2013 Next Wave Festival Brooklyn Academy of Music Alan H. Fishman, Chairman of the Board

William I. Campbell, Vice Chairman of the Board

Adam E. Max, Dark Lark Vice Chairman of the Board Karen Brooks Hopkins, President

Joseph V. Melillo, Executive Producer

Kate Weare Company

Choreography by Kate Weare

DATES: Nov 6—9 at 7:30pm

LOCATION: BAM Fisher (Fishman Space)

RUN TIME: Approx 60min no intermission

ARTIST TALK: Members of Kate Weare Company Moderated by Deborah Jowitt Fri, Nov 8, post-show BAM 2013 Next Wave Festival sponsor BAM Fisher Free for same-day ticket holders

Support for new dance presentations in the BAM Fisher provided by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Major support for dance at BAM provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance The SHS Foundation #DarkLark BAM Fisher 2013 Next Wave Festival

Dark Lark is a National Performance Diego, Dance Celebration Philadelphia, Network (NPN) Creation Fund Proj- Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Fall for ect co-commissioned by Bates Dance Dance at New York City Center, Spring Dark Lark Festival in partnership with Brooklyn to Dance St. Louis, Walking Distance Academy of Music, Florida Dance As- Who’s Dance Festival in San Francisco, and Kate Weare Company sociation, Juniata College and NPN. The Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston, ME. Creation Fund is supported by the Doris Weare and her company have partici- Artistic Director Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foun- pated in residencies, student commis- Kate Weare dation, and the National Endowment for Who sions, and have taught at Princeton the Arts (a federal agency). Dark Lark University, Juilliard, NYU’s Tisch Assistant Director has been made possible with generous School of the Arts, Virginia Common- Leslie Kraus support from the BAM Fisher Artist-In- Kate Weare Company wealth University, Long Island Univer- Residence Program, a Juniata Presents is committed to creating dances that sity, Marymount Manhattan College, Rehearsal Director technical residency, New Music USA’s explore a contemporary view of Bates Dance Festival, SUNY Brockport, Douglas Gillespie 2013 Live Music For Dance Program, intimacy—both stark and tender­— Keene State College, and Hobart and New York Foundation for the Arts BUILD through the power and clarity of the William Smith Colleges. In addition, Program, the Jerome Foundation, New moving body. Weare’s newest work, KWCo has enjoyed major support York City Department of Cultural Affairs Dark Lark Dark Lark, is supported by the Nation- through development residencies from and The New York Community Trust. (New York Premiere) al Performance Network Creation Fund the Joyce Theater Foundation, Jacob’s and the following co-commissioners: Pillow Dance Festival, Maggie Allesee Choreography by Bates Dance Festival, Brooklyn Acad- National Center for Choreography at Kate Weare emy of Music, Florida Dance Festival, Florida State University, Joyce SoHo and Juniata Presents, which hosted the Residency, Dance New Amsterdam’s Costume designer world premiere in September 2013. A.I.R. Program, and ODC Theater in Sarah Cubbage The New York premiere of Dark Lark San Francisco, as well as through pri- in November 2013 marks the com- vate foundations such as the Greenwall Assistant Costume designer pany’s debut as part of the BAM Next Foundation, Bossak/Heilbron Founda- Brooke Cohen Wave Festival. Kate Weare Company tion Manhattan Arts Community Fund, has also been selected to participate American Music Center Live Music Lighting designer in BAM’s second Professional Develop- for Dance, the O’Donnell-Green Music Brian Jones ment Program (PDP) which helps arts and Dance Foundation, New York organizations expand their skill base, State Council on the Arts, New York Set designer increase their institutional capacity, Foundation for the Arts BUILD, and Kurt Perschke and build necessary foundations for New England Foundation for the Arts’ their long-term success. Following the National Dance Project. Collaborating Performers culmination of the PDP, the Company Jacquelyn Elder, Douglas Gillespie, will return to BAM Fisher in February Leslie Kraus. Luke Murphy, T.J. Spaur 2015 to celebrate its 10th Anniversary Season. KWCo’s other recent engage- Kate Weare Composer and Cellist ments include the Joyce Theater, the Choreographer-Artistic Director Christopher Lancaster 92nd St. Y’s Harkness Dance Festival curated by Doug Varone, the Ringling Kate Weare is the inaugural BAM Museum of Art in Sarasota, American Fisher artist-in-residence of 2013, Dance Festival, ArtPower at U.C. San a 2011 Mellon Foundation awardee

