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1 Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces 2015 Next Wave Festival featuring 32 dance, music, opera, performance art, and theater engagements from Sept 16 Dec 20 Season Sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies Dance Rice.Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Lin Hwai-min.page 2 TAPE...K. Kvarnström & Co/Kulturhuset City Theatre Stockholm page 5 Dream d in a Dream Seán Curran Company, Ustatshakirt Plus...page 10 Umusuna: Memories Before History.Sankai Juku, Ushio Amagatsu...page 18 Hagoromo.International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), American Opera Projects, Wendy Whelan, Jock Soto..page 22 Beyond Time U-Theatre.page 26 Yimbégré..Souleymane Badolo..page 29 Continu.Sasha Waltz & Guests..page 30 Walking with Trane Urban Bush Women, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Samantha Speis..page 31 The Hard Nut...Mark Morris Dance Group, Colin Fowler, MMDG Music Ensemble.page 33 Music Nufonia Must Fall Kid Koala, The Afiara Quartet, K.K. Barrett.page 3 COLLAPSE...Timur and the Dime Museum page 4 Reconfiguration: An Evening with Other Lives...Other Lives, Rebecca Habel, Terry Kinney page 12 All Vows Maya Beiser..page 14 Epiphany: A Circle of Life...VisionIntoArt, Young People s Chorus of NYC, Francisco J. Núñez.page 21 Real Enemies..Darcy James Argue, Secret Society page 25 Opera Refuse the Hour William Kentridge, Peter Galison page 17 YOU US WE ALL Shara Worden, Andrew Ondrejcak, B.O.X. (Baroque Orchestration X)..page 23 Performance Art New Society..Miranda July.page 11 More Up a Tree de Serpa Soares, Sussman, and White; Performa..page 27 Physical Theater Tabac Rouge...James Thierrée, Compagnie de Hanneton...page 7 Hallo..Martin Zimmermann...page 15 Opus.Circa, Debussy String Quartet.page 20 Theater Antigone.Barbican and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Ivo van Hove, Anne Carson....page 6 17 Border Crossings.Thaddeus Phillips, Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental.page 9 1

2 Helen Lawrence...Canadian Stage, Stan Douglas, Chris Haddock page 13 texts&beheadings/elizabethr Compagnia de' Colombari, Karin Coonrod..page 16 The Exalted.Carl Hancock Rux, Theo Bleckmann, Anne Bogart...page 19 Savannah Bay Marguerite Duras; Théâtre de l'atelier, Paris; Didier Bezace page 24 Steel Hammer.. Julia Wolfe and SITI Company, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Anne Bogart...page 28 Alas, the Nymphs...John Jahnke, Hotel Savant...page 32 Sancho: An Act of Remembrance Paterson Joseph, Simon Godwin..page 35 May 21, 2015/Brooklyn, NY Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, today announced programming for the 2015 Next Wave Festival. The festival runs from September 16 through December 20 and comprises dance, music, opera, performance art, theater, and visual art events in the institution s three venues the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, the BAM Harvey Theater, and the BAM Fisher. BAM Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo said, The multi-disciplinary approach of the 2015 Next Wave Festival artists reveals unique creative vision and rewards the adventurous spirit of our audiences. With resonant theater, dance, and music events as well as performance art, physical theater, and productions featuring live filmmaking, the festival presents an especially rich assortment of global contemporary performing arts. BAM President Karen Brooks Hopkins said, We are extremely grateful to Bloomberg Philanthropies for their support of the 2015 Next Wave Festival and their commitment to our mission. In my final year as BAM s president, I would also like to acknowledge the incredible generosity of our sponsors across 32 years of this iconic festival. They have made an inspiring and ongoing show of support for adventurous and enlightening artistic work Next Wave Festival subscriptions go on sale June 15 (June 8 to members). Single tickets for all Next Wave shows go on sale August 10 (August 3 for members). To purchase tickets visit BAM.org or contact BAM Ticket Services at Rice Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Concept and choreography by Lin Hwai-min US Premiere Set design by Lin Keh-hua Lighting design by Lulu W. L. Lee Projection design by Ethan Wang Costume design by Ann Yu Chien and Li-Ting Huang BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Sep at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 35, 50 (weekday); $25, 40, 55 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) 2

3 Master Class Co-Presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Sep 15 at 12pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For experienced dancers with dance or body movement training Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register Price: $25 Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Asia s leading contemporary dance theatre (The Times, UK), returns to BAM with Rice, which its Artistic Director Lin Hwai-min choreographed to mark the company s 40th anniversary. Dancers move against a video backdrop of sensual images of the life cycle of a rice paddy filmed in southeastern Taiwan. Their movements, although abstract, seem to echo the images, sometimes evoking the farmers working in the field or the rice stalks swaying in the wind. The dance pays tribute to the land and nature that have cultivated Cloud Gate. Lin Hwai-min, choreographer and artistic director of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, studied Chinese opera movement in his native Taiwan, modern dance in New York, creative writing in Iowa, and classical court dance in Japan and Korea. In 1973, Lin founded the first contemporary dance company in any Chinese-speaking region, naming it after the oldest known dance in China Cloud Gate, a ritual dance created some 5,000 years ago. Trained in tai chi tao yin an ancient form of qigong, modern dance, ballet, meditation, and calligraphy Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan s arresting style has elicited widespread praise, with Dance Europe noting: No company in the world dances like Cloud Gate. The company made its BAM debut in 1995 with Nine Songs; since then it has appeared at BAM with Songs of the Wanderers (2000 Next Wave), Moon Water (2003 Next Wave; recognized as one of the best dance events in 2003 by The New York Times), Wild Cursive (2007 Next Wave), and Water Stains on the Wall (2011 Next Wave). For press information contact David Hsieh at dhsieh@bam.org or x5 Rice is commissioned by Wen C. KO, and co-produced by the National Theater & Concert Hall, the National Performing Arts Center, Taiwan, R.O.C.; New Vision Arts Festival, Hong Kong; Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, Singapore; Sadler s Wells Theatre, London; and Hellerau - European Center for the Arts Dresden, Germany Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Nufonia Must Fall Kid Koala The Afiara Quartet Directed by K.K. Barrett US Premiere Created by Eric San (Kid Koala) Set design by Benjamin Gerlis Puppet design by Clea Minaker, Patrick Martel, Félix Boisvert, and Karina Bleau Director of photography AJ Korkidakis Music by Kid Koala Musical direction by Vid Cousins BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) 3

