Dance Composition students prepare for the stage
DANCE from page 14
process,” Shea said
Junior Daneen Kovar, who will per
form a duet entitled “Change in My
Life,” said she used a variety of tools to
choreograph her piece.
When Kovar started working on the
piece, she allowed the music’s lyrics to
provide the inspiration. However, the
lyrics eventually became a road block.
“The more I listened to the lyrics,
the more they threw me off. I started
trying to make the movements describe
what the lyrics were saying. It was turn
ing into a mime piece,” Kovar said “So
I changed to another song and started
creating movement from it Then I took
that movement and went back to the
original music.”
Another goal of the class, Shea said,
was to help the students fmd their own
voice and style of movement
Junior Mandi Bailey, who will pre
sent “What Happens When We’re In
The Car Too Long,” said she learned
the importance of using familiar move
ment when choreographing.
“You don’t have to choreograph
something out there or profound,”
Bailey said. “You just do the things
you’re used to doing.”
Shea said all the students learned
how arduous a task choreographing can
be.
“Choreography is not something
you come in and do overnight” Shea
said. Other UNL dancers who will pre
sent pieces are senior dance majors
Kevin Gibbs and Rhea Gill and junior
dance major Brandy Miller.
In addition to the student pieces,
Shea will present a piece with the
Wagon Train Family Dance Project.
The piece, “Gatherings and
Celebrations,” is based on the idea of
families coming together for celebra
tions such as weddings, baptisms and
country fairs.
Guest artist Julie Gillum also will
present a piece she set for six UNL
dancers this week. The piece uses body
percussion, tap and vocal sounds.
The concerts, which begin at 8 p.m. .
on Friday and Saturday, will be held in
304 Mabel Lee Hall. Admission is $3.
Actor spreads magic of classical music to all ages
MAGIC from page 14
“A piece like (‘The Lost Elephant’)
is not boring. Adults, whether they are
college students or retirees, will get a
kick out of this concert It’s entertaining
for kids of all ages - 6,16,60 or 96,” he
said.
The selections the symphony will
play as the zoo keeper searches for
Elmer are Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s
“Flight of the Bumblebee,” Gioachino
Rossini’s “William Tell Overture,”
Leroy Anderson’s “Waltzing Cat,” the
Polka movement from Dmitri
Shostakovich’s “Age of Gold Suite,”
the “Entrance of Sheba” from George
Friedrich Handel’s oratorio “Solomon,”
the “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks”
movement from Modest Mussorgsky’s
‘Tictures at an Exhibition,” the “Swan”
and “Elephant” movements from
Camille Saint-Saens “The Carnival of *
the Animals” and the “Can-can” move
ment from Jacques Offenbach’s
“Orpheus in die Underworld”
The music is very programmatic
and accessible, Kamin said mainly
because very young children will be in
the audience.
“With this show, I was determined
to engage all the 3-year-olds in the
audience,” he said “The problem is, if
you don’t engage the 3-to-4-year-olds,
they make it rougher for everybody else
1^—■
MusteSIMtenl
HS? . , .. 1
^SSSSS®
to enjoy toe show.”
Ami Kamin, as well as Mill, wants
everybody to enjoy toe show.
“Music affects people in a visceral
way,” he said. “It’s important to get peo
ple interested in it, any way we can.”
“The Lost Elephant” also features
Susan Chapek as the narrator. John
Walsh, a semifinalist for the Lincoln
Symphony music director position,
will conduct
“The Lost Elephant” will be per
formed at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in toe Lied
Center for Performing Arts. Ticket
prices are $20, $16 and $10, half-price
for students and children.
! Tribute I
:■ s!:‘j**!<>-» ■:. UsSU «*lS'Uc- li?sA 10£s3f3Ti if*-£1!C
®*i^ir»Siiggil-i8»«?a2 qj;* •r«4fe3,i^.^ 7|iji? jpv *
f f " K^ffStl *».? 8?>RIS*f3
timonial, compliment,
or the like, given as due
or as an expression of
gratitude or esteem.
jj. ' •
i -V '
■ 1