February 1, 1996-Vol27n16: New international lecture series in theater, dance begins this month

New international lecture series in theater, dance begins this month

By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Services Staff

KERRY GRANT, dean of the UB Faculty of Arts and Letters, and the International Artistic and Cultural Exchange Program of the UB Department of Theater and Dance have announced the inauguration of an annual international lecture series in theater and dance, to begin in February.
International lecturers will discuss traditions and forms of theater that have evolved in their cultures. The lectures and discussions will inform audience understanding of a broad range of theater arts and issues, according to the program director, Professor Maria S. Horne of the Department of Theatre and Dance.
All lectures are free of charge and open to the public. They will take place in the Screening Room (Room 112) in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus at 3 p.m. on the second Friday of each month through April. The series will resume in September. For more information, contact Horne at 645-2595.
The spring series is as follows:
Friday, Feb. 9, West African Theater, Samba Diop, "The Tracing and Presence of Oral Traditions in West African Indigenous Theatre."
Diop draws examples from oral traditions and popular theater to illustrate the dynamic impulse that permeates the cultures and societies of West Africa's Senegambian region. The presentation will include video footage of dancing, singing, chanting and acting recorded in Senegal by Diop, a native of that nation and professor in the UB Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
Friday, March 8, Italian Theater, Maria Elena Gutiśrrez, "Alberto Savinio: Drama And Music."
Italian theorist Alberto Savinio contended that because theater synthesizes the various art forms, it is a reflection of the universe. Slides and music will help illustrate Savinio's intertextual approach to theater.
Gutiśrrez, a Latin American native, is a UB associate professor of modern languages and literatures. She teaches modern Italian literature and has written and lectured extensively on Savinio's aesthetic theories.
Friday, April 12, IberoAmerican Theater, Luis Molina, "The Last Decade: A Global Perspective."
Luis Molina of Spain's CELCIT presents a lecture with video footage that illustrates the course in Spanish-American theater over the last 10 years.
CELCIT-Centro Latinoamericano de Creacion Investigacion Teatral-is an international theater organization whose principal goals are development and creation of new works, research and publication and the promotion and fostering of theater.