Greek culture, Dance St. Louis and art are among this week's events
Cate Marquis
Issue date: 1/22/08 Section: Arts and Entertainment
It is a good week on campus for art lovers, although fans of dance and Greek culture get treats too.
Four art exhibits are opening on campus this week, in addition to the Gallery FAB printmakers' exhibit that debuted last week.
If you prefer performance, there are two good offerings at the Touhill Performing Arts Center this weekend, one modern dance from a Mexican rising star and the other a theater piece on Greek culture.
Starting on Friday, Dance St. Louis offers a weekend of dance delights. Tania Perez-Salas is a young Mexican dancer and choreographer sensation, whose very visual productions have been a sensation at dance festivals.
The dances features magical effects and fantasy elements such as fog and billowing fabric, with bold, sometimes bare dancers. The Touhill's Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall will host Tania Perez- Salas and the Compania de Danza dancers with her colorful, imaginative staging for three performances, Friday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Like Latin dance? On Saturday, you can Mambo until midnight at the Touhill. "Mambo 'Til Midnight" is the after-performance dance party, emceed by Gilberto Pinella, following the Saturday night performance only.
There will be music by B. Caribe Tropical, snacks from Agave restaurant and complimentary wine for the 21 and over crowd. Tickets to the after-party are $10.
There will be a free pre-performance talk on dancer-choreographer Tania Perez presented by Dance St. Louis in the Touhill lobby 45 minutes before each performance.
Tickets to the dance concerts are $27-47 for UM-St. Louis students and $28-$50 for others, and are available at the Touhill box office or on its Web site, http://www.touhill.org/.
There is another special offering for dance students with the Saturday performance. Throughout the year, the UM-St. Louis dance department is collaborating with various professional dance troupes visiting the Touhill. Master classes in dance in conjunction with the performance will be offered through the Department of Dance.
The master class is Saturday, Jan. 26 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Touhill. You must pre-register for the class, which costs $15. Visit the Dance St. Louis Web site at http://www.dancestlouis.org/ and click on "education."
If you are interested in Greek culture or poetry or just enjoy theater, "Cavafy: Passions and Ancient Days" may be the ticket for you. Emmy-winning actor Yannis Simonides, who some will remember from his wonderful performance of "The Apology of Socrates" at the Touhill last spring, returns in a one-man play about poet Constantine Cavafy.
The one-man show will be in the style of Julie Harris' "The Belle of Amherst" about Emily Dickenson, an informative and entertaining evening based on the poet's life and work. Cavafy, who lived from 1863 to 1933, was known for his nonconformist explorations of a range of topics such as patriotism and homosexuality. Simonides offered a splendid one-man performance last spring as Socrates, so this promises to be another enjoyable and educational experience. The performance is sponsored by the E. Desmond Lee Global Ethnic Collaborative, Karakas Family for the Advancement of Hellenic Studies and Center for International Studies at UM-St. Louis.
"Cavafy" is performed Friday, January 25, at 8 p.m. in the Touhill Lee Theater. Tickets for UMSL students are $7, $7-15 for others. Tickets are available at the Touhill box office, website or by calling the Touhill at 314-516-4949.
Art openings, we got art openings! Last week saw the opening of the invitational exhibit of printmakers at Gallery FAB, a wonderful display of works by noted local and national artists. But there is more for students wanting to refresh themselves by taking a campus art break.
The art exhibit "Archie Scott Gobber Is Trustworthy" debuts Jan. 24 in Gallery B at Gallery 210, which located is near the North Campus Metrolink station. Kansas City painter Archie Scott Gobber is known for his humorous political commentary, so this exhibit promises to be amusing, thought provoking, and oh-so-appropriate for the current political season. Gobber uses sound bites, political ads and campaign material re-mixed into commentary. There is an opening reception at 5:30 p.m. on January 24 in the gallery and Gobber will give an artist talk at 6:30 p.m. The exhibit runs through March 22.
Gallery 210 is also opening a new video art exhibit, artist Joon Soo Ha's 'Just' on Jan. 24.
At Gallery Visio, the student run art gallery between the Nosh and the Pilot House in the Millennium Student Center, the new exhibit "Digital Environments" opens Jan. 24 and runs through Feb. 14. The exhibit features digital media art by Mark Miller. Miller uses analog and digital processes, combining traditional painting and printmaking techniques with digital media, to comment on an increasingly digital world. There is an opening reception on Jan. 24 at 4 p.m. at the gallery. The artist himself will speak at the Monday Noon Series on Jan. 28 at 12:15 p.m. in the Student Government Association Chamber, on the third floor of the MSC. His talk title "Pattern Interference: Digital Media and the Visual Arts" is free and open to all.
The PPRC Gallery at the Public Policy Research Center, 362 Social Science & Business Building, continues its Point Of View photography series with "Point-of-View: JeffVanderLou." The exhibit features archival and new photos of the St. Louis neighborhood by urban photographers, including some who live in or near the JeffVanderLou area. The exhibit will have two locations, on campus at PPRC and at the Scott Joplin House. There will be an opening reception at the PPRC Gallery on Jan. 22 starting at noon and an opening reception at the Scott Joplin House on Jan. 29 starting at 5:30 p.m. The opening at the Scott Joplin House will feature at talk by Vicky Love, director of the Scott Joplin House.
