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Wayne McGregor | Random Dance ENTITY British!multi"award!winning!choreographer!Wayne!McGregor!sets! Friday!"September"##!"$%&&"pm" “it looks like the!tone!of!the!season!with!his!groundbreaking!project#!Entity#! Northrop combining!neuroscience#!physically"testing!choreography#!and! nothing else technology$!Based!on!collaborative!research!with!psychologists#! *+,#!*+-#!*./#!*00 neuroscientists#!and!so%ware!engineers#!Entity!breathtakingly! on earth.” portrays!the!relationship!between!the!brain!and!the!moving!body$ ------Funding!provided!in!part!by!a!grant!from!the!Minnesota!State!Arts! Board"!through!an!appropriation!by!the!Minnesota!State!Legislature"!a! The Independent Known!for!their!ﬁerce!and!visceral!movement#!ten!of!McGregor’s! grant!from!the!National!Endowment!for!the!Arts!and!private!funders#

hyper"limber!dancers!move!to!the!beat!of!two!of!the!ho&est!new! Funded!in!part!by!the!National!Dance!Project!of!the!New! musical!talents!working!today!'!Jon!Hopkins!and!Joby!Talbot$! England!Foundation!for!the!Arts"!with!lead!funding!from!the! Doris!Duke!Charitable!Foundation!and!additional!funding!from! Talbot!(The!Divine!Comedy#!Chroma)!has!wri&en!a!propulsive! the!Ford!Foundation"!the!Andrew!W#!Mellon!Foundation"!and!the! string!quartet!pitched!against!the!sonic!extremes!of!Hopkins’! Community!Connections!Fund!of!the!MetLife!Foundation#

(Massive!A&ack#!Coldplay)!electronic!melody$!Linbury!award" This!presentation!is!supported!by!the!Performing!Arts!Fund"!a! winning!set!designer!Patrick!Burnier!has!created!a!multi"screen! program!of!Arts!Midwest!funded!by!the!National!Endowment!for! the!Arts"!which!believes!that!a!great!nation!deserves!great!art"! installation!with!ﬁlm/video!by!Ravi!Deepres#!and!lighting!by! with!additional!contributions!from!the!Minnesota!State!Arts!Board"! the!award"winning!Lucy!Carter$!Entity!is!truly!an!emotionally! General!Mills!Foundation"!and!Land!O’Lakes!Foundation#

astonishing!piece!that!breaks!boundaries!and!deﬁnes!McGregor’s! Sponsored!in!part!by!the!University!of!Minnesota!Institute!for!Advanced! legacy!of!conveying!the!“cu&ing!edge”!of!contemporary!culture$ Study!at!the!University!of!Minnesota!and!the!University!of!Minnesota!Imagine! Fund$!Supported!by!a!Generous!Donation!from!the!McKnight!Foundation#

Special!support!provided!by!the!University!of!Minnesota!Medical!Foundation# 1 2 $!%&'(%')('*)+!,!!$!northrop#umn#edu!, VIRSKY Royal Winnipeg Ballet Ukrainian National Dance Company MOULIN!ROUGE THE!BALLET

From!the!Carpathian!Mountains!to!the!cosmopolitan!city!of! Kiev"!Ukraine!is!a!bastion!of!folklore"!popular!dance"!and!music#! “Even in a crowded ballet season, It!has!remained!one!of!the!last!strongholds!of!traditional! one company remains a must culture!in!all!of!Eastern!Europe#!It!was!only!ﬁ$ing!a%er!nearly! for any dance lover: the Virsky &'!years!that!the!“Virskys”!valiantly!return!to!Northrop!with!a! World Premiere! program!that!celebrates!the!cultural!traditions!of!this!amazing! Ukrainian Nation Ballet Company.” country!and!brings!forth!new!choreography!by!the!next! generations!of!artists# Anna Kisselgoﬀ, New York Times

