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Festival of Dance 68-69
Wednesday Evening, October 23, 1968
Opening Night
Subscription Performance
The Brooklyn Academy of Music in cooperation with The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. presents Martha Graham and Dance Company
Bertram Ross Helen McGehee / Robert Cohan / Mary Hinkson Matt Turney Robert Powell / Clive Thompson / William Louther Dan Wagoner Noemi Lapzeson / Takako Asakawa / Phyllis Gutelius Moss Cohen / Judith Hogan / Diane Gray Judith Leifer / Dawn Suzuki Yuriko Kimura / Robert Dodson Kenneth Pearl / Hugh Appet / Guillermo Gonzalez and Linda Hodes*
Conductor: Eugene Lester Assistant Conductor: Stanley Sussman Lighting by Jean Rosenthal Rehearsal Director: Patricia Birch Production Manager: William Batchelder Costume Supervision: Ursula Reed Miss Graham's Co-directors: Bertram Ross/Robert Cohan Produced by: LeRoy Leatherman
Appearing by arrangement with the Batsheva Dance Company, Tel Aviv
The Martha Graham Dance Company's participation in Festival of Dance 68-69 Is made possible by grants from the Ford Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts and the Lila Acheson Wallace Fund.
For program notes see pages 7, 11 and 14.) /96S24,0195):1 4 / BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC / OCTOBER 1968
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IN BROOKLYN IN 1968-69
We've been in Brooklyn for 110 years, and An important part of that same subscrip- this may be your first visit here. Now that tion series will be a month's engagement you've found your way across (or under) in the Academy's Opera House of the the river come back often. With a season American Ballet Theatre. This superb like the one we have scheduled for company, including full symphony orches- 1968-69 you'll want to. tra and guest artists Carla Fracci and To begin with the Brooklyn Academy Erick Bruhn, will give 32 performances of Music presents the only New York from December 10, 1968, through January appearances this season of The Living 5, 1969. These performances will include Theatre. From October 2-21 it is our priv- several world premieres and revivals and ilege to have this acclaimed troupe resi- a week of special matinees for children. dent in the Music Hall. Two days after The Living Theatre closes Subscribers to the four major music series that the Academy presents this and leaves New York for a national tour, year will hear chamber music, renowned the Academy's Festival of Dance 68-69 soloists and the great symphonic works opens with a gala season by Martha performed by the Boston and Pittsburgh Graham and Dance Company. Other mod- Symphonies conducted by Erich Leins- ern-dance companies to follow include and William Steinberg respectively. those of Anna Sokolow, Erick Hawkins, dorf An innovative series Jazz/Rock/Bach will Paul Taylor and Alwin Nikolais. In the delightfully blend Messrs. Handel and schedule of events during the Festival of Bach with The Swingle Singers and the Dance, there will be special lecture-demon- Mitchell-Ruff Jazz Trio. strations presented free to members of the Academy. Each member may bring a In short, the programming of the 1968- guest to the series of demonstrations which 69 season represents an increase of nearly will begin with the incomparable Martha 200% over last season. An appropriate Graham and Company. Admission to the way, we feel, to celebrate our 110th general public will be $2.00. Anniversary. It is our hope that many of This precedent breaking series is made you will join with us in this celebration as possible by grants from the Ford Founda- subscribers to one or more of our series. tion and the New York State Council on Through the continued interest of the the Arts. For this generous assistance the entire City the Academy will be able to Academy and Theater 1959 are most sustain and expand these presentations grateful. of drama, music and dance.
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ALCESTIS
Music by Vivian Fine Set by Isamu Noguchi Lighting by Jean Rosenthal Choreography by Martha Graham Conducted by Eugene Lester
Choreography commissioned by the B. de Rothschild Foundation for the Arts and Sciences
Set commissioned by Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Blankman
"Alcestis" was first performed on April 29, 1960 at the 54th Street Theatre. John Martin, writing in the New York Times, found it to be "a miraculous work ... the story (of Alcestis) remains the same, and the ritual of the year, together with its connotations of immortality, but the manner of the telling becomes a birth struggle of the human mind bringing forth a colossal truth . . . . Even for Martha Graham it would seem to break fresh ground." "Alcestis" was last performed during the Company's tour of Europe and the Middle East in 1962. The myth is about Admetus, King of Thessaly, who learned one day that the three Fates had spun all his thread of life and were about to cut it. But he got a respite; if someone could be found willing to die in his stead, he might live. He went to his parents, his friends, everyone he knew, pleading, but he was refused. Then Alcestis, his Queen, offered to die for him. During the preparations for her funeral, no one was so grief- striken as Admetus. In the night of mourning Hercules arrived at the palace. The standards of hospitality were high in those days and Hercules was royally received and entertained, the news kept from him of the Queen's death. Alcestis was taken to her grave as Hercules ate and drank in his heroic way; when he was reeling drunk, he heard from a servant what had happened. Ashamed, penitent, to make amends he went to rescue Alcestis, to fight Thanatos, Death himself, and bring her back-and this he did.
