April 4, 1997



Fabled Alvin Ailey to Set Bodies in Motion at Lied

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the young black modern dance group that in 1960 changed the face of American dance by leaps and bounds, will present a cache of old and new works at 8 p.m. April 4 and 5 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

The vibrant dance troupe will perform its signature piece, Revelations, the best known and perhaps most loved of all American modern dance classics. The piece portrays black men and women of the American South, simple homespun heroes moving to irresistibly haunting spirituals.

The Alvin Ailey troupe, which is one of the most acclaimed international ambassadors of American culture, will also perform newer works, including the 1995 electrically-charged Polish Pieces.

A 30-minute pre-performance talk by a member of the company will be given at 7 p.m. April 4 in the Steinhart Room of the Lied Center. On April 5, a 15-minute pre-performance talk will be delivered by Kit Voorhees at 7:05 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Steinhart Room. Voorhees is the director of the Arts Are Basic program and coordinator of education and outreach at UNL.

Tickets for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater are $38, $34 and $30 and are half price for youth 18 and under and students with valid identification from UNL, Nebraska Wesleyan University and Doane College. Target Treatseats discount coupons are available at participating Target stores.

The Lied Center box office is open for walk-in business weekdays from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 90 minutes before the performance. Phone orders may be placed by calling 472-4747 or 1 -800-432-3231.

Lied to Host Ancient Music Orchestra

Eighteenth century music as it might have been performed 250 years ago will be heard in a state-of-the-art concert hall when The Academy of Ancient Music performs Bach and Handel at 8 p.m. April 11 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

The compact orchestra of about 20 includes musicians of baroque and classical style, using instruments of a given historical period in appropriate numbers. The Academy of Ancient Music performance will feature soprano soloist Emma Kirkby, whose clear, agile voice epitomizes the sound of early singing.

Violinist Andrew Manze also will perform with the British ensemble directed by Christopher Hogwood, a pioneer in the field of "authentic" music making, who founded the modern revival of the Academy in 1973. The original Academy of Ancient Music was begun in the 18th century.

"The intention is to perform the music as originally intended on the instruments used at that time. There's been a technological evolution. We're used to a brighter, more dramatic sound. The Academy takes a different approach - and it does change the sound. It's an entirely new experience," said Robert Emile, a professor at the School of Music.

The Academy of Ancient Music is the first orchestra to record all of Mozart's symphonies on period instruments and to record the complete piano concertos and symphonies of Beethoven.

Emile will give a 15-minute educational pre-performance talk at 7:05 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Steinhart Room of the Lied Center the evening of the performance.

Tickets for The Academy of Ancient Music are $36, $32 and $28 and are half price for youth 18 and under and students with valid identification from UNL, Nebraska Wesleyan University and Doane College. The Lied Center box office is open weekdays from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 90 minutes before the performance. Phone orders may be placed by calling 472-4747 or 1-800-432-3231. For further information, check the Lied Center web page at http://www.unl.edu/lied.


Mark Rothko's Phalanx of the Mind, 1945 (shown at right).

Sheldon Exhibit to Offer Rare Look at Rothko

The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery will offer a rare look at the early work of a major 20th century American artist when it presents Mark Rothko: The Spirit of Myth, Early Paintings from the 1930s and 1940s from April 1 to June 8.

A loan exhibition from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.,The Spirit of Myth includes 26 paintings which have rarely before been exhibited to the public. Unlike the artist's mature abstract style which is renowned for its atmospheric fields of color, Rothko's early works of the 1930s and 1940s are characterized by conventional themes such as landscapes, still-lifes, figure studies, and portraits, painted in an expressionist style.

Discussion Examines Relationship Between Image, Text

A special panel discussion, "Interrelating Images and Text: Harold Von Schmidt's Illustrations for Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop" will take place at 7 p.m. April 9 in the Great Plains Art Collection, 215 Love Library.

Nine of Von Schmidt's original drawings are included in the exhibit. The illustrator-artist created 60 drawings in gouache for the 1929 Knopf special limited edition of Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop at the author's request. Panelists include Cather scholars Susan Rosowski, Charles Mignon, and Polly Duryea who will comment on the role of the illustrations in the reader's experience of Cather's text. Light refreshments will follow the discussion. The Friends of the Center for Great Plains Studies, the Friends of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, and the Department of English are cosponsoring this free public program.

