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CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS PROGRAM

Friday, October 26, 2012, 6pm Saturday, October 27, 2012, 5pm Sunday, October 28, 2012, 3pm Zellerbach Hall An in Four Acts &

Choreography by

with Helga Davis Kate Moran

Spoken Text Jansch Lucie Christopher Knowles/Samuel M. Johnson/Lucinda Childs

with The 2012 production of Einstein on the Beach, An Opera in Four Acts was commissioned by: The Lucinda Childs Dance Company Cal Performances; BAM; the Barbican, ; Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity; De Nederlandse Opera/The Music ; Opéra et Orchestre Music Performed by National de Languedoc-Rousillon; and University Musical Society of the The University of . , Conductor World Premiere: March 16, 2012, Montpellier, .

Music/Lyrics Direction/Set and Light Design Originally produced in 1976 by the Byrd Hoffman Foundation. Philip Glass Robert Wilson

Lighting Sound Hair/Makeup Urs Schönebaum Kurt Munkasci Carlos Soto Campbell Young Associates: Because Einstein on the Beach is performed without intermission, the audience is invited to leave Luc Verschueren and re-enter the auditorium quietly, as desired. Café Zellerbach will be open for your dining pleasure, serving supper until 8pm and smaller bites, spirits, and refreshments thereafter. The Café is located on the mezzanine level in the lobby. Associate Producer Associate Producer Senior Tour Manager Production Manager Kaleb Kilkenny Alisa E. Regas Pat Kirby Marc Warren

Music Director Co-Director Directing Associate Michael Riesman Ann-Christin Rommen Charles Otte These performances are made possible, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, and by Patron Sponsors Louise Gund, Liz and Greg Lutz, Patrick McCabe, and Peter Washburn.

Produced by Cal Performances’ 2012–2013 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo. Pomegranate Arts, Inc. Linda Brumbach, Executive Producer

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Einstein on the Beach

creative team Composer Philip Glass Director/Set and Light Designer Robert Wilson Choreographer Lucinda Childs Co-Director Ann-Christin Rommen Directing Associate Charlie Otte Lights Urs Schönebaum Scenic Supervisor Michael Deegan Sound Supervisor Dan Dryden Costumes Carlos Soto Hair and Makeup Campbell Young Associates: Luc Verschueren

principal performers Einstein, Solo Violinist Jennifer Koh Featured Performer Helga Davis Featured Performer Kate Moran Boy Jasper Newell Mr. Johnson Charles Williams

chorus Philip Anderson, Joe Damon Chappel, Hai-Ting Chinn, Tomás Cruz, Michèle A. Eaton, John Kawa, Lindsay Kesselman, Kate Maroney, Solange Merdinian, Gregory R. Purnhagen, Melanie Russell, Jason Charles Walker

lucinda childs dance company LCDC Rehearsal Director Ty Boomershine Dancers Katie Dorn, Katherine Helen Fisher, Anne Lewis, Vincent McCloskey, Sharon Milanese, Patrick John O’Neill, Matt Pardo, Lonnie Poupard Jr., Caitlin Scranton, Stuart N. Singer, Shakirah Stewart Alternates Sarah Hillmon, John Sorensen-Jolink

philip glass ensemble Music Director Michael Riesman Lisa Bielawa, David Crowell, Dan Dryden, Jon Gibson, , Andrew Sterman

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Featured Performances night train Man Gregory R. Purnhagen knee plays 1–4 Woman Helga Davis Character 1 Helga Davis Woman with Shell Hai-Ting Chinn Character 2 Kate Moran Vocal Duet Lisa Bielawa, Philip Anderson

