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Re-imagined by Luca Veggetti Music by Teiji Ito

DATES: OCT 24—27 at 7:30pm Season Sponsor:

LOCATION: BAM Fisher (Fishman Space) Leadership support for dance at the RUN TIME: 1hr no intermission BAM and the BAM Fisher provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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#BAMNextWave BAM Fisher Watermill ABOUT Watermill Musicians Choreography by Steve Gorn, Music Director Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins’ Watermill first premiered Tavia Ito at Ballet in 1972. In its Mara Purl Re-imagined by contemplative tone and slow, deliberate Ralph Samuelson Luca Veggetti pacing, the work represented a unique Yukio Tsuji moment in the Robbins’ repertoire, and Music by the hour-long, Noh-inspired dance elicited Lighting design Teiji Ito immediate and wide-ranging audience Clifton Taylor reactions. This current production is not a Featuring re-staging but rather a re-imagining of the Projections Joaquin De Luz work in this new, site-specific evocation. Adam Larsen With Watermill is a theater piece that is Costume design and supervision Dancers from the Conservatory of Dance enacted by dancers, or to paraphrase Márion Talán at Purchase College, SUNY Antonin Artaud in his seminal essay about Balinese theater, it is a kind of superior Original costume elements by Aleksandra Gologorskaya play in which the actors are, above all, Patricia Zipprodt Quaba Ernest dancers. It is a radical exploration of Ruben Castillo-Gomez (Oct 24—26) the notion of time, and of how time is Repetiteurs Leo Hishikawa (Oct 27) intrinsically connected to space in a Jean-Pierre Frohlich Anthonio Brady theatrical event. Not of course objective Kipling Houston measurable time, but one in which night Diana White and and day co-exist, a place where an entire moon cycle unfolds in one hour, while an Rehearsal assistant (Oct 24—26) instant seems to last for half that duration, Stephanie Tooman Mayra Donis, Stephanie Godsave, Noelle and where all of it somehow makes total Hauptmann-Anderson, Satchel Howard, sense. The piece balances the apparent Production stage manager Bryce McCaine, Kathryn Taylor, Tseng simplicity of its choreographic structure Lori Wekselblatt Yuchin with the complex web of relations that governs it—much as it lives in the Assistant stage manager (Oct 27) opposition between the maturity and Madison Ellis Mayra Donis, Noelle Hauptmann-Ander- weight of its lead character and a cast of son, Lucy Quattlebaum, Kiersten Rist, very young dancers around him. Production assistant Kathryn Taylor, Bailey Vaughn, Kirstin Celeste Lannen Zahradnick —Luca Veggetti Technical consultant Anthonio Brady, Ruben Castillo-Gomez, Perry Silvey Nathan Crewe-Kluge, Quaba Ernest, Rich- ard Figueroa, Leo Hishikawa, Erik Osterkil, General manager Joshua Noel, Kar’mel Small, Cong Zhang, Alexandra Felicetti Mengnan Zhao

Technical director, Conservatory of Understudies: Ruben Castillo-Gomez, Dance at Purchase College, SUNY Nathan Crewe-Kluge, MaryAnn Massa, Victor Catano James O’Loughlin, Kiersten Rist, Kar’mel Small Student rehearsal assistant Eddie Omar Gonzalez (1989) which are in the repertories of the including at the Drawing Center, Works & Francisco Ballet, , , the Ballet de l’Opéra Process at the Guggenheim Museum, the and Teatro Colón in . de Paris, and major dance companies Metropolitan Museum of Art, and La Cité His awards include the Benois de la throughout the world. His most recent de la Musique in Paris. Notable produc- Danse 2009, gold medal at the second Who’s ballets include A with tions include Iannis Xenakis’ Oresteia and Nureyev international dance competition, Mikhail Baryshnikov (1994), 2 & 3 Part Kaija Saariaho’s Maa at the Miller Theater and Spain’s national dance award 2006. Inventions (1994), in a co-production with the Guggenheim’s De Luz also played a lead role in the (1995), and (1996), all of Works & Process; works for the Martha Broadway revival of On Your Toes. He is which premiered at New York City Ballet. Graham Dance Company; NOTATIONO- currently on faculty at the Rock School in Who TATIONS for the Drawing Center; Toshio Philadelphia and teaches/coaches around In addition to his two Academy Awards, Hosokawa’s opera Hanjo at Tokyo’s Sun- the world. In 2015, De Luz became a cer- Robbins’ awards and citations include four tory Hall; The Raven for the first New York tified personal trainer, and in early 2017, JEROME ROBBINS , five Donaldson Awards, an Philharmonic Biennial; Vision of Lear in he became the co-founder of the New Choreographer Emmy Award, the Screen Directors’ Guild Hiroshima; Kaija Saariaho’s The Tempest York City Ballet Strength and Conditioning Award, and the New York Drama Critics Songbook for Gotham Chamber Opera Program. He currently trains both dancers Jerome Robbins is world-renowned as Circle Award. Robbins is a 1981 Kennedy with Martha Graham Dance Company and non-dancers. a choreographer of ballets, and as a chore- Center Honors recipient, was awarded at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the ographer and director in theater, movies, the Commandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et performance/video installation Scenario and television. Although