Photo: Jacquelyn Elder and T.J. Spaur by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang 2013 Next Wave Festival

through the Joyce Theater’s Fellow- faculty at Princeton University, NYU at dance centers and colleges around ship Program, and a 2009 Princess Tisch School of Dance, and Virginia the country. Gillespie’s own student Grace Award recipient in choreography. Commonwealth University. commissions include a group work for Luke Murphy Dancer Weare received her BFA from CalArts Sante Fe College in Gainesville, FL, Who’sin 1994, and in 2005 founded the which was showcased at the American Luke Murphy is originally from Cork New York-based Kate Weare Company, College Dance Festival Association City, Ireland. He trained at Point Park now known for its startling combina- Jacquelyn Elder in 2013, and a quartet for Cleveland Dancer University where he earned a BFA tion of formal choreographic value and State University in 2014. As The in dance and English. Murphy is an Whovisceral, emotional interpretation. In Village Voice described Gillespie’s Jacquelyn Elder was a member of the original cast member of Punchdrunk’s recent years, Weare has been awarded dancing with KWCo, “…he hurls Martha Graham Dance Company from award-winning productions of Sleep a Joyce Theater residency, a Jacob’s himself into complicated connections 2005 to 2011. She has performed solo No More in Boston (2009—10) and Pillow residency and project commis- the way an Olympian runs into their roles in Martha Graham’s Diversion of New York (2011—­13), and has ap- sion, and a Dance New Amsterdam pole vaults.” Angels, Cave of the Heart, Satyric Fes- peared in Martha Clarke’s Angel Reap- residency. Weare has also been tival Song, and Serenata Morisca. Elder ers (2010—11), and Pavel Zustiak’s awared first prize in New York City’s has had new works created on her by Painted Bird Part III. In addition, he The Award Show, a Danspace project Aszure Barton, Larry Keigwin, and Rob- has danced in the companies of Janis commission, a Bates Dance Festival Leslie Kraus ert Wilson. A former member of Gus Dancer-Assistant Director Brenner, Dûsan Týnek, Seán Curran, residency, a choreographic fellowship Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Elder Heidi Latsky, and in special proj- at the Maggie Allesee National Center is an avid practitioner and teacher of Leslie Kraus graduated from Virginia ects with Jonah Bokaer, John Kelly, for Choreography, several Dance The- yoga, a self-taught piano and guitar Commonwealth University with a BFA and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance ater Workshop project commissions, player, and is currently producing and in dance and choreography in 2003, Company. His own work has been and support grants from foundations directing a documentary on The Martha and danced with Curt Haworth and presented in New York City, Pitts- such as the O’Donnell-Green Music Graham Dance Company. This is her Robbinschilds as well as in her own burgh, Ireland, and at the Edinburgh and Dance Foundation, the Greenwall first season with KWCo. work in New York. Kraus joined Kate Fringe Festival. He was a 2011—12 Foundation, NDP, NPN and BUILD. Weare Company in 2006. In 2009, associate artist at DanceIreland and is For Weare’s last three large works, she was recognized for her outstanding a 2011—13 resident artist at Tribeca she commissioned original scores and dancing in the Dance Magazine an- Performing Arts Center, a 2012—13 premiered the works with live music, Douglas Gillespie nual list of “Top 25 Dancers to Watch.” resident artist at Duo Multicultural collaborating with extraordinary talents Dancer-Rehearsal Director Kraus routinely acts as Weare’s assis- Arts Center, a 2013 resident artist at such as Brooklyn-based cellist and tant director, most recently for a com- Dance New Amsterdam, and will be a composer Christopher Lancaster, San Douglas Gillespie received his BFA in missioned work at NYU’s Tisch School 2014 Bessie Schoenberg resident art- Francisco-based old time string band dance from Florida State University and of Dance. In 2012 Kraus joined the ist at the Yard. Murphy joined KWCo in The Crooked Jades, New York-based worked with choreographers Ben Mu- company Punchdrunk and currently October, 2011. contemporary chamber group Argento nisteri, Heather McArdle, and Tennille plays Lady Macbeth in the hit Punch- Chamber Ensemble, and Brooklyn- Lambert before joining KWCo in 2007. drunk production Sleep No More. In based indie band One Ring Zero. Born in California and raised in Florida, 2009, critic Deborah Jowitt wrote of Recent commissions for other com- Gillespie serves as rehearsal director her dancing in Weare’s 2009 Lean-to, T.J. Spaur panies include: ODC (in collaboration for the company as well as Weare’s Dancer “Kraus is amazing—both demon and with Brenda Way and K.T. Nelson, San directorial assistant for outside com- angel...” Francisco), Scottish Dance Theater missions. Gillespie regularly teaches on T.J. Spaur began dancing at the age (Dundee, Scotland), Buzz Dance The- behalf of KWCo, most recently at NYU of 10 in Des Moines, IA. He moved atre (Perth, Australia), Groundworks Tisch Summer Program, the Juilliard to Los Angeles after high school (OH), and Barbara White’s chamber School, and Virginia Commonwealth and performed with Mandy Moore, opera, Weakness, at Princeton Univer- University, as well as independently Paula Morgan, Sir Ryan Heffington, sity. Recent teaching includes adjunct 2013 Next Wave Festival

