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Columns::October 28, 2002
UGA Guide
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‘Best Chinese work of the 20th century
Shanghai Ballet performs its acclaimed ‘White-Haired Girl’ Nov. 3
On Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre, local dance (and Chinese culture) enthusiasts will be able to see the Shanghai Ballet in a production of The White-Haired Girl. Tickets are $29-$33 and can be purchased in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center (542-4400).
The White-Haired Girl premiered in 1965 and brought instant fame to the Shanghai Ballet, helping establish the company’s position as a major force on the international ballet scene. Since its premiere, The White-Haired Girl has been performed more than 1,500 times around the world. The work combines classical ballet, traditional folk dance, opera andmartial arts, and in 1994 it was honored in China with an award naming it the best Chinese work of the 20th century.
The story takes place during the Anti-Japanese War (1937-45) at Yangke Village in north China. On the Chinese New Year’s Eve, a young woman, Xi’er, is abducted by a local landlord and traitor who kills Xi’er’s fiancé and makes the young woman his slave. With the help of Auntie Zhang, Xi’er manages to escape into the mountains, where she survives on spring water and wild fruits, her hair turning white after years of suffering. Eventually Xi’er is rescued by the Chinese Army and is returned to a liberated Yangke Village, where the villagers are celebrating their new life.
The Shanghai Ballet was founded in 1979, and since that time the company’s dancers have won 24 medals in international dance competitions. The director is Ha Muti and the artistic director Xin Lili. The White-Haired Girl was choreographed by Hu Rongrong, Lin Yangyang, Fu Aidi and Cheng Daihui, with music composed by Yan Jinxuan.
A pre-concert lecture will be offered 45 minutes prior to the performance; the lecture will be held in the Balcony Theatre upstairs in the Fine Arts Building and is free and open to the public.
Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Jeffrey Whittle. Through Nov. 7. Room 309 Gallery, Tate Student Center (open 8 a.m.-midnight daily). Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.
Whittle creates mixed media drawings and paintings. He uses direct observation, photographs and memory, and then reacts to what happens on the canvas. A recent portrait series incorporates maps, using the mosaics of the maps to reflect the accumulated experience of the human face, treated as abstraction and representation simultaneously.
Drawing in Renaissance and Baroque Siena: 16th- and 17th-Century Drawings from Sienese Collections. Through Dec. 8. Georgia Museum of Art, open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
This exhibition offers the first comprehensive picture of Sienese drawing during the Renaissance and baroque periods and is possibly the first exhibition in the United States ever devoted to Sienese drawings. Such works by Sienese masters of the 16th and 17th centuries have always interested the most important collectors of graphic art. The presence of these drawings in some of the greatest collections in the world, including the Uffizi, the Louvre and the British Museum, indicates the strength of their sustained appeal in later centuries as well.
Sacred Treasures: Early Italian Paintings from Southern Collections. Through Jan. 5. Georgia Museum of Art, open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
This landmark exhibition assembles paintings on panel, dating circa 1285-1510, from collections in the South. These works were selected on the basis of aesthetic quality, historical importance, stylistic significance and subject matter, balanced by practical considerations of their fragility and preservation. Within the broad scope offered by the period from the late 13th century through the 15th century in Italy, the exhibition provides a representative survey of regional styles, types and themes. By illustrating the primary religious themes in Tuscan art, these paintings explain the meaning these images conveyed in medieval and early Renaissance society. Particular emphasis is placed on the many roles of Christ, the Virgin and the saints in the spiritual and everyday lives of Italians of the period.
Earl McCutchen: Craftsmanship in Ceramics and Glass. Through Jan. 12. Georgia Museum of Art, open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
Earl Stuart McCutchen (1918-85) approached ceramics and glass as an artist, scholar and instructor. He was an accomplished ceramist and often wrote and spoke about both the craftsmanship of creating ceramic vessels and the scientific process involved in glazes. McCutchen was a professor of art at the University of Georgia for almost 40 years and participated in a series of television programs about the potter as craftsman, artist and teacher.
In his work with glass, McCutchen experimented with innovative laminating techniques, incorporating not only various sizes and shapes of glass, but also wire mesh, paper and glazes, creating a body of nationally recognized work. This exhibition offers an overview of McCutchen’s career, presenting how his work with ceramics and glass evolved both stylistically and technically.