THE CHARACTERS Alcestis Martha Graham Admetus Dan Wagoner Thanatos Bertram Ross Hercules Clive Thompson
The Mourners and the Revellers Takako Asakawa Noemi Lapzeson Phyllis Gutelius Diane Gray Judith Hogan Judith Leifer Dawn Suzuki Yuriko Kimura Robert Powell William Louther Moss Cohen Robert Dodson Kenneth Pearl
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DIRECTORY OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Box Office Transportation Ticket booth in Main Lobby SUBWAYS. (All subway stops are located with 3 windows within one block of the Academy.) Telephone: 783-2434 Atlantic Avenue Stop Hours: Monday through Saturday IRT (Lex. Ave.) 10 am to 6 pm IRT (Bdwy and 7th Ave.) BMT (Brighton) On performance days 10 am to 9 pm Pacific Street Stop Sunday performance days BMT (West End, Sea Beach, 4th Ave. Local) 1 pm to 9 pm Fulton Street Stop Check Room IND ("GG" Train) Located on the Orchestra Level of both Lafayette Avenue Stop the opera House and the Music Hall IND ("A" Train) Elevators 2 elevators from Main Lobby to Opera House Balcony BUSES.
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THE PLAIN OF PRAYER
Music by Eugene Lester Setting by Jean Rosenthal Lighting by Jean Rosenthal Choreography by Martha Graham Conducted by Eugene Lester
The creation and production of The Plain of Prayer was made possible in part by a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
There is a "Plain of Prayer" in Tibet. The faithful consider it a powerful place to go for praying for what they need or seek-or for learning what really is needed and worth seeking. Robert Powell Takako Asakawa Yuriko Kimura Dawn Suzuki Dan Wagoner William Louther Moss Cohen Robert Dodson
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The Brooklyn Academy of Music The Brooklyn Academy of Music is a department of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
The Governing Committee Administrative Staff
Seth S. Faison, Chairman Harvey Lichtenstein, Director Edward S. 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. Naughton 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 Wilbur A. Levin Frances Seidenberg, Assistant, Public Affairs Mrs. George Liberman Merle Johnson, Harvey Lichtenstein Financial Secretary Evelyn August, Mrs. Constance J. McQueen Staff Assistant Arthur William Rashap Gail Kupermann, Assistant, School Time Program James Q. Riordan Anne Kelly, i Assistant, Membership Donald G. C. Sinclair Program William Tobey House Staff Ex Officio Alfred Salmaggi, 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, Hon. Mario Procaccino, Chief Electrician Louis Beck, Assistant Comptroller of New York John Cooney, Property Manager Hon. Abe Stark, Charles Brette, Custodian Borough President, Brooklyn Jerry Kean, Photographer 14 / BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC / OCTOBER 196a
SERAPHIC DIALOGUE
Music by Norman Dello Joio Set by Isamu Noguchi Lighting by Jean Rosenthal Choreography by Martha Graham Conducted by Stanley Sussman
"Seraphic Dialogue" is a drama about Joan of Arc at the moment of her exaltation. In a dialogue with Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, whose voices
had guided her toward her destiny, she looks back upon herself as a maiden, a warrior,
and a martyr, and, transfigured, is taken up to her place of honor.
THE CHARACTERS
Joan Mary Hinkson Maid Phyllis Gutelius Warrior Helen McGehee Martyr Noemi Lapzeson St. Michael Bertram Ross St. Catherine Yuriko Kimura St. Margaret Takako Asakawa
FOR MARTHA GRAHAM AND DANCE COMPANY
Executive Director, Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. LeRoy Leatherman Representative for Miss Graham Ben Garber Production Assistant to Miss Rosenthal Marion Kinsella Production Stage Manager George Bardyguine Assistant Stage Manager Maxine Glorsky Music Consultants & Pianists Eugene Lester Stanley Sussman George Quincy Assistants to the Producer Larry Hecker Norma Fassnacht
CREDITS
Special properties for "A Time of Snow" by Marion Kinsella. Miss Graham and the Company gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Bertram Ross, Paul Taylor and Richard Kuch In the revival of "Alcestis."
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