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Show - .. THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Dance concert dedicated to longtime educator of his original works two of which Andersen performed for 11 years with dance. "Borenplof" will be staged by An upcoming seven-performance premiered this year. New York City's Nikolais and Murray Gwen Grimes, artist-in-residence, as a dance concert at SUU will be dedicated One, titled 'Continuum,' was Louis Dance Company. He also special tribute to Whetten. to an educator who spent 35 years performed with Shapiro and Smith, presented at this year's American "In addition to celebrating the past by helping to keep a strong dance tradition Xipelitos, and Imago Dance Company of College Dance Festival in California. honoring Whetten-whose name alive at the university. The second, 'Night Run,' was included Florence Italy; choreographed for off became synonymous with dance at As a tribute to LaVeve Petty Whetten, in ao alumni concert at New York Broadway productions at La Mama SUU-we will be recognizing the new who taught dance and physical Theaters, and choreographed and University, where he was awarded his look of our department with the education at SUU from 1939 through performed for Televisa in Mexico City. master's degree," Mendini said. addition of Kay Andersen to our 1974, this year's performances of "An Other numbers on the program will He has performed for 20 years with faculty," Shauna Mendini, a member of Evening of Dance" will be dedicated to include a character work, blues number, Burch Mann's American Folk -.Ballet. the dance faculty and a co-director of her memory. Whetten died August 27, and a traditional tap performance, "Mr. Andersen will be directing three the concert, said. 1997_ choreographed by Grimes; a Presentations of the dance variation of the West Side concert featuring students Story theme and a flamenco and members of SUU's dance work, choreographed by Roy faculty are scheduled March Fitzell; and a five-section 5-7 and 11-14 at the Randall piece choreographed by L. Jones Theatre. Curtain Mendini. time is 7:30 p.m. for each The concert will also performance. feature" A Woman's Grief," Tickets to the concert are a work by Aimee Sage, a $8 for adults, $6 for seniors graduating senior from Salt and children, $4 for high Lake City. school students with Fitzell, Mendlni, Andersen, identification cards, and $2 and instructor Lise Mills will for SUU students. all dance in the concert. Featured in the program, "SUU has a long history of which will include a broad dance, and in the last two variety of dance styles, is a years since we have added a folk dance titled "Borenplof," full dance major, the program which will be performed by has grown rapidly," Mendini dance students dressed in said. "We are attracting very costumes donated by Whetten to the SUU From left: dance instructors Kay Andersen, Shauna Mendini, and Roy Fitzell. They will perform at the serious and talented dance department of theatre arts and tribute dance concert for educator La Veve W.hetten, beginning March 5 at the Randall Theatre. students." lt4's not what4's on the outside that counts ... 0 ,- ' |