Monday, February 10, 1986
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Alvin Ailey return
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By Cindy Rohren
Staff Reporter
Over the years that the Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater's tour has
stopped off in Lincoln, Nebraska audi
ences have adopted it as the pet dance
t-nsemble, said Kit Voorhies, director of
publicity at Kimball Hall.
The company, one of the foremost
l',S. modern dance repertory troupes,
will begin its 18-city tour in Lincoln
tonight, dancing three shows through
Wednesday at Kimball Hall, 12th and R
streets.
Founded in 1958 by dancerchoreo
grapher Alvin Ailey for black dancers,
the 27-member company has since
branched out to- become a "multi
cultural" ensemble encompassing
(lancers of all races. Dancing pieces by
Ailey and other modern choreographers,
the company still aims to incorporate
themes of social unrest and the Ameri
can heritage.
In recognition of Black History month
and to honor Martin Luther King Jr.,
whose birthday was celebrated Jan. 17,
tonight's performance will be Black
History night.
This is the first time the Ailey com
pany has danced thematic shows in
Lincoln. Tonight's program will include
"Revelat ions," the company's signature
piece that expresses the emotions of
black American religious music.
Tuesday night's program, subtitled
"New Music, New Dance," will include
a performance of "Fever Swamp," a
new work choreographed by and danced
at Kimball last September by Bill T.
JonesArnie Zane and Co. The Ailey
company will return to more standard
repertoire Wednesday night, perform
ing only pieces choreographed by Ailey.
Included in the set is "Night Crea
ture," which features the music of
Duke Ellington.
Although none of the shows are sold
out, Voorhies said that with Ailey,
Kimball Hall doesn't "sweat blood
about selling tickets." Besides, being
entertained, students can learn from
watching the performance, she said.
"I strongly feci that they gain a
much stronger sense of our heritage,"
Voorhies said. "It's American, and all
Americans are portayed in these dan
ces, from the (White Anglo-Saxon Pro
testant) on down."
Two underwrite the tour, t he Phillip
Morris Company donated $300,000, the
single largest grant ever given to a
dance company. According to Betsy
Ennis, a representative of Phillip Mor
ris, the corporation is dedicated to
making the performing arts more vis
ible. "We feel Alvin Ailey is one of the
most creat ive artistic resources in the
country. The money allows them more
time to be creative instead of worrying
about budgets," Ennis said.
All UNL performances will be in
Kimball Hall and will begin at 8 p.m.
There will be a receptionTuesday night
for the dancers at the UNL Culture
Center, 333 N. 14th St.
Tickets for the Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater are $16 and $13 for gen
eral admission, $10 and $3 with a UNL
student identification card. Tickets for
the reception (open to all students)
are $1 with advance ticket purchase
and $1.50 the night of the show. Both
tickets may be bought at Kimball Box
Office, 1 1th and R Streets, or by calling
472-3375.
Other events this semester in the
UNL Performance Series include:
O Marian McPartland Jazz Trio,
March 4, 8 p.m.; mainstrem jazz. Tickets
$12, $10; UNL students $8, $3.
Albert Einstein, the Practical
Bohemian, March 7, 8 p.m.; one-man
theatrical show starring Ed Metzger.
Tickets $10, $8; UNL students $8, $6.
O Lewitzky Dance Company, March
12, 8 p.m.; post-modern dance. Tickets
$11, $9; UNL students $8, $3.
O Ronald Radford, March 15, 8
p.m.; the American master of Flamenco
guitar. Tickets $10, $8; UNL students
$6, $3.
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Gary DeLoatch, a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, performs the "stack-up."
13 Nightmares moves into the living room
By Charles Lieurance
Senior Reporter
When I first saw the band 13
Nightmares, they were playing in an
extra room of guitarist Jonathan
Taylor and bassist Heidi Ore's apartment.
Band Preview
There were mattresses on the
walls; guitar, bass, and drums had
sketchy structures of songs worked
out; lyrics were still in their idea
stages, and another band The
Island of Misfit Toys was thrash
ing out their Echo and the Bunny
men impersonations in the apart
ment below.
Taylor, a refugee from the now
defunct Snappi-Bats, had forsaken
the bar chord-oriented hardcore of
his former bands for the ever-popular
jingle-jangle guitar that REM, Let's
Active and The Church have finger
picked into the college band main
stream. When I saw them in the bedroom,
they were called The Panic and
their current vocalistguitarist, Greg
Cosgrove (also an ex-Snappi-Bat),
had not yet joined up. Ore had been
playing bass for a matter of months.
Taylor was having fits of creative
angst with his guitar cable. The
album most on Taylor's turntable
was The Hoodoo Gurus' "Mars Needs
Guitars" and drummer Allen Hag
rman and Ore referred to him semi
affectionately as a "tyrant."
See 13 on 10
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Andrea HoyDaiiy Nebraskan
Allen Hagrman, Heidi Ore, Greg Cosgrove and Jonathan Taylor.