4 Sep at 7:30pm; Sep 20 at 3 pm Tickets: $25, 40 (weekday), $30, 45 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Montreal-based DJ, graphic artist, composer, and music producer Kid Koala presents a magical, multidisciplinary adaptation of his graphic novel Nufonia Must Fall. Directed by the Oscar-nominated production designer K.K. Barrett (Her, Marie Antoinette, Lost in Translation, Being John Malkovich) the story centers around a lonesome, music-obsessed, headphones-sporting robot on the verge of obsolescence who falls in love with a winsome office worker. After a chance encounter, their precarious courtship unfolds via real-time filming of more than a dozen miniature stage settings and a cast of meticulously-crafted puppets. Kid Koala and the dynamic Canadian ensemble, the Afiara Quartet, provide the live score for piano, strings, and turntables, creating an unforgettably heartwarming performance experience that provides a fresh look at contemporary relationships, technology, and existential relevance. Kid Koala is a world-renowned scratch DJ, music producer, and award-winning graphic novelist. He has released four solo albums and has toured with the likes of Radiohead, the Beastie Boys, Arcade Fire, Money Mark, A Tribe Called Quest, Mike Patton, DJ Shadow, and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He has contributed to scores for the films Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Looper, and The Great Gatsby. He has composed music for the National Film Board of Canada, the Cartoon Network, Sesame Street, and Adult Swim. In addition to Nufonia Must Fall, he also wrote and published the graphic novel Space Cadet. For press information contact Sarah Garvey at sgarvey@bam.org or Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor. Commissioned by BAM COLLAPSE Timur and the Dime Museum New York Premiere Music and text by Daniel Corral Video design and engineering by Jesse Gilbert Costume design by Victor Wilde and Bohemian Society Lighting design by Tony Shayne BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Sept at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Produced by Beth Morrison Projects, COLLAPSE is a multimedia requiem by LA-based band Timur and the Dime Museum. This edgy, witty, musical-theater experimentation (LA Weekly) brings together protopunk and art rock with minimalist avant-pop melodies sung by Kazakh-American opera singer Timur Bekbosunov. Accompanied by video projections created and live-mixed by Jesse Gilbert, with haunting music composed by Daniel Corral, this dark and satirical performance tells stories of the human impact on the environment and its impending collapse. 4

5 Formed in 2010, Timur and the Dime Museum is an LA-based glam-rock band whose sound is laced with fierce energy and vibrant theatricality. The band is led by opera singer Timur Bekbosunov who has been called an extravagantly transgressive tenor by LA Times. After their successful debut on the Aloud series in LA and an appearance on America s Got Talent, they went on to open for artists such as the Tiger Lilies, The Red Paintings, and Ann Magnuson. The band has collaborated with member Daniel Corral on Zoophilic Follies at the NOW Festival at REDCAT Theater; performed the multimedia hyper-opera Crescent City by Anne LeBaron and the Industry LA; and taken part in the inaugural Prototype Festival at HERE Arts Center, the New York premiere of COLLAPSE is its BAM debut. Beth Morrison Projects was founded in 2006 to support emerging and established composers through the commission, development, and production of their work, ranging from opera-theater, to music-theater, to multimedia concert works. Previous projects presented at BAM include Don Juan in Prague (2006 Next Wave), Brooklyn Babylon (2011 Next Wave), ELSEWHERE (2012 Next Wave), love fail (2012 Next Wave), 21c Liederabend Op. 3 (2013 Next Wave) and The Source (2014 Next Wave). For press information contact Baha Ebrahimzadeh, bebrahimzadeh@bam.org, x1 Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor. Creative producer, Beth Morrison Projects TAPE K. Kvarnström & Co/Kulturhuset City Theatre Stockholm US Premiere Choreography by Kenneth Kvarnström in collaboration with the company Music curated by Jonas Nordberg Set and lighting design by Jens Sethzman Costume design by Astrid Olsson BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Sep at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Kenneth Kvarnström, one of the most respected Nordic choreographers, makes a rare New York appearance with TAPE, based on a double bill he choreographed for his own company and Skånes Dansteater in Sweden. Baroque music, modern dance, speech in different languages, and stage-set are all integrated in this intimate and lyrical piece. Dancers apply black duct tape on stage. They change formations and partners. They speak into a microphone about the baroque music forms and their corresponding dance steps, but also on other topics, such as how to bake an almond orange cake, revealing their personalities in the process. Throughout Jonas Nordberg, who plays on lute, guitar, and theorbo, hovers around the dancers, an ambiguous presence. Kenneth Kvarnström has been working in the field of dance since 1990, mainly with his own company K. Kvarnström & Co. His works have toured in most European countries and also in Africa, Israel, Japan, Latin America, and the US. Between 2003 and 2008 Kvarnström suspended choreographing to become the director of the House of Dance in Stockholm. In 2008 he resumed working as a choreographer with his own company and making works on commission. The same year 5

