2 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC NOVEMBER 1968
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Festival of Dance 68-69
Friday Evening, November 22, 1968
Subscription Performance
The Brooklyn Academy of Music
presents
The Pau l Taylor Dance Company with
Paul Taylor
Bettie de Jong Daniel Williams Carolyn Adams
Jane Kosminsky Eileen Cropley Janet Arran
Cliff Keuter Karla Wolfangle Senta Driver 1 John Nightingale
Choreography by Paul Taylor
Orchestra Conductor: Simon Sadoff
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
The Paul Taylor Dance Company's participation in Festival of Dance 68-69 is made possible by grants from the Ford Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts.
The unauthorized use of photographic or recording equipment in this theatre is strictly prohibited.
(For program notes see pages 7, 11 and 14 .) 4 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I NOVEMBER 1968
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(, II r f• t h 11 ~ 1 I < d, c 1r 1< 11 y 1 n \ndfromlh< IS \\r·L(IJcil our tl nil of ,u IH 1p tllon llv •lo• < ar •o ~min ttl k• pa t ngt r ,, rnu nd ('apr· I lor 11 r ht d ! hold of tHh! lllUJ t' to Bw·no \i~t· and !<.to or lhlfJtrgh tlw C.lllcd to Lht ( til 1 blx·.ut In nr, \\ay. our ,uliugs "'' rnorr •·x• iling th<~ll hr t night B< < ttll ,. }1'" "'I not JU L ,, p1 1 lt!liJr hut •liMit oftlw pl.ty. \nd )11\ll gtl',tl h•1W 1 gorng to l.tsl f1H da> . ar d ftt 00 p nw 1 l't1 • "W 1 ( .ugtl v• , I 1}1 twf} I ,l{A( I I Ill\ I, ~I~ /'uhlrr I • rl•r r llurldurl( I/' With padou l DANCE IN BROOKLYN The month of November is an auspi and has established itself as one of cious one for the Academy of Music. the major pa trons of the art. In the space of five weeks five modern-dance companies will give If Nove mber is modern-dance twen ty-eigh t performances in the month at the Academy, then Decem Opera House. This is the beginning ber is decidedly classical-dance of New York's most ambitious month. From December 10 through modern-dance season in history, and January 5 the highly praised Ameri it is beginning in Brooklyn. Later in can Ballet Theatre will be dancing the season four more weeks of in the Opera House. This spectacu modern dance will be given at the lar troupe, which just completed a Billy Rose Thea tre in Manhattan as gala season last summer at the part of Festival of Dance 68-69. Th e Metropolitan Opera House as part of Festival is produced jointly by the Lincoln Center's Festival '68, will Academy, Harvey Lichtenstein, di present thirty-two performances of rector and Theatre 1969, Edward the great ballets of Western civiliza Albee and Ri chard Barr, directors. tion. The first week will be devoted to the company's 11 Swan Lake," The twenty-eight Brooklyn per described by the New York Times as 11 formances will include four revivals, Without . . . exception the best 11 four world premieres and four New Swa n Lake" in the world." On York premieres. The companies of Wednesday, December 18, the world Martha Graham, Anna Sokolow, premiere of a new ballet cho Erick Hawkins, Paul Taylor and reographed by Michael Smuin to 11 Alwin Nikolais will participate. Mozart's Cassation no. 1 in G major" wi II be danced by the com Festival of Dan ce 68-69 is partially pany. Christmas week wi ll provide a underwritten by grants from the special trea t for ch ildren and their Ford Foundation and the New York adult escorts-eight performances of 11 State Council on the Arts. In an a new production of Coppel ia ." An other highlight of the Brooklyn nouncing its grant, W. McNeil Lowry, season will be a revival of 11 Miss Ford Foundation vice pres ident for Julie" featuring Carla Fracci and the Humanities and the Arts, said, 11 Erick Bruhn. Miss Fracci and Mr. Aithough the Foundation has not Bruhn as guE:st artists with the com been able to assume the continuing pany will also appear in th pas de support of individual modern-dance deux from 11 Fiower Festival at Gen companies, it is glad to respond to za no" and in 11 Giselle," which they a recu rrent theme in all lea ding danced to critica l acclaim t L. ncoln dance r-c horeographers - their hope Cen ter