Named!a%er!national!icon!Pavlo!Virsky"!the!troupe!takes! Sunday"!October!##"!$%&&!pm! A%er!the!wild!enthusiasm!of!last!season’s!presentation!of! pride!in!their!homeland"!embracing!the!beauty!of!its!native! Northrop the!Royal!Winnipeg!Ballet"!the!Canadian!company!returns! country!through!folkloric!tradition"!humor"!and!optimism#!Using! with!the!world!premiere!of!their!original!production!of! elevated!passion!and!romance"!each!performance!overﬂows! ()*"!()+"!(,&"!('' Moulin"Rouge"#"The"Ballet#!Nothing!captures!the!imagination! with!vivid!colors"!acrobatic!athleticism"!and!exuberant!speed! like!the!glamour"!decadence"!and!brilliance!of!the!Moulin! exemplifying!the!exciting!and!quintessential!world!of!Ukraine#! ------Rouge!!#!a!traditional!cabaret!or!nightclub"!located!in! With!numerous!bravura!solo!performances!and!unifying! Funding!provided!in!part!by!a!grant!from!the!Minnesota! State!Arts!Board"!through!an!appropriation!by!the! the!red-light!district!of!Pigalle!near!Montmartre"!Paris"! cadences"!the!artistic!stature!of!the!company!shares!the! Minnesota!State!Legislature"!a!grant!from!the!National! France#!Drawn!to!Paris!by!the!city’s!passion"!Ma$hew!and! wisdom!of!its!people# Endowment!for!the!Arts!and!private!funders# Nathalie!tempt!the!fates!as!they!seek!love!and!destiny# Special!support!given!by!Tapestry!Folkdance!Center"!Ethnic! Myroslav!Vantukh"!Artistic!Director Dance!Theatre"!and!Ukrainian!Event!Center# Unveiling!the!story!of!the!most!celebrated!cabaret!in! history"!Canadian!Jorden!Morris’s!Moulin"Rouge"#"The"Ballet! is!the!most!highly!anticipated!event!of!the!ballet!season#! Northrop’s!stage!will!transform!with!the!signature!RWB! cinematic!panache!that!recreates!the!passion!of!Paris!in!a! time!when!pomp!and!excess!ran!hand-in-hand!with!poverty! and!hardship!and!where!the!heady!elixir!of!personal!freedom! bred!lifestyles!that!were!o%en!reckless!and!addictive#!

André!Lewis"!Artistic!Director! Jorden!Morris"!Choreographer

Saturday"!October!#'"!(%&&!pm Northrop

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“One of the seven wonders of the artistic universe.” CLYTEMNESTRA Alan M. Kriegsman, Washington Post Demonstrating!Graham’s!pioneering!approach!to!time!and! space!on!stage"!the!Martha!Graham!Dance!Company!returns! with!the!psychodrama!Clytemnestra!#!deemed!a!masterpiece!of! $%th!Century!American!modernism&!Fi'y!years!a'er!its!premiere! at!the!Adelphi!Theater!in!New!York!City!in!()*+"!Graham’s! only!full,evening!work!is!reconstructed"!taking!full!advantage! of!the!latest!in!stagecra'!and!technical!innovation&!Using!her! longtime!collaborator"!Isamu!Noguchi!-a!legend!in!Japanese/ American!sculpture."!the!shapes!and!structures!of!the!set!evoke! the!inner!spaces!of!mind!and!memory"!accentuating!dramatic! scenes!of!betrayal"!revenge"!murder"!and!reconciliation&!This! production!also!features!the!modernist!sounds!of!Egyptian! composer!Halim!El,Dabh!and!classic!lighting!by!Jean!Rosenthal&

Told!from!the!perspective!of!Clytemnestra"!the!Queen!of! Mycenae"!it!unfolds!like!the!rivers!of!blood!that!ﬂowed!from! generation!to!generation!in!the!doomed!House!of!Atreus&!Only! Martha!Graham!could!bring!to!life!one!of!literature’s!most!reviled! women!with!modern!themes"!examining!religion"!politics"!and! social!conundrums!similar!to!what!can!be!found!in!the!world! today&!Its!cast!of!$(!dancers!brings!to!life!the!classic!characters"! Clytemnestra"!Agamemnon"!Electra"!Orestes"!Cassandra"! Iphigenia"!Helen!of!Troy"!and!the!timeless!plot!of!redemption&

Janet!Eilber"!Artistic!Director

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Special support provided by HGA Architects and Engineers.