train trial/prison Character on Three Diagonals Caitlin Scranton Judge Charles Williams Boy on Tower Jasper Newell Young Judge Jasper Newell Woman in Perpendicular Dance Katie Dorn Witness Kate Moran Woman with Newspaper Helga Davis Lawyer Helga Davis Woman with Shell Hai-Ting Chinn Guard Jason Charles Walker Man with Red Shirt Calculating Tomás Cruz Front Stenographer Sharon Milanese Woman with String Katherine Helen Fisher Rear Stenographer Shakirah Stewart Men with String Vincent McCloskey, Matt Pardo Woman Reading Katie Dorn Train Engineer Philip Anderson Man on Bench #1 Matt Pardo Vocal Duet Lisa Bielawa, Michèle A. Eaton Man on Bench Reading Newspaper Lonnie Poupard Jr. Man on Bench #2 Patrick John O’Neill trial Prisoner #1 Ty Boomershine Prisoner #2 Anne Lewis Judge Charles Williams Steven Weed #1 Patrick John O’Neill Young Judge Jasper Newell Steven Weed #2 Lonnie Poupard Jr. Woman Reading Katie Dorn Witness Kate Moran Jury Guard Jason Charles Walker Top Row Lindsay Kesselman (Woman Left in Jury), Lawyer Helga Davis Hai-Ting Chinn, Joe Damon Chappel, Front Stenographer Sharon Milanese Gregory R. Purnhagen, John Kawa, Rear Stenographer Shakirah Stewart Jason Charles Walker Man with Briefcase Patrick John O’Neill Indian Solange Merdinian Bottom Row Michèle A. Eaton (Juror with Blond Wig), Man on Bench #1 Matt Pardo Solange Merdinian, Melanie Russell, Man on Bench Reading Newspaper Lonnie Poupard Jr. Kate Maroney, Tomás Cruz, Philip Anderson Jury dance 2 Bottom Row Michèle A. Eaton (Juror with Blond Wig), Silhouette Dancer Ty Boomershine Lindsay Kesselman, Kate Maroney, Tomás Cruz, Philip Anderson Dancers Katherine Helen Fisher, Anne Lewis, Vincent McCloskey, Sharon Milanese, Patrick John O’Neill, Top Row Melanie Russell, Hai-Ting Chinn, Matt Pardo, Lonnie Poupard Jr., Caitlin Scranton, Stuart Singer, Shakirah Stewart Joe Damon Chappel, John Kawa, Gregory R. Purnhagen building dance 1 Saxophone Solo Andrew Sterman Woman Calculating in Tower Lindsay Kesselman Dancers Company Katie Dorn, Katherine Helen Fisher, Vincent McCloskey, Sharon Milanese, Patrick John O’Neill, Matt Pardo, Lonnie Poupard Jr., Stuart Singer, Shakirah Stewart bed Vocal Duet Lisa Bielawa, Kate Maroney Vocal Soloist Hai-Ting Chinn

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spaceship Einstein on the Beach production history Woman with Telescope Caitlin Scranton Woman with Flashlights Helga Davis Dancer with Flashlights Ty Boomershine Dancer in Horizontal Elevator Sharon Milanese Boy in Elevator Jasper Newell Company

knee 5 Character 1 Helga Davis Character 2 Kate Moran Bus Driver Charles Williams

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technical

Head Becca Ball Jansch Lucie Head Jack Blacketer instein on the beach by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass, Music by Philip Glass, Design/ Live Sound Mix Dan Bora Direction by Robert Wilson, Texts by Christopher Knowles, Samuel M. Johnson, and Lucinda Manager Jenni Bowman E Childs, choreography by Andrew de Groat, lighting by , was originally produced Follow Spot Operator/Electrician Lois Catanzaro by the Byrd Hoffman Foundation in 1976 and was performed at Théâtre Municipal (Festival Rigger/Carpenter Janet Clancy d’), Avignon, France (premiere); Teatro La Fenice (), Venice; BITEF Technical Consultant Aron Deyo (Théâtre des Nations), Belgrade; La Monnaie, Brussels; Opéra Comique (Festival d’Automne), Sound Supervisor Dan Dryden ; Deutsches Schauspielhaus, ; Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam; Theatre Carré Onstage Jens McVoy (Holland Festival), Amsterdam; House, City. Electrician and Programmer Paul Frydrychowski Subsequent remounts of Einstein on the Beach featuring choreography by Lucinda Childs and Technical Supervisor Joseph Giordano lighting by Beverly Emmons were produced in 1984 at the Academy of Music as part of Production Intern Darwin L. Gilmore the Next Wave Festival and in 1992 by International Production Associates/Top Shows Inc at the Assistant Company Manager Brad Hampton McCarter (previews), Princeton, ; Oper Frankfurt; State Theatre, ; Flyman/Rigger Brad Hepburn Teatro del Liceo, ; Teatro de la Vaguada, ; Artsphere Performing Arts Center, Follow Spot Operator/Carpenter Josh Hoglund ; Brooklyn Academy of Music, ; MC 93 Bobigny (Festival d’Automne), Paris. Assistant Lighting Supervisor Josh Johnson Assistant Stage Manager/Assistant Carpenter Jason Kaiser Einstein on the Beach Production Stage Manager Abbie H. Katz © 1976 Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc. RF Systems Supervisor Ryan Kelly All Rights Reserved Special Effects Coordinator/Second Electrician Craig Kidwell www.dunvagen.com Senior Tour Manager Pat Kirby Wardrobe Assistant Magdalena Klašnja Choreography ©1984 Lucinda Childs Production Manager, Advance and Build William Knapp Head of Properties Jeremy Lydic of Einstein on the Beach Hair and Makeup Supervisor/Assistant Designer Roland Cory McCutcheon © 1976, 1984 by Robert Wilson Wardrobe Head Carlos Soto Used by permission of Robert Wilson and the Byrd Hoffman Foundation, Inc. Production Stage Manager, Rehearsals Sue Jane Stoker www.robertwilson.com Lighting Supervisor John Torres Production Manager Marc Warren Contributions to the libretto by Lucinda Childs, Samuel M. Johnson, and Christopher Knowles.

