Dance comapny mixes diverse styles for concert\nThe African American Dance Company will present its annual Dance Studio Concert at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Willkie Auditorium. Directed by Iris Rosa, the company's original choreography presents a fusion of modern, jazz, African and Latin American dance styles. In addition, students will perform collaboration pieces from African American Arts Institute's class "Introduction to Black Dance Styles." Collaboration pieces feature students divided into small groups, in which they collaborate and compromise using elements from the dance discipline to choreograph a dance piece that reflects the overall theme. This year's theme includes freedom fighters -- those who have attempted to break norms for a better life -- and struggle for life.\nTickets for the show are $1 each. For more information, contact the African American Arts Institute at aaai@indiana.edu or visit www.indiana.edu/~aaai.
'Guys and Dolls' to begin today at Buskirk-Chumley\nUnion Board's production of "Guys and Dolls" begins at 8 p.m. today and will show through Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. \n"Guys and Dolls" revolves around Nathan Detroit, the organizer of the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York, who bets fellow gambler Sky Masterson that he can't make the next girl he sees fall in love with him. The next girl he sees happens to be Miss Sarah Brown, a pure-at-heart Salvation Army-type reformer. "Guys and Dolls" was one of the greatest successes that Broadway theatre has known. Its run of 1,200 performances netted more than $12 million. Tickets $14 general admission, $13 for students with a valid ID, $10 for children 12 and under and seniors. For more information, call 855-IMUB.\nPolish instructor Krzysztof Koehler will present a talk on the unhistorical approach toward time in Polish poetry during different eras and by different authors. Polish poetry is often only evaluated for its involvement in historical perspectives. Koehler will focus on the lyrical, autobiographical, philosophical and anti-historical attitudes toward time in the work of some of the most important Polish poets, including Kochanowski, Potocki, Lubomirski, Mickiewicz and Herbert. The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. today at the Faculty Club in the Indiana Memorial Union. For more information, visit www.indiana.edu/~polishst
Themes in Polish poetry debated in today's lecture\nFull Frontal Comedy, Bloomington's improvisional comedy theater troupe, will have open auditions for new troupe members from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Georgian Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. Currently, the troupe has four members, but two will leave at the end of the semester to pursue other ventures. \nFounded in 1994, FFC is now in its 17th generation of membership. Based in Bloomington, the FFC performs long-form, deep dish, "Chicago-style" improv comedy with short improv games and sketches. Each show is based on audience suggestions.\nFor more information, contact Kevin McKernan at 369-0692 or kmckerna@indiana.edu, or visit www.fullfrontalcomedy.com.
British comedy classic shown at Whittenberger\nReleased in 1975, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" remains a staple among any humor lover's collection. The classic comedy, directed by Python's Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, is a hilarious send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins and a handful of rude Frenchmen. \nIn addition to the set pieces, the film also includes the same kind of surreal animation that Gilliam contributed to the television series. Throughout the irreverent adventures, the Python crew eschews realism in favor of anachronistic social satire, a recipe it later returned to in the 1979 biblical farce "Monty Python's Life of Brian." \nThe film will show at 8 and 11 p.m. today through Saturday at the Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union. Admission is free with a valid student ID or $2.
