UCLA Center Offers Diverse Artists : Arts: Fifty-one events will showcase performers from such countries as Korea, France and Russia. Wynton Marsalis and Miami City Ballet are also included.

With a focus on presenting one of the nation’s “most diverse collections of quality artists and ensembles,” the UCLA Center for the Performing Arts announced its 1993-94 season on Monday.

“As one of the largest university arts presenters in the country, the center must continue to present challenging work that stimulates discussion and encourages an appreciation of other cultures,” the center’s director Michael Blachly said.

Altogether there will be 51 events representing dance, contemporary theater, classical music, jazz, international artists and artistic performances for children in UCLA’s 57th season. Fourteen subscription packages are also available.

The season opener on Sept. 22 will be the Asia Society’s nationwide Festival of Korea, the largest single program of Korean cultural events ever seen in the United States. The yearlong exhibition, featuring performing arts, films, lectures and family programs, will premiere at Royce Hall.

There will be three separate Festival of Korea performances resented by UCLA: Chongak and Eunyul Talch’um: Traditional Music and Dance of Korea on Sept. 22; Chindo Sikkim Kut--Shaman Ritual on March 5; and Taekwondo--Korean Martial Art on May 7.

The season also will include 11 major dance companies, including Edward Villella’s Miami City Ballet in its first Southern California performances at Royce Hall (April 22, 23). The company’s previously scheduled premiere in April, 1992, was canceled in the wake of the Los Angeles riots. The troupe will dance two UCLA-commissioned works, as well as several Balanchine classics.

Japan’s leading Butoh company, Sankai Juku, will be seen in the company’s newest work, “Shijima--The Darkness Calms Down in Space” (Oct. 27, 28). Also, choreographer David Rousseve brings a new piece, “Urban Scenes/Creole Dreams” (April 8, 9, 10), billed as a work that “addresses racial, gender and sexual oppression.” And choreographer Garth Fagan and superstar trumpeter Wynton Marsalis with his septet collaborate in “Griot New York” (Oct. 20).

Theater offerings include the Los Angeles premiere of Spalding Gray’s new monologue, “Gray’s Anatomy” (April 20-23), and the world premiere of Rachel Rosenthal’s latest performance piece, “Zone” (Feb. 11, 12).

Performance artist Diamanda Galas will be seen Oct. 29 in the California premiere of “Plague Mass,” which the Washington Post called a “literally stunning 90-minute ‘scream opera’ about those who suffer from AIDS and those who dare to judge them.”

Recital highlights include the Los Angeles recital premiere of 19-year-old Russian violinist Maxim Vengerov (Oct. 15), an evening of cellist Yo-Yo Ma (March 17) and a solo piano concert by composer Philip Glass (May 7).

Two international orchestras--L’Orchestre National de France (Feb. 26) with conductor Charles Dutoit and the State Symphony of Russia with conductor Yevgeny Svetlanov will also perform (Feb. 5).

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The jazz series includes Lincoln Center’s Jazz Orchestra featuring pianist Marcus Roberts on Feb. 4.

UCLA is also offering a Music and Theater for Youth Series with three events, appropriate for children 5 and older. ISO and The Bobs will perform pop vocals and modern dance (Nov. 6); clown Wolfe Bowart is onstage in “Harold’s Big Feat” (Jan. 20) and Theatre Sans Fil, the puppet company from Canada, presents “The Hobbit” (April 24).

Subscriptions to the season can be purchased in discount packages ranging from $25-$178. Individual tickets and “Choose Your Own” packages, in which patrons fashion their own discount series, go on sale July 7.

For a free season brochure and other details about senior citizen, student and other discounts, the UCLA Central Ticket Office can be reached at (310) 825-2101.