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Einstein on the Beach credits 2012–2013 tour Scenic Construction Dædalus Design and Production Inc. January 20–22, 2012 Ann Arbor, Michigan (previews) Company Travel Jean Furakawa, Tzell Travel March 16–18, 2012 Montpellier, France (world premiere) Freight Coordination Paul Lippe March 24–25, 2012 Reggio Emilia, Italy May 4–6 & 9–13, 2012 London, Casting: Principals Zoe E Rotter June 8–10, 2012 Toronto, Canada Choral Master/Choral Casting Lisa Bielawa September 14–16 & 19–23, 2012 Brooklyn, New York Rehearsal Pianist and Keyboard Understudy Gordon Beeferman October 26–28, 2012 Berkeley, Assistant to Robert Wilson Julian Mommert November 9–11, 2012 City, Mexico Rehearsal Production Assistants Michelle Scalpone, Alex Davis January 5–7 & 10–12, 2013 Amsterdam, Netherlands Special Effects Consultant Jeremy Chernik March 8–10, 2013 Hong Kong, China General Legal Consultation Robyn Guillams, Fettmann, Tolchin & Majors Legal: Grand Rights Rose Schwartz, Franklin Weinrib, Einstein on the Beach has been produced by Pomegranate Arts. Rudel & Vassallo www.pomegranatearts.com/project-einstein/index.html Legal: Visa/Immigration Andi Floyd, Fettmann, Tolchin & Majors

Einstein on the Beach Production Press Representation Blake Zidell and Associates, Production Management Pomegranate Arts, Inc Blake Zidell, John Wyszniewski Executive Producer Linda Brumbach General Manager and Associate Producer Kaleb Kilkenny Associate Producer Alisa E. Regas Associate General Manager Linsey Bostwick Administrative Assistant Susannah Gruder

The producers of Einstein on the Beach extend their special thanks to Pasha Antonov, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Joseph Bradshaw, Mark Clague, Chuck Close, Ben Cohen, Joe Cohen, Paul Corley, Simon DePury and Phillips DePury, Elisabetta Di Mambro, Sherry Dobbin, Thom Donovan, D.P.A., Stephanie Engeln, Frank Gehry, Julia Gillett, Douglas Gordon, Chris Green, John Jankowski (College of Staten Island Center for the Arts), Jim Keller, Noah Khoshbin, Zoe Knight, Kurzweil Music Systems, Annick Lavallée-Benny, Rolf Lee, Sharon Lehner, Rebecca Litman, Pinki Patel, James Robertson, Peter Robertson, Carla Sacks, Drew Smith, Ruth Sternberg, Jorn Weisbrodt, and Jim Woodard.

The 2012 Production of Einstein on the Beach would not have been possible without the constant sup- port and tireless efforts of Pierre Audi, Marga Wobma-Helmich, and Pieter Hofman; Louise Jeffries, Toni Racklin, Angie Smith, and Graham Sheffield; Ken Fischer and Michael Kondziolka; Janice Price, Chris Lorway, and Clyde Wagner; Joe Melillo, Karen Brooks Hopkins, Alice Bernstein, and Pat Skully; Jean-Paul Scarpitta; and Matías Tarnopolsky.

