The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 19. 1990 - Page 9 DANCES Continued from page 8 as "a choreographer of striking and original gifts." The Intersect Theater Dancers will present a piece which mixes wordless vocals with painfully slow, simple movement and awkward positioning. Adding a touch of extraneous cre- ativity, Ariel Weymouth-Payne adds audio-visual aids and a speaker to her trio, "How to Swallow the World." The Jazz Dance Theater's presentation of "Baryon Ball" also utilizes unconventional ideas as the participants transform into subatomic particles. Anita Cheng, a graduate student at the University, will premiere a duet and Bededette Palazzola has choreographed a solo piece that she will perform. Booth6 said the show presents "great variety, diversity and quality - something for everyone." For those fascinated by the infinite paths the human body is capable of tak- ing,Winter Dances presents a med- ley of movement and powerful uni- versal themes that invite the viewer to join in an emotional experience. WINTER DANCES will be per- formed tonight and Saturday at 8 P.M. at the Performance Network, 408 W. Washington. Tickets are $8 for students, $10 for the general public. -A Sunday afternoon listening to the for the '90s." Using digital horn, se- music of the spheres might be your quenced samplers, guitars, and pre- bag. Why not pop along to the recorded tapes, the music touches on Space Music Series' presentation of ambient Eno and Philip Glass terri- music groups Strata and Twice Re- tory. Sunday, 4-7 p.m. at Club Hei- moved? Strata is a contemporary delberg, 215 N. Main. $3 donation chamber music quartet comprised of requested. voice, flugelhorn, keyboards and per- *Tom Jones, the 1963 film based on cussion. The members are academics Henry Fielding's novel, has been involved in jazz studies and compos- revived. Director Tony Richardson tion at U of M. Moved by the spirit has cut about seven minutes of the of Ornette Coleman, as well as film's footage and reworked the Haydn, Strata plays improvisational sound and effects. Some of the orig- music, composed at the instance of inal negatives have been damaged as performance. well, diminishing the film's techni- cal quality, but not its humor. In the Twice Removed is two ex-mem- true spirit of Fielding, the movie bers of Ann Arbor new wave group still involves loads of sex and fool- Non Fiction (featured on the ishness. Showings are 5 p.m. Satur- Cruisin' Ann Arbor LP). They play day and 7 p.m. Sunday at the Michi what they describe as "easy listening gan Theater. Members of Just Kidding (clockwise from top left): Matt Schlein, Jon Glaser, Jon Hein, Sara Mathison, Craig Neuman, Kristin Sobditch, and H. Anthony Lehv. w Just 1Kidding gets serious BY ALYSSA KATZ DON'T be alarmed, but somewhere in this town eight or nine strange people lurk, waiting to accost you. They share a common illness: a compulsion to hand out little slips of paper in public places like the Diag. No, they're not disciples of the late L. Ron Hubbard. The sole distinction between this crew and fans of Dianetics is that its members also suffer from the compulsion to be funny. They call themselves Just Kidding, and they're on a mission to make you laugh. Calling themselves "the alternative to standup comedy," the group's seven performers and two producers have been touring colleges around the country, bringing with them a bunch of sketches in the tradition of Second City and the old Saturday Night Live. Its members are Michigan graduates and alumni of the University's Comedy Company. Now the group has come home to roost, long enough at least to do a show tonight as part of its "Where's My Thermos?" tour. Member Craig Neuman explains his unusual career move, saying, "I had always intended on doing comedy acting. The only real place you can do that outside movies is Second City. My creative energy is focused in this vehicle..." "We originally tried a truck," interjects performer Jon Glaser. Their show at the Power Center last September was a sellout, but Producer Rob Marks says that everyone should come back for seconds: "It's about 65 to 75 percent new material. There are some old classics no one gets tired of, but it's not the same show." If you haven't seen them already, why should you go? "It's cheaper than seeing Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and a lot more enjoyable," says Marks. Co-producer and writer Jason Allington adds, "You'll get five dollars' worth of laughs in the first five minutes." ("Very dense laughter" says group member Matt Schlein.) Performer/writer H. Anthony Lehv insists further, "We'll perforate the space-time continuum and perform in the fourth dimension." With sketches like "To Be Or Not To Have Been" and "Friday the 13th" (done A la Dostoyevsky and Annette), they'll do very well in the third, at least. JUST KIDDING performs tonight at the Michigan Theater. Student admission is $5 in advance, $6 at the door. Just a reminder for artsy writerly types Daily Arts is having a meeting this Sunday at 1. We're at the Student Publications Building (420 Maynard), second floor. If you want to write about books, music, or anything else, drop by. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SYMPOSIUM ASIAN AMERICAN AWARENESS MONTH You are cordially invited to a panel discussion on the status of Asian Americans in higher education FROM ADMISSIONS TO TENURE: PERCEPTIONS, ATTITUDES, AND POLICIES TOWARD ASIAN AMERICANS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Friday, January 19, 1990 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Michigan Union Ballroom Reception to follow Panelists Don Nakanishi, Professor of Educa..ion University of California, Los Angeles Ling-Chi Wang, Director, Depart, nent of Ethnic Studies University of California, Berkeley Grace W. Tsuang, Judicial ClerK for Judge Stephen Reinhardt Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals All concerned students, administrators, faculty, and staff are invited to attend and participate in the discussion For more information, call 936-1055 Sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium, Office of Minority Affairs, Office of the Vice-President for Student Services, Counseling Services, Asian American Association, Asian American Law Students Association, Korean Stu- dents Association, U-M Asian Student Coalition Are You Interested In: The U-M Ballroom Dance Club Sundays: 1/14/90-4/22/90 6-7 pm, Lessons 7-9 pm, General Dancing In the Activities Room 3275 CCRB $1.00 charge Call 668-8423 V. mmomi " Working with other students in a residence hall environment? " Developing a spirit of community within a residence hall? " Developing and strengthening skills in group leadership and advising? * Creating programming for a diverse resident population? " Developing new lifetime skills and talents? Resident Staff Selection Information Meetings Sunday, January 21, 1-3 pm Both sessions are in MLB Auditorium 3 t All new RD, RA/RF/MPA applicants must attend one of these meetings. Applications for RA/RFIRDIMPA positions will be distributed ONLY at these sessions. For more information contact: The Residence Education Office 1500 SAB, 763-3161. Qualifications Positions Available Must be a registered UofM student on the Ann Arbor campus during period of employment. RA/RF/RD/MPA/Trotter House Staff: Must Resident Directors have completed minimum of four terms or its Asst. Resident Directors equivalent and 48 undergraduate credit Minority Peer Advirs L ast Cance hours by end of spring term 1990. Head Librarians Undergraduate applicants must have at least Resident Advisors a 2.50 cumulative GPA at the time of ResComp Computer Trainerstc application. Graduate students must be in Trotter House Staff good academic standing at the time of (U-M Minority Cultural Center) application. GSTA Resident Fellows apiCations. Computer Trainers, Head Librarians and (Pilot/College Community GSTA Resident Fellows have different Programs Only) alinihility ran irarnntG I f