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Moscow Festival Ballet COPPÉLIA “an impressive performance of a classical ballet, energized with dramatic expression and sensational steps.”

The Chronicle; Durham, North Carolina

Created!by!the!infamous!Arthur!Saint"Leon!in!#$%&!for!the! Paris!Opera'!with!a!celebrated!score!by!Leo!Delibes'!the!story! of!Coppélia!has!become!one!of!the!most!beloved'!full"length'! classic!storybook!ballets!in!history(!Though!not!o)en!seen! in!the!Twin!Cities'!this!story!of!a!doll!that!comes!to!life!was! considered!one!of!the!ﬁrst!comic!ballets!when!premiered!and! set!the!standard!for!many!ballets!of!generations!to!come(!

Though!most!of!the!action!focuses!on!the!mysterious!and!faintly! diabolical!inventor!Doctor!Coppélius'!the!story!ultimately!rests! on!the!love!story!between!the!classic!role!of!Swanhilda!and!her! true!heart’s!desire'!Franz(!Founded!in!#*$*!by!legendary!Bolshoi! Ballet!principal!dancer!Sergei!Radchenko'!the!Moscow!Festival! Ballet!a+ains!the!highest!classical!elements!derived!from!the! great!Bolshoi!and!Kirov!Ballet!companies(!This!production!will! showcase!all!of!the!hallmarks!of!Russian!ballet,!gorgeous!bodies'! beautiful!technique'!and!stunningly!dramatic!interpretation(

Sergei!Radchenko"!artistic!director! Arthur!Saint#Leon"!choreographer Leo!Delibes"!composer

Thursday"!January!$%"!&'()!pm! Friday"!January!$*"!+'))!pm Northrop

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------Funding!provided!in!part!by!a!grant!from!the!Minnesota!State!Arts!Board"!through!an! appropriation!by!the!Minnesota!State!Legislature"!a!grant!from!the!National!Endowment!for!the! Arts!and!private!funders# 7 8 $!%&'(%')('*)+!,!!$!northrop#umn#edu!, PILOBOLUS Pilobolus!began!in!"#$"!as!an!outsider!dance!company%!and! quickly!became!renowned!for!its!imaginative!and!athletic! “Pilobolus is a mind-blowing troupe of exploration!of!creative!collaboration&!Nearly!'(!years!later%! it!has!evolved!into!a!pioneering!American!cultural!institution! wildly creative and physically daring of!the!)"st!century&!The!mass!appeal!of!Pilobolus!has! dancers who leap, fly, intertwine and stemmed!from!their!physical!vocabulary!that!blends!art!with! break all the rules…Audiences should transforming!acrobatics%!molding!it!into!a!rousing!poetry&! Their!unique!multi*bodied!weight!sharing!and!creation!of! expect the unexpected with Pilobolus.” clever!visual!illusions!are!the!hallmarks!of!this!group!that!will!

simply!blow!your!mind& NYC Newsday

Named!a+er!a!feisty!fungus%!the!multi*award!winning! Pilobolus%!has!received!a!Primetime!Emmy!Award%!Berlin! Critic’s!Prize%!the!Brandeis!Award%!and!numerous!other! awards!for!their!collaborative!choreographic!approach! with!an!executive!director%!three!artistic!directors%!and! seven!contributing!dancers&!The!famed!group!will!return!to! Northrop!with!two!separate!performances!featuring!classic! mind*morphing!programs&!