Subterrain. Through Nov. 11. Main gallery, visual arts building (open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays). Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.
Subterrain, the work of sculptor Kendall Buster, is a site-specific installation in the gallery created with the assistance of students who are taking a course on sculpture in spatial context under the direction of Imi Hwangbo, associate professor of art.
Buster explores scale through the construction of mammoth sculptural forms that constrict the viewer’s “natural” movement through a given space. Subterrain provokes a similar unease, as a high-traffic, cavernous gallery is transformed into a dense field of monumental vertical columns. The piece impedes on the casual observer’s daily routine, forcing an unfamiliar intrusion into the work.
Designed on a hexagonal grid, each column joins at the top to create a seamless horizontal plane at 12 feet. From the hallway below, the work suggests a catacomb or a colossal field of grass. Seen from above, via a viewing platform, this grid is made visible and each column’s interior is exposed.
Avante-Gardens: Paintings by Leigh Ellis. Through Dec. 1. Conservatory, State Botanical Garden. 542-1244. See photos at lower left.
Through the use of vivid colors and graphic designs, Ellis portrays an artist’s perspective of Georgia gardening in watercolors and pastels.
Ellis holds an M.S. degree in biology and began her art career 14 years ago in biological illustration. She has studied painting and design at the University of Hawaii and Montana State University and has participated in Smithsonian Institute workshops.
Her works are diverse in subject and focus but share a strong use of color and design. Her paintings have been exhibited in juried and private shows from Hawaii to Georgia, including six solo exhibits.
Exhibit.
Legends of the Deadball Era: Vintage Baseball Cards from the Richard B. Russell Collection. Through Nov. 22. Russell Library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-8079.
Monday, October 28
Blood Drive.
Noon-5:30 p.m. Through Oct. 30. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Conducted by American Red Cross; sponsored by University Health Service. 546-0681, ext. 225.
Hispanic Heritage Month Seminar.
“So Where Is Brazil and Why Study Portuguese?” Susan Quinlan, Romance languages. 12:15 p.m. CLACS, 290 S. Hull St. Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 583-0619.
IBR Seminar.
“Issues in Intervention Science: Practical Management, Analytic Conundrums and Funding.” Velma Murry (child and family development), Karen Calhoun (psychology), and Anne Cordes Bothe (communication science and disorders). 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.
Dean Rusk Center
25th Anniversary Lecture.
“The United States and Europe: Political Cleavages and the Use of Law.” Manuel Medina Ortega. 3:30 p.m. Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom, third floor, Hirsch Hall. Sponsored by Rusk Center. 542-5211.
Medina is a representative of the Group of the Party of European Socialists in the European Parliament. He is currently a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market and the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.
He is also active in the parliament’s relations with Latin America. In addition, he holds a chair and teaches at the Universidad de La Laguna and at Universidad Complutense.
CHA Bioethics Lecture.
“Should We Put the ‘Xeno’ in ‘Transplant’?” Laura M. Purdy, Wells College. 4 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Purdy, professor of philosophy at Wells College and bioethicist at the University Health Network, is also associated with the University of Toronto joint Centre for Bioethics. She is author of Reproducing Persons (1996) and In Their Best Interest? The Case Against Equal Rights for Children (1992).
The annual CHA Lecture in Bioethics is jointly sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Arts, the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and the department of philosophy.
Tuesday, October 29
On-site Flu Shots.
$12 ($10 students); valid UGACard required. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Main library. Sponsored by University Health Center. 542-5575.
Research Brown Bag.
“Using Human Subjects in Research.” Chris Joseph. Noon-1 p.m. 144 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Office of the Vice President for Research. 542-5969.
Germanic and Slavic Languages Lecture.
“Visionaries and Window Shoppers: Peasant Poets and Bourgeois Aesthetics in 18th-Century England, Scotland and Germany.” Susanne Kord, Georgetown University. 4:30 p.m. 11 Joe Brown Hall. Sponsored by department of Germanic and Slavic languages. 542-2446.
“Public Service Reel-to-Reel” Film.
