I New university dance ensemble bounds into view tonight at 8 By Kim Beavers Staff Reporter The premiere season of the Lincoln Contemporary Dance Theatre will bow in tonight at Mabel Lee Hall. “These dancers needed to breed with each other,” said Jerry Beving ton, artistic director and head of the dance program at UNL. “They needed to bring something somewhat spiri tual when they dance together. Throughout auditions for this com pany, I hand-selected and hand picked what I think are the best danc ers here at UNL.” Dance Preview The group includes the primary ensemble of 10 dancers, three others who make up the secondary ensemble and two choreographers. The com pany is managed by Lana Hollibaugh, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s new dance program manager. Laura Milan, an assistant professor of dance, will help with the choreog raphy. Milan specializes in modem and jazz dance. “The movement of the company itself is its difference,” Milan said. “I think it is a good indication of what modem dance is today. I think the audience will be astounded at the high degree of talent. “The audience will also be so close to the stage, since we’re doing this in the round, that they will be able to hear the dancers breathing and be directly involved with the performance,” she said. The members of the company signed one-year contracts and will need to renew the contract at the end of that period. The company begins touring next semester, and will per form at the American College Dance Festival in Champaign-Urbana, III. They will appear at Howell Theatre Feb. 19 to 27 and March 26 and 27 in Kimball Hall. Other tour dates around Nebraska arc tentative. The company practices about four hours each day, Bevington said. “A dancer’s work is never done,” he said. “Some of these dancers go through six-hour practices. We sweat. And to sweat, you have to love what you are doing. The dancers’ social life is here, in this company.” “We are a family,” said Donna Schicffer, a sophomore dance major and member of the dance ensemble. The music in the performance will be a variety of new age, jazz, experi mental percussion, contemporary and progressive music. The dance company has plans to become a part of the Lied Center for the Performing Arts when thecenter is complete. “This company will be the profes sional wing of the Lied Center pro gram,” Bcvington said. “We hope to be part of the entire program and, at that point in time, be a reputable tour ing group.” Performances will be at 8 tonight through Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets arc S3. Advance tickets are available from the Howell Theatre Box Office. ® 475-6363 230 N. 17th Mon.-Sat. 11:00 a.m.- 2 a.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m.- 1 a.m. ^y|£|jj^^EATURn)N^IZn>IZZAJ(nNCHES^^IZZ/^^^^IZZA^^^^IZ2A^ 6 SLICES. FEEDS ONE TO TWO PEOPLE. Our Small Our Medium Our Large STANDARD A MANO fASHIOHt C OST WITH A GENEROUS £>100 £"900 £1*1(10 ll [ ....... TOWING OE TOMATO SAUCE ANO CHEESES THE #ilUU » /UU '•Muu CBEESE ssT"™...EACH ADDITIONAL PIZZA-2" IUlL TOPPINGS 504 PER TOPPING PER PIZZA J “NO COUPON SPECIALS” □ I WE ACCEPT CHECKS (*** Charge) I ■ I ail ■ i ■ Valuable CouDOns ■ ■ ■§ ■ mm ■ H H m ■ Mi ■ mm l a ■ ai i ■ mm >200 off Any Three Pizzas I NAME _ • | ADORE SS _ . DATE _ | EKPIAIS IMI »r • .foo OFF Any Pizza Ordered 475-6363 11 am - 4 pm NAME _,_ ADDRESS_._ DATE _ I HPiRtS IZ-JI • / | I 50C OFF I Any ! Pizza j 475-6363 * NAME _ ■ | ADDRESS_| , OATE _ . ^ EXPIRES 12-31 »> limited delivery area WE DELIVER DURING LUNCH! (NOW ACCEPTING DELIVERY APPLICATIONS) Short Mark Sanders will give the No vember John H. Ames Reading Series program. The reading will be at 7:30 p.m. next Thursday in the Heritage Room at Bennett Martin Public Li brary, 14th and N streets. Sanders has had almost 200of his poems published and the author of three chapbooks. Among his most recently published works are “The Sandhills and other Geographies; An Anthology of Ne braska Poetry" and “On Common Ground: The Poetry of William Klefkorn, Ted Kooser, Greg Kuzma and Don Welch." The John H. Ames Reading is one of many events sponsored by the Nebraska Literary Heritage Associa tion to promote the use of the Heritage Room. TONIGHT! —£o