arts spotlight Professor participates in D.C. arts fellowship By MARIA SAWKA Collegian Arts Writer Liane Schneeman has led a busy and varied life. Whether living in a communist-bloc nation or acting as a Fellow of the National Endow ment for the Arts, she has im mersed herself in the arts, bringing her expertise to improve their standing everywhere she goes. Born in Romania, she left that communist country in 1956. "I was fortunate to get out," she said on 'the phone from Washington, D.C., her accent almost unnoticeable. She completed her education in Austria and the United States, attending Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, the University of Chicago and Penn State, where she received her doc torate in art history in 1982. Having completed her impor tant course work in the United States, she feels at home here. "I think of myself as coming from Cleveland because my parents live there," she explained while laughing. Schneeman and her husband Peter, who teaches English at the University, moved from Minneso ta to Bellefonte in 1972. She began teaching art history and humani ties at Penn State in 1978 and has taught at the Dubois, Altoona and University Park campuses. A fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts took Schneeman away from her teach ing this January to learn and work at the independent federal agency supporting American arts and art ists. The Arts Management Fellowship, one of 45 awarded yearly, allows participants to learn about the Endowment's funding procedures, and then take Yvette Chang (junior-political science) and Eric Holloway (senior-telecommunications) rehearse for this weekend's Orchesls performances. The couple will perform a ballet duo, Still Life, which was choreographed by Dejuall Craig. In addition to ballet, Orchesis will present jazz and modern dancing, with an eclectic range of musical accompani ments. Orchesis jazz and Uniqueness and diversity are the key words when describing Dance In Performance, the annual spring concert presented this weekend by Orchesis, a Univer sity dance company. If you enjoy all types of dance styles you're in for a treat as Orchesis gives its final show of the season, highlighting jazz, modern and classical styles. Light ing designer Pip Gordon said that one of the show's most beautiful pieces is a ballet duet titled Still Life, which features dancers Yvette Chang and Eric Hollo way and is choreographed by Dejuaii Craig. This ballet is one of nine different dances to be presented. The music also covers a wide range, stretching from a London Symphony Orchestra performance of Johann Sebastian Bach (in a piece titled The Little Fugue, choreographed by Michele Holt and Jane E. Royer), to the more contemporary Frankie Goes to Hollywood (in a dance called Hands of Time, choreographed by Pamela Bogden). that knowledge back into the com munity to put it to work. "It's a training program," Schneeman explained. "We attend regular seminars about how the Endowment is run. We learn about the process of applying for grants and their distribution," she said. Not only did she learn about the inner workings of the agency, she also got a fresh perspective on the arts. "As a teacher, I sort of forgot that the arts are outside func tioning. I've learned about the new movements and the new initia tives in the arts," she explained. Among the new movements is one to make art more important in education, she said, along with a move to give rural areas more access to art. Schneeman expects what she has learned during her stay at the endowment to affect both her tea ching and her work with the Belle fonte Historical and Cultural Association, of which she is a past president. In fact, it was her in volvement in the group that won her the fellowship. "I am unusual in the fact that I'm teaching. Most of the people (in the fellowship program) are not teaching. They are museum curators, dance com pany managers and the like," she said. Schneeman's three-month stay at the Endowment has gone smoothly, she said, adding that the move down to the nation's capital was no problem at all. When Schneeman •leaves the Endow ment in late April, she will take with her an understanding of the Endowment and the experience necessary to successfully apply for grants. "Overall," she con cluded, "it's been very informa tive and great fun." presents classical, modern dancing "Each piece in the performance is different than the others and each one has it's own special theme with special costumes and special moves," Michele Holt, president of Orchesis, said. Holt added that any mem ber of the organization may choose to choreograph a dance, and that many different members of the compa ny designed the costumes. Choreography and preparations for the spring con cert started at the beginning of this semester, Wesley Carter, one of the key members of the dance company, said. Carter added that the majority of the dancers in the company are either professionals or very experi enced. The concert will be performed at 8 tonight and tomorrow night, and at 2:30 p.m on Sunday in the White Hall Dance Theater (132 White Building). Tickets are $2 for students, $3 for general admission and can be purchased at the door. Underground bands to rise tonight By CAROLE KUCHAREWICZ Collegian Arts Writer Posted flyers around campus