A very special thanks to Matías Tarnopolsky and the entire staff and crew of Cal Performances, whose vision and belief in the 2012 remount of Einstein on the Beach have truly made this produc- tion possible.

The 2012 production of Einstein on the Beach is dedicated in memory of our friend and collaborator, Sue Jane Stoker, whose tireless work and tremendous talent guided us to the staging of this performance.

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he new york times described Robert Schaubühne he created Death Destruction & artistic venture, the VOOM Portraits, with sub- Olympics in Greece, and his Piano Concerto TWilson (Director/Set and Light Design) as Detroit (1979) and Death Destruction & Detroit jects including Gao Xingjian, Winona Ryder, No. 2 (“After Lewis and Clark”) with the “a towering figure in the world of experimental II (1987); and at the Thalia he presented the , and Brad Pitt. The works Omaha Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Glass’s latest theater.” Mr. Wilson’s works integrate a wide groundbreaking musical works have been shown at the Tribeca (2006) and symphonies, Symphony No. 7 and Symphony variety of artistic media, combining movement, (1991) and Alice (1992). He has also applied his (2008) film festivals, and in galleries No. 8, premiered in 2005 with the National dance, lighting, furniture design, sculpture, striking formal language to the operatic reper- and museums in , Naples, , Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center music, and text into a unified whole. His im- toire, including in Hamburg (1991) and Singapore, Graz, Milan, and Hamburg, and for the Performing Arts in DC, ages are æsthetically striking and emotionally Houston (1992), and The Magic Flute (1991), will continue to tour internationally over the and Bruckner Orchester at the Brooklyn charged, and his productions have earned the Madame Butterfly (1993), and at next few years. His drawings, prints, videos, and Academy of Music, respectively. That year also acclaim of audiences and critics worldwide. the Metropolitan Opera in New York (1998). sculpture are held in private collections and mu- saw the premiere of Waiting for the Barbarians, Mr. Wilson’s awards and honors include two Mr. Wilson recently completed an entirely seums throughout the world. He is represented an opera based on the book by J. M. Coetzee. Guggenheim Fellowship awards (1971 and new production, based on an epic poem from by the in New York City. Mr. Glass’s orchestral tribute to Indian spiri- 1980), the Fellowship Indonesia, entitled I La Galigo, which toured tual leader Sri Ramakrishna, The of award (1975), the nomination for the Pulitzer extensively and appeared at the Born in Baltimore, , Philip Glass Ramakrishna, premiered in 2006 at Orange Prize in (1986), the Golden Lion for Festival in summer 2005. (Composer) is a graduate of the University of County Performing Arts Center. sculpture from the Venice Biennale (1993), the Mr. Wilson continues to direct revivals Chicago and the Juilliard School. In the early Mr. Glass maintained a dense creative Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize for lifetime of his most celebrated productions, including , Mr. Glass spent two years of inten- schedule throughout 2007 and 2008, unveiling achievement (1996), the Premio Europa award The Black Rider in London, , and sive study in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and, several highly anticipated works, including Book from Taormina Arte (1997), election to the Sydney, Australia; The Temptation of St. Anthony while there, earned money by transcribing Ravi of Longing, a collaboration with Leonard Cohen, American Academy of Arts and Letters (2000), in New York and Barcelona; Erwartung in Shankar’s Indian music into Western notation. and an opera about the end of the Civil War titled the National Design Award for lifetime achieve- ; at the Bolshoi Opera Upon his return to New York, he applied these . In April 2007, English National ment (2001), a Commandeur des Arts et des in Moscow, the , and Het Eastern techniques to his own music. By 1974, Opera, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Lettres (2002), the Medal for Arts and Sciences Muziektheater in Amsterdam; and Wagner’s The Mr. Glass had a number of significant and inno- Opera, remounted Glass’s , which ap- of the City of Hamburg (2009), and