1990-91 UNC Performing Arts
Series Schedule Announced
CHAPEL HELL — A Sou*
African musical, a Stephen
Sondheim Tony Award winner
and *e Boys Choir of Harlem
are among *e offerings of *e
1990-91 Carolina Union
Performing Arts Series at *e
University of Nor* Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Seven cultural performances
plus a special bonus show wiU
highlight *e annual series.
The series opens Oct. 14 wi*
*e Slovak Chamber Orchestra,
one of the world’s most
distinguished and honored
musical ensembles. Bohdan
Warchal, leader and artistic
director of the 20-member
orchestra, is known *roughout
Europe as one of its finest
conductors and a violinist of
superior accomplishment.
The Waverly Consort, which
performs Nov. 30, brings a
special holiday presentation to
campus. Since its premiere
performance at the
Metropolitan Museum in 1980,
*e consort’s "The Christmas
Story" has become one of New
York’s most popular seasonal
events. The production is based
on me*eval music manuscripts
detailing *e story of Christmas
and is colorfully costumed,
staged and lighted.
"Sarafina!," a Sou* African
musical featuring high school
students, comes to UNC Jan.
Museum of Art Given
Important Painting
By North Carolinian
An important painting on
paper by *e late North Carolina
artist Robbie Tillotson has been
given to *e Nor* Carolina
Museum of Art. The work,
titled Mates/Masks #10. is on
view through *e summer in the
Twentieth Century gallery at
*e Museum.
Tillotson, a native of *e
state who was widely respected
by his fellow North Carolina
artists, achieved a measure of
national acclaim before his
recent and untimely death.
Mates/Masks #10. which was
painted in 1981 when the artist
was in France, is one of a series
in which Tillotson paired
provocative figures with
strange, staring eyes and firmly
set, sealed lips. The painting’s
saturated colors and tightly
detailed patterning are
characteristic of Tillotson’s
work. His fascination wi* color
and pattern originated in his
childhood with watching his
mother piece together
patchwork quilts, but he was
open to a variety of artistic
ideas and drew from such
disparate influences as ItaUan
Renaissance painting and
German expressionism.
Tillotson, who was bom in
Denton, smdied art history in
Florence and Rome and
painting in Paris and Vienna
before receiving his bachelor’s
degree in studio art from
Appalachian State University in
1972. He earned a master’s
degree in painting from *e
University of Nor* Carolina at
Greensboro in 1974, and soon
after, moved to New York,
where he was encouraged and
endorsed by a number of
established artists, including
Elaine de Kooning and Alice
Neel. For several years in *e
late 1970s, he ran the
Appalachian State University
Art Program in New York,
designed to introduce
Appalachian smdents to major
museums and commercial
galleries. He began exhibiting,
participating in a record number
of one-person and group shows,
bo* in New York City and in
Nor* Carolina. His solo shows
in *e state included exhibitions
at *e Sou*eastem Center for
Contemporary Art in Winston-
Salem and at Green Hill Center
for North Carolina Art in
Greensboro.
The Tillotson painting was
given to *e Museum by James
A. McCool, M.D., and Bmce C.
Anderson of Clemmons, N.C.
The Nor* Carolina Museum
of Art, located at 2110 Blue
Ridge Blvd. in Raleigh, houses
*e art collection owned by *e
State of Nor* Carolina. It is a
*vision of *e N.C. Department
of Cultural Resources. Hours
are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9
p.m. Friday, and 12 noon to 5
p.m. Sunday. The Museum is
closed Monday. Admission is
free. For weekly information
about *e Museum’s exhibitions
and programs, call (919) 833-
NCMA.
22, 1991. The musical focuses
on black teenagers who, sensing
freedom on the horizon, are
eager to protest *e inequities of
apartheid. Set to *e Mabaqanga
music of the Sou* African
townships, "Sarafina!" depicts
*e activities of a typical class
at *e Morris Isaacson High
School and culminates wi* its
end-of-year play *at imagines
prophetically — the release of
Nelson Mandela.
The Boys Choir of Harlem
will take center stage Feb. 9.
Under the direction of Dr.
Walter J. TumbuU, *e choir
has delighted audiences
worldwide with a repertoire
ranging from classical music to
popular songs, gospel, jazz and
spirituals highlighted by
spirited choreography. The
choir recently was featured on
*e soundtrack of *e movie
"Glory."
The dramatic and magical
moments of life are Eluminated
*rough dance Feb. 16 by *e
Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance
Theatre. The primary
philosophy of *e company,
which was founded in 1974, is
to reach au*ences of all ages
through the creation and
performance of original
choreography. The company’s
popularity and the critical
acclaim it has accorded attest to
its success as au*ences respond
to a repertory *at extends from
"Aretha," a suite from *e
streets featuring *e music of
Are*a Franklin, to "Tumiu-
Tides," an expression of
emotions incorporating baEet.
Stephen Sondheim and James
Lapine’s "Into *e Woods" wid,
be presented March 18. Uic
fairy-tale adventure is th.
winner of three 1988 Tot
Awards, the Drama Criti
Circle Award, *e Drama De
Award and *e 1989 Grantr
for Best Cast Album.
"The Feld Ballets/N.Y. w
perform April 17. Since its tl
performance in 1974, u
company has premiered mor
*an 40 baEets by EEot Fel
and has performed works i>i
George Balanchine, Robb,
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