2007 Spring Season

May 2007 2007 Spring Season Melor. Kuhn , Col/apse , 2006 BAM 2007 Spring Season is sponsored by: Bloomberg ENCOREThe Performing Arts Magazine 2007 Spring Season Brooklyn Academy of Music Alan H. Fishman William I. Campbell Chairman of the Board Vice Chairman of the Board Karen Brooks Hopkins Joseph V. Melillo President Executive Produ cer presents Dense Terrain Doug Varone and Dancers Approximate BAM Harvey Theater running time: May 16, 18 & 19 at 7:30pm one hour and May 20 at 3pm 15 minutes, no intermission Conceived, directed, and choreographed by Doug Varone Original musical score by Nathan Larson Set design by Allen Moyer Video by Blue Land Media Lighting design by Jane Cox Costume design by Liz Prince Video conceived and directed by Doug Varone The score for Dense Terrain was commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation BAM 2007 Spring Season is sponsored by Bloomberg. BAM Dance receives major support from The Harkness Foundation for Dance and Mertz Gilmore Foundation, with additional support from Mary L. Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation. Dense Terrain Performed by Peggy Baker Larry Hahn Nathan Larson John Beasant III Stephanie Liapis Julia Kent cello Daniel Charon Belinda McGuire Kevin March percussion Anthony Cochrane Erin Owen Ryan Corriston Ariane Reinhart live and recorded voices: Natalie Desch Eddie Taketa Anthony Cochrane, Cat Martino, Erin Owen , Ariane Reinhart Dense Terrain was commissioned by Summerdance Santa Barbara and the Carlsen Center of the Johnson County Community College, Kansas, Charles R. Rogers, artistic director; and co-commissioned by the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington , Vermont. Major funding has also been provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Nationa l Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts, with additional support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Harkness Foundation for Dance. Additional support for the score was provided by the American Music Center's live Music for Dance Program and the New York State Council on the Arts' Composer Commission program. Dense Terrain was created while in residence at the Purchase College Conservatory of Dance and Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, with funding support from the New York State Council on the Arts. Nathan Larson wishes to thank Anthony Cochrane, Cat Martino, and Ariane Reinhart for their contributions to the score. "My great love and gratitude to all the artists who have continued to share their beautiful voices with me in the creation of this work. It's been an honor. " - Doug Varone Who's Who Doug Varone and Dancers American premiere of Laurent Petitgirard's As it closes its 20lh anniversary season with Joseph Merrick: The Elephant Man (2006). the New York premiere of Dense Terrain at Varone was the director and choreographer for BAM, Doug Varone and Dancers is preparing these diverse productions. to kick off its 2007-08 season with two new commissions. The first, for the Bard Doug Varone Summerscape Festival, is set to Elgar's Cello Summing up Varone's career to date following Concerto (July 5-8); the second, to a score by the company's acclaimed 2006 program at Hawaiian ukulele sensation Jake Shimabukuro, the Joyce Theater earlier this season, Thfi NfJw. is for Wolf Trap (July 24). All of this follows a 'yor~ Tir:nes. critic Roslyn Sulcas wrote: Varone year full of touring, residency work, a Joyce "has choreographed dances for plays and Theater season of new and revived repertory, operas, for television and for fashion shows. and projects in opera. This snapshot hints at In his own way, however, he is a purist whose Doug Varone's wide-ranging interests and his principal concern seems to be to get at the company's renowned versatility. From its first essence of humanity by setting it in motion. Mr. concerts at P.S. 122 in 1986, in repertory Varone's ability to convey depths of emotion dances such as the propulsive Rise (1993) and through highly charged, physically exciting Lux (2006), the site-specific Neither (2000) choreography has made him a rarity among at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, his generation." By any measure, Varone's Ricky Ian Gordon's song cycle Orpheus and output is extraordinary for its emotional range, Euridice for Lincoln Center (2005), or the kinetic breadth, and the diversity of platforms emotionally charged Joseph Merrick: The on which he stages his work. Varone was Elephant Man (2006), Varone's performers awarded a 2006 OBIE for his direction and have been singled out for their super-human choreography of Ricky Ian Gordon's Orpheus realizations of his vision. Eight New York Dance and Euridice at Lincoln Center for its American and Performance Awards (Bessies) have been Songbook series. His numerous honors also awarded to the company's dancers, designers, include a Guggenheim Fellowship and a New and to Varone himself. Choreographic awards York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) include two American Dance Festival Doris for