have promised music, conversation and stupidity at the HUB Ballroom. At 8 p.m. tonight, the Student Union Board is hosting, absolutely free, The Impossible Years, the Voodoo Kit tens, and The Metrons: three new "underground" bands that are gath ering a following of new music fans. As a result of the rise of indepen dent record labels, underground bands have flourished and dare to explore distant musical roots with a 1980's sensibility. The Clash and Vel vet Underground are now the heroes of a new generation, and now there's a reaction against the techno-pop pap that the recent "new wave" has spawned. The underground is cur rently defining what will be popular several years from now on commer cial•radio. The three bands appearing tonight are part of this underground. One of the bands on the bill is the Voodoo Kittens. Jeff Vetock, group guitarist, lists George Gershwin as a songwriter who "endlessly inspires me." Gershwin was a popular music pioneer. The other names on the Kittens' influential songwriters list are more contemporary, including Lou Reed, and Mick Jones and Joe Strummer (of the old Clash). The Kitten's songs reflect these pioneer ing influences, and the group's small size featuring Vetock, Neil Ecker on drums and Dean Vacher on bass allows for straightforward simplicity and energy. The Voodoo Kittens started playing in 1984 around the Shippensburg area. After some changing and creating lots of original songs, the Kittens made an independently produced/re leased cassette, Color Box One, fea turing a kind of pop/psychedelic sound, with vocals not entirely unlike the early Lou Reed. "Their sound has changed. It's more accessible now," said Matt Litts, their manager and concert organizer. "They've taken the pop/psychedelia stuff into their own hands, made it more their own interpretation. It's really hard to categori2e," he said. —by Kelly Hennlgan This year, the Kittens released another cassette, Radio 1303 fea turing more new sounds, more matu rity and growth. "They want to entertain people," Litts said, "but their lyrics do have a political basis. They're very up-front. But the listen er can always dance circles around it." Said Vetock, "Our priority is en ergetic, exciting music, but lyrics are important we do tend to get a little political now and then." The Kittens stress awareness, rather than a call to-arms. Although the bulk of their show is original songs, they also cover The Velvet Underground, Vio lent Femmes and the Clash. Tonight's headliners are The Im possible Years, a band that's been making waves in the Philadelphia area since 1978, when known as the Jags. But in 1980, the band was re christened and a single ("Baby, Ba by"/"She's No Fun") was released in 'Bl. "We'll play the HUB, but we won't play Sun City," said TlY's manager Jay Schwartz. "I was hanging around the scene and became friends with the guys. Made sense to be man ager," he added. The Impossible Years are popular at the University of Pennsylvania and enjoy playing colleges. "Colleges are a lot of fun, the people are more fun," said Todd Louis, guitar and vocals. Others in the trio are Howard Hill, bass, and Seth Adams, drums. When asked the infamous "de scribe your music" question, Louis laughed, "Well, some people think it's psychedelic .or pop. That some what describes our music." TIY has an E.P. out called Scenes We'd Like To See, which Louis described as "Melodic. Maybe pop reminiscent of the British Invasion." The group's influences are the Buzzcocks, the Jam and Mitch Easter. TIY is also noted for doing covers of such Mon kees' classics as "Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "I'm A Believer." "They've been playing together, more or less since grade school," said Schwartz. "We started hearing al bums in '76 and '77, like the Clash, Sex Pistols, Ramones, so we immedi ately started writing again, since that URTC brings Hellman's play into the 1980 s By LYNN WAGNER Collegian Arts Writer Tom McNally, a University theater professor, compares the characters in Another Part of the Forest to the power families we see on television shows like Dynasty and Dallas. An other Part of the Forest, however, is not a product of Hollywood-boob tube-hypemen ; it is a work written 40 years ago by renowned American playwright Lillian Hellman. The University Resident Theatre Company opens its final mainstage production at 8 tonight in the Pavilion Theatre. This weekend's perfor mances will be followed by a two week run from April 15-19 and 22-26. Another Part of the Forest prom ises to keep you on the edge of your seat. "It is a real plot piece," ad mitted McNally, the director of the show. "The most difficult thing was our search to make this play palpable to a 1980 s audience." In the process, McNally trimmed Hellman's already well-orchestrated play and made ev ery line accentuate the action and intrigue. "We have looked at the lines as tactics in the game," McNally said, calling to mind a classical chess board. "We've heightened the contest element." Another Part of the Forest is a play about power in which the characters manuever to gain money and control. It revolves around the Hubbard fami ly in post-Civil War Alabama. Marcus Hubbard stands in the cen ter of the power circle. He is "a man of pure, straight-forward, well-pos tured, unencumbered, controlled 