Spring 2012 WORLD S GREAT ARTISTS WANT TO S HOW YO U H O W T HEY WORK.

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1 Spring 2012 THE WORLD S GREAT ARTISTS WANT TO S HOW YO U H O W T HEY WORK.

2 AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS. The New York Times SEASON AT A GLANCE OPERA NEW YORK CITY OPERA PRIMA DONNA BY RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Jan 22 THEATER NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP AN ILIAD Feb 5 POETRY IT HAPPENS LIKE THIS BY CHARLES WUORINEN POETRY BY JAMES TATE Feb 19, 20 SCIENCE COLUMBIA PROFESSOR ROBERT KLITZMAN AM I MY GENES? MIXING SPECIES IN SCIENCE AND ART Mar 4 WORKS & PROCESS AT THE GUGGENHEIM Mary Sharp Cronson, Producer Since 1984, New Yorkers have been able to see, hear, and meet the most acclaimed artists in the world, in an intimate setting unlike any other. Works & Process at the Guggenheim, a performing-arts series that informs artistic creation through stimulating conversation and performance, is presented in the Guggenheim s Frank Lloyd Wright designed 285-seat Peter B. Lewis Theater. Each season Works & Process champions new works and offers unprecedented access to leading creators POETRY THE WORLD OF JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Apr 22, 23 AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE A CAST OF CHARACTERS Apr 29, 30 A FESTIVAL OF ISRAELI JAZZ & WORLD OPENING NIGHT OMRI MOR TRIO May 6 Museum Rotunda PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET AFTER PETIPA May 13, 14 and performers. After most performances, you are invited to All performances take place at the Guggenheim s Peter B. Lewis Theater unless otherwise noted. continue the conversation with the artists at a gracious food and wine reception. STAY CONNECTED Sign up for e-news and join our online communities to receive the latest program updates, photos, and video. guggenheim.org/e-news facebook.com/worksandprocess youtube.com/worksandprocess twitter.com/worksandprocess flickr.com/worksandprocess ustream.tv/worksandprocess WORKSANDPROCESS.ORG

3 Photo: Matthias Clamer OPERA NEW YORK CITY OPERA PRIMA DONNA BY RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Sun, Jan 22, 7:30 pm New York City Opera will perform excerpts from the highly anticipated U.S. premiere of Prima Donna, singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright s first foray into opera, described by the Times (London) as a love song to opera, soaked in the perennial operatic themes of loss, betrayal, delusion and nostalgia, and saturated in the musical styles of opera s golden age. NYCO s George Steel will moderate a discussion with Wainwright and members of the creative team. Prima Donna will be performed Feb at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The post-performance reception for this program will take place in the theater lobbies. WATCH ONLINE View the live broadcast of this performance at ustream.tv/worksandprocess. Follow the conversation on Twitter and #WPlive. Photo: Tod Seelie prima donna by rufus wainwright it gets cold when the spotlight goes out. THEATER NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP AN ILIAD Sun, Feb 5, 7:30 pm Preview An Iliad prior to its New York premiere at New York Theatre Workshop. Lisa Peterson will direct Tony Award winning actors Denis O Hare (Assassins, Take Me Out) and Stephen Spinella (Angels in America) in this tale of gods and goddesses, undying love, and endless battles. O Hare and Spinella will share the role of the poet in this sweeping account of humanity s unshakable attraction to violence, destruction, and chaos. An Iliad will be performed Feb 15 Mar 25 at New York Theatre Workshop. The post-performance reception for this program will take place in the theater lobbies.