Four Days in September. 7 p.m. Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by Institute of Government. 542-6191.
The Vinson Institute of Government is hosting this film series as part of its year-long celebration of its 75th anniversary. Each screening is followed by a discussion of the issues in the film. Tonight’s discussion will focus on social justice and political change.
The 1988 film is based on the memoirs of Green Party member Fernando Gabeira. A group of Brazilian students kidnap the American ambassador as an act of resistance against their right-wing military government, but the emotional tension soon wears a crack in their starry-eyed idealism. The thoughtful, even-handed direction examines the 1969 event from
a variety of perspectives.
Georgia Brass Concert.
8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
University Chorus and Chamber Orchestra Concert.
“Baroque and Beyond.” 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Tonight’s concert is organized around baroque music and later works influenced by baroque composers. Works include Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Magnificat and Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Te Deum. Faculty artists include Stephanie Pierce, soprano; Susan Thomas, alto; Gregory Broughton, tenor; Lisa Bartholow, baroque flute; and Jolene Davis, organ. Mitos Andaya will conduct.
Wednesday, October 30
Wellness Clinic.
$50. Call for appointment. 7-11 a.m. Wellness Clinic, second floor, pharmacy building. Sponsored by College of Pharmacy. 542-7230.
Workshop.
“Attracting Birds to Your Home Property: The Basics and New Ideas.” Jeff Jackson, wildlife management. $12 ($10 members). 9:30-11:30 a.m. Conservatory Classroom A. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.
Hispanic Heritage Month Seminar.
“Athens’s Growing Hispanic Community: Challenges and Opportunities.” Doc Eldridge, Athens mayor. 12:15 p.m. CLACS, 290 S. Hull St. Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 583-0619.
The mayor will discuss how the Athens-Clarke County government has worked to address the needs of this segment of the community during his tenure. A number of UGA units have been working for several years with Athens-Clarke County and the Hispanic community to address pressing needs, such as English instruction for school children (nearly 10 percent of the county’s student body is Hispanic) and improving minority access to health care and other community services.
Lunch-in-Theory.
“A Thumbnail History of Religion in Georgia.” David Williams, religion. 12:20 p.m. 411 journalism building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Volleyball.
vs. Florida. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.
Cinema Baseball.
Damn Yankees. 7 p.m. B2 auditorium, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-8079.
Thursday, October 31
On-site Flu Shots.
$12 ($10 students); valid UGACard required. 8-10 a.m. Chicopee Building. Sponsored by University Health Center. 542-5575.
Lecture.
“A History of the Libraries.” University archivists Steven Brown and Gilbert Head. “Ghostly” tour of North Campus follows, led by Nash Boney, history. 9:30 a.m. B2 auditorium, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-8079.
Music in the Day Chapel.
Classical piano. Noon-1 p.m. Day Chapel. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6195.
Fall Break.
No classes; university offices open. Through Nov. 1.
Friday, November 1
Friday Tours.
4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History. Not suitable for children under five; groups larger than eight should call in advance. 542-1663.
Women’s Swimming and Diving.
vs. California. 6 p.m. Ramsey Student Center, Gabrielsen Natatorium. 542-1231.
Volleyball.
vs. Tennessee. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.
Sunday, November 3
Dance Concert.
The Shanghai Ballet: The White-Haired Girl. $29-$33. 3 p.m. Fine Arts Theater. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Dance Festival Series). 542-4400. See story above.
Monday, November 4
Blood Drive.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Pharmacy building. Conducted by American Red Cross; sponsored by Kappa Psi. 546-0681, ext. 225.
Presentation.
“Fulbright Opportunities for Faculty.” 2-3:30 p.m. “Fulbright Opportunities for Students.” 4-5 p.m. 139 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by International Affairs. sdbond@uga.edu.
Coming up
Jazz Concert.
UGA Classic City Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Nov. 6, 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Dance Concert.
Young Choreographer’s Showing. Nov. 6-8, 7:30 p.m. New Dance Theatre, dance building. Sponsored by dance department. 542-4415.
Opera.
Puccini’s La Bohème in a concert version with live orchestra; Western Opera Theater. $33-$37. Nov. 10, 4 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Music Series II). 542-4400.
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