'The Money Pit' By DEBBIE GOLINI Collegian Arts Writer What would you do if you were a struggling young lawyer whose father has embezzled the firm's funds in order to soak up the sun in Rio de Janeiro? Furthermore, what would you do if your girlfriend's ex-husband re turned to his apartment, kicking you both out into the cold streets of New York City? If you were either Tom Hanks or Shelley Long, you would sink every borrowed penny you could muster into a $200,000 mansion affectionately called The Money Pit. The Money Pit, a new movie starring Tom Hanks as Walter, the lawyer, and Shelley Long as Anne, his concert violinist girlfriend, attempts to amuse the audience with the absurd antics that accompany the purchase of their new home. What neither Walter nor Anne realize is that their bargain home is not what it appears to be. For starters, it appears to be standing and in good condition, but as soon as Anne and Walter move in, the house collapses on its own faster than a construction wrecking crew could flatten it. Throughout the two hours of the movie, the viewer is "entertained" by the house's desire for self-destruction and Walter's desire to keep his sanity in the midst of total 4 ... ;,."'..". I •• Act:•44.••••• • *...' Jeff Vetock (left) and Neil Ecker of the Voodoo Kittens will perform tonight in the HUB as part of a new music concert. was natural for us," explained Louis. of their shows featured the then-un- Like great garage bands in the '6os known bands The Three O'Clock and who were influenced by the Beatles, The Del-Fuegos (of Miller Beer com- Dave Clark Five and the Who, there's mercials). TIY is also on two compi a new generation of bands, free of the lation albums, Voxx's Battle of the later pretensions of "new wave," who Garages and AlP's Pebbles VoI.XIII. dig down to the early grit of the Clash "We work very hard on our songs," and Velvet Underground. Louis said, "And when we hit our "Now," said Louis, "there's a lot of instruments, you know, that's the bands around who did what they sound it makes." wanted in spite of deterrents, and they're finally coming to the sur- The opening band is the Metrons, face." They're leading rock 'n' roll led by singer/songwriter Glenn Dick rebellions against stagnant rock 'n' er. Dicker's stage presence has been roll. described as a cross between Bowie Fed up with the bar scene in Phila- and John Lydon. Throw in Richard delphia, TIY and Schwartz set up two Butler of the Psychedelic Furs, and of their own shows Popism! and imagine the results. Psych-Out —at halls where minors So bring your paisley shoes tonight could come and enjoy the music. One and dance. Marcus Hubbard (played by Albert Pertalion) toasts his daughter (played by Susan Liggett) and his son (portrayed by Christopher Howe) in the URTC production of Another Part of the Forest. power," McNally wrote in his direc tor's notes. Marcus has made some money things," he said. The playwright used illegally during the Civil War. This her talent to breach such subjects as wealth is the source of his power, how family members relate. which he uses to dominate his wife The cast includes Susan Liggett as Lavinia and his sons Ben and Oscar. Regina, Chris Howe (who starred as Each of these characters in turn is Hamlet in last semester's URTC pro obsessed with a particular goal. Only duction) as Ben, and Albert Perta his daughter Regina escapes Marcus' lion, the head of the MFA acting domination, and instead gains his program, as Marcus Hubbard. The doting affection. Regina then manip- stage of the Pavilion Theatre will be ulates her father to satisfy her own converted into a post-Civil War living obsessions. room. "It could have easily been a heavy- • "It's a wonderful space for actors handed melodrama," McNally said. to do their thing," McNally said. And "We have chosen to play it almost as Another Part of the Forest might be a a black comedy. A good 60 percent is wonderful place to safely enter a past humor." world of money and power. is cutesy and uneventful chaos. For the first half of the movie it is somewhat entertaining to see different wings of the house develop a case of electrical burnout, mud slide out of the bathtub drain and the winding main staircase turn to a pile of rubble in a matter of seconds. The redeeming feature in all of this is watching Hanks' facial expressions and listening to the laughter of a man surely about to lose his mind. However, as likeable as Hanks may be, he can't carry a movie by rolling his eyes at the camera for two hours. Shelley Long's Anne is pretty bland, and devoid of the droll wit that her characterization of Diane (on the television show Cheers) possesses. During most of the movie, Anne is seen trying to borrow money frdin her ex husband Max (Alexander Godunov) an egotistical concert conductor who is not-too-subtly trying to win her back. Her constant asking for money and his insistence that she dump Walter makes for a rather boring and uneventful subplot. The audience would rather see Hanks mug for the camera than be subjected to Anne and Alex. If you are looking for real entertainment, a chance to laugh and enjoy an evening at the movies, don't sink your hard-earned money into this one. You'll find The Money Pit soon turns into a misery pit. The Daily Collegian Friday, April 11, .1986 "Lillian