4 NEW CO-COMMISSION NEW YORK PREMIERE IT HAPPENS LIKE THIS BY CHARLES WUORINEN POETRY BY JAMES TATE Sun and Mon, Feb 19 and 20, 7:30 pm Don t miss the New York premiere of composer Charles Wuorinen s humorous and dramatic cantata on seven poems by Pulitzer Prize winning poet James Tate, staged by Ken Rus Schmoll. The work will be performed by Ensemble Signal conducted by Brad Lubman and will feature the original Tanglewood cast, described by the New York Times as superb and dramatically astute. Co-commissioned by Tanglewood, with additional support by Southwest Chamber Music. The post-performance reception for this program will take place in the theater lobbies. Photo: Stu Rosner SCIENCE Gustave Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx, Oil on canvas, x cm. Bequest of William H. Herriman, Image The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY COLUMBIA PROFESSOR ROBERT KLITZMAN AM I MY GENES? MIXING SPECIES IN SCIENCE AND ART Sun, Mar 4, 7:30 pm Join Columbia University Professor Robert Klitzman for an illustrated lecture that will explore the history of combining species and genes in science and visual art. As scientists experiment with genetically modified species to improve human life, we are faced with fundamental questions about what it means to be natural. Klitzman will share his insights into this dilemma by surveying human-animal depictions in art through time, from ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology to Northwest Pacific Indian totem poles, Rubens, Picasso, and even Spiderman, showing how art can help us move forward into a brave new world.

5 AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sun and Mon, Apr 29 and 30, 7:30 pm American Ballet Theatre s 2012 Metropolitan Opera season will feature a cast of characters, including pirates, evil sorcerers, a tractor driver, and even a donkey. Join ABT s creative team and company dancers to explore the process and journey of bringing the diverse characters of ABT s repertoire to life. WATCH ONLINE View the live broadcast of this performance at ustream.tv/worksandprocess. Follow the conversation on Twitter and #WPlive. PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET AFTER PETIPA Sun and Mon, May 13 and 14, 7:30 pm Many ballets are credited with choreography after Petipa, but what does that mean? Pacific Northwest Ballet s education programs manager and dance historian Doug Fullington and company dancers look at three famous classical duets the Black Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake, and the Blue Bird pas de deux and Grand pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty to explore how they have evolved over time. With assistance from Arlene C. Cooper. Julie Kent and Julio Bragado-Young in The Dream. Photo: Gene Schiavone The post-performance reception for the May 14 program will take place in the theater lobbies. WATCH ONLINE View the live broadcast of this performance at ustream.tv/worksandprocess. Follow the conversation on Twitter WorksandProcess and #WPlive. Carla Körbes and Seth Orza. Photo: Angela Sterling

6 CHAMB ERLAIN IN P ERF ORMANCE The following programs are presented in conjunction with the major retrospective John Chamberlain: Choices, on view at the Guggenheim Feb 24 May 13, and include a viewing of the exhibition. PLEASE GIVE A GIFT JOIN FRIENDS OF WORKS & PROCESS When Works & Process was started in 1984 by founder Mary Sharp Cronson, the goal was to provide the community with a gift: an educational performing arts program that made artists and the arts accessible to the public. When you support Works & Process you help continue this tradition. Your gift will help bring great artists to our community. It will help to commission new works and to continue our post-performance receptions. Your gift will also help maintain affordable ticket prices and sustain our popular video archive. If you ve come to value what Works & Process offers, please consider making a gift today. NEW COMMISSIONS THE WORLD OF JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Sun and Mon, Apr 22 and 23, 7:30 pm Explore the poetic and musical influences on artist John Chamberlain s work with Senior Guggenheim Curator Susan Davidson. The program will feature a guest appearance by jazz great Bill Charlap, Morton Feldman s 1962 work For Franz Kline, and newly commissioned works by composers Drew Baker and Jason Eckardt. You are invited to view the exhibition prior to the performance from 6 7:30 pm. A FESTIVAL OF ISRAELI JAZZ & WORLD OPENING NIGHT OMRI MOR TRIO Mon, May 6, 8 pm Experience Israel s thriving jazz scene with Jerusalem-based jazz pianist Omri Mor and his trio for one night only in the museum s Frank Lloyd Wright designed rotunda. On this opening night of the Festival of Israeli Jazz & World Music (Roberto Rodriguez, curator), Mor will enrapture the audience by melding Andalusian music with jazz through improvisation of Andalusian melodies as if they were jazz standards. To celebrate the artist and jazz fan John Chamberlain, you are invited to view the exhibition throughout the concert. A Festival of Israeli Jazz & World Music will take place in New York May With thanks to our friends at the Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York, for their support. John Chamberlain: Choices is supported by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art. The Leadership Committee, chaired by Larry Gagosian, is gratefully acknowledged. John Chamberlain, Dolores James, Painted and chromium-plated steel, x x cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York John Chamberlain/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Kris McKay FRIENDS OF WORKS & PROCESS ENJOY SPECIAL BENEFITS: $500 Friends newsletter with information about performances and artists $1,000 All of the above $2,500 All of the above $5,000 All of the above $10,000 All of the above production To make a partially tax-deductible gift, please note your contribution on the ticket order form or contact Works & Process at BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gillian Attfield Stuart H. Coleman Caroline Cronson Mary Sharp Cronson Norman Peck Michèle Pesner Cynthia Hazen Polsky Denise Saul Annalyn Swan Claus Virch Margo Viscusi Shelby White THE PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM: DIRECTORS EMERITI Alberta Arthurs Stephanie French Barnabas McHenry Peter Wolff LEAD FUNDING The Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston The Christian Humann Foundation Leon Levy Foundation Rockefeller Brothers Fund The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation (Cover) American Ballet Theatre, Roman Zhurbin as Gavrilych, inspector of quality in The Bright Stream. Photo: Rosalie O Connor; (Inside cover) Leigh Witchel, Emery LeCrone, and Avi Scher in conversation at Works & Process, October 2, Photo: Matthew Murphy; (Season at a Glance) Christal Brown (on left) at a Works & Process post-performance reception, November 14, Photo: Jacklyn Meduga