he began as a des Lettres, is an honorary member of the conceived for the spaces of MART at TEIJI ITO modern dancer, his start on Broadway American Academy and Institute of Arts Oriente Occidente Festival in Italy; and the Music was as a chorus dancer before joining the and Letters, and was awarded a National recent Left-Right-Left, a co-production by corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre Medal of Arts as well as the Governor’s the Japan Society in New York and the Teiji Ito (1935—1982) was an avant- in 1939, where he went on to dance Arts Awards by the New York State Coun- Yokohama Noh Theater. garde composer who created works for principal roles in the works of Fokine, cil on the Arts. Some of his Broadway film, theater, and dance. He was born Tudor, Massine, Balanchine, Lichine, shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar in Tokyo and moved to New York at the and de Mille. His first ballet, Baby, , West Side JOAQUIN DE LUZ age of six. When he was just 17, he was (1944) for ABT, still in many repertories, Story, , Gypsy, , Dancer composing music for the experimental celebrated its 50th birthday on April 18, Miss Liberty, , and Fiddler films of Maya Deren, who would become 1994. While embarking on his career on the Roof. In 1989, Jerome Robbins’ Joaquin De Luz was born in and his first wife. On a trip to Haiti with Deren, in the theater, Robbins was simultane- Broadway won six Tony Awards including received his training at the Victor Ullate Ito learned Haitian drumming techniques, ously creating ballets for New York City Best Musical and Best Director. He was School of Ballet. He danced with Victor which he incorporated into compositions Ballet—which he joined in 1949 and awarded the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre Ullate Ballet Company from 1992—95, that also drew from traditional Japanese became an associate artistic director with National de la Legion d’Honneur. Jerome and in August 1996, joined the Pennsyl- music and new developments in classical George Balanchine. Robbins has directed Robbins passed away in 1998. vania Ballet as a soloist. De Luz joined music. For the 1960—61 theater season, for television and film as well, with his co- American Ballet Theatre as a member Ito won an Obie Award for his scores for direction and choreography of West Side of the corps de ballet in 1997 and was the Off-Broadway productions of Three Story winning him two Academy Awards. LUCA VEGGETTI promoted to soloist in 1998. Joining New Modern Japanese Plays, Brecht’s In the After his Broadway triumph with Fiddler Choreographer/Re-staging York City Ballet as a soloist in 2003, he Jungle of Cities for the Living Theater, and on the Roof in 1964, Robbins continued was promoted to the rank of principal a café production of King Ubu. He went creating ballets for New York City Ballet. Luca Veggetti, born in 1963 and trained dancer in January 2005 and retired from on to compose the score for the original Following Balanchine’s death in 1983, at La Scala in Milan, began his career as a the company earlier this month. His ex- production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s he shared the position of ballet-master-in- choreographer and stage director in 1990. tensive repertory at NYCB included works Nest on Broadway, in 1963. In 1982, at chief with Peter Martins until 1989. He Turning his interests toward contempo- by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, the age of 47, Ito died of a heart attack created more than 60 ballets, including rary music, experimental forms, and new Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, while on vacation in Haiti. Afternoon of a Faun (1953), technologies, he has collaborated with Susan Stroman, Jorma Elo, Justin Peck, (1956), Les Noces (1965), Dances at a Toshio Hosokawa and Kaija Saariaho. Peter Martins, and Wayne McGregor. A recording of composer Teiji Ito’s music Gathering (1969), (1970), Veggetti’s work has been produced and for Watermill is available from Tzadik (1975), (1976), presented by leading theaters, compa- De Luz has appeared as a guest artist Records. tzadik.com/watermill (1983), and Ives, Songs nies, and museums around the world for numerous companies including San University of Nevada, Albuquerque’s Kimo tsunami in Japan has been presented ADAM LARSEN CLIFTON TAYLOR Theatre, and Santa Fe’s Lensik Theater. annually in New York at venues such as Projections Lighting designer She is also an actress, best known for Carnegie Hall and the Cathedral of St. Days of Our Lives, a best-selling author, John the Divine. He is a periodic artist in Adam Larsen is a projection designer and Clifton Taylor has created theatrical and the creator of the hit radio drama residence at the Lou Harrison House in documentary filmmaker. His designs in- designs for Broadway as well as opera, Milford-Haven U.S.A., which had 4.5 mil- Joshua Tree, CA, and is senior advisor clude LoveMusik (Broadway); The Gospel theater, and dance companies around lion listeners on BBC radio. marapurl.com and former director of the Asian Cultural at Colonus (Athens, Edinburgh, and Spole- the world. His designs have been com- Council. He joined the Watermill music to Festivals); Breaking the Waves (Opera missioned for the