6 he was appointed professor of the arts by the Finnish government. From Kvarnström worked as a house choreographer with Helsinki Dance Company. Since 2014 the company has been working in a new artistic structure as part of Kulturhuset City Theatre Stockholm. For press information contact David Hsieh at dhsieh@bam.org or x5 Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Antigone By Sophokles In a new translation by Anne Carson Barbican and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg Directed by Ivo van Hove US Premiere Set design and lighting by Jan Versweyveld Costume design by An d Huys Video design by Tal Yarden Dramaturgy by Peter van Kraaij Composition and sound design by Daniel Freitag BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Sep 24 Oct 4 (opens Sep 27) Sep 24 26, Sep 29 Oct 3 at 7:30pm; Sep 26 & Oct 3 at 2pm; Sep 27 & Oct 4 at 3pm Tickets: $30, 55, 85, 115 (weekday); $35, 65, 100, 135 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Talk: Antigone Interpreted A program of the Brooklyn Book Festival Co-presented by BAM and the Onassis Cultural Center NY Part of the Hellenic Humanities Program Brooklyn Book Festival, Sep 20 (time and location to be announced) Free Talk: Antigone With Juliette Binoche and members of the company Co-presented by BAM and the Onassis Cultural Center NY Part of the Hellenic Humanities Program BAM Harvey Theater Sep 29, post-show (free for same-day ticket holders)..a production that combines a somber aesthetic beauty with a sense of the ambivalence at the heart of Sophocles play. The Guardian Academy Award-winning actress Juliette Binoche (In-I, 2009 Next Wave) plays the title role in a new English-language translation of Antigone, directed by the internationally renowned Belgian theater director Ivo van Hove (last at BAM with Angels in America, 2014 Next Wave) and translated by poet and MacArthur fellow Anne Carson. The BAM engagement marks the US premiere of this powerful, 6

7 collaborative work which premiered at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg in February and was staged at the Barbican in March. Following the BAM engagement, the production s US tour continues in Chapel Hill, NC; Ann Arbor, MI; and Washington, DC. In Thebes, Antigone has refuted King Kreon s order: that her traitorous brother s body be left to rot outside the city gates. Vast monochrome videoscapes of sun and moon, sand and snow provide the backdrop to Van Hove s taut, unsentimental account of a woman who, as removed from life as she is from death, ends up taking both into her own hands. Juliette Binoche is a multi-award-winning screen and stage actress. She made her London stage debut in 1998 with a production of Luigi Pirandello s Naked (Almeida Theatre). In 2000 she appeared on Broadway in Harold Pinter s Betrayal for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. In 2008 and 2009 Binoche performed on stage with Akram Khan for the collaborative dance piece In-I (2009 Next Wave) and in 2012 she made her debut on the Barbican stage in Mademoiselle Julie, an updated version of August Strindberg s Miss Julie. Ivo van Hove began his career as a stage director in 1981, producing and directing plays he wrote himself before working with various esteemed theater companies and becoming general director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam in He has received many accolades, including an Obie Award for Best Production for More Stately Mansions and Hedda Gabler. Toneelgroep Amsterdam produces contemporary international theater from its home base, the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg. As the Netherlands largest repertory company, it holds a prominent place in the Dutch capital s international cultural scene. BAM previously presented the Van Hove-directed productions Angels in America (2014 Next Wave,) Roman Tragedies (2012 Next Wave), Cries and Whispers (2011 Next Wave), and Opening Night (2008 Next Wave). Anne Carson is a poet, essayist, translator, playwright, and classicist. She frequently references, modernizes, and translates Greek mythology. Carson is a MacArthur Fellow; she has received the Lannan Prize, the TS Eliot Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and was an Anna-Maria Kellen fellow at the American Academy in Berlin in In addition to adapting Antigone for the Barbican, Carson s version of Euripides Bakkhai featuring Ben Whishaw opens at the Almeida Theatre in July For press information contact Adriana Leshko at aleshko@bam.org or BAM proudly dedicates this engagement to the memory of the late Rina Anoussi the Travel Agent to the Stars. Rina was a beloved friend and loyal supporter of BAM for over three decades. Produced in association with Toneelgroep Amsterdam. Co-produced by Edinburgh International Festival, Théâtre de la Ville Paris and Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen. Tabac Rouge James Thierrée Compagnie du Hanneton US Premiere Direction, set design, and choreography by James Thierrée Costumes by Victoria Thiérrée Sound design by Thomas Delot Lighting by Bastien Courthieu 7