and Psycho Dance Sho, and was a Denver School of the Arts. A recipient Reflections of a Heart, A Year with ington Ballet (DC), and Yerba Buena member of Adam Parson’s Commonal- of the Carpenter Scholarship, Smith Frog & Toad. Regional: Evita, The Center for the Arts (San Francisco). ity Dance Company. In 2006, Spaur graduated cum laude from Virginia Wizard of Oz, 39 Steps, I Hate New York theater: Perfect Harmony graduated cum laude from California Commonwealth University with a Hamlet (Northern Stage); The Ladies (Acorn), Mother (Wild Project), The Who’sState University, Long Beach where he BFA in dance and choreography and Man, Corpse! (Curtain Call Theatre); Actor’s Rap (Baruch Performing Arts), danced works by Keith Johnson and performed works by guest choreog- Catch-22 (Aquila Theatre Company). Like Love (NYMTF). Regional theater: Doug Nielsen. From 2006 to 2010, raphers Stephanie Batten Bland and Film: A Clerk’s Tale (James Franco, Northern Stage (VT), Hudson Valley Spaur was a member of Ririe-Wood- Kate Weare. For the last two summers, dir.); So Over You (Karen Odyniec, Shakespeare (NY), Stoneham Theater Whobury Dance Company in Salt Lake Smith has been a scholarship recipi- dir.), Seconds (Marcin Stawarz, dir.); (MA), Actors Theater of San Francisco City, performing in repertory by Karole ent at American Dance Festival, where Welcome (Maja Milanovic, dir.). Other (CA). He received an MFA from NYU/ Armitage, Charlotte Boye-Christensen, he worked with John Jasperse and New York City productions: Hater Tisch School of the Arts and is a John Jasperse, Larry Keigwin, Wayne Reggie Wilson, and performed in the (Ohio Theatre); The Magic Flute, member of United Scenic Artists. McGregor, and Doug Varone. Spaur has first reconstruction of Bill T. Jones’ Love Gargoyle Garden (Manhattan School also toured internationally to France Redefined. This is his first season ap- of Music); Don Giovanni (Hofstra Uni- and Italy with Alwin Nikolais Dance prenticing with KWCo. versity); As You Like It, The Tempest Theater. This is his third season with (New York Shakespeare Society); Alice Christopher Lancaster Composer-Cellist KWCo In Wonderland (Center for Contem- porary Opera). She received an MFA Christopher Lancaster is an electro- Ryan Van Compernolle from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts acoustic cellist composer living in Apprentice Dancer and is a member of United Scenic Brooklyn. He trained as a classical Nicole Diaz Artists 829. cellist and continues that discipline in Apprentice Dancer Ryan Van Compernolle graduated from his work with technology. Lancaster’s NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a inspiration comes from his many col- Nicole Diaz danced with Momentum BFA in dance and a minor in psychol- Brian Jones laborators in film, dance, and music, Dance in Miami, FL from 2007 to ogy in 2012. At NYU, Van Compernolle Lighting Designer and he is always reshaping and 2009, performing as part of Art Basel performed in works by Aszure Barton, recreating the sounds and songs his and Miami Dance Festival, as well as Robert Battle, Jill Johnson, Jessica Brian Jones has developed a close instrument can create. His solo work in Momentum’s annual residency in Lang, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, and Kate collaborative relationship with Kate focusses on live performance; he is a Oaxaca, Mexico. Diaz recently received Weare. In January of 2013, she joined Weare through works including The devout believer in the transformative her BFA in dance from the University Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, where Light Has Not The Arms to Carry power of live music and art. In the of South Florida, where she worked she currently performs as a dancer- Us (revived 2012), Garden (2012), field of dance, Lancaster has worked with Doug Varone, Michael Foley, Rosie actor in a number of roles. She became Bright Land (2011), Lean-to (2009), with Bill T. Jones, Kate Weare, Brian Herrera, and Ben Munisteri. She has an apprentice with KWCo this past Bridge of Sighs (2008), and other Brooks, Marina Mascarelli, Ned- studied and performed solo work in September. works in repertory. Other dance col- erlands Dans Theater, Lyon Opera Paris, France as part of USF’s Dance laborations include works with Amy Ballet, Dance Forum Taipei, Skånes in Paris Program. Diaz is thrilled to be Seiwert (Under Covers, Dear Ms. Dansteater, Staccato Dança Contem- apprenticing with KWCo. Sarah Cubbage Cline, Requiem, Slow Ride), Larry porânea, Nicholas Leichter, Costume Designer Keigwin (Caffeinated), Charlotte Boye- Camille Brown, Seán Curran, Para- Christensen (Walls), and Misnomer digm, Complexions, and others. He Dance: Drop Down, Light, Garden, Dance Theater among others. His had the privilege of performing his Ryan Rouland Smith Bright Land, and Lean-to (Kate Weare Apprentice Dancer lighting has premiered at New York music for President Obama at the Company); Idyll (Paradigm, choreo- City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, Kennedy Center Honors in 2010 graphed by Kate Weare); Radio Show, the Joyce Theater and Joyce Soho, as and is a founding member of the Ryan Rouland Smith hails from Brick, and Number 6 (Kyle Abraham/ well as Jacob’s Pillow (MA), Wash- bands Tranimal and Loving You. Colorado where he graduated from the Abraham.In.Motion). Off-Broadway: 2013 Next Wave Festival

