Hancher enhances artistic 'Connections'

Blast!

	Al Jarreau

Among the top attractions of the season are vocal star (and distinguished UI alumnus) Al Jarreau; the legendary Philadelphia Orchestra; the Houston Ballet’s new production of The Firebird, choreographed by James Kudelka; opera diva Frederica von Stade with the UI Symphony; the new music/theater/pageantry sensation Blast!; Britain’s ever-popular king’singers, the festive Ballet Folklorico de Mexico; two musical treats from Cuba—the Buena Vista Social Club and a Halloween party with the Afro-Cuban All Stars; and the Broadway hits Cabaret, Copenhagen (winner of the Tony Award for Best Play in 2000), and Iowa’s own evergreen, The Music Man.

Hancher will also be the site of two 2001-2002 world premieres: an intriguing collaboration between the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and The Nueva Collection, a Kronos Quartet program focusing on the popular music of Latin America.

Article by Winston Barclay


The full-color "Connection" brochure, which includes mailorder forms, is available now from the Hancher box office, (33)5-1160. Hancher box office hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. E-mail requests should be addressed to hancherboxoffice@uiowa.edu. Connect with the new season on the World Wide Web at www.uiowa.edu/hancher.

Advance ticket-buyers not only enjoy the best choice of seats, but also can take advantage of volume discounts on most events in the season. Purchases made before the end of June can be paid through Hancher’s installment plan. UI faculty and staff may select the option of payroll deduction.

Shaolin Warriors.

Houston Ballet.

Cabaret.

The Music Man.

	Hancher Season 2001-2002 September 14-15  The Vagina Monologues (in conjunction with the Iowa Women’s Music Festival) 21  Al Jarreau October 3  Ballet Folklorico de Mexico 5  Philadelphia Orchestra 6  Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra 12 & 13  The Houston Ballet, The Firebird 17  Frederica von Stade with the UI Symphony 19  O Vertigo Danse 26-28  Cabaret 31  Afro-Cuban All Stars November 7 Students of the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Clapp Recital Hall) 17 & 18 Shizuoka Performing Arts Center, Dionysus (Mabie Theatre) December 4-9 The Music Man January 25-26 Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company & the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center February 2 The Children’s Theatre Company, Grimm Tales (Hancher Loft) 9 David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness! 12 Pamela and Claude Frank (Clapp Recital Hall) 22 Shaolin Warriors 26-27 Copenhagen March 2 Kronos Quartet, The Nueva Collection 8 king’singers April 2-7 Blast! 12 Buena Vista Social Club presents Omara Portuondo 16 Anonymous 4 and Lionheart (Clapp Recital Hall) 19 Ying Quartet (Clapp Recital Hall)