Fly away with art
■ The Eugene Airport show
features Asian costumes
and set designs from past
University productions
By Sara Jarrett
Oregon Daily Emerald
Airports are our meeting
places of cultures, portals be
tween one land and another. De
spite its small size, the Eugene
Airport is no exception.
That’s why the latest exhibit at
the Gallery at The Airport, which
features an artistic form called
Asian Fusion Theater, is appro
priate. The blend of Asian art
with American ideals and inter
pretations certainly relates to
travel and is on display until Dec.
31.
“All the World’s A Stage: The
Visual Art ofTheater” is a collab
oration with the University and
the airport is the borrowing of dif
ferent Asian symbols fused with
Western Narrative, theater arts
professor Alexandra Bonds said.
The show features costumes
and set designs from three differ
ent productions put on by the
University theater department in
the past seven years. Each play
used a different Asian theater
method.
Costumes,hand-painted
screens, props and special light
ing, gilded bamboo curtains,
hand-painted Chinese land
scapes, flying dragon kites and
rain made of crystal jewels create
a magical world of visual drama.
This is the first exhibit of its
Uind at the airport gallery, cura
tor Dena Brown said. Brown has
been the gallery’s curator for the
last 4 1/2 years and she said the
space is dedicated to featuring
creative artists of our region. The
Lane Arts Council sponsors the
non-profit program.
Theater arts professor Jerry
Williams is the gallery’s guest cu
rator and has taught set design
since 1973. He collaborated with
Bonds on each of the three plays
that are represented in the
gallery.
During different years, each
professor was also part of the
same Fulbright Lecture/Research
Award at the National Institute
for the Arts in Taipei Taiwan.
This experience “certainly had
an influence” on their interest in
Chinese and Tawainese art
forms, said Bond, who has taught
costume design since 1979.
The set and costumes of the
1990 production “Kabuki/Bac
chae,” similar to a Japanese the
ater/dance, will be shown and
feature depictions of warriors
and soldiers, Bonds explained.
The 1993 Indonesian Gamelon
dance/theater production of
“Chimera” contributes elaborate
costumes laden with gold jewel
ry of characters like Hanuman,
the monkey king.
“They’re based on Balinese
style but modified for our own
purposes,” Bonds said. “It’s the
blend of two cultures to create
something unique. ”
A Chinese opera called “Ever
the Dragon,” performed in 1997,
is the third recreation highlight
ed at the gallery. The theme is a
coming-of-age story about a
woman warrior, Mei Lee, who
meets a ghost and falls in love
with him.
The exhibit can be found at the
top of the escalator in the airport.
Viewing hours are 7 a.m. to 11
p.m. daily. Some of the artwork
will be available for purchase.
mm
courtesy of The Gallery at The Airport
Costume for the play “Chimera,” designed by Alexandra Bonds
courtesy of the Oregon Dance Project
Donella Ingham, Elise Moore and Beth Westfall perform a dance called “Recalling a Serenade," part of the Oregon Dance Project show scheduled for Friday night.
Dance project explodes onto Hult Center's stage
■ A collaboration of local
dance talent is joined by the
Phoenix Dance Company
for an eclectic show
By Sara Jarrett
Oregon Daily Emerald
Eugene’s talented dance com
munity intersects on stage for
what should be an eclectic show,
ranging from Bruce Springsteen
inspired pieces to a hip-hop,
swing and salsa combo.
The second annual “Oregon
Dance Project” will be presented
Friday night on the Hult Center
for the Performing Arts Soreng
Theatre stage in a collaborative ef
fort between local dance artists.
The ODP’s concept is “the ex
plosion of physical beauty from
the inner-self. It’s a belief that the
art of motion matters. Dance is
alive. Dance is devotion, [and] is
beautiful when shared with an
other human being,” a release
statement said.
Performers include ODP chore
ographers Elise Moore and Kim
Huber. The two will offer three
new pieces including “Recalling
a Serenade,” a female trio choreo
graphed with Flamenco influ
ences. “An Angel’s Save” deals
with an individual who struggles
to make time pass after suffering a
loss. “The Maddest Kind of
Love,” in contrast, is a sexy, flirta
tious piece reminiscent of a
Broadway style showcase.
The Phoenix Dance Company
will perform two signature pieces
titled “Trinity” and “Green
Piece.”
The Dance Theatre of Oregon
will show “Cycloid Fancy,”
which was originally created in
1987 by Pamela Lehan-Siegel in
New York City. .
Bonnie Simoa will perform in
her “la, tout n’est qu’ orde” —
“here, everything is in order” —
with Felicia Sanders. Zapp Dance
Company will show “Libera
tion,” accompanied by the music
of OutKast & Rosa Parks.
Concluding the evening will by
the Van Ummersen Dance Com
pany’s “Plumblines,” which is an
excerpt from a full evening pro
duction called “BODY.”
Tickets for the show are $14
and the show begins at 7:30 p.m
Call the Hult Center at 682-5000
for more information.
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