the Hein Ring at the Châtelet in Paris. For the Berliner vative projects, creating a large collection of new peared in New York in April 2008. Recent film Heckroth-Prize for Set Design (2009). Ensemble, he created two highly acclaimed music for his performing group, the Philip Glass projects include a score to Woody Allen’s film A native of Waco, , Mr. Wilson was recent productions: Brecht’s Dreigroschenoper Ensemble, and for the Mabou Mines Theater Cassandra’s Dream and a documentary on Ray educated at the University of Texas and ar- and Shakespeare’s Sonnets, with music by Rufus Company, which he co-founded. This period Kurzweil, , which premiered rived in New York in 1963 to attend Brooklyn’s Wainwright. Both productions received invita- culminated in , followed in April 2009. . Soon thereafter, Mr. Wilson tions to the Spoleto Festival and travel interna- by the landmark opera Einstein on the Beach, cre- Mr. Glass’s recent opera, based on the life set to work with his Byrd Hoffman School of tionally. Mr. Wilson directs all of Monteverdi’s ated with Robert Wilson in 1976. and work of Johannes and commissioned Byrds, and together with this school devel- for the opera houses of in Milan Since Einstein, Mr. Glass has expanded his by Linz 2009, Cultural Capital of , and oped his first signature works, including King and the in Paris. repertoire to include music for opera, dance, the- Landestheater Linz, premiered in September of Spain (1969), Deafman Glance (1970), The Mr. Wilson’s practice is firmly rooted ater, chamber ensemble, orchestra, and film. His 2009 in Linz, Austria, and in November 2009 at Life and Times of Joseph Stalin (1973), and A in the fine arts, and his drawings, furniture score for Martin Scorsese’s received an the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Letter for Queen Victoria (1974). Regarded as a designs, and installations have been shown Academy Award nomination, while his score for Symphony No. 9 was completed in 2011 leader in Manhattan’s burgeoning avant-garde, in museums and galleries internationally. Peter Weir’s won him a Golden and was premiered by the Bruckner Orchestra Mr. Wilson turned his attention to large-scale Extensive retrospectives have been presented Globe. His for Stephen Daldry’sThe in Linz on January 1, 2012. The U.S. premiere opera and, with Philip Glass, created the mon- at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and Hours received Golden Globe, Grammy, and took place at Carnegie Hall in New York on umental Einstein on the Beach (1976), which the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He has Academy award nominations, along with win- January 31, 2012, as part of the composer’s achieved worldwide acclaim and altered conven- mounted installations at the Stedelijk Museum ning a BAFTA in Film Music from the British 75th birthday celebration. Symphony No. 10 tional notions of a moribund form. in Amsterdam, London’s Clink Street Vaults, Academy of Film and Television Arts. His origi- received its European premiere in France in After Einstein, Mr. Wilson worked increas- and the Guggenheim Museums in New York nal scores for the critically acclaimed filmsThe summer 2012. In August 2011, Mr. Glass ingly with European theaters and opera houses. and Bilbao. His extraordinary tribute to Isamu Illusionist and Notes on a Scandal were released launched the inaugural season of the Days In collaboration with internationally renowned Noguchi has been exhibited most recently at the last year. Mr. Glass has received an Oscar nomi- and Nights Festival, a multidisciplinary writers and performers, Mr. Wilson created , and his installation of the nation for his Notes score. arts festival in Carmel/Big Sur, California. landmark original works that were featured Guggenheim’s Giorgio Armani retrospective In 2004, Mr. Glass premiered the new work Visit daysandnightsfestival.com. regularly at the Festival d’Automne in Paris, traveled to London, Rome, and Tokyo. In 2007, Orion—a collaboration between Mr. Glass and the Schaubühne in Berlin, the Thalia Theater Paula Cooper Gallery and Phillips de Pury & Co six other international artists opening in Athens Lucinda Childs (Choreographer, Spoken Text) in Hamburg, and the Salzburg Festival. At the in New York held exhibitions of his most recent as part of the cultural celebration of the 2004 is one of America’s most important modern