8 BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Sep 30 Oct 3 at 7:30pm, Oct 4 at 3pm Tickets: $20, 35, 50, 70 (weekday); $25, 40, 60, 80 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Master Class Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Thi Mai Nguyen, Compagnie du Hanneton Oct 1 at 11am, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For experienced and professional dancers Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register Price: $25 The 2015 Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award honors James Thierrée and the production of Tabac Rouge For his latest production, boundary-smashing (The Guardian, UK) artist James Thierrée assembles a cast of dancers to inhabit a world where movement, music, and mystery combine drawing the audience into the unfathomable logic of dreams. A central, god-like character, played by Thierrée, commands the top of the social pyramid, exploring the concepts of desire, control, and power. At the center of Tabac Rouge is an ominous, imposing environment of tangled tubes and mirrors which shifts incessantly, a sinister extra character in what is described as a choreodrama and sees Thierrée edging away from circus towards dance (The Guardian, UK). Telegraph (UK) acknowledges the piece as more dance-filled than Thierrée s past productions, and in fact as much Bauschian Tanztheater as offbeat circus. James Thierrée has had a major influence on contemporary visual performance. He is one of Europe s most extraordinary and versatile artists using his immense talent to create magical dreamlike spectacles that captivate, charm, and inspire. Born in 1974, Thierrée began working in the renowned Cirques Bonjour, Imaginaire, and Invisible, co-founded by Victoria Chaplin and Jean- Baptiste Thierrée, and later studied trapeze and acrobatics, violin, and dramatic arts. He appeared in Peter Greenaway s film Prospero s Books and in starring roles in the independent films Bye Bye Blackbird and Liberté (2009). He has worked in theater productions by Robert Wilson, Beno Besson, and Carlos Santos. In 1998, he founded Compagnie du Hanneton and began to create his own work. The company s first production was Junebug Symphony presented in New York in Past productions at BAM include La Veillée des Abysses (Bright Abyss, 2005 Next Wave), Au Revoir Parapluie (Farewell Umbrella, 2007 Next Wave), and Raoul (2010 Next Wave). The Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award The 2015 Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award honors James Thierrée and the production of Tabac Rouge. The Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award Ceremony will take place on stage following the opening night performance of the engagement. BAM Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo will present the Fisher Award a beautifully designed walking stick by Fort Greene sculptor/designer Chris Gullian, who drew his inspiration from Dick s interests and the architecture of BAM s Peter Jay Sharp Building to James Thierrée, Artistic Director of Compagnie du Hanneton. Behind great arts presenters are great supporters, and few of BAM s friends have deserved that title more than Richard B. Fisher ( ). A visionary in both professional and philanthropic endeavors, Dick championed the creation of a strong endowment to enable BAM to continue 8

9 presenting its signature groundbreaking programming, even in difficult times. As Chairman of the BAM Endowment Trust from , Dick shared financial expertise from years as president, chairman, and chairman emeritus of Morgan Stanley, and he guided investments as pledges grew to $50 million. The doubling of the endowment in 2004 may be largely credited to a leadership challenge grant from Dick and his wife, Jeanne Donovan Fisher, which in turn inspired support from other donors. Dick s generosity throughout his life continued even with his passing in the form of a landmark bequest. To honor Dick s friendship to BAM and recognize the legacy of progressive arts presentations he helped ensure in Brooklyn, where he and Emily H. Fisher raised their family, BAM inaugurated the annual Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award in Each year, members of the Fisher family help BAM select the engagement that best exemplifies Dick s forward-thinking ethos and passion for the arts, using this opportunity to celebrate Richard B. Fisher in perpetuity. Past recipients have included Pina Bausch, Charles Mee, Bill T. Jones, Robert Wilson, Mark Morris, Kronos Quartet, Anne Bogart, Fiona Shaw, and Brooklyn Youth Chorus. For press information contact Joe Guttridge at jguttridge@bam.org or x4 17 Border Crossings New York Premiere Thaddeus Phillips Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Sep 30 Oct 3 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Master Class Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Sep 26 at 4pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For theater makers of all levels Price: $25 Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register BAM Gathering: 17 Border Crossings With Thaddeus Phillips Led by Bryan Doerries Oct 1, post-show (free for same-day ticket holders) Theater director, designer and raconteur Thaddeus Phillips makes his BAM debut with 17 Border Crossings, a new theatrical work that takes audiences to the frontiers of Egypt, Bosnia, Cuba, Brazil, Morocco, Colombia, Austria, Bali, Czech Republic, Israel, Jordan, Serbia, Croatia, Italy, and Mexico. A deceptively simple solo work, 17 Border Crossings weaves these wanderlust tales into a dramatic, visual, and surreal examination of imaginary boundaries, arbitrary passports, and curious customs using only minimal means to transform the stage to global airports, jungle huts, holding cells, and even the Austrian Alps. From the wheel well of a transatlantic jet to a worse-for-wear Soviet-era train traveling from Prague to Belgrade, a chair, table, and bar of lights become the imagined settings for invasive body searches at 9

10 Charles de Gaulle Airport, ayahuasca experiments in the Amazon, KFC-smuggling in Palestine, and run-ins with Ace of Base on Croatian ferries. Drawing from monologue and stand-up comedy elements, this world circumvention via storytelling starts with a man at a desk on an empty stage and ends up everywhere but. Thaddeus Phillips is a theater director, stage designer, and film/tv actor originally from Denver, Colorado known for the stage productions Red-eye to Havre de Grace (NYTW), Capsule 33 (Barrow Street Theatre), El conquistador! (NYTW), The Tempest, The Earth s Sharp Edge & King Lear (La MaMa E.T.C.), The Incredibly Dangerous Astonishing Lucrative and Potentially TRUE Adventures of Barry Seal, Whale Optics, Flamingo/Winnebago, THE MeLTING BRiDgE, and Lost Soles (FringeArts). His stage work has been seen at MassMoca, The Walker Arts Center, On The Boards, Miami Light Project as well as at international theater festivals in Spain, England, Ireland, Holland, Serbia, Mexico, Slovenia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Italy. He appeared in Robert Lepage's Geometry of Miracles at BAM in 2000 and on screen has acted in Narcos (Netflix) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Sony), Alias El Mexicano (MundoFox), El Capo 3 (RCN). Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental develops devised theater works using creative structures, objects and travel in collaboration with actors, designers, singers, DJ's and installation artists. For press information contact Sarah Garvey at sgarvey@bam.org or Dream d in a Dream Seán Curran Company and Ustatshakirt Plus Choreography by Seán Curran New York Premiere BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Oct 7 10 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 30, 40 (weekday); $25, 35, 45 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Master Class Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Seán Curran and Elizabeth Coker Accompanied by Ustatshakirt Plus Oct 10 at 3pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For advanced contemporary dancers Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register Price: $25 In 2012, the Seán Curran Company toured Central Asia as part of DanceMotion USA SM, an ongoing, international cultural exchange initiative of the US Department of State, produced by BAM. While in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, the company met and collaborated with the traditional music ensemble Ustatshakirt Plus, led by Musical Director/Composer Nurlanbek Nishanov. Curran and Nishanov made plans to continue their burgeoning artistic relationship with the development of an evening-length work of American contemporary dance and Kyrgyz mountain music. Dream d in a Dream, a co-commission by BAM and University of Notre Dame, features members of Ustatshakirt Plus performing live on-stage in this inspired meeting of cultures an exploration of dreams and reality named after a poem by Walt Whitman. 10

