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Rice University dedicates the opening of their new School of Humanities Building with a dance choreographed by Stephen Koplowitz:<P><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B><A HREF="http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/ae/dance/722451" TARGET=_blank>Rice building dedication turns into fast lesson</A></B><BR>By MOLLY GLENTZER, Houston Chronicle<P>The oak-tree-filled courtyard of Rice University's new School of Humanities Building was a mystical place Thursday night. Monks in bronze robes stood under archways holding huge books with lights inside (illuminated m****cripts, get it?). A line of muses, their togas bathed in golden light, swayed on the parapet to contemplative music. Just inside a doorway, a quartet of dancers in Oriental tunics and pants moved through a honeycomb of pink light.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR>Here is an interview with the choreographer:<P><BR><B><A HREF="http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/ae/dance/698645" TARGET=_blank>A custom-designed performance</A></B><BR>To inaugurate a building, Rice unveils a work by choreographer Koplowitz <BR>By MOLLY GLENTZER, Houston Chronicle <BR><p>[This message has been edited by Azlan (edited November 04, 2000).]