A&E Briefs
By Daily Bruin Staff
Oct. 23, 2000 9:00 p.m.
 UCLA Performing Arts Hip-hop choreography pioneer Rennie
Harris and PureMovement brings the spirit of the inner-city to
UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall.
PureMovement at Schoenberg Rennie Harris and
PureMovement perform at Schoenberg Hall, Friday, Oct. 27, at 8 p.m.
PureMovement is at the forefront of hip-hop choreography
innovation, proving that the dance form is more than just
entertainment but an art form that can be used to tackle serious
subjects. Communicating the culture and spirit of the inner-city
through body movement, the performance is a modern updating of the
quintessential tragic love story, “Romeo and Juliet.”
In the vein of “Westside Story,” the play “Rome
& Jewels” tells the story of a pair of
“star-crossed” lovers through the eyes of a hip-hop
poet. For ticketing information, contact the Central Ticket Office
at (310) 825-2101. “˜Sequentia’ sings real old
songs German-based song group “Sequentia: Thousand
Year Old Songs” performs at Schoenberg Hall on Sunday, Oct.
29, at 4 p.m. The ensemble specializes in forgotten and neglected
ancient and medieval music, reviving the antediluvian songs for
modern audiences. Their unique recordings have brought them
numerous prestigious awards, including the Netherlands’
Edison Prize, a Grammy nomination, and the French Disque
D’Or. To celebrate the turn of the millennium, the Schoenberg
Hall program includes songs from the first century of the last
millennium. Tales from the Icelandic epic Edda are a featured
reading. For ticketing information, contact the Central Ticket
Office at (310) 825-2101. Maltzan and Pittman Talk
The UCLA Hammer Museum presents a dialogue between architect
Michael Maltzan and one of the exhibitors in the Museum’s
current show “The Un-Private House,” and Los Angeles
artist Lari Pittman. The colloquy will take place at the Hammer
Museum, on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. Topics to be discussed
include the concept of public spaces, and how these spaces are
created through movement and progression. The discussion will use
Maltzan’s recent designs as launching points for discussion.
The Inner City Arts addition, the Hergott Shepard Residence, and
the new redesign of the UCLA Hammer Museum itself will all be
touched upon. For more information and a schedule of current and
upcoming events, contact the UCLA Hammer Museum at (310)443-7000.
Expressionist prints at Hammer The UCLA Hammer
Museum presents “Evoking the Spirit: Expressionist Prints and
Drawings from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts,” an
exhibit on different print-making methods employed by Expressionist
artists. The exhibition runs from Oct. 10 until Jan. 7, 2001.
Woodcuts are one of the best known examples associated with German
artists of the Expressionist movement. Especially evident in the
works of the artists from the Brücke (Bridge) school, founded
in Dresden in 1905 by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, and Karl
Schmidt-Rottluff. Although officially disbanded in 1913,
Brücke artists continued to make prints throughout their
careers. Popular Expressionist subjects included deep psychological
portraits and the abstraction and deconstruction of familiar
objects. For more information and a schedule of current and
upcoming events, contact the UCLA Hammer Museum at
(310)443-7000.
Daumier Exhibit at Hammer The UCLA Hammer
Museum hosts the exhibition, “A Grand Spectacle: Honoré
Daumier and the 1855 Paris Universal Exposition,” from Oct.
10 to Jan. 7, 200.1 The 1855 Paris Universal Exposition gave its
host country the chance to put on a good face for all its foreign
attendees. The exposition consisted of the latest triumphs of
industry and art from around the world, while focusing on
France’s own supposedly superior contributions. Honoré
Daumier created a series of 42 lithographs to honor the exposition,
wryly commenting on the myriad amazing sights of the fair, as well
as the trials and tribulations that faced visitors: crowds, heat,
culture shock and a severe hotel shortage. The featured pieces come
from the Armand Hammer Daumier and Contemporaries Collection.
Daumier’s entire Exposition Universelle series is on display,
as are works by other nineteenth-century French artists, including
Cham and Charles Vernier.