11 Seán Curran Company was founded in 1997 by Artistic Director Seán Curran, who began his early dance training in traditional Irish step dancing. He became a leading dancer with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and was an original member of the long-running Off-Broadway show Stomp! Curran serves as chair of the department of dance at NYU s Tisch School of the Arts. The Seán Curran Company has presented 27 premieres of new works and has toured to more than 75 venues in the US and abroad, including home seasons in New York City presented by the Joyce Theater, the Guggenheim Museum, New Victory Theater, Danspace Project, Symphony Space, Central Park Summerstage, and others. In 2012, the company was selected to perform and teach throughout Central Asia as part of DanceMotion USA SM. The company s most recent works include Left Exit, an examination of spirituality, faith, and religion commissioned by the University of Notre Dame; and Travel Songs, an evening of works with the Grammy Award-winning King s Singers. Traditional music forms have historically played a vital role in the cultures of the Kyrgyz Republic and Central Asia, but were largely lost during the Soviet era and with the influx of Western pop music. Ustatshakirt Plus works to preserve these rich musical traditions through performance, teaching, and the crafting of traditional instruments. In Dream d in a Dream, six members of the ensemble in its New York debut play instruments including the komuz (three-stringed lute), metal and wooden jaw harps, and the qui-qiyak (bowl fiddle). For press information contact Sandy Sawotka at ssawotka@bam.org or Presentations from Muslim majority countries supported by the Building Bridges Program of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Commissioned by BAM New Society Miranda July New York Premiere BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Oct 7 10 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Miranda July risks all with a unique experiment in collaboration. This hilarious and moving performance artfully blends fiction and real life to create a startling chronicle of time, love, and group faith. On this very special night July tests the limits of what is possible given two hours and a room full of strangers. Due to the participatory nature of the event, the artist has requested no further descriptive information be disseminated about the engagement. Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. Her most recent work is The First Bad Man, a novel. July s collection of stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, won the Frank O Connor International Short Story Award and has been published in twenty-three countries. Her writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Harper s, and The New Yorker; It Chooses You was her first book of non-fiction. She wrote, directed, and starred in The Future and Me and You and Everyone We Know winner of the Camera d Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Special Jury Prize at Sundance. July s participatory art works include the website Learning to Love You More (with artist Harrell Fletcher), Eleven Heavy Things (a sculpture garden created for the 2009 Venice Biennale), New Society (a 11

12 performance), and Somebody (a messaging app.) Raised in Berkeley, California, July lives in Los Angeles. For press information contact Adriana Leshko at or Reconfiguration: An Evening with Other Lives Mix Tape Productions Conceived by Rebecca Habel and Terry Kinney Directed by Terry Kinney World Premiere BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Oct 9 & 10 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25, 30, 40 (Fri); $25, 35, 45 (Sat) (subject to change after Aug 2) True to its title, Reconfiguration: An Evening with Other Lives reconceives the acclaimed indie rock band s live show as an immersive theatrical experience helmed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company cofounder Terry Kinney in this world premiere collaborative work. Other Lives Jesse Tabish, Jonathan Mooney, Josh Onstott, Daniel Hart, and Danny Reish will perform songs from their most recent album, Rituals, along with previous releases, while Kinney crafts an engrossing audio-visual narrative inspired by the band s lyrics and Oklahoma roots. Other Lives from Portland, Oregon via Stillwater, Oklahoma features members Jesse Tabish (piano, guitar, lead vocals), Jonathon Mooney (piano, violin, guitar, percussion, trumpet), Josh Onstott (bass, keys, percussion, guitar, backing vocals), Daniel Hart (violin, backing vocals, guitar), and Danny Reish (drums, percussion). In addition to their most recent album, Rituals, released in May, their discography includes a 2009 self-titled album; 2011 s Tamer Animals; and an EP, Mind the Gap, released in The band opened for Bon Iver in the fall of 2011 and for Radiohead on the first leg of their North American tour in Their music has been heralded as vividly cinematic by Pitchfork. Terry Kinney is a co-founder of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His directing credits there include The Violet Hour, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Clockwork Orange, Of Mice and Men and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which moved to Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. New York directing credits include the world premiere of Checkers by Doug McGrath, Neal LaBute s reasons to be pretty for MCC and Broadway, among others. As an actor he has appeared in films such as Last of the Mohicans and The Firm; television credits include the role of Tim McManus in the HBO prison drama Oz, as well as roles on Black Box and The Good Wife, among others. Mix Tape Productions was formed by Rebecca Habel and Terry Kinney to produce music in theater venues directed and designed by theater artists, bringing the visual and story elements of that discipline to the music creating a new form and a new way to experience concerts. For press information contact Sandy Sawotka at ssawotka@bam.org or Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor. Helen Lawrence Canadian Stage US Premiere 12

