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A full schedule of the Carolina Performing Arts
Series by month is also included.

Ronald K. Brown to bring powerful,
passionate works to Memorial Hall

CHAPEL HILL -- The choreographer for some of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's most important recent works, Ronald K. Brown, creates passionate works that erupt from the human condition.

Brown and his dance company, Evidence, will appear Saturday, Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as part of the 2005-2006 Carolina Performing Arts Series.

Inspired by the people of Africa and the African Diaspora, Brown blends African, modern, ballet and hip-hop dance styles. His powerful choreography offers finely crafted, exquisitely danced stories about truth, destiny and mankind’s need to liberate the spirit within.

“Evidence reflects all the information that has gone into us — the stories, the history,” Brown said. “I wanted it to be evidence of people's lives...the human experience.”

The program will include music by Oumou Sangare, Fela Kuti, Duke Ellington and Terry Riley.
“Brown's choreography has zoomed to the forefront of modern dance,” according to a reviewer for The Washington Post.

Single ticket prices range from $26 to $50 for the public and are $10 for Carolina students. Tickets are available by phone at (919) 843-3333 or from the Memorial Hall box office on Cameron Avenue, open Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Carolina students should call the box office for purchasing information. Series subscriptions also are available.

For more information on Brown, visit www.ronkbrown.org. For more on the series, visit www.unc.edu/performingarts or e-mail performingarts@unc.edu.

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2005-2006 CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS SERIES BY MONTH

October 2005
Nanci Griffith with Tift Merritt, Friday, Oct. 7
N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra Series:
“Portraits of Ellington,” Friday, Oct. 14
N.C. Carolina Symphony Series, Sunday, Oct. 16
Midori, violin, and Charles Abramovic, piano, Tuesday, Oct. 25
Dee Dee Bridgewater and Marian McPartland, Thursday, Oct.27
UNC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Friday, Oct. 28

November 2005
Youssou N’Dour’s “Egypt” featuring
Fathy Salama’s Cairo Orchestra, Tuesday, Nov. 1
Handspring Puppet Company and
Sogolon Puppet Company: “Tall Horse,” Saturday/Sunday, Nov. 5, 6
Jane Comfort & Company, Friday, Nov. 11
N.C. Symphony Series, Thursday, Nov. 17

December 2005
Carolina Ballet “Nutcracker” (4 performances), Friday-Sunday, Dec. 2-4
Bonnie Raitt, Wednesday, Dec. 7
N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra Series:
Swingin’ Yuletide Jazz, Friday, Dec. 9
Emanuel Ax, piano, & Richard Stoltzman, clarinet, Saturday, Dec.10

January 2006
Ralph Stanley with The Red Clay Ramblers, Thursday, Jan. 12
N.C. Symphony Series, Thursday, Jan. 19
Carl Hancock Rux – “Mycenaean” Friday, Jan.27

February 2006
Carolina Ballet/“Swan Lake” Saturday/Sunday, Feb. 4, 5
N.C. Symphony Series, Wednesday, Feb. 8
Mark Morris Dance Group, Friday, Feb. 24

March 2006
N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra Series:
29th Carolina Jazz Festival, Thursday, March 2
Jazz at Lincoln Center Afro-Latin
Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O’Farrill, Friday, March 3
Russian National Orchestra
with Yefim Bronfman, piano, Sunday, March 12
Vijay Iyer, Mike Ladd, Ibrahm Quraishi:
“Still Life With Commentator,” Friday, March 24
Brentano String Quartet
With Elizabeth Keusch, soprano, Thursday, March 30

April 2006
The Academy of Ancient Music, Monday, April 3
Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center
Jazz Orchestra with Yacub Addy and Odadaa!, Saturday, April 29

May 2006
N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra Series:
“Swing Fling: A Big Band Cavalcade,” Friday, May 5
N.C. Symphony Series Saturday, May 20