7 BUY TICKETS W ORK SANDPROCESS.ORG B O X OFFICE Program & Date (check box) # of Tix Price (circle) Adult/Member/ Student* Total New York City Opera Prima Donna by Rufus Wainwright Jan 22 New York Theatre Workshop An Iliad Feb 5 It Happens Like This by Charles Wuorinen Poetry by James Tate Feb 19 Feb 20 Columbia Professor Robert Klitzman Am I My Genes? Mixing Species in Science and Art Mar 4 The World of John Chamberlain Apr 22 Apr 23 American Ballet Theatre A Cast of Characters Apr 29 Apr 30 A Festival of Israeli Jazz & World Music Opening Night Omri Mor Trio May 6 Pacific Northwest Ballet After Petipa May 13 May 14 Box Office handling fee: $2 per ticket (Waived for Friends of Works & Process) $ I WANT TO GIVE A GIFT TO WORKS & PROCESS $ BECOME A GUGGENHEIM MEMBER Gift to Works & Process For savings and free museum admission. Learn more at guggenheim.org/membership. Individual $75, Dual $125, Family $135, Fellow Associate $250 Members at the Supporting Associate level ($500) and above may reserve two Works & Process tickets annually at no charge. $ Total Enclosed: $ Mail to: Box Office Works & Process at the Guggenheim Attn: Emily Johnson th Avenue New York, NY Or fax to: New York City Opera tickets on sale now. The rest of the season on sale Mon, Jan 9. WORKSANDPROCESS.ORG BOX OFFICE: The Box Office will call within two business days to confirm receipt of fax orders. All sales are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Tickets cannot be reissued. *Students must be under 25 and provide a valid ID. All performances are general seating in the Peter B. Lewis Theater and begin at 7:30 pm, unless otherwise noted. Most programs run 80 minutes without intermission. No late admission. Tickets will be mailed if purchased at least two weeks prior to an event. All other tickets will be held at the Box Office and available for pick up one hour prior to each performance when the Box Office opens. Standby tickets may be purchased at this time if space allows. Name (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Miss) Address City/State/ Zip Phone I would like to join the Works & Process mailing list for updates and special offers. Member Nonmember Adult Student (under 25 with valid ID) Guggenheim Supporting Associate or Patrons Circle Member Friend of Works & Process Charge my: AMEX Visa MC Card Number Exp. Date Signature Security Code (3 or 4 digits) Check enclosed payable to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Please do not send cash. Photo: David Heald