13 Conceived and directed by Stan Douglas Written by Chris Haddock Story by Stan Douglas and Chris Haddock Set design by Kevin McAllister Costume design by Nancy Bryant Lighting design by Robert Sondergaard Sound design by John Gzowski Director of photography Brian Johnson Video programming by Peter Courtemanche BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Oct 14 Oct 17 at 7:30pm Tickets: $30, 45, 65, 85 (weekday); $35, 55, 75, 95 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Inspired by post-war film noir, Helen Lawrence intertwines theater, visual art, live-action film, and computer-generated simulations in a beautifully crafted, suspense-filled tale from award-winning visual artist Stan Douglas and acclaimed screenwriter Chris Haddock (Da Vinci s Inquest, CBC). Femme fatale Helen Lawrence arrives from Los Angeles in seedy, post-war Vancouver seeking revenge for the murder of her husband. She is quickly caught up in a twisted plot of corrupt racist cops, an equally corrupt mayor, and the degenerate local residents, which ultimately ends in murder. This pioneering stage production features a cast of 12 who operate cameras, filming their performances against a blue screen-enclosed stage. Their images are simultaneously integrated into computer-generated 3D recreations of urban Vancouver circa 1948 the prodigiously detailed work of Stan Douglas studio. The audience experience is thus at once a 3D film, projected onto a scrim in front of the live action, and a cinematic thriller unfolding live on stage. The production received its world premiere on March 19, 2014 in Vancouver and toured to the Munich Kammerspiele (Germany), Edinburgh International Festival, and back to Canada for a run at Canadian Stage s Bluma Appel Theatre (Toronto). Canadian Stage is one of Canada s leading not-for-profit contemporary theater companies. Under the direction of Artistic & General Director Matthew Jocelyn and Managing Director Su Hutchinson, the company produces and presents theater with a focus on emerging performance styles that integrate theater with other artistic media such as dance, film, visual arts, and more. Sharing innovative and vibrant performance work from Canada and around the world, the company presents an annual season at three Toronto venues (the Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts; the Berkeley Street Theatre; and the High Park Amphitheatre), in addition to running a series of artist training, education, and community outreach initiatives. Canadian Stage is dedicated to reinforcing Toronto s position within an international cultural dialogue, by acting as a home, incubator, and exporter of leading Canadian and foreign theater. The company is committed to reading the pulse of performing artists as they are working now and creating the channels for audiences to encounter and enjoy their work. For press information contact Joe Guttridge at jguttridge@bam.org or A co-production with Canadian Stage, Arts Club Theatre Company, Vancouver, The Banff Centre, Stan Douglas Inc, Festival TransAmériques and Canada's National Arts Centre, with contributions from Arts Partners in Creative Development, Presentation House Gallery, BC Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts, Tour Sponsors, BMO; David Zwirner. 13

14 All Vows Maya Beiser New York Premiere Films by Bill Morrison Sound design by Dave Cook Lighting and scenic design by Aaron Copp Projection design by Matthew Houstle BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Oct at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Beiser knitted pop and overtly spiritual music together and found a deep, almost devotional thread running through everything she played. The Washington Post (11/9/14) With All Vows, cellist Maya Beiser explores the dichotomy between the physical, external world and the landscape of the inner self. This spellbinding production includes Glenn Kotche s Three Parts Wisdom, David T. Little s Hellhound, and Mohammed Fairouz s Kol Nidrei, plus Michael Harrison s Just Ancient Loops and Michael Gordon s All Vows (both with film by Bill Morrison) and re-imagined classic rock from Maya s latest album, Uncovered. The program s first half features bold new renditions ( uncovers ) of well-known blues and rock songs by Janis Joplin, Howlin Wolf, Nirvana, and Led Zeppelin in arrangements by acclaimed composer Evan Ziporyn. Beiser re-contextualizes classic rock through the lens of her cello along with Jherek Bischoff on electric bass and a healthy dose of drums and light-show spectacle. Alongside the rock and blues masters, Beiser presents original music from Glenn Kotche (Wilco) and David T. Little composers both deeply influenced by this vernacular. The second half of All Vows delves into our inherent desire for ritual and meaning with three spiritual works. Kol Nidrei by Arab-American composer Mohammed Fairouz and All Vows by Michael Gordon both take the Jewish Yom Kippur prayer as a compositional starting point. Beiser s extensive collaboration with filmmaker Bill Morrison is reflected in the program s final large-scale work, Michael Harrison s Just Ancient Loops, a visual and musical tapestry (using the just intonation tuning) that unveils every aspect of the cello. Throughout her adventurous career, renowned cellist Maya Beiser has reimagined the concert experience, commissioning and performing hundreds of new works written for her by today s leading composers. She has collaborated with artists across a range of musical styles, including Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Tan Dun, and Evan Ziporyn. Her multimedia productions, including World to Come, Almost Human, Provenance, Elsewhere: A CelloOpera, and All Vows, have consistently been chosen for top critics Best of the Year lists. Beiser was raised in the Galilee Mountains in Israel, surrounded by the music and rituals of Jews, Muslims, and Christians, while studying classical cello repertoire. She is a graduate of Yale University and a founding member of the Bang on a Can All- Stars. Her discography includes eight solo albums and her latest album, Uncovered, topped the classical music charts on both Amazon and itunes. For press information contact Sandy Sawotka at ssawotka@bam.org or Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor. 14