Mixed!Repertoire!,Diﬀerent!programs!for!each!show.

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Akram Khan Company | National Ballet of China BAHOK The!anticipated!work!of!London"based!choreographer! and!dancer#!Akram!Khan#!bahok!depicts!what!it!means!to! “Through this ultimately powerful be!a!nomad$!Uniting!eight!dancers!from!diﬀerent!parts! of!the!world#!Khan!highlights!the!challenges!of!speaking! piece, Khan captures both the diﬀerent!languages!and!making!sense!of!their!personal! exhilaration and the desolation of a migrations$!The!relationship!formed!between!classical! ballet!and!contemporary!dancers!reveals!their!deepest#! world on the move.” most!intimate!side#!and!carries!a!poetic!message!about! a!sense!of!home!and!belonging!in!a!globalized!world$! The Guardian

In!collaboration!with!Walker!Art!Center#!we’re!indulging! the!Twin!Cities!art!scene!with!the!internationally!acclaimed! choreographer!Akram!Khan’s!modern!interpretation! of!being!“lost!in!translation$”!The!contemporary!work! embodies!many!diﬀerent!styles!of!Khan’s!company#! fusing!traditional!South!Asian!dance!with!modern! movement!and!includes!original!music!by!composer!Nitin! Sawney$!The!blended!performers!take!us!through!their! journey!of!creating!a!utopian!project!despite!speaking! disparate!languages!of!tongue!and!movement$!

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'/%Y3A3T The Suzanne Farrell Ballet BALANCHINE

“This enlightened restoration of the most neglected and personal of [Balanchine’s] full-length works is not just news but an experience that takes us deep into the soul of genius.”

The Los Angeles Times

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“Her dancing hits you with a vengence.”

The Pheonix Nora Chipaumire

Saburo Teshigawara | KARAS LIONS))) lions will roar, swans will fly, angels will wrestle heaven, rains will break: gukurahundi “dance of the soul… a magnificent epic Born!in!Mutare#!Zimbabwe!during!the!Chipurenga!Chechipiri! Thursday#!April!$*#!+',(!pm of the human spirit.” *second!war!of!liberation+#!Nora!Chipaumire!begins!her!first!major! Northrop tour!in!the!United!States!with!her!“love!le%er!to!Zimbabwe#”! Asahi lions!will!roar"!swans!will!fly"!angels!will!wrestle!heaven"!rains!will! '/0#!'/)#!'((#!'10 MIROKU break#!gukurahundi$!A!self,exiled!artist!and!Bessie!Award!winner#! A!multimedia!stagecra"!based!on!the!spirit!to!see!the!present! Thursday!"!Saturday#!April!$$!"!$%#!&'((!pm Chipaumire!is!known!for!her!brave#!transnational!work!that! ------Funding!provided!in!part!by!a!grant!from!the!Minnesota!State!Arts!Board"! from!the!eye!of!the!future#!MIROKU!was!originally!created!at! McGuire!Theater#!Walker!Art!Center investigates!cultural#!political#!economical#!and!technological! through!an!appropriation!by!the!Minnesota!State!Legislature"!a!grant!from!the! the!New!National!Theatre!Tokyo!by!one!of!the!world’s!leading! Copresented!with!Walker!Art!Center identities!of!African!contemporary!life$!Teaming!up!with!master! National!Endowment!for!the!Arts!and!private!funders#