Hellman has that ability to get very quickly to some serious Show presents range of emotions By MARIA SAWKA Collegian Arts Writer Extreme emotional states, from is the only University student in the the hysterical to the tormented, domi- company. The couple, wearing dress nated the Pennsylvania Dance clothes, danced ballroom-style to Iva- Theatre's performance last Saturday novici's traditional Anniversary night at the Playhouse Theatre. Waltz. The modern dance company, based Their first few steps were very in State College, performed five rep- stylish, evoking the "perfect couple" ertory pieces ranging from the abs- on the dance floor. Their next steps, tract to the humorous. Included in the however, were wild, uncontrolled and performance were two dances pro- violent. This was not the perfect duced by visiting choreographers couple after all. The problems in their earlier this year, along with three relationship were made apparent as dances in the repertories of major they danced the waltz with their dance companies. knees and elbows stuck out at horren- The Glass Engine was a high-tech dous angles, pulling each other's hair dance with the dancers wearing and slapping the floor and each other. orange unitards and forming a large, Their little girl, in a red velvet human machine. Acrobatic moves, in dress, joined them and mimicked her which dancers flipped themselves parents' moves. Then the' dance over each other, clearly delineated stopped and the little girl, danced by the engine of which they were a part. Artistic Director Laßue Allen, told The stage resembled a side ring at the audience about a sleeping a Ringling Brothers circus because of monster that haunted her dreams. At all these acrobatic maneuvers. Un- the end, the couple rejoined their fortunately, in the midst of these daughter and continued their tor complicated steps, a mistake was tured waltz. Then they left, leaving made when one dancer failed to pass the little girl onstage, alone with her another over her, which sent the sleeping monster. second dancer crashing to the floor, The company switched from styl flat on her back. ish, ballroom dancing to the thigh- The company regained its compo- slapping antics of Old West cowboys sure for the next dance,lssues, pro- in Kemo Sabe, choreographed by duced in, March by New York Nina Weiner. Narrated by a cowboy choreographer Rachel Lampert. The (Laßue Allen), the piece was danced two main characters were danced by not to music, but to the dancers' slaps Sample a ,,,,i Taste of Sutamer... 1 / 40, 1 / 4, . ) House Kashmi r has a 4 of ~ wide selection of cool --, II blouses, dazzling , dresses, oversized shirts and pants your 1 summer wardrobe can't i , ( l/ do without! 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The highlight of this dance was the The serious gave way to the hyster "death scene" of a cowboy (danced ical for the final dance of the evening, by Karl Kubik) who had been shot Watermelon, produced by visiting and took a very long time to die. He choreographer Robert Small in Feb twitched and wriggled on the floor ruary. Four dancers (Lillian Cerna, endlessly, causing the audience to Kubik, Michaels and Warner) wore almost fall to the floor laughing. green shirts and pink overalls that As the dead cowboy was sprawled had glittery watermelon seeds sewn on the floor, three dancers (Allen, on to them. Michaels and Deborah Warner) in Dancing to bluegrass music, they Western duds walked out and sat on began by gorging themselves on chairs in front of him. The cowboys imaginary watermelon slices. Then danced while sitting on the chairs, several oversized watermelon using slaps, claps and snaps for wedges dropped down and floated rhythm, and using body movements above the dancers, bringing on a to create the dance. large laugh from the audience. Out went the cowboys and in came Suddenly the stage went black and two emotionally tortured couples for from the side, two dancers dragged in Glass Houses, choreographed by Ste- a huge inflated watermelon; they ven Koester and set to music -by worshiped it like a god. They rolled Robert Fripp and Andy Summers. themselves over and under it, This piece was about the very pri- bounced it around and simply had a vate, ugly side of relationships. Gwen great time. Their enthusiasm rubbed Welliner danced passionately in a off on the audience, which did not stop circle of light, while two men and a laughing. woman (danced by Michaels, Kubik The dancers' professionalism and Allen) stood outside the circle showed throughout the entire perfor and watched her. Then the couples mance. Not only did they succeed paired up and danced violently with technically, but they portrayed the each other, both controlling the other emotions behind the movements. The person and being controlled. company is supported by the National Later, the four dancers came to- Endowment for the Arts, and the gether and expressed their animosity Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. UNC-CH has one of the largest summer With an open admissions policy for summer programs offered by a university, in the visiting students, the opportunity to upgrade United States. Over 700 courses are offered credentials, applicants needing prerequisites in 38 disciplines. 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