15 Hallo Martin Zimmermann US Premiere Concept, direction, choreography, and stage design by Martin Zimmermann Dramaturgy by Sabine Geistlich Composed by Colin Vallon Costume design by Franziska Born Light design by Sammy Marchina Sound design by Andy Neresheimer BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Oct at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 30, 40 (weekday); $25, 35, 45 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Swiss choreographer, scenographer, and consummate clown Martin Zimmermann (Hans was Heiri, 2013 Next Wave) maneuvers a landscape of boxes, frames, and precarious parallelograms in search of himself. Somewhere between Beckett and Buster Keaton, Hallo pits shape-shifting human against animate architecture, teetering on the threshold between collapse and order. Changing between trench coat, helmet, bowler, and shroud, while periodically stopping to vacuum, Zimmermann breaks walls and breaches skylights as his surroundings remodel themselves in sculptural echoes of his mind. Martin Zimmermann was born in 1970 and grew up in Wildberg, a small Swiss village. After studying set design he graduated with honors from the Centre National des Arts du Cirque (C.N.A.C.) in France. Following his return to Zurich in 1998 he began to work as a choreographer and director. He is a co-founder of Zimmermann & de Perrot (Hans was Heiri, Next Wave 2013), a theater company whose shows are based on precise observation, humorous repetition, distortion, and artistic transformation of everyday interactions. Their wordless theater is full of absurd humor and a deep love of detail. For press information contact David Hsieh at dhsieh@bam.org or x9 Produced by Verein Zimmermann & de Perrot Coproduced with Châteauvallon Centre National de Création et Diffusion Culturelles; Espace Jean Legendre, Compiègne - Scène nationale de l Oise en prefiguration; KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg; La Filature, Scène nationale Mulhouse; Le Merlan, scène nationale à Marseille avec le Pôle Cirque Méditerranée (CREAC de Marseille, Théâtre Europe, La Seyne sur Mer); Le Volcan, Scène nationale du Havre; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg Scène européenne; Migros culture percentage; Theater Casino Zug; Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne; Zürcher Theater Spektakel. With support of Ernst Göhner Stiftung. Thanks to Schauspielhaus Zürich. Final rehearsal and premiere at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne texts&beheadings/elizabethr Compagnia de' Colombari Karin Coonrod New York Premiere Created and directed by Karin Coonrod Dramaturgy and scenic design by John Conklin 15

16 Music by Gina Leishman Costume design by Oana Botez Lighting design by Peter Ksander BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Oct 21 Oct 24 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Queen Elizabeth I left an indelible mark on history, inspiring a number of artistic works attempting to capture her extravagant iconography. In texts&beheadings/elizabethr, director Karin Coonrod constructs a full-length theatrical work from Elizabeth s own writings letters, speeches, prayers as well as those of her contemporaries. Four actresses portray the ever-changing spirit of the queen throughout this four-part work which investigates what it is to be royal and exposes the great monarch s own status as a writer, director, designer, and actor having played the role of queen and king, wife and husband to England. Karin Coonrod is a theater maker whose work has been seen and heard across the country and around the world. Coonrod founded two theater companies Arden Party ( ), in downtown New York which re-imagined the classics and Compagnia de Colombari (2004 present), an international company, based in New York, which began a new tradition of theater in Orvieto, Italy when it presented the medieval mystery plays in public spaces and a music-theater piece More or Less I Am (from Walt Whitman s Song of Myself) performed around New York City. Coonrod is known for her Shakespeare productions including her epic Henry VI (1996) and surprising Love s Labor s Lost (2011), both at the Public Theater where she was Artist-in-Residence from ; King John (2000), Julius Caesar (2003) and Coriolanus (2005), all with Theatre for a New Audience; Othello at Hartford Stage (2005), and most recently, Tempest at LaMama (2014). Other seminal productions include Roger Vitrac s Victor or Children Take Over (1996) at the Ohio Theatre, Coonrod s own creation for the stage of non-dramatic material: Flannery O Connor s Everything That Rises Must Converge developed at the University of Iowa, Sundance Theatre Lab, and premiered at New York Theatre Workshop (2001), Anne Sexton s Transformations with Arden Party ( ), and a cabaret adaptation of Lorca s Poeta en Nueva York with flamenco dancer La Conja at New York University (2002). Coonrod is on the faculty at Yale School of Drama (since 2002). For press information contact Joe Guttridge at jguttridge@bam.org or Refuse the Hour William Kentridge Philip Miller Dada Masilo, Catherine Meyburgh, Peter Galison US Premiere Conception and libretto by William Kentridge Music by Philip Miller Choreography Dada Masilo Video design by Catherine Meyburgh and William Kentridge Dramaturgy by Peter Galison Scenic design by Sabine Theunissen Movement by Luc de Wit Costume design by Greta Goiris 16

17 Machine design by Christoff Wolmarans, Louis Olivier, and Jonas Lundquist Lighting design by Urs Schoenebaum Sound design by Gavan Eckhart Video orchestration by Kim Gunning BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Oct at 7:30pm; Oct 25 at 3pm Tickets: $30, 50, 70, 95 (weekday); $35, 65, 85, 110 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Talk: William Kentridge and Peter Galison Moderated by Dennis Overbye Oct 24 at 5pm BAM Hillman Attic Studio (30 Lafayette Ave) Tickets: $15 ($7.50 for Friends of BAM) Can we hold our breath against time? from Refuse the Hour Speaking backwards and forwards in front of giant on-stage metronomes, inimitable South African artist William Kentridge delivers an elliptical lecture-performance examining the nature of temporality in this multimedia chamber opera composed by longtime collaborator Phillip Miller. A companion to his five-channel video installation The Refusal of Time (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Documenta 13), Refuse the Hour features a cast of 12 dancers, musicians, performers, and vocalists. Amid these stage companions, Kentridge muses on topics as disparate yet connected as productive procrastination, myth, entropy, empire, and black holes. With choreography by South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, video design by Catherine Meyburgh, and dramaturgy by science historian and physicist Peter Galison. William Kentridge was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in He attended the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg ( ), Johannesburg Art Foundation ( ), and studied mime and theater at L École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Paris ( ). Having witnessed first-hand one of the 20th century s most contentious struggles the dissolution of apartheid Kentridge brings the ambiguity and subtlety of personal experience to public subjects that are most often framed in narrowly defined terms. Using film, drawing, sculpture, animation, and performance, he transmutes sobering political events into powerful poetic allegories. His production of Dmitri Shostakovich s opera The Nose premiered in 2010 at the Metropolitan Opera in conjunction with a retrospective organized by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Kentridge was last at BAM with The Magic Flute (2007 Winter/Spring); he lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa. Philip Miller is a composer and sound artist living and working in South Africa. His work has been exhibited and performed at Carnegie Hall, the Venice Biennale, Spier Contemporary in South Africa, and Lithuania s Kaunas Biennial. His award-winning cantata Rewind based on testimonies from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been performed at the Royal Festival Hall (London) and Celebrate Brooklyn (New York). Miller has scored numerous soundtracks to film and television shows, including Emmy Award-nominated scores for HBO s The Girl and BET s The Book of Negroes. His two decade-long collaboration with artist William Kentridge includes I am not me, the horse is not mine at the Tate Modern (2012) and The Refusal of Time (2013), a multimedia installation commissioned for documenta (Kassel) and exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.. 17

