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‘Jam On The Groove’ hypes up
hip hop scene at Lied tonight
By Liza Holtmeier
StaffReporter
An hour and a half of nonstop pure
hip hop has been promised for “Jam
On The Groove” performances tonight
and Saturday at the Lied Center.
“Jam On The Groove” is a produc
tion created, composed, choreo
graphed and danced by Ghett Original
Productions. The dancers have a
unique background; they began their
career as a troupe of street dancers.
Now, the members belong to the
troupes Rock Steady, Rhythm Techni
cians, and Magnificent Force. Together
far eight years, the group just finished
100 performances of off-Broadway at
the Minetta Lane Theater.
While in New York, the show
earned a Drama Desk nomination for
Best Choreography. Michael Hartman,
a spokesman for “Jam On The
Groove,” said that the nomination was
especially important because Drama
Desk not only evaluates choreography
in Broadway shows, but in all other
shows across the country as well.
Along with their off-Broadway run,
the company has performed at Lincoln
Center, The Kennedy Center, the
. Vienna Dance Festival, Theatre Jean
Vilar in'Paris, the American-Japan Fes
tival in Tokyo and at Hip Hop Won
1 derland in New York City’s New Vic
tory Theatre.
“The purpose of ‘Jam On The
Groove’ is to celebrate the healthy out
let pure hip hop has to offer,” Hartman
said. “The media has taken an inno
cent form of entertainment and con
nected it with violence and destructive
ness.
“In the beginning, hip hop was
about a DJ hooking up his turn tables
to a street lamp and getting a crowd
pumped up. It was something totally
different from gangsta’ rap. We want
„ to reintroduce that.”
Hartman said that “Jam On The
, Groove” incorporates the well-defined
: energy and stamina of hip hop and has
i been called “a revolution in musical
i theater” and a “pyrotechnic display of
graffiti.” He said it also delves into the
- slow and sensual side of hip hop in a
piece called “Moments.”
Lincoln is the second stop for the
show. “Jam On The Groove” per
formed in St. Paul last Sunday where
they received a standing ovation, and
after their weekend at the Lfed, the
company moves on to Los Angeles.
Hartman said the group is excited
about coming to Lincoln because they
hope that people will have fewer pre
conceived notions about hip hop after
the show.
Officials at the Lied Center say they
think the group will appeal especially
to students. Norah Goebel-George, di
rector of marketing and media relations
at the Lied, said this will be (me of the
most exciting events of the season.
Many references have been made com
paring the group to Stomp, a jamming,
dancing percussion group that per
formed at the lied last fall to rave re
views.
Tickets are still available for both
tonight and other performances. Stu
dent ticket prices are $ 13, $ 11, and $9.
All other tickets are $26, $22, $18.
This weekend’s performance of
“Jam On The Groove” is sponsored in
part by Bailey Lauerman and Associ
ates.
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HUGH <-»R plays Graham Young, a psychopath obsessed with poison, in The Young Poisoners
Handbook.*
Dark humor rises in small doses
as film depicts psychopath’s life
By Feed Poyner
Film Critic
Ever wonder what that quirky, re
clusive kid that grew up next door to
you did in his spare time? Did he
dabble a bit in chemistry, perhaps?
“The Young Poisoner’s Handbook”
takes that character to the limits of hor
ror and humor in a film based upon the
real-life case of a young British psy
chopath named Graham Young.
Die storyline doesn’t retell the ac
tual events of the real Young’s life ver
batim, but it contains enough details
to make you wish this were just a
movie, including some gruesome
scenes of what heavy metal poisoning
can do to the human body.
As a young boy, Graham (Hugh
3 O’Conor) uses the world of chemicals
to escape a drab, abusive, suburban
Film: The Young Poisoners Handbook
Directed by: Benjamin Ross
Stars : Hugh O’Conor, Anthony Sher
Grade: B+
Five words: Black coffee, hold the
thallium
existence. What begins as an escape
turns out to be a twisted passion, as
Graham’s discovery of chemical poi
sons leads him to conduct experiments
on members ofhis family andco-work
ers. . " ^
Director Benjamin Rpss subtly
hints at the real-life Graham’s preoc
cupation with Nazi philosophy and a
hermit-like existence, yet keeps the
character and story fixed foremost cm
Graham as the juvenile Mad Scientist.
Amidst the test tubes of thallium
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and other toxic goodiesbrewing in the
tea are bits of humor so black you’ll
almost be ashamed to laugh-One scene
shows Graham preparing dosages'of
poison for his co-workers personalized
coffee mugs, printed with happy
thoughts like “World's Best Grandpa.”
Hugh O’Conor’s deadpan delivery as
an earnest researcher bent on impor
tant discoveries only adds to the surre
alism.
A real question the film leaves un
answered, yet is centered around, is
how to tell when a person is “normal.”
Half the hilarity and half the horror of
“Poisoner’s” is that Graham obviously
isn’t normal, yet everybody either
doesn't care, or pretends he is. This
includes his career-climbing psychia
trist, Dr. Zeigler (Anthony Sher), bent
on Graham’s not-to-be-denied reform,
“The Young Poisoner’sHandboak”
shows through Sept 21 at the Mary
Riepma Ross Fihn Theater. - 1
JBliiin .ajjaaierr
miss this award
production
continues to thrill
audiences around the
world. Dance, mime,
music and technical
effects combine to recount
an epic tale of good, evil
and the fight for mankind.
Experience the drama,
experience the triumph,
experience
The Masterpiece, an event
«i! for the entire family.
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Lied Center • Tuesday • September 17th • 7:00 P.M.
Tickets Available at the Lied Center Box Office • 472-4747
Sponsored by: Dietrich Printing Company, DaVirici's Restaurants, JCM Electric In
Bryant Air Conditioning , KCRO Radio Omaha and Chi Alpha Campus Ministries.
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The 1996-97 UNL Student Directory will be
on campus mid-October. Your name, campus
address/phone, and home address/phone will
automatically appear in the directory. If you don't
want to appear in the directory, you must restrict your
directory information by 5 pm Friday, September 13,
1996. You can restrict directory information by going
to the Records Office, Service Counter 107C, Canfield
Administration Building. Please have your student ID
available. If you have previously requested directory
restriction on a Change of Address Form, you do not
need to take any further action.
3 QIC.
I, The Gathering
Type I Tournament
all cards restricted
—r Only $2 entry fee!
& artist
Ron Spencer
Saturday, Sept 14th
starting 12pm