repertories of the ensemble in 1991. Philadelphia and Prototype Festival); From Mikhailovsky Theater, Russia; Sardono STEVE GORN the House of the Dead (Canadian Opera); Dance Theater, Indonesia; Phil- Musician The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Singapore harmonia, UK; Hamburg Elbe Philhar- YUKIO TSUJI and Edinburgh Festival); monie, Germany; American Ballet Theatre; Steve Gorn, whose flute is said to “re- Musician (Shaw Festival); The Women of Brews- Scottish National Ballet; the Ballet align the cells,” is featured on the 2011 ter Place (Alliance/Arena Stage); Ghost Company of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Mag- Grammy-winning recording, Miho—Jour- Yukio Tsuji is a composer, shakuhachi Brothers of Darkland County (Alliance gio Danza, Italy; and Ballet de Lorraine, ney to the Mountain, with the Paul Winter player, and percussionist who works Theatre); big (Atlanta Ballet); Love Lies France, as well as other major companies Consort, as well as the Academy Award- actively in creating music for theater. He Bleeding (Alberta Ballet); Lily Plants a in Europe, Asia, and South America. With winning documentary film, Born into has been a composer and performer with Garden (Mark Taper); A Flowering Tree Luca Veggetti, he has designed produc- Brothels. He has performed Indian classi- Estelle Parsons, Ellen Stewart, Jerome (Opera Omaha); Maa (Atlanta Symphony); tions in Japan, Italy, and New York for the cal music and new American music on the Robbins, , Sir Peter Hall, An- Quartet (Aspen Santa Fe Ballet); The past 10 years. This season he has upcom- bansuri bamboo flute, soprano saxophone, dré Serban, Lee Breuer, and other noted Pelleas Project (Cincinnati Symphony); ing commissions in the US, the UK, Chile, and clarinet in concerts and festivals stage directors. As resident composer/ Second Hand (New World Symphony); Germany, and Italy. designcurve.com throughout the world. He has composed musician at La MaMa ETC in New York Black Whole (Black Mountain College music for dance, film, and theater, includ- for over 20 years, he has created scores Museum + Arts Center & Moog Music); A ing the score for Jean Claude van Itallie’s for and performed in countless worldwide Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hawaii Opera MARA PURL play, Tibetan Book of the Dead and has theater productions. He composed and Theatre); and Peter Grimes (San Francisco Musician recorded and performed with Paul Simon, performed in the Broadway production of Symphony). Larsen’s documentaries in- Angélique Kidjo, and Jack DeJohnette. Salome with Al Pacino, and arranged and clude Neurotypical, about autism from the Mara Purl, instrumentalist on the koto, Gorn’s CD, Luminous Ragas, is a land- performed in the Broadway production of perspective of autistics (P.O.V., PBS) and the classical Japanese harp, grew up in mark recording of music for yoga. He has David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly. He Undersung, about caregivers of severely Tokyo. Although she studied its classical been a musician with Watermill since composed the main theme for the Shang- disabled family members. form, she pioneered jazz and pop koto 1991. stevegorn.com hai Expo, is a member of the Saras Galas as featured in her numerous recordings Band, and joined the music ensemble for including Koto/Pathless Path with Charles the New York City Ballet’s production of MÁRION TALÁN Lloyd; Koto Kist, Koto Keys, and A Koto RALPH SAMUELSON Watermill in 1990. Costume designer Keys Christmas with Marilyn Harris; and Musician Sumahama with Mike Love of the Beach Márion Talán is a recognized designer Boys. Invited by Teiji Ito, Purl was one Ralph Samuelson is a performer and TAVIA ITO with two decades experience, including of the founding musicians for Watermill teacher of the Japanese bamboo flute, Musician collaborations with Bryan Arias, Caleb and is the only musician from the original shakuhachi. He was trained in Japan in Teicher, Joe Salvatore, Pilobolus, Sonya group, having done all its performances the classical tradition of the Kinko School Tavia Ito is the daughter of composer Teiji Tayeh, and The Juilliard School. Originally over several decades at Lincoln Center, as of shakuhachi by the late living national Ito. She is an artist and a set and costume from Mexico City, she currently resides in well as one season in Paris. The Water- treasure Goro Yamaguchi and other mas- designer for stage and events. She has New York City. mariontalan.com mill musicians also performed the music ter musicians. He performs both tradi- worked at La MaMa ETC, the Public at a Japan Society concert, and recorded tional and contemporary music throughout Theater, Playwrights Horizons, and many the Watermill album for Tzadik Records. North America, Asia, and Europe, and has other venues. Ito, a painter, potter, and Purl has created music for several other recorded for Innova, CBS Masterworks, carpenter, is honored to be a part of the dance companies including Dance Theatre Lyrichord, Tzadik, and other labels. His Watermill ensemble. of Harlem, the Joffrey Ballet, and Lonny Flutes of Hope ensemble work com- Gordon of GORDONDANCE at MoMA, memorating the victims of the earthquake/

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