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Show 4 • lllMrs/ty Jl1ur1B • Manday, July 8, '996 American Follf Ballet sets performances this weelf E ight evening perfo rmances of "T he Prairie Years ," wi ll be presented by Burch Mann's American Folk Ballet July 11-13 and 15-19 at the Centrum Arena on the Southern Utah University Campus . The professional dance company, which is based at SUU , will also offer a shorter one-hour matinee production, titled "An Afternoon with American Folk Ballet," July 12-13 and 15-19. The 2 p.m. matinee show will feature a variety of numbers from the company's entire repertoire. Starting time for "The Prairie Years" will be 8 p.m. each night. T he show reflects the spirit of America's western he ritage when the unfenced land went on forever; never again will people know such freedom of time and space and will, according to dance company officials. Both the matinee and evening programs will be presented through dance, music, and narration by the 20-member dance company. This will be the 10th annual performance in Cedar City, where the company relocated from southern California in 1982. The American Folk Ballet will also be performing J uly 26-Aug. 3 at the Festival of the American West in Logan . Tickets for the Cedar performances may be pu rchased at the Centrum Box Office by phone (801 -586-7872) or in person. Prices for the evening performances of 'The Prairie Years" are $10. Cost of the matinee show is $5. American Folk Ballet has performed internationally, and has rece ived exceptional reviews. After a performance in St. Petersbu rg, Russia, Emma Lavrinovich, director of the Octyarbsky Grand Concert Hall , said "Many great artists have perform ed here. None moved an audience like the American Fol k Ballet· they touch the heart. ' This year's pe rfromance schedule wi ll be dedicated to the memory of Bu rch Mann, the founder of the troupe, who died last month at 87 . Braithwaite exhibits show Women's Suffrage exhibit set photography, abstracts T lack and white photographs of northern Arizona's Canyon de Chelly and paintings telling the 1946-96 history of abstract art in Utah will be exhibited in a pair of shows opening at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery at Southern Utah University July 11 . "These are two fascinating and very different exhibits," Lydia Johnson, acting director of the gallery, said. "The photography by Cy Lehrer is a wonderful depiction of the timelessness of the Southwest, and the collection of abstract painting includes works by a large number of prominent Utah artists." Both exhibits will run through Aug. 30. The Lehrer exhibit is titled "Canyon de Chelly-The Waning Light," and will include 40 photographs. They are divided into three segments including the landscape of the canyon, it's walls and boulders, and the ruins of the Anasazi Indians who lived in the canyon for 1,200 years before disappearing by about 1300 AD. Lehrer became deeply interested in photography while in the army during the late 1950s. Following his retirement from the Litton Company in 1980, he began to pursue his hobby fulltime. Since 1983, he has mounted more than 60 solo exhibitions and has had major showings of his work at the .. F_ ield Mu.seum of Natural History in B Chicago, the United States Embassy Gallery in Tel Aviv, the San Diego Museum of Man, the Milwaukee Public Museum, and others. ''The Reality of Abstraction: Painting in Utah 1946-1996," is a collection of abstract work organized and developed by Ann Poore for the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University. The exhibition will also be seen at the Salt Lake Art Center and at the BYU Museum of Art later this year and early in 1997. Artists represented in the exhibit include George Dibble, Lee Deffebach, V. Douglas Snow, Thomas Leek, Ev Thorpe, Earl Jones, Don Olsen, Frank Anthony Smith, Francis Zimbeaux, and many others. ''This exhibit is a unique treatment of the abstract, or 'modern art,' created by Utah based artists," Johnson said. "Many people living throughout the state, including in this area, will be reasonably well acquainted, personally, with at least some of th~ artists represented. That will make the exhibition even more interesting." The summer hours for the Braithwaite Gallery are noon-8 p.m. each day Monday through Saturday. Admission is free. The gallery is supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts , the Utah Arts Council, the Utah Humanities Council, Friends of the Gallery, and other contributors . .. ------I --·- - . ·- . . ., . ....... . he story of the struggle of Utah women to obtain the right of suffrage will be told at an exhibit titled "Visions, Views and Voices: Utah Women in Action: 1850-1996" opening July 11 at Southern Utah University's Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery. The exhibit will run concurrently through August 30 with two others, one featuring black and white photographs of Arizona's Canyon de Chelly, and one SQOtlighting Utah abstract painting since 1946. The Braithwaite Gallery's summer hours are noon-8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The women's suffrage exhibit will be highlighted at the gallery's 7 p.m. July 11 opening for the three shows. Frankie Lou Bentley, Parowan , will speak on southern Utah women in action to localize the events and issues relating to the exhibit. Ms. Bentley has been active in many southern Utah community civic projects, and she was the first woman to serve on the city council of Parowan. "In addition to suffrage, the exhibit will cover the roles women have played in politics and other arenas where women had concerns regarding policies and services impacting Utah citizens," according to Lydia Johnson, acting director of the Braithwaite Gallery. ''These include education, social justice, and wage rates." Geared to coincide with the Utah centennial • • • celebration, the exhibit is being co-sponsored by the Weber County League of Women Voters and the Cedar City League of Women Voters. Additional funding for the exhibit has been received from the Utah Humanities Council, Weber County Centennial Committee, Swanson Foundation, and Bamberger Foundation. Several program events including speakers, readers' theater, and videos are being planned during the period of the exhibit, according to Lynne Brown, president of the Cedar City League of Women Voters . |