Thursday, February 25, 1999
AE Briefs
BRIEFS:
Nikkei Student Union presents culture night
Taiko drumming and original drama highlight this year’s Nikkei
Student Union Cultural Night being held in Royce Hall Saturday.
In its 13th year, NSU presented its first cultural night to
commemorate the 45th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order
9066, the presidential directive which placed 120,000 Japanese
Americans into internment camps.
Since then, the NSU Cultural Night has since expanded to include
a fable, odori (traditional Japanese dance) and hip-hop dance.
UCLA’s Kyodo drum ensemble will also perform.
The program will begin at 7 p.m. For more information, contact
NSU at nikkei@ucla.edu.
Play centers around Gulf War soldiers
A play about a pair of homosexual soldiers during the Gulf War
will come to Macgowan Hall’s Little Theater on Feb. 25 and 27 at
7:30 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m.
"In the Heart of America" marks J. Bryan Jackson’s third play in
a series of four productions necessary to obtain a directing MFA
from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. His previous
directing projects include stagings of "The Maid" by Jean Genet and
adaptations of Anton Chekhov short stories.
Obie award winning Naomi Wallace authored the play, which
premiered in London. She also wrote the screenplay for the 1997
"Lawn Dogs."
‘Indian Bach’ comes
to Royce Hall
Ali Akbar Khan, India’s premier classical musician, performs
with tabla (drum) player Zakir Hussain Sunday at Royce Hall.
Considered "national living treasures" in their native India, both
Khan and Hussain will share three hours of internationally renowned
classical Indian music.
Khan, regularly referred to as the "Indian Bach," uses the
sarode (a beautiful 25-stringed Indian instrument) to play rhythmic
motifs intertwined with disciplined improvisations called
ragas.
After nearly four decades of touring the United States, Khan
continues to perform and teach thousands of students at his
schools, which cover three continents.
Among his numerous accomplishments and awards, Khan received the
highest honor in art last year, the National Heritage Fellowship
from the National Endowment of the Arts. Hillary Clinton presented
Khan the award at a White House ceremony.
Viewed in the field of percussion as an international
phenomenon, Hussain plays the tabla with keen intuition and
innovative dexterity. Hussain has recorded and performed with
numerous artists, including George Harrison and Van Morrison. He
co-composed the opening music for the 1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta and is currently preparing music for three soundtracks and
a ballet.
Among other honors, Hussain earned a Grammy for the best world
music album in 1992 for producing and co-creating "Planet
Drum."
The two musical prodigies will perform Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. For
more information, please call (310) 825-2101.GREG HOM
Third-year student Emy Tome rehearses the drums for the NSU
culture show Saturday.
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