18 For press information contact Adriana Leshko at or Leadership support for opera at BAM provided by Aashish & Dinyar Devitre Executive Producer: Tomorrowland (Paris), Producer: THE OFFICE performing arts + film (New York). Cocommissioned by Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Festival d'avignon, RomaEuropa Festival/Teatro di Roma (Roma), and Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), with additional support provided by Marian Goodman Gallery (New York - Paris - London), Lia Rumma Gallery (Naples - Milano), and The Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg - Cape Town). Major support for Refuse the Hour is provided by the Marian Goodman Gallery Umusuna: Memories Before History New York Premiere Sankai Juku Choreography, concept, and direction by Ushio Amagatsu Music by Takashi Kako, Yas-Kaz, and Yoichiro Yoshikawa Costumes by Masayo Iiduka Lighting design by Genta Iwamura Sound design by Akira Aikawa BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Oct at 7:30pm Tickets: $25, 30, 40, 55, 70 (subject to change after Aug 2) Master Class Co-Presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Sankai Juku with Semimaru Oct 30 at 12pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For audiences of all backgrounds and experience levels with an interest in Butoh Price: $25 Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register After nearly a decade since its last appearance at BAM, Sankai Juku makes a triumphant return with the monumental 2012 work Umusuna: Memories Before History. Literally translated to mean the place you were born, umusuna primarily refers to a pin-pointed small area, but can also infer a broader, universal, planet-wide perspective. The performance begins with a column of sand cascading from the ceiling, representing life as a vertical line. As the sand accumulates center stage, the audience acutely senses the passage of time. Sand is spread over the floor in section, invoking the elements of fire, water, air, and earth, each delineated by ascribed colors of light. Sankai Juku s signature minimalist style of butoh dance was developed by founder and choreographer Ushio Amagatsu, a vanguard of the second generation of butoh artists. While Amagatsu s work maintains the typical powder-covered bodies and rigid physicality of his predecessors, it also includes large scale scenic material and elements of ritual and modern dance, in which the fluidity of motion is infused with intent, creating a meaningful metamorphosis of bodies that relay a universal humanity. 18

19 Founded in 1975 by Ushio Amagatsu, Sankai Juku is known worldwide for its elegance, refinement, technical precision, and emotional depth. His contemporary butoh creations are sublime visual spectacles and deeply moving theatrical experiences. Trained in classical and modern dance before cultivating his signature butoh approach, Amagatsu focuses on the expression of body language and the relationship between the body and gravity set within themes of universality. His works are characterized by an abstract vision of the infinite, and evolutionary movement. Sankai Juku performed previously at BAM with Yuragi: In a Space of Perpetual Motion (1996 Next Wave Festival), Hiyomeki (1999 Next Wave Festival), Hibiki: Resonance from Far Away (2002 Next Wave Festival), and Kagemi Beyond the Metaphors of Mirrors (2006 Next Wave Festival). For press information contact Sarah Garvey at sgarvey@bam.org or Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Supported by the Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program. The Exalted Written by Carl Hancock Rux Music by Theo Bleckmann Directed by Anne Bogart New York Premiere Video design by Onome Ekeh Lighting Design by Christian Epps BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Oct 28 Oct 31 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 The Exalted sheds light on Carl Einstein, a mostly forgotten 20 th -century German-Jewish art historian who was one of the first critics to discuss the importance of African art, thus influencing the works of George Grosz, Pablo Picasso, and Georges Braque. African American writer and performer Carl Hancock Rux discovered his German heritage while researching his family s genealogy, and with composer and musician Theo Bleckmann, reimagines the atrocities of occupation and the discovery of African art by the West in this multimedia narrative directed by Anne Bogart. Carl Hancock Rux is an American poet, novelist, OBIE award-winning playwright, interdisciplinary performative artist, and recording artist. His albums include Rux Revue (Sony), Apothecary Rx (Giant Step), Good Bread Alley (Thirsty Ear), and Homeostasis (CD Baby). Rux is the author of the OBIE award-winning play Talk, and the critically acclaimed novel Asphalt. His work has been published in numerous journals, anthologies, and magazines including Interview, The New York Times, A Rude Magazine, Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art, and American Theatre magazine. Rux will be involved in Steel Hammer (2015 Next Wave), a musical also directed by Anne Bogart. Theo Bleckmann is a Grammy-nominated and ECHO award-winning vocalist and composer whose work spans concerts, installations, theater, cabaret, and performance art. For over a decade he has performed with guitarist Ben Monder and in Meredith Monk's ensemble, and is a longtime student and mentee of vocalist and NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan. He has collaborated with artists such as 19