An additional mini-exhibit Beadwork by Janet Jarvis will run simultaneously with the current exhibit of Illustrator-Artists of the American West. The show of 11 pieces consists of beaded bags, necklaces, and earrings, most of which have been inspired by literature of the Great Plains.

Both exhibits and the panel discussion are free and open to the public at the Great Plains Art Collection.

Down and Out at Tree's Lounge

Skinny, bug-eyed Steve Buscemi, the twitchy actor du jour of American independent films, makes a striking directorial feature-film debut with Tree's Lounge, in which he also stars as a twitchy, hyperkinetic loser.

Buscemi's deceptively light dramatic comedy follows the downward spiral of Tommy Bosilio (Buscemi), a 31-year-old unemployed auto mechanic who's just been dumped by his girlfriend and who spends his days quaffing boilermakers in the neighborhood watering hole, Tree's Lounge.

The film's title refers to a dank Long Island tavern. It's got crummy lighting, watery beer on tap, and a rotting galoot named Bill downing whiskey all day long from the same chair. Mostly, it's got Tommy Basilio, who has had such a good time throwing his youth away that he's only beginning to realize he doesn't have much of it left.

Chloe Sevigny, from Kids, brings an exquisite suburban savvy to the part of a 17-year-old beauty who turns out to be Tommy's most selfish mistake, and Daniel Baldwin is a comic terror as her Buttafuccoid father.

Tree's Lounge is showing on April 10 through 12 and April 17 through 20. Screenings are at 7 and 9 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays; at 1, 3, 7 and 9 p.m. on Saturdays; and at 3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m. on Sunday.

Landscape Architect to Deliver Lecture

The next Hyde Lecture will be given by Philip H. Lewis Jr. at 4 p.m. April 23 in the gallery of Architecture Hall. His lecture will be "Tomorrow by Design: A Regional Design Process for Sustainability."

Lewis is the Jens Jensen Professor of Landscape Architecture and director of the Environmental Awareness Center at the University of Wisonsin, Madison. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and is acclaimed as one of the most influential and widely recognized landscape architects of this generation. He has devoted his career to developing a significant and influential regional design process for the identification, protection and enhancement of regional landscapes and urban settlements.

Lewis' Regional Design Process provides a systematic and flexible way to guide land use, design, development and restoration.

The lecture is made possible by the Leicester A. Hyde Memorial Fund.

Student Exhibition at TCD Gallery

"Textiles, Clothing and Design Juried Student Exhibition" will begin April 7 in the TCD Gallery in the Home Economics Building on East Campus.

Undergraduate and graduate student works from courses in the TCD department will be featured.

An award reception for the show will be at 5:15 p.m. April 11 in the gallery.

Great Plains Gallery Discussion April 9

A panel discussion, "Interrelating Images and Texts: Harold Von Schmidt's Illustrations for Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop," will be at 7 p.m. April 9 in the Great Plains Art Collection, 215 Love Library. The discussion, in conjunction with the gallery's exhibition, "Illustrator Artists of the American West," will feature panelists Susan Rosowski, Charles Mignon and Polly Duryea.

'Six Degrees' Takes to Howell Stage

Six Degrees of Separation will begin its run at the Howell Theatre April 11.

The play is inspired by a true story and follows Paul, a young con artist, who invites himself in to the lives of Ouisa and Flan Kittredge claiming he knows their son at college.

Fascinated by his intelligence and charm, the Kittredges invite him to stay overnight only to make startling discoveries in the morning.

The play contains mature themes and may not be suitable for all audiences. Contact the ticket office at 472-2073.

Thibaudet Guest on Public Radio

Internationally acclaimed pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet will be featured in a special Nebraska Public Radio Network broadcast from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 17 to preview his concert appearance at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln May 2.

Thibaudet has programmed the music for the special April 17 broadcast from his 21-album discography and will discuss these performances with NPRN announcers.

Since winning the 1981 Young Concert Artists Auditions at the age of 18, Thibaudet has emerged as a major presence on the international concert scene. Praised for his poetic interpretations, brilliant fingerwork and elegant sound, the pianist is showcased on nearly two dozen classical music recordings for London/Decca Records.


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