SPECIAL THANKS:

Kurt Perschke My heartfelt gratitude to Joe Melillo To my Dark Lark collaborators: Christo- Set Designer and the many wonderful people here at pher Lancaster, Sarah Cubbage, Brian BAM for supporting the development of Jones, and Kurt Perschke—what a wild Kurt Perschke is an artist based in this work and for offering me the inau- ride this one was­—thank you for all of Brooklyn working in public space, gural residency here at BAM Fisher—a it. To my company manager, Keira Heu- sculpture, video, and collage. His most truly amazing experience. Jwyn Chang: without your smarts and acclaimed work, RedBall Project, is a sensibility I may not have survived this traveling public project that has taken My thanks to the co-commissioners, year. My gratitude to Megan Dunn, our place in Paris, London, Barcelona, along with BAM, of Dark Lark: Laura development director, Shelby Sonnen- Lausanne, Portland, Sydney, Taipei, Faure of Bates Dance Festival, Bill berg, our stage manager, Mike Faba, Chicago, and Toronto, among other cit- Doolin of Florida Dance Festival, and our theatrical genie, and to my advisors ies. The project won a National Award a special thanks to Chad Herzog of and friends: Melanie Maar, Monica Bill from Americans for the Arts Public Art Juniata Presents for hosting the world Barnes, Arianna Ortiz, and Brenda Way. Network. Perschke has exhibited with premiere. Thank you to Ken Thank you to our wonderful assistant institutions such as Museum of Contem- Maldonado, whose belief set me on costume designer, Brooke Cohen, and porary Art Barcelona and the Contempo- this path. Thank you to our board and costume interns, Chelsea, and Maria. rary Art Museum in St. Louis. His video advisory board who support in count- Special thanks to the crafty Bruce work has been screened in Europe and less ways the development of this Amedick for help building the set, to the US, and at the Bronx Museum dur- company: Karen Brumer, David Stein, Deborah Jowitt for her intelligence ing an AIM Fellowship. This is his third Kurt Perschke, Jeanne Collins, and and insight about dance, and to Leslie set design for Kate Weare Company. John Elderfield. Bachrach for believing in me.