Sustained Achievement in Choreography. Duke Awards for New Work, and three National His work has been supported by the National Dance Project awards. The company's dances Endowment for the Arts since 1988. In have been commissioned by such leading addition to the works for his own company, institutions as Jacob's Pillow, the Joyce Varone has been commissioned by the Lim6n Theater, Whitebird (Portland, OR), the Carlsen Company, Dancemakers (Canada), Batsheva Center (Overland Park, KS), the Clarice Smith Dance Company (Israel) , Uppercut Danse Center for the Performing Arts (College Park, (Denmark) , AnCreative (Japan), Dayton MD), Summerdance Santa Barbara, and the Contemporary Dance Company, Colorado Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. Ballet, and Ailey II, among others. Upcoming During its 20-year tenure, the company has commissions include Bern Ballet (Switzerland) performed on stages throughout North and and Rambert Dance Company (London). South America , Asia , and Europe including The His works have been set on many regional Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, San Francisco dance companies and college and university Performances, London's Queen Elizabeth Hall , students. For New York's Metropolitan Opera , Toronto's Harbourfront, Moscow's Stanislavsky Varone choreographed new productions of Theater, the Venice Biennale, and the Tokyo, Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps, Berlioz' Jacob's Pillow, and American Dance Festivals. Les Troyens , Strauss' Salome, and the world In recent years the Company has created and premiere of Tobias Picker's An American performed works in partnership with producers, Tragedy. Other opera credits include Wagner's and opera and theater companies on new Die Walkure (Washington Opera); Rossini's /I productions including Le Sacre du Printemps Viaggio a Reims (New York City Opera); and for the Metropolitan Opera (2003), the Aquila the American premieres of George Antheil 's Theatre Company on H.G . Wells' The Invisible Transatlantic, Laurent Petitgirard's Joseph Man (2005), and Minnesota Opera on the Merrick: The Elephant Man; and Ricky Ian Who's Who Gordon's Grapes of Wrath (Minnesota Opera). His score for The Woodsman , directed by Nicole He directed and choreographed Gluck's Orfee Kassel , was awarded the Gras Savoye Award for et Eurydice and Rossini's II Barbiere di Siviglia Best Music at the Cannes Film Festival 2004. for Opera Colorado. Varone's theater credits Other scores include Mike Kang's The Motel, include choreography for Broadway's Triumph of Little Fish starring Cate Blanchett, and W32nd Love and for productions at Baltimore's Center which premiered at this year's Tribeca Film Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre, Walnut Street Festival . FILMUSIK, a compilation of Larson's Theatre, Princeton's McCarter Theater, Music film music, was released in 2005 on Commotion Theater Group, The Vineyard Theatre, and Via Records. In addition to the film work, Larson Theater. He choreographed and directed the has created much music for television and Aquila Theatre Company's The Invisible Man. commercials, including several H&M and Volvo Choreography for television and fashion include campaigns , and produced an Emmy-Award song the dance and underwater sequences of the A&E for Nickelodeon'S Nickellinium. Larson continues Network production , The Planets (nominated for to create music on the art-rock scene. In 2001 an International Emmy and Grammy Award for he composed , performed, and produced a solo Long Form Video) and designer Geoffrey Beene's album, Jealous God, for Artemis Records, with couture runway shows in NYC. His collaboration a collection of, songs that have been described with photographer Michael Thompson was as "post-punk sou l" with glam and gospel commissioned by W magazine and featured in influences. He continues to write and produce its February 2004 issue. Film credits include records for other artists, including the 2004 choreography for the Patrick Swayze film, One Manhattan/Blue Note recording The Things Last Dance. Born in Syosset, NY, he received his We Do for singer Angela McCluskey; LA-based Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from Purchase singer-songwriter Angie Mattson's upcoming College and returned this spring to be awarded Given to Sudden Panic and Noisy Retreat, and the College's Presidential Distinguished Alumni has contributed to the recordings of bands such Award. as Sparklehorse, The Ark , and The Cardigans. Currently he is engaged in several films , an Nathan Larson (composer/performer) is best ongoing recording/performing project with his known as an award-winning composer of film wife Nina Persson cal led A Camp, and is writing scores and as a songwriter on the indie rock and performing with his new band HOT ONE, scene. As the lead guitarist and songwriter whose debut album was released early this year. for the influential art-punk band Shudder to Think (1992- 99), Larson won a reputation Performers for creating challenging work.

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