contemporary!figures#!Saburo!Teshigawara$!This!solo!work!bursts! musician!and!poet!Thomas!Mapfumo!*and!his!band!The!Blacks! Funded!in!part!by!the!National!Dance!Project!of!the!New!England!Foundation! with!visual!beauty#!rigor!and!clarity$!Teshigawara!contorts!his! '() Unlimited+!who!is!o"en!referred!to!as!“the!Lion!of!Zimbabwe#”! for!the!Arts"!with!lead!funding!from!the!Doris!Duke!Charitable!Foundation! and!additional!funding!from!the!Ford!Foundation"!the!Andrew!W#!Mellon! body#!plunging!in!a!poetic!flow!of!movement$!Performed!in!a! lions…!!is!a!dynamic!hour,long!performance!of!live!music#!dance#!and! Foundation"!and!the!Community!Connections!Fund!of!the!MetLife!Foundation# luminously!lit!box#!his!silhoue%e!reveals!body!transformations! ------projected!video$ Funding!provided!in!part!by!a!grant!from!the!Minnesota!State!Arts!Board"! Special!support!provided!by!Global!Spotlight"!Office!of!International!Programs! that!will!make!this!experience!unforge%able$ through!an!appropriation!by!the!Minnesota!State!Legislature"!a!grant!from! at!the!University!of!Minnesota# the!National!Endowment!for!the!Arts!and!private!funders# The!work!offers!to!take!on!another!Africa#!one!that!is!neither! pleading!nor!begging#!an!Africa!in!conversation!with!itself#!asking! Special!support!provided!by!The!Center!for!Arts!and!Medicine!at!the!University! With!an!unparalleled!use!of!lighting#!media#!and!stage!effects#! Support!provided!by!the!Japan!Foundation!through!the!Performing!Arts! of!Minnesota"!and!the!University!of!Minnesota!Society!for!the!Arts!in!Healthcare# this!will!not!only!be!one!of!the!greatest!dance!events!of!the! JAPAN!Program# the!difficult!questions#!and!celebrating!its!achievements!and! season#!but!also!one!of!the!richest!visual!arts!events!in!the!Twin! humanity$!This!new!dance!work!is!dedicated!to!the!visual#!aural! Cities$!Teshigawara’s!acute!sculptural!sensibilities#!powerful! and!kinesthetic!equivalent!of!Africa’s!great!cities!.!cities!full!of! sense!of!composition#!command!of!space#!and!unforge%able! life#!contradictions#!grace#!defiance#!vulgarity#!and!power!.!and!is! movement!creates!a!world!all!his!own$ created!by!one!of!the!most!exciting#!new!choreographers!on!the! scene!today$ 15 16 "!#$%&#%'&%(')!*!!"!northrop+umn+edu!*

The most impressive drummer to enter the jazz scene in the past decade, Cuban-born Dafnis Prieto has won his fair share of awards, impacting both the Latin and jazz scenes. His world rhythms exhibit a forceful yet flexible sense of groove derived from traditions of Afro Caribbean hand percussion and LARRY!OCHS DAFNIS!polyrhythmic post-bop. The music is truly unique, blending sounds from diverse cultures into music Sax & Drumming Core that is both euphoric and intelligent. Prieto’s accomplished band includes Peter Apfelbaum (sax), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Felipe Lamoglia (sax), Northrop!begins!its!jazz!season!with!a!special!presentation! Manuel Valera (piano), and Charles Flores (bass). and!rare!entrée!into!the!world!of!free!jazz"!showcasing! “…Larry Ochs leads this multifaceted improv!master!Larry!Ochs!at!the!most!intimate!venue!on! The Walker Art Center and Northrop Jazz are thrilled campus"!The!Whole!Music!Club!#located!in!the!basement!of! exposition through an over-the-top approach PRIETO to copresent the Minnesota debut of jazz’s hot new Coffman!Memorial!Union%&!From!the!same!school!as!improv' to the drummers’ swarming frameworks and artist. The essence of Prieto’s style, which references based!artists!Albert!Ayler!and!Sonny!Rollins"!Larry!Ochs’!free! swirling support mechanisms.” old religious music to modern music within one set of jazz!weaves!with!the!Drumming!Core"!creating!original!roots! trap drums, will result in a hyper-charged performance. music!with!rigorous!a(ention!to!form!as!was!heard!with!such! Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz duos!as!Coltrane!and!Rashied!Ali"!and!Anthony!Braxton!with! Saturday#!November!+)#!$&''!pm Max!Roach& SEXTET McGuire Theater, Walker Art Center Copresented with Walker Art Center Performing!together!since!)***"!the!five'piece!quintet! is!said!to!be!modern!and!urban"!deriving!from!an! ,-) interpretation!of!American!and!Eastern!European!blues' shouters!songs!and!traditional!Asian!and!African!chant' singers&!Led!by!the!high!priest!of!improv"!Larry!Ochs! #sopranino"!tenor!sax%"!the!Drumming!Core!also!consists! of!Sco"!Amendola!#drums%"!Donald!Robinson!#drums%!and! “[Prieto] has transformed Afro-Cuban special!guests!from!Japan!+!Satoko!Fujii!#piano%!and! rhythms… These pieces are emotionally Natsuki!Tamura!#trumpet%& charged and stylistically diverse, carried Thursday#!October!$#!%&''!pm!&!(&)*!pm along not just by rhythm but also through The!Whole!Music!Club lovely harmonized passages, horn fanfares, Copresented!with!The!Whole!Music!Club and powerfully conjured moods.” ,-.!#limited!seats% Wall Street Journal ------Special!support!provided!by!Jazz!is!NOW!