Four art exhibits are opening on campus this week, in addition to the Gallery FAB printmakers' exhibit that debuted last week.
If you prefer performance, there are two good offerings at the Touhill Performing Arts Center this weekend, one modern dance from a Mexican rising star and the other a theater piece on Greek culture.
Starting on Friday, Dance St. Louis offers a weekend of dance delights. Tania Perez-Salas is a young Mexican dancer and choreographer sensation, whose very visual productions have been a sensation at dance festivals.
The dances features magical effects and fantasy elements such as fog and billowing fabric, with bold, sometimes bare dancers. The Touhill's Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall will host Tania Perez- Salas and the Compania de Danza dancers with her colorful, imaginative staging for three performances, Friday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Like Latin dance? On Saturday, you can Mambo until midnight at the Touhill. "Mambo 'Til Midnight" is the after-performance dance party, emceed by Gilberto Pinella, following the Saturday night performance only.
There will be music by B. Caribe Tropical, snacks from Agave restaurant and complimentary wine for the 21 and over crowd. Tickets to the after-party are $10.
There will be a free pre-performance talk on dancer-choreographer Tania Perez presented by Dance St. Louis in the Touhill lobby 45 minutes before each performance.
Tickets to the dance concerts are $27-47 for UM-St. Louis students and $28-$50 for others, and are available at the Touhill box office or on its Web site, http://www.touhill.org/.
There is another special offering for dance students with the Saturday performance. Throughout the year, the UM-St. Louis dance department is collaborating with various professional dance troupes visiting the Touhill. Master classes in dance in conjunction with the performance will be offered through the Department of Dance.
The master class is Saturday, Jan. 26 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Touhill. You must pre-register for the class, which costs $15. Visit the Dance St. Louis Web site at http://www.dancestlouis.org/ and click on "education."
If you are interested in Greek culture or poetry or just enjoy theater, "Cavafy: Passions and Ancient Days" may be the ticket for you. Emmy-winning actor Yannis Simonides, who some will remember from his wonderful performance of "The Apology of Socrates" at the Touhill last spring, returns in a one-man play about poet Constantine Cavafy.
The one-man show will be in the style of Julie Harris' "The Belle of Amherst" about Emily Dickenson, an informative and entertaining evening based on the poet's life and work. Cavafy, who lived from 1863 to 1933, was known for his nonconformist explorations of a range of topics such as patriotism and homosexuality. Simonides offered a splendid one-man performance last spring as Socrates, so this promises to be another enjoyable and educational experience. The performance is sponsored by the E. Desmond Lee Global Ethnic Collaborative, Karakas Family for the Advancement of Hellenic Studies and Center for International Studies at UM-St. Louis.
"Cavafy" is performed Friday, January 25, at 8 p.m. in the Touhill Lee Theater. Tickets for UMSL students are $7, $7-15 for others. Tickets are available at the Touhill box office, website or by calling the Touhill at 314-516-4949.
Art openings, we got art openings! Last week saw the opening of the invitational exhibit of printmakers at Gallery FAB, a wonderful display of works by noted local and national artists. But there is more for students wanting to refresh themselves by taking a campus art break.
The art exhibit "Archie Scott Gobber Is Trustworthy" debuts Jan. 24 in Gallery B at Gallery 210, which located is near the North Campus Metrolink station. Kansas City painter Archie Scott Gobber is known for his humorous political commentary, so this exhibit promises to be amusing, thought provoking, and oh-so-appropriate for the current political season. Gobber uses sound bites, political ads and campaign material re-mixed into commentary. There is an opening reception at 5:30 p.m. on January 24 in the gallery and Gobber will give an artist talk at 6:30 p.m. The exhibit runs through March 22.
Gallery 210 is also opening a new video art exhibit, artist Joon Soo Ha's 'Just' on Jan. 24.
At Gallery Visio, the student run art gallery between the Nosh and the Pilot House in the Millennium Student Center, the new exhibit "Digital Environments" opens Jan. 24 and runs through Feb. 14. The exhibit features digital media art by Mark Miller. Miller uses analog and digital processes, combining traditional painting and printmaking techniques with digital media, to comment on an increasingly digital world. There is an opening reception on Jan. 24 at 4 p.m. at the gallery. The artist himself will speak at the Monday Noon Series on Jan. 28 at 12:15 p.m. in the Student Government Association Chamber, on the third floor of the MSC. His talk title "Pattern Interference: Digital Media and the Visual Arts" is free and open to all.
The PPRC Gallery at the Public Policy Research Center, 362 Social Science & Business Building, continues its Point Of View photography series with "Point-of-View: JeffVanderLou." The exhibit features archival and new photos of the St. Louis neighborhood by urban photographers, including some who live in or near the JeffVanderLou area. The exhibit will have two locations, on campus at PPRC and at the Scott Joplin House. There will be an opening reception at the PPRC Gallery on Jan. 22 starting at noon and an opening reception at the Scott Joplin House on Jan. 29 starting at 5:30 p.m. The opening at the Scott Joplin House will feature at talk by Vicky Love, director of the Scott Joplin House.
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