a flight
into space. In 1G03, Kep
ler imagined an escape
from earth's atmosphere
and a flight to the moon.
Incorporated into the
laser ballet win be other
lighting and special ef
fects which will serve to
interpret the various as
pects of the music.
Shows are today at 7:30
p.m and 9 p.m., Saturday
at 1:30, 3:30, 7:30 and 9
p.m., and Sunday, at .2
p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tickets
are $3 for adults $1 .50 for
children 9 and under. Tic
kets will be on sale at
Morrill Hall 30 minutes
before the show.
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Instrumental variety
fuels Cars' success
Dy Handy Vymcre
In my last review, I expressed a hopa tht with the
coming cf the new Cars album Ilczritczt City,
music would take an upswir.3 in QuiHty.
, Well, thankfully it did. Thanks to producer Jeff
"Mutt" Langs, the Boston band's new elbum has
continued where Slices It Up left off. On Ihzrbczt
City, the Cars show a wide rar.e of versatility, going
. from the bouncy "You Might Think" to the morose
"Why Cant I Have You."
The lyrical content is as left field as one might
expect from this band, but not since their debut it
has been as free-flowing and inviting. It's the same
old boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl again
theme that has become such an American enter
tainment tradition, which flourishes so well on this
album. ,
Front-man Ric Ocasek's low, almost monotonous
vocals lend themselves well to both elements of the
content giving the songs another dimension in
most cases. And when he's not at the mic, bassist
Benjamin Orr fills in the fine form.
The instrumental tracks hold few surprises for
Cars' fans. Elastic guitar tracks, solid bass lines,
ever-present drums and an accent of keyboards to
make the package complete and more impor
tantly, marketable dominate this record.
Not on any Cars album has radio been such a key
consideration. "You Might Think," "Hello Again,"
"Magic," and "Why Can't I Have You" are all radio fare
and will continue to be into the summer and early
fall. Considering just how good this album is, the
amount of airplay is not going to leave you burnt on
the Cars.
Two things to watch for concerning this group in
the near future: They will become the new darlings
of Music Television. Hopefully this will not curse the
Cars like it has so many others. That shouldn't
happen, given the Cars' track record they have
always been able to retain just the right amount of
originality. .
Keep eyes and ears open for the confirmation of
an Omaha appearance sometime between the end
of May and the end of July. The Cars' U.S. tour
promises to be the biggest of their career and the
biggest show of the summer.
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