Thank you to the dancers for their My heartfelt love to my incredible Shelby Sonnenberg artistic contributions to and brilliant husband, Kurt, and our baby girl, Lily, Production Assistant-Stage Manager performances in Dark Lark: Leslie and to each of her wonderful grand- Kraus, Douglas Gillespie, T.J. Spaur, parents: Sally and Shane Weare, Lynne Shelby Sonnenberg is a stage manager, Luke Murphy, and Jacquelyn Elder. Parsons and Ernest Giannini, and production assistant, and electrician Thanks also to our understudies: Nicole Walter Perschke. based in New York City. She currently Diaz, Ryan Rouland Smith, and Ryan works for Kate Weare Company and VanCompernolle. A special thank you to To our donors and benefit attendees, Summation Dance Company as well as Adrian Clark, Leslie Kraus, and Douglas and all of our audience members: at New York Live Arts, Baryshnikov Arts Gillespie, my company’s founding Thank you so much for being here! Center, Abrons Art Center, the Connelly members, for the belief, artistry, and We look forward to seeing you again Theater, and other dance venues in New commitment they’ve poured into my in February 2015 when we return to York City. Sonnenberg graduated from work over the years. BAM to celebrate our 10th Anniversary the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Season! 2012 with a BFA in dance, and she has completed production apprenticeships —Kate Weare at Bates Dance Festival and New York Live Arts.

Photo: Dougas Gillespie and Jacquelyn Elder by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang 2013 Next Wave Festival

Kate Weare Company thanks the fol- KATE WEARE COMPANY lowing individuals for their generous support: Kate Weare, Artistic Director Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang, Bruce Amedick & Deborah Camplin Managing Director Leslie Bachrach Megan Dunn, Development Director Karen Brumer Shelby Sonnenberg, Production Sarah and Simon Collier Assistant and Stage Manager Jeanne Collins & John Elderfield Sam Crawford, John Dachauer Dark Lark Sound Engineer Anke Dening-Volcker Maria Ozmen and Chelsea Kutun, Abner Greene Dark Lark Costume Interns Lynne Feintech & Tony Bernardt Kate Hawkinson & Joe Slusky Board of Directors: Lucia Kellar Kurt Perschke, President Richard Kiehl David Stein, Vice President Eileen Gallagher Labiner and Treasurer Joan Lazarus Dobkowski Karen Brumer, Secretary Leslie Mack & Michael Walsh Eve and Dennis Mykytyn Advisory Board: Lynne Parsons Jeanne Collins Vinnie & Rick Schwarz John Elderfield Joan & James Shapiro Frank Shawl DONATIONS: Kate Weare Company Joyce Silver depends on the generosity of individual John Spohler donors; your support is crucial to our David Stein & Susan Hilferty ability to make heartfelt work in a chal- Melissa Strada lenging climate. To offer support and to Rachel and Derrick Strum get involved with our company, please Sally and Shane Weare visit us online at: kateweare.com Jennifer Worstell & Ian Perschke Stephanie Zaborowski VIDEO: vimeo.com/kateweare TWITTER: twitter.com/kateweare INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/kateweareco Kate Weare Company FACEBOOK: 10th Anniversary Season facebook.com/KateWeareCompany BAM Fisher WEBSITE: February 2015 kateweare.com

Photo: Leslie Kraus by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang BAM

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