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Show 4:14-5:3- 0 p.m. Feb. 13, 20, 27, March 3. AF Fitness Center, room 3, Art Annex, 464 N. Center, American Fork. $20 child's .level. age Free artistic performances for all ages. 7:30-- 8 p.m. Monday, Provo City Library at Academy Square, ballroom, 550 N. Feb. 12: University Ave., Provo. FAMILY NIGHT Presto the Magician. Presentations by local artists, entertainers and art projects for children. 6 p.m. the first Monday each month, Springville Museum of Art, 126 E. 400 South, There is a 'Seasons' BYU's Living Legends Andrea Teacjue FAMILY NIGHT Springville. 489-272- FILM SERIES "Johnny Belinda," Feb. 23. Age 8 and older welcome. No food or drink. Harold B. Lee Library, BYU campus, sc.lib.byu. edu. 'Be Our Guest" fundraiser for Alpine Community Theater. 6 p.m. Feb. 17. Timberline Middle School, 500 W. Canyon GALA Crest, Alpine. Dinnersilent auction followed by "Let Us Entertain You" program. $40. Tickets at Kohler's or INTERMOUNTAIN SOCIETY OF ARTISTS Sheri Lynn Boyer Doty speaks. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Wheeler Historic Farm, 5361 S. 900 East, Murray, www.isartists.org. JUNIOR OPERA WORKSHOP SCERA Junior Opera Workshop presents "The Pirates of Penzance" through May 12 for students age years. Class time assigned after auditions. 50semester plus $50costume fee. SCERA Center, 745 S. State St, Orem. 51 BYU Museum of Art presents free lectures at 8 p.m. at the museum in conjunction with "Beholding Salvation: Images of Christ" exhibit. Feb. 8: "Search for Authentic Image of Christ," William Hamblin. Feb. 14: "Jesus and the Gospel of Love," Richard Neitzel Holzapfel. Feb. 21: "Prophecy and Fulfillment in Jesus' Ministry," Terry B. Ball. Feb. 28: "In Jerusalem for the Last Time," Gaye Stratheam. LECTURE SERIES Youth MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP 8 invited to train in vocal and dance ages weekly for four months through April 2007 to prepare for "Seussical the Musical." Center Stage Youth Performers. $45monthly plus $50registration. "STEEL PIER" One of Broadway's lost musical treasures about one woman's search for self. 7 p.m. Monday through Feb. 1 7 by high school drama group. Pleasant Grove High School, 700 E. 200 South, Pleasant Grove. $3-$- STORYTELLING FEST Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Midwinter Conference and Concerts are Friday, Saturday. BYU Conference Center, BYU campus. Bill Harley and Bil Lepp featured, www.timpfest.org. TARDY MARDI Fundraiser for Utah Arts Festival. Feb. 24, Salt Lake 105 N. 400 West, Salt Hardware Building, Lake City. $40. Texas Hold'em Tickets with casino tables, dinner: $100, p.m. Feb. 24. (801) Author series on fiction and politicshumanities monthly. Feb. 1 1, Sundance Resort, Provo Canyon. Advance reservations. www.sundanceresort. com. TREE ROOM SERIES DINNERDANCE Dinner, 7 p.m.; dancing until 10 p.m., Wednesday. Center Street Musical Theatre. $45couple includes 8x1 photo. Book by Feb. 7 and save $5. www.csmtc.com. weathers cultural dances DAILY HERALD will be Audiences weekend with through dance from American Indian, Polynesian and Latin Ameri- can cultures "Seasons," a show from Living Legends, a performing group at Brigham-Youn- g hlS 1 in University. "Seasons" will include dances representing war and pride to peace and prosperity during performances on Friday and Saturday at the de Jong Concert HaU on BYU campus. Janielle Christensen, artistic director, said Living Legends chose to perform dances representing different seasons to showcase the traditional dances of these three cultures. "Dancing in these cultures is a very important part of how Hawaii is represented in a dance they teach their culture and how they pass down the tradition of their cultures, so they have beautiful dances that rep- them into a season of pride and into a season of war, and resent plenty, that represent it's only when that becomes prosperity, and that represent too overbearing that they rebirth," she said. The show will focus on the have to remember the promisimportance of choices and the es ... that were forgotten and consequences of those choices, go back to the basic values of as the show moves from one humility and seeking to work season to the next, ending together." "Seasons" also stresses the with rebirth. Christensen said this proimportance of family and the gression through the different traditional values of the cuseasons gives the show more ltures represented more so than in the group's previous shows. meaning and brings storytellChristensen said including ing into the performance. the traditional values from "We thought it would be more meaningful, more inter- these cultures gave the show more of a sense of purpose. esting and even more enter"(The show) took on an taining to put those dances to a story line," she said. "It's even more important meanshnwinfo hnw cultures makp ing," she said. "I think the certain decisions that lead performers realized that they Savani Toluta'u performs a graceful Hawaiian dance as of the BYU Living part Legends show at BYU. VALENTINE'S MARK A. PHILBRICK BYU t 1 . a MARK A. PHILBRICKBYU number that is part of the Living Legends show at BYU. were doing more than just showing dances they were telling the story of a civilization and they were showing the importance of family and the importance of holding fast to values and traditions." Similar to other Living Legends performances, "Seasons" is composed of dance numbers from many different places. There are dance numbers from islands including Fiji, Samoa and Hawaii; from many Latin American countries, such as Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador and Bolivia; and from North America. Living Legends is a unique dance group because it is the only performing group that combines Latin American, American Indian and Polynesian cultures all in one show, Christensen said. The shows include traditional and contemporary music, and bright, vibrant costumes that are often made in the region portrayed, as the members pay tribute to these cultures. Living Legends has 35 to 40 members each year, and all of them come from the cultures featured in their shows. Some of the group members also help with the choreography of the dances. Performing for 36 years, Living Legends has toured in more than 45 countries. Last year, the group toured If you go Living Legends performs Seasons When: Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Where: de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU campus Tickets: $10, $8 with student Info: 422-766- ID artix.byu.edu. through the United States and Canada, and this year it is going to Chile. Even though group members perform dances from Polynesia and the Americas, people from all over the world and from different backgrounds enjoy the performances, said Emily Bailey, office manager in the contemporary music office at BYU. "We are always getting letters and postcards and letters in different languages saying they enjoyed it," she said of the performances. Bailey said Living Legends appeals to so many people because of the variety of cultures represented as well as the authenticity of the performances. "The show has portions of all three cultures," she said. "They're traditional dances and music and some original songs, and that covers a lot." |