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IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 02/24/04 CONTACT: PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICE
SILVER CITY— The New Mexico State University Gospel Ensemble will
present a concert on the campus of Western New Mexico University on Saturday,
Feb. 28, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The concert will be held at the WNMU Global
Resource Center auditorium. Admission to the concert is free for everyone.
For more information, contact Maria Dominguez-Rolfe, Director of Multicultural
Affairs and Student Activities at 538-6611.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2-24-04 CONTACT: PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICE
SILVER CITY--The Western New Mexico University Extended University
Office will offer Tai Chi classes beginning March 11 and will meet for
nine sessions. The class is being taught by Dr. Randy Niederman an
Assistant Professor in the Social Work department at WNMU. Dr. Niederman
has 18 years of martial art experience including a second degree black
belt in Aikido. He has been teaching Tai Chi in Silver City for the past
four years. This class involves Chen style Tai Chi, the oldest form of
Tai Chi. According to Dr. Niederman research studies have shown that Tai
Chi benefits the cardiorespiratory system, reduces blood pressure and
improves fitness.
The class will consist of silk reeling exercises, Chi-Kung exercises,
and an introduction to the Tai Chi form. The Tai Chi form is a series
of
slow, graceful, meditative, dance-like martial art movements. Silk
reeling exercises are simple one step postures involving slow, gentle,
spiraling motions designed to massage tendons, ligaments, and increase
flexibility. The Chi-Kung exercises are simple postures involving gentle
breathing designed to increase energy for health and healing.
The classes will meet from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursdays at the dance
studio in the Brancheau P.E. Complex. To register for the Tai Chi class,
contact the Extended University Office in Room 234 of Bowden Hall or by
phone at 538-6149. Dr. Niederman can be reached at 538-6420. Class size
is limited so those interested should register early.
Fulbright Scholar in Theater
to Visit Silver
The WNMU Expressive Arts Theater Discipline is announcing a special
workshop with Fulbright Scholar, Madame Marianne de Pury. Ms. de Pury
will conduct a public workshop on Tuesday, March 9, in the Webb Theater
from 5 pm to 7pm. She will discuss the history of directing, conduct
open coaching of scenes from students and community actors, and take
questions from the audience.
Marianne de Pury studied composition and piano at the Geneva Music
Conservatory and apprenticed directing with Joseph Chaikin, founder of
the Open Theater. She was composer in residence at the Yale Drama
School, working with Robert Brustein and Gordon Rogoff. She has taken
classes with Peter Brook, Jerzy Grotowski and Alain Resnais.
Her directing credits include operas in Bonn, Germany and Greek dramas
at Yale.
Ms. de Pury was administrative director of the Theatre de Carouge, a
three-stage performing space in Geneva, Switzerland. She founded the
Santa Fe Ensemble Theatre and has been a free-lance director in Basel,
Bern, Bonn, Dublin, Sarajevo, Melborne, New York and Cameroun.
Currently she is Fulbright scholar in residence at San Juan College in
Farmington.
“I worked with Madame de Pury as a judge and commentator at the
State
One-Act Play Competition in Farmington in October, 2003,” states
Jack
Ellis, Director of the Theater Program at Western. “ I was very
excited to watch her workshop with the students, and impressed with her
knowledge and experience of the craft of directing. I am very pleased
that she was able to join us this semester. Her input on my classes
will be invaluable, and anyone interested in the theater will learn a
great deal from her. “
Any member of the community wishing to participate with Madame de Pury
with either a prepared scene or cold readings in the workshop should
contact Jack Ellis at 538-6502. |