17 18 $!%&'(%')('*)+!,!!$!northrop-umn-edu!, Regina Carter’s REVERSE! THREAD “Wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent, and at times breathtakingly daring.”

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Acclaimed!as!one!of!the!most!transcendent!voices!of! contemporary!violin"!Regina!Carter!brings!her!tenacious! SWEDISH force!to!the!Ted!Mann!stage!to!coincide!with!the!release! of!her!upcoming!album"!Reverse!Thread$!Consisting!of! music!from!the!African!Diaspora"!Reverse!Thread!is!her! latest!contribution!to!the!world!of!contemporary!jazz! oﬀering!a!new!perspective!on!music!from!Mali"!Senegal! and!other!areas$!This!unique!evening!includes!some! traditional!pieces!from!the!Jews!living!in!Uganda"!a!piece! by!Ayub!Ogada!.from!the!movie!The!Constant!Gardener/! RADIOConsidered!one!of!the!world’s!most!celebrated!choirs"!The!Swedish!! CHOIR as!well!as!some!original!material!and!earlier!repertoire$ Radio!Choir!transplants!their!awe#inspiring!a!capella!music!to!the! Scandinavian!heart!of!the!U$S$!The!%&#member!group’s!phenomenal! “…beautiful melodies and floating, Known!for!her!original!compositions!and!collaborations! expertise!spans!a!variety!of!music!ranging!from!baroque"!gospel"! enchanting harmonies, with the with!many!jazz!greats"!Carter!illuminates!the!stage! folk"!and!commissioned!contemporary!works!drawing!heavily!upon! gentle voices balanced against the with!her!unique!fusion!of!world!music!and!classical! composers!from!their!home!country!as!well!as!the!celebrated! violin"!interweaving!instruments!from!Mali!.the!kora/! maestros!of!the!past$! robust tension of the strings.” and!Senegal!.powerful!drum!rhythms/$!Carter’s! quartet!brings!together!Will!Holshouser!.accordion/"! The!group!began!in!the!'()*’s!and!has!served!under!the!leadership! New York Times Chris!Lightcap!.bass/"!Alvester!Garne(!.drums/"!and! of!the!famed!choral!conductors!Eric!Ericson!and!Tõnu!Kaljuste"! special!guest!from!Mali"!Yocouba!Sissoko!.kora/$ among!others$!This!tour!is!led!by!conductor!Ragnar!Bohlin"!a! revered!Stockholm!native!who!also!serves!as!choral!director!for! Friday"!February!#$"!%&''!pm Monday"!March!)*"!+&,'!pm the!San!Francisco!Symphony$!Bohlin!is!a!master!interpreter!of!the! Ted!Mann!Concert!Hall Ted!Mann!Concert!Hall traditional!Swedish!repertoire!as!well!as!the!contemporary!choral! works!that!make!up!this!special!program$ +),"!+,, +)*

