UWP Lecturers [Chass-faculty] UC Riverside Presents 2009-2010 season

[John Ganim]

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>Contact: Denise Stadelbacher     ¡    Office: 
>951.827.4629    ¡ 
><mailto:denise.stadelbacher at ucr.edu>denise.stadelbacher at ucr.edu
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>TO CHASS STAFF & FACULTY: WE LOOK FORWARD TO 
>SEEING YOU & YOUR STUDENTS AT THESE EVENTS
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>An Evening with Maya Angelou
>October 22 8PM, the Highlander Union Building, Room 302
>General $55 UCR staff/faculty/alumni $53 Student 
>$30 - Priority seating 7:15 to 8:00pm
>General $45 UCR staff/faculty/alumni $43 Student 
>$25 - General seating 6:45pm to 7:30pm
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>Dr. Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great 
>voices of contemporary literature. Over her 
>lifetime, she has achieved the highest honors 
>for her work as a poet, playwright, author, 
>actor, composer, director and civil-rights 
>activist.  Dr. Angelou is best known for her 
>autobiographical writings I Know Why the Caged 
>Bird Sings (1970) and All God’s Children Need 
>Traveling Shoes (1986). Her volume of poetry 
>Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘Fore I Die 
>(1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.  In 
>1993, she became the second poet in U.S. history 
>to have the honor of delivering the dedicatory 
>poem, On the Pulse of Morning, at President Bill 
>Clinton’s Inaugural ceremony. A mentor to Oprah 
>Winfrey and one of the greatest speakers of our 
>time, Dr. Angelou will share her inspirational 
>message of hope, courage and survival.
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>Margaret Jenkins Dance Company / Guangdong Modern Dance Company
>Other Suns (A trilogy)
>November 4 8PM, University Theatre
>General $36 UCR staff/faculty/alumni $34 Student $18
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>A trilogy of dances created by venerated 
>choreographer Margaret Jenkins and her company, 
>Other Suns is a visually stunning, 
>cross-cultural collaboration with the Guangdong 
>Modern Dance Company of Guangzhou, China - 
>mainland China’s first professional modern dance 
>company. Combining athleticism, technical acuity 
>and emotional nuance, Other Suns creates a 
>highly charged landscape that transcends 
>national and cultural borders. Live music 
>composed by Paul Dresher and performed by the 
>Paul Dresher Ensemble with additional music by 
>Chinese composer Bun Ching-Lam.
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>Other Suns is funded in part by the National 
>Dance Project of the New England Foundation for 
>the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke 
>Charitable Foundation and additional funding 
>from the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon 
>Foundation, and the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation.
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>Kronos Quartet
>November 19 8PM, University Theatre
>General $40 UCR staff/faculty/alumni $38 Student $20
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>For 30 plus years Kronos’ fearless exploration 
>of sound from the exotic to the esoteric has 
>redefined the string quartet canon and the 
>future of chamber music.   In the process, David 
>Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt 
>(viola) and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello), have become 
>world renowned for their extraordinary 
>creativity and collaborations with many of the 
>world's most eclectic composers and performers. 
>Their expansive repertoire incorporates wide 
>ranging genres including 20th century masters, 
>contemporary composers and world music sounds. 
>They have performed thousands of sold-out 
>concerts from Sydney to Shanghai, and released 
>more than 40 recordings of extraordinary breadth 
>and creativity. Kronos' work has also garnered 
>numerous awards, including a Grammy for Best 
>Chamber Music Performance (2004) and "Musicians 
>of the Year" (2003) from Musical America.
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>TAIKOPROJECT: (re)generation
>January 15, 2010 8PM, University Theatre
>General $36 UCR staff/faculty/alumni $34 Student $18
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>TAIKOPROJECT presents North America’s premier 
>taiko drummers in a heart-pounding, 
>state-of-the-art theatrical production called 
>(re)generation. This large-scale performance 
>takes taiko into the 21st century with edgy, 
>contemporary elements like jazz, hip-hop, video, 
>choreography, and spoken-word for a fast and 
>furious display of Japanese drumming. Since its 
>founding in 2000, this energetic ensemble has 
>championed the evolution of western taiko from 
>Dallas to Dubai, collaborated with Kanye West 
>and changed taiko history by becoming the first 
>American group to participate and win top prize 
>at the 4th Annual Tokyo International Taiko 
>Contest. Most memorably, the group dazzled 
>millions watching the 81st Academy Awards with 
>their collaborative musical performance 
>celebrating the Oscar nominees for Best Score.
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>inkBoat: Milk Traces
>January 29 8pm, University 
>Theatre 
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>General $30 UCR staff/faculty/alumni $28 Student $15
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>inkBoat, the über-creative performance company 
>founded by international butoh star Shinichi 
>Momo Iova-Koga, uses traditional and 
>experimental dance forms weaved with physical 
>theater and Japanese Butoh Dance. The fusion 
>results in work that is conceptually bold, 
>controversial and universal in expression. 
>Butoh, or “dance step,” emerged from the ashes 
>of postwar Japan with a dark aesthetic that 
>involves playful, grotesque imagery, taboo 
>topics and extreme or absurd environments. It is 
>traditionally performed in white-body makeup 
>with slow hyper-controlled motion. Milk Traces, 
>is a deeply thoughtful and ghostly work that 
>showcases astonishing acts of 
>self-puppetry.  Through butoh, Iova-Koga 
>transforms beautiful stage pictures into absorbing examinations of the soul.
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>The Calder Quartet The Bartók 
>Quartets
>February 23 Quartets No. 1, 3, & 
>5
>April 1 8pm, Quartets No. 2, 4, & 
>6 
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>General $40 UCR staff/faculty/alumni $38 Student 
>$20 (both concerts)
>General $30 UCR staff/faculty/alumni $28 Student $15 (single concert)
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>The enterprising Calder Quartet Benjamin 
>Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook (violins), Jonathan 
>Moerschel (viola), and Eric Byers (cello) boasts 
>a sound that is “big, bold, firm, and clean,” 
>(Los Angeles Times) just like the towering 
>mobiles Alexander Calder made famous. The 
>quartet takes on another 20th century master 
>Béla Bartók and his six quartets which are 
>thought to be the most important works since 
>Beethoven’s.   Composed over the course of 
>thirty years, these works embrace both eastern 
>European folk music and the western classical 
>tradition, while revolutionizing the expressive 
>possibilities of the string quartet. Heard 
>altogether, they present a compelling portrait of a visionary composer.
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>Paradigm
>April 9 8pm, University 
>Theatre 
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>General $32 UCR staff/faculty/alumni $30 Student $16
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>PARADIGM is a company that wears its age 
>proudly.  Composed of modern dance luminaries 
>all over age 60, their engaging repertoire of 
>commissioned works for seasoned, professional 
>dancers, serves to remind that dance’s domain is 
>not limited to the young.  Founded by veteran 
>dancers Gus Solomons Jr., Carmen deLavallade, 
>and Dudley Williams, PARADIGM’S artists have 
>illuminated works by Lester Horton, Alvin Ailey, 
>the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Dance Theatre of 
>Harlem, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham, to 
>name a few. The most aptly named company around, 
>PARADIGM vividly illustrates the eloquence that 
>years of experience brings to dance expression
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>Season Tickets go on sale Monday, September 14.
>Visit 
><http://www.ucriversidepresents.ucr.edu/>www.ucriversidepresents.ucr.edu 
>or call the UCR Fine Arts Ticket Office (951)827-4331.
>Info: 
><mailto:ucriversidepresents at ucr.edu>ucriversidepresents at ucr.edu / 2-4629.
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