in July. for a concentrated program on major stages." The New York State Council All told the American Ballet on the Arts has made frequent Theatre will give New York fOL r grants to promote modern dance glorious we eks of dan e-~-· in 8rc f")klv 6 1 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC N OV EMB ER 1968 Abraham and Straus Abraham and Straus. A&S. Wh ether you spell it out or use the initials you're talking about one of the best. For yea rs Abraham and Straus l1 as leCi cJ the way in Brooklyn, selling an exa mple for tllC city Cl nd the nation in its involvement in civic Cl ncl community affairs. l l might be a fish fry in Prospect Park or an advertise ment in lhe New York Times for the loca l Brooklyn art show. ll all adds up to concern . We at tllC Aca demy arc especial ly grateful to A&S for 1ts 1nterest and ass1stance in our programs and goals. This support is invaluable to us and the Brooklyn commun1ty. No doubt you've seen t hose great A&S ads ~a lutin g the Acad emy. This time il's our turn to srt lute bCJc k. Bravo, A&S, bravo! BR OOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUS IC I N OV EM BER 1968 j 7 I would like to make it clear from the start that these dances are primarily meant to be a kind of food for the eye. If they evoke dramatic images and riddles, the key to their solution lies not so much in the brain, but in t !'":e senses and the eye of the spectator. It was not my intention to present I iterary messages, although certain dances here have as their focal point a common subject with certain writings. But still, my "message," as Humphrey Bogart once said, "is nothing you could send by Western Union." I can not say I have any revolutionary theories about dance. I am proud of my dance inheritance and the license which American dance has given me: the freedom to do whatever kinds of dances I feel are worth doing. Of course there is the aggravating and inescapable debt I owe to my teachers and mentors - Graham, Balanchine, Cunningham, Tudor, as we ll as others of my own generation. Most of all, my debt is to the dancers of my company, for they are the vitamins and the marrow, the very essence of this eye food we offer. - Pau l Taylor (Continued 0 .1 page 11) 8 I B ROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I NOVEMBER 1968 We can do it because we know There's only Brooklyn. We 've been serving t he banking needs of Brooklynites for one 'Way more than 60 years. And ou r 45 of Manufacturers fices cover the Borough from end to end . That's more than any other bank. Hanover Manufacturers Hanover offers over 80 of the most convenient banking serves your services including savings and check ing accounts . . . personal and auto banking needs loans . .. safe deposit facilities .. . and many more. in Brooklyn With all this going for us ... who . .. and that's knows Brooklyn better? •• it's good to have a great bank behind you BETTER. MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST Member Federal Deposi t Insurance Corporation BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I NOVEMBER 1968 j 9 The Brooklyn Academy of Music DIRECTORY OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES Box Office Special Academy Buses Ticket booth in Main Lobby Express direct from Manhattan to the with 3 windows Academy. Returns 15 minutes after con cl usion of performance. In operation for Telephone: 783-2434 most evening events including all dance Hours: programs. Monday through Saturday Fare: $1.25 round trip, 75¢ return single 10 am to 6 pm (if available) On performance days Schedule: 10 am to 9 pm (Bus leaves from S.W. Corner unless other wise noted.) Sunday performance days Lex. Ave. & 86th St.-7 :24 PM 1 pm to 9 pm Lex. Ave. & 72nd St.-7:28 PM Lex . Ave. & 60th St.-7:32 PM Ch eck Ro om Second Ave. & 14th St.-7:47 PM Located on the Orchestra Level of both Bjwy. & 86th St.-7:22 PM the Opera House and the Music Hall Bdwy. & 72nd St.-7:26 PM Bdwy. & 58th St. (N.W. 