The Lied Center for Performing Arts is hosting a month-long martial arts celebration during the month of October. Come celebrate the rich history of martial arts with our exciting events that include films, lectures, master classes, workshops and performances. If you’re looking to include rich cultural traditions and diverse perspectives into your course through creative means, then consider sharing these events with your students.
These programs are offered in collaboration with the Confucius Institute and in conjunction with the Lied Center season performance of the CHINESE WARRIORS OF PEKING (Oct. 21). We encourage instructors to consider integrating Lied Center artistic performances and public programs in their courses. For more information about free & reduced price ticketing for students or for questions about integrating Lied Center performances into your class, please contact Erin Poor, Director of Education & Community Engagement at the Lied Center, at erin.poor@unl.edu .
FILM & PRE-SHOW LECTURE: "BRUCE LEE, MY BROTHER"
Wednesday, October 10
The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
6:30pm Pre film lecture by Roz Hussin
7:00pm Film Screening
FREE and open to the public
University of Nebraska community member and martial arts practitioner, Roz Hussin, will offer a 20-minute talk that will contextualize popular presentations of martial arts in a rich trans-national history. Hussin will explore martial arts as a cultural gift and discuss how it has been used as a tool for stereotyping. Following the talk, the popular Chinese film "Bruce Lee, My Brother" will be screened for free.
This screening is part of the Confucius Institute’s annual Chinese Film Festival offered for free at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center from October 5th to October 11th. Tickets are available in person at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. All films are subtitled in English.
MARTIAL ARTS MASTER CLASSES
Sunday, October 14
Lied Commons, Lied Center for Performing Arts
12:30-5:30pm
FREE and open to the public
Experience historic art forms first hand through these free martial arts master classes led by regional masters and practitioners.
Schedule:
12:30-2:30pm All-Levels Master Class, led by Professor Gary Yuen & associates
2:30-3:30pm Practitioners Sharing/Demo Session
3:30-5:30pm Master Class for Advanced Practitioners, led by Professor Gary Yuen & assisted by Roz Hussin
Registration for the event is required. Email Sasha Dobson at sdobson3@unl.edu for more information and to register.
PRE-PERFORMANCE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Sunday, October 21
UNL Sculpture Garden (just north of the Lied Center)
11:30am - 3:45pm
Join us for educational and interactive pre-show activities for all ages and abilities. Experience martial arts demonstrations and workshops, a Lion Dance demonstration and workshop, a Lion Dance welcoming ritual, and a pre-performance talk. (All events are free & open to the public except for the Pre-Performance Talk, which is available to ticket holders).
Schedule:
12:00-12:55pm: Martial Arts demonstrations and workshops.
1-1:55pm: Lion Dance demonstration and workshop.
2:00pm: Ritual Lion Dance Welcoming Ceremony.
3:30-3:45pm: Pre-performance talk by Gary Yuen in the Steinhart Room. (open to ticket holders only)
PERFORMANCE: CHINESE WARRIORS OF PEKING
Sunday, October 21
Lied Center for Performing Arts
4:00pm
Ticketed event.
Packed with high-intensity martial arts and breathtaking acrobatics, this production tells the tale of rival martial arts disciplines competing in the ancient Chinese capital of Peking during the Ming Dynasty. The Chinese Warriors of Peking have toured with Cirque du Soleil throughout the world and presented incredible theatrical experiences filled with juggling, aerials and live stage combat.
This is an Arts for All performance. Students and accompanying faculty can reserve free tickets to this performance (limited tickets available). To reserve tickets for your class, please contact Erin Poor at erin.poor@unl.edu.
RHYTHM OF PEACE—MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE
Tuesday, October 23
Sheldon Museum of Art.
TIME TBD.
Experience a taichi collaboration with dance and cello, organized by the Hye-Won Hwang of the Hixon-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. The title of the collaborative taichi+dance performance is: LiFETiME - Liminality in Flux, Experiencing Transitioning in Motion Eternally
More details at: https://go.unl.edu/z4oc