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Show SUU THIS SUMMER• SOOTHBQ UTAH UNIVEkSITY • MONDAY, JULY 11, 1994 3 American Folk Ballet returns July 14 y urch Mann's American Folk Ballet will present The Old South July 14, 15, 16, and 18, 19, 20 in the Centrum. Additionally, a matinee performance of America Revisited will be presented at 2 p.m. prior to every evening performance except opening night this Thursday. The matinee performance revisits early America. The opening scene is in the Appalachian Mountains with the hill people and then moves to the wealthy plantation owners' ball which gives th dancers a chance to dress up. The last scene moves to New Orleans shortly after the tum of the century when jazz was being born. The Old South is an exciting show and is a unique part of America created by different circumstances and time. Jacqueline Taylor-Sutton, the popular southern California chanteuse, will again be with the company this year. While commitments over the past few years have kept her from returning to Cedar City, her many fans will be glad to see her in 1994. Dancers from m any parts of the country are gathered here to make up the company of 20 that makes up the American Folk Ballet. Kay Anderson, a long-time AFB dancer, comes from New York where he is lead dancer for the Alvin Nicolai Dance Company; SUU a lumnus Mike Anderson is from the Jaffrey Ballet in New York City; Frank and Julie Affrunti and Eric Regan come from the Eugen e, Oregon, Ballet Company. O ther dancers include, from Los Angeles, Gingi Yee, Hope Grudsky, Alaris Hirschi-Treat; from Salt Lake City, T iffin and Tracy Butcher; and from Cedar City, Gwen Grimes, Shauna Mendini, Lise Mills and Shannon Otte. The American Folk Ballet has been an integral part of summer at SUU since its Silver Anniversary year in 1987. One of the few professional dance companies to exist outside of the nation 's urban centers, the company moved its headquarters from Pasadena, Calif., in 1982 to B SUU This Summer A WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF SOUTHERN UTAH UNNERSITY Editor Associate Editors Contributors Larry Bak er Lynn Dennett John McCloskey Dave Meanea Jim Robinson Neil Gardner Cal Rollins SUU This S um m er is a publication of Southern Utah University, its Summer School program , its department of communication, its Office of Student Activities and the SUU Student Association. It is published four more times including today during t he 1994 sum mer session: July 11, 18, 25 and August I. For information regarding the Almanac or advertising, please phone 586-7759 between the hours of 10 a.m. and noon, Tuesday through Thursday. Special thanks to Sterling Church, C raig Forman , Tiffan y Evans, Phillip C. Carter and David Nyman. reestablish its roots in rural America and to find spiritual nourishment from the scenic splendors of southern Utah. Burt Lancaster said, "Nowhere in the world will you find more powerful dancers. Burch Mann's choreography is difficult and exacting. You won't find a more exciting show on Broadway. I wish the whole world could see the American Folk Ballet." New York dance critic Walter Terry has said, "It's a humdinger of a show." The Old South, America's Dixieland, is a treasure-filled attic in which choreographer Burch Mann has unearthed wonderful character, music and theme for the concert. The 90-minute work is divided into three dance suites. The first, "Whippoorwill County," deals with the southern hill people and their play-parties, fish fries, brush Arbor Sunday meetings, river baptizing, old world ballads and Stoney Mountain clogging. The second suite, "Summer T hunder, 11 depicts the culture of the wealthy plantation, whose owners were determined to create a New World aristocracy, as reflected in their grand ball. The third suite, "Delta Country," presents the city of N ew Orleans with its myriad races and cultures and the hundreds of different types of music which provided the matrix out of which finally emerged the only truly American form of music: jazz. T his ambitious threepart concert is a repository of America's southern heritage, rising from folk history and folk roots and elevated by its 'The Old South' is sophisticated choreography among the most and music. beloved of Burch T he Centrum is an $8 Mann 's productions, million special events center dealing with the grace, hailed for its splendid sophistication and acoustics, air-conditioned love of fun that comfort and its paraboliccharacterized the shaped rows which provide people of the South in unobstructed sight lines to the the early days of our concert st.::ge. country and which, in Ticket prices for the evening many cases, hold true performance are $10 for adults still today. The threeand $8 for children. The onepart concert features hour matinees ticket prices are stellar vocal work by $5 for adults and $3 for the acclaimed children. facqueline TaylorTickets are available at the Sutton, (left). Centrum Box Office, 586-7872. Second-session registration under way egistration for the second session of summer school classes at SUU will run through July 18, the first day of second session classes, before a late fee will apply. "There is still a large selection of second session classes available; and many special workshops, seminars, and specific-topic short courses are yet to be taught this summer, 11 Phillip Carter, dean of continuing education, said. "We are encouraging people to become aware of the offerings and to register early for any of the remaining programs that may interest them." Schedules of summer school offerings are available at the SUU Registrar's Office in the Administration Building or in the offices of R the Division of Continuing Education in the R. Haze Hunter Conference Center. An application for admission is required for students attending regular second session classes, unless they were enrolled at SUU during spring quarter or attended regular summer school or first session summer school classes. This application may be completed through July 18 at th e Registrar's Office. Registration for second session classes may be completed by phone by calling 586-7714 between 8 a.m . and 5 p.m. weekdays la $3 phone registration fee will be assessed) or in person at the Registrar's Office. A $15 late (continued on page 7) |