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For more than a century, Pfizer roots have run deep in Brooklyn. \Ve take great pride in our contributions to its past, pres- ) ent and future. -Science for the world's well-being ® BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I NOVEMBER 1968 j 11 PARTY MIX Music: Sonata For Two Pianos by Alexei Haieff played by Rollino and Scheftel Costumes by Alex Katz Choreography by Paul Taylor Commissioned by Theater 1964, Ri chard Barr and Clinton Wilder Hostess Karla Wolfangle Guests Daniel Williams (in order of arrival) Senta Driver and Janet Aaron Cl iff Keuter Eileen Cropley Jane Kosminsky Jack Nightingale INTERMISSION (Continued on page 14) 12 BROOKLYN ACADEM Y OF MUSIC I NOVEM BER 1968 for a Jllelllorable experzence• i11 di11ing, visit W n'ler 16 an'll. 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Reid, Vice Chairman Lloyd Hezekiah, Assistant Director for Administration Monroe D. Stein, Vice Chairman John Latham, Hon. Alexander Aldrich Assistant Director for Public Affairs Bernard S. Barr Lewis L. Lloyd, Assistant Director for Dance Production Mrs. H. Haughton Bell Jan Henry James, Associate, Public Affairs Donald F. Benjamin Thomas Kerrigan, Dr. Edward G. Bernard Associate, Public Affairs Dr. William M. Birenbaum Betty Rosendorn, Administrator, School Time Program John R. H. Blum Sarah Walder, Thomas A. Donnelly Administrator, Membership Program Gordon Braithwaite, William B. Hewson Dance Subscription Manager Winston E. Himsworth Adele Allen, Administrative Secretary Rev. W. G. Henson Jacobs Sylvia Rodin, Max L. Koeppel Administrative Assistant Mildred Levinson, Msgr. Raymond S. Leonard Assistant, Public Affairs Mrs. George Liberman Frances Seidenberg, Assistant, Public Affairs Harvey Lichtenstein Merle Johnson, Financial Secretary Mrs. Constance J. McQueen Evelyn August, Arthur William Rashap Staff Assistant James Q. Riordan Gail Kupermann, Assistant, School Time Program Donald G. C. Sinclair Anne Kelly, Assistant, Membership Program William Tobey House Staff Alfred Salmaggi, House Manager Ex Officio Michael McPhillips, Asst. House Manager Edward Hochner, Box Office Treasurer Hon. John V. Lindsay, Harry H. Redd, Assistant Mayor of New York Kate McMahon, Assistant Hon. August Heckscher, Richard Beck, Master Carpenter Commissioner of Parks Edward Cooney, Assistant Donald Beck, Chief Electrician Hon. Mario Procacci no, Louis Beck, Assistant Comptroller of New York John Cooney, Property Manager Hon. Abe Stark, Charles Brette, Custodian Borough President, Brooklyn Jerry Kean, Photographer 14 I BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I NOVEMBER 1968 ORBS Music: Last Quartets Op. 127 = 2, 133 and 130 by Ludwig van Beethoven Costumes and set by Alex Katz Choreography by Paul Taylor (F1rst performed in 1966) For the Planets Bettie de Jong and Cliff Keuter Carolyn Adams and Daniel Williams For the Moons _ -----·-·······················-··· ...... Eileen Cropley Jane Kosminsky Janet Aaron Senta Driver For the Sun .... ·······---· ...... ··········-··--·-·-······--··-- .. Paul Taylor INTRODUCTION II VENUSIAN SPRING 1. The Love School 2. Duets 3. Micro-orgy Ill MARTIAN SUMMER 1. Equatonal Heat 2. A Desert Crossing 3. Ashes INTERMISSION IV TERRESTRIAL AUTUMN 1. Marnage Rehearsal and Ceremony 2. Harvest Farce 3. Goodbyes V PLUTONIAN WINTER 1. Distress Signal 2. Flakes 3. Sleep VI CONCLUSION CRED ITS FOR THE PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY Management: Charles Reinhart Management, Inc., 510 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022 Production Stage Manager: Judith Daykin Costumes executed by Betty Williams, Eileen Holding and Brooks-Van Horn Costume Company Company photographer: Jack Mitchell Management for Rollino and Scheft el: Sheldon Soffer Management, Inc. BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC I NOVEMBER 1968 j 15 The BROOKLYN SAVINGS BANK Assets Total Over $550,000,000 f\L\IN OFFICE: Corner of Fulton and f\[ontague Streets " In Th e Brooklyn Civic Center" COJ\11\1 UTER BA KING OFFICE: Borough H all Subway Station f\ [ezzanine between IRT and BI\IT Bay Ridgt Offia: Bay Ridge Parkway a nd 13th Avenue Kings l!ighway Offia: Kings l Iighway and McDonald Avenue l.akt Sucass Offia: U nion Turnpike opposite Sperry, 1orth cw H yde Park, . Y. 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