Ragnar!Bohlin"!special!guest!conductor ------Special!support!provided!by!the!American!Swedish!Institute Special!support!provided!by!Global!Spotlight"!Oﬃce!of!International! Programs!at!the!University!of!Minnesota!and!Jazz!is!NOW! 19 20 "!#$%&#%'&%(')!*!!"!northrop+umn+edu!* THINGS!TO!COME" ST #$ !CENTURY!DIZZY “…a profound examination of the mechanics of sound; with the accompaniment of a band, the cadences of a person’s voice Danilo Perez and Friends become orchestral, redefining the way we perceive human conversation – and emotion.”

“When the dust settles, the pianist SPIN.com Danilo Perez will be looking like one of the best things that happened to jazz around the turn of the millennium…” The New York Times THE Acclaimed!Panamanian!pianist!and!the!greatest!jazz! composer!of!our!era"!Danilo!Perez!has!pulled!together!an! all#star!global!band!celebrating!the!music!and!profound! inspiration!of!his!mentor"!Dizzy!Gillespie$!This!bountiful! group!includes!David!Sanchez!%tenor!sax!#!Puerto!Rico&"! HAPPINESS!PROJECT Rudresh!Mahanthappa!%alto!sax!#!India"!US&"!Jamey!Haddad! %percussion!#!Lebanon"!US&"!Amir!ElSaﬀar!%trumpet!and! Music Composition by Charles Spearin voice!#!Iraq"!US&"!Ben!Street!%bass!#!US&"!Adam!Cruz!%drums!#! Puerto!Rico"!US&$! Performed with Eight Member Ensemble

As!the!youngest!member!of!the!last!edition!of!Gillespie’s! United!Nation!Orchestra"!Perez!embraces!Gillespie’s! Multi#instrumentalist!and!founding!member!of!the!influential!bands! Saturday&!May!$&!("''!pm! musical!fashion!'!a!melting!pot!of!styles"!genres"!and!global! Broken!Social!Scene!and!Do!Make!Say!Think"!Charles!Spearin! Sunday&!May!#&!)"''!pm collaborations!'!and!transforms!his!classical!tunes!into! blurs!the!line!between!speaking!and!singing"!and!life!and!art!in!his! The!Southern!Theater original!group!compositions$!Perez’s!hand#picked!all#stars"! latest!'!The!Happiness!Project$!Spearin!initiated!the!project!a!year! Copresented!with!The!Southern!Theater with!roots!in!Afro#Cuban"!be#bop"!Indian"!African"!and!Middle! ago!when!he!began!inviting!neighbors!over!to!his!house!for!casual! Eastern!music"!will!more!than!honor!Dizzy’s!legendary!vision$!!! interviews!about!their!happiness$!A+er!replaying!conversations"!he! (,-!'!(,)$.* found!a!natural!cadence!and!melody!to!the!speaking!voices!of!his! Saturday&!April!$'&!("''!pm neighbors!as!they!each!shared!their!views"!longings"!and!life!tales$! Ted!Mann!Concert!Hall The!project!redefines!the!way!we!perceive!conversation!and! ()* emotion!through!the!mechanics!of!sound!and!musical!melodies$! Spearin!defines!the!sound!as!“the!melodies!of!everyday!life”! ------comprised!of!real!people!and!the!song!of!their!voices$!Do!Make!Say! Special!support!provided!by!Jazz!is!NOW! Think!and!Broken!Social!Scene!compatriots!Julie!Penner"!Kevin! Drew"!Ohad!Benchetrit"!Leon!Klingstone!and!Evan!Cranley!join! in!with!their!instruments!for!this!profound!examination!of!the!way! sounds!can!be!used!to!convey!concepts$ Dizzy!Gillespie Birdland!"NYC!"June"#$%&

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