16 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 17 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS choreographers. She began her career as chore- and most recently the choreography and direc- Michael Riesman (Conductor, Philip Glass BAM, Monty Python Productions, A&E, ographer and performer in 1963, as an original tion for Vivaldi’s Farnace with décor by Bruno Ensemble Music Director, Keyboards) is a com- Lincoln Center, La Mama, Sundance Institute, member of the Judson Dance Theater in New de Lavenere and musical direction by George poser, conductor, keyboardist, producer, and Los Angeles Opera, Houston Opera, ART, York. After forming her own dance company Petrou, which premiered in May 2012. She has musical director of the Philip Glass Ensemble. Guthrie Theater, Lincoln Presidential Museum, in 1973, Ms. Childs collaborated with Robert also choreographed Luc Bondy’s productions Mr. Riesman produced and conducted virtually and the Texas History Museum. Mr. Otto Wilson and Philip Glass on the opera Einstein of Salome, Don Carlo, and Macbeth, as well as every Glass soundtrack, continues to tour as a is currently Co-Artistic Director for Zoo on the Beach in 1976, participating as principal Roland Aeschlimann’s production of Parsifal. recitalist, soloist with major orchestras including District Theatre in Los Angeles and Professor of performer and solo choreographer. In the sub- Ms. Childs received a Guggenheim the Chicago Symphony, and as guest conductor Integrated Media at the University of Texas at sequent revivals in 1984 and 1992, Ms. Childs Fellowship in 1979, the year she created of the Los Angeles and Austin. He stage-managed Einstein on the Beach choreographed the two “Field Dances” and Dance. She is also the recipient of the NEA/ orchestras, among others. To date, Mr. Riesman in 1984. was cast again as principal performer. She has NEFA American Masterpiece Award, and in has conducted every performance of Einstein on appeared in five of Mr. Wilson’s major produc- 2004 she was elevated from the rank of Officer the Beach. Urs Schönebaum (Lights) has designed lights tions, among them Marguerite Duras’s Maladie to Commander in France’s Order of Arts for opera, theater, installations, and perfor- de la Mort opposite Michel Piccoli, I Was and Letters. Ann-Christin Rommen (Co-Director) studied mances in over 70 productions at major theaters Sitting on My Patio This Guy Appeared I Thought theater, film, and television at the University worldwide. He works regularly with Thomas I Was Hallucinating opposite Mr. Wilson, Born in 1959, Christopher Knowles (Spoken of Cologne in her native Germany. In 1984, Ostermeier, Stefan Larsson, LaFuradelsBaus, Heiner Müller’s Quartett, and Mr. Wilson and Text) lives in Brooklyn, New York. In 1973, at she began her long collaboration with Robert William Kentridge, and Robert Wilson. His Mr. Glass’s opera White Raven. the age of 14, he met Robert Wilson. Mr. Wilson Wilson for the CIVIL warS, followed by the work also includes lighting design for art proj- Since 1979, Ms. Childs has collaborated heard an audio recording by Mr. Knowles, and first revival of Einstein on the Beach. Since then ects with Vanessa Beecroft, Anselm Kiefer, Dan with a number of composers and design- invited him to collaborate and perform with his she worked on more than 40 productions as Graham, and Marina Abramović. ers, including and Frank Gehry, company, a partnership that continues today. Mr. Wilson’s co-director. on a series of large-scale productions. The Mr. Knowles first exhibited in 1974, and had Carlos Soto (Costumes, ) first of these was Dance, choreographed in solo exhibitions at Holly Solomon Gallery in John Michael Deegan (Scenic Supervisor) has has collaborated with Robert Wilson since 1979 with music by Philip Glass, and a film/ 1978 and 1979. Mr. Knowles is best known for designed scenery and lighting internation- 1997 as performer, designer, and assistant on décor by Sol LeWitt. It was during rehears- his “typings” of the 1970s and 1980s, text-based ally for such companies as Il Maggio Musicale numerous European and American produc- als for Einstein that Ms. Childs and Mr. Glass pieces that were developed as a private pastime. Fiorentino, the Saito Kinen Festival, and the tions and installations, including The Life and came up with the original idea for her seminal The exceptional ability in mathematical organi- Iceland and Korean national operas, and in the Death of Marina Abramović. His various col- work, Dance. Dance continues to tour exten- zation revealed in these works is a characteristic for and the laborations have spanned contemporary art and sively in the United States and Europe and was by-product of autism, with which Mr. Knowles opera companies of Boston, Baltimore, Atlanta, theater, presenting at Performa 09, Moscow cited by The Wall Street Journal (2011) as “one of was diagnosed as a child. His work also reveals and Houston. With Philip Glass, he designed La Museum of Modern Art, and the Guggenheim, the greatest achievements of the 20th century.” affinities with the structure of serial art and mu- Belle et la Bête and Dracula. among others. In a Washington Post review of Dance, Alan M. sic, and has a strong relationship to performance Kriegsman wrote, “a few times, at most, in the (the artist has also made live and recorded Kurt Munkacsi () has worked with Luc Verschueren (Hair and Makeup) is Co- course of a decade a work of art comes along that performances of his texts). Mr. Knowles’s typ- Philip Glass since 1972 as sound designer, en- Director of Campbell Young Associates. makes a genuine breakthrough, defining for us ings, created on an electric typewriter, using gineer, music producer, and record executive. His theater credits include Private Lives, La new modes of perception and feeling and clearly red, black, and green inks, employ lists of words His designs include Philip Glass Ensemble con- Bête, Spider-Man, Mary Stuart, Billy Elliot, belonging as much to the future as to the pres- and phrases, including those derived from pop certs, Music in Twelve Parts, Dracula, La Belle Rock and Roll (Broadway); and Ghost, Love ent. Such a work is Dance.” charts. Additional features include geometrical et La Bête, 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof, Hydrogen Never Dies, Priscilla, The Black Rider, and many Since 1981, Ms. Childs has received a num- patterns, carefully built up using the artist’s ini- Jukebox, , and Les Enfants productions for Young Vic (London). His opera ber of commissions from major ballet and opera tial, “C.” Mr. Knowles is represented by Gavin Terribles. He produced Mr. Glass’s recordings credits include Der Freischütz (Baden-Baden), companies in the United States and Europe, in- Brown’s enterprise in New York. for the Oscar-nominated scores to The Hours (La Scala), From the House of cluding Tempo Vicino for the Ballet de Marseille and Kundun, as well as , Dracula, the Dead (Vienna), and The Ring (Tokyo). in 2009 and Oceana for the Ballet de Nice in The late Samuel M. Johnson (Spoken Text) Satyagraha, , The Truman 2011. In the domain of opera, she has choreo- originated the role of Mr. Johnson and was the Show, and The Thin Blue Line. Mr. Munkacsi principal performers graphed and directed Gluck’s patriarch of the original 1976 Einstein on the is President of Mr. Glass’s record label, Orange for the Los Angeles Opera and Mozart’s Zaide Beach company. He had appeared in the CBS Mountain Music. Jennifer Koh (Einstein/Solo Violinist) is known for La Monnaie in Brussels. In 2009, she was series Beacon Hill, in the movies Night Watch for her intense, commanding performances in commissioned to direct and choreograph Le and Shuttle Escapade, and in Everybody Dance, Charles Otte (Directing Associate) is a director repertoire of all eras. Her 2012–2013 season in- Rossignol and Oedipus for the Opéra du Rhin, a musical . of theater, film, and media. His clients include cludes appearances with the Chicago Symphony,

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New York Philharmonic, and Philharmonia she also tours around the United States with baroque to contemporary repertoire. She gradu- in the New York early music scene. He is princi- Orchestra of London, as well as recitals in New Professor , known for his “dis- ated in 2009 from Bard College Conservatory pal soloist at Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity York, Toronto, Philadelphia, and Washington coveries” of the putative music of P.D.Q. Bach. of Music’s new graduate program in vocal arts, (New York) and performs with such groups as DC. Her next recording, Bach and Beyond, will She has appeared as the Child Grendel in the developed by Dawn Upshaw, and the Juilliard Collegiate Chorale, Early Music New York, and be released by Cedille in fall 2012. New York City premiere of the opera Grendel, School in 2007 with a B.M. in voice. Vox Vocal Ensemble. directed by Julie Taymor. She is the and Helga Davis (Featured Performer) co-starred co-director of BaroQue Across the River. Philip Anderson (tenor) sings early mu- Jason Charles Walker (bass) is the featured so- in The Temptation of St. Anthony, directed by sic in New York with ARTEK, My Lord loist and ensemble leader of Robert Wilson and Robert Wilson with music by Bernice Johnson Lindsay Kesselman (soprano) regularly collabo- Chamberlain’s Consort, and TENET. He was Bernice Johnson Reagon’s The Temptation of Reagon, and The Blue Planet by . rates with American composers in premiering a soloist at Carnegie Hall singing Handel’s Saint Anthony. Most recently, Mr. Walker was In 2012, Ms. Davis appears in Paola Prestini’s new and diverse works for voice. Her recent proj- Messiah. Mr. Anderson also sang in the Broadway the composer in the Bolton Theatre’s adaptation Oceanic Verses, which premiered at the Kennedy ects include commissions, performances, and production of Coram Boy (2007) and as a guest of George C. Wolfe’s play Spunk. Mr. Walker Center in June, and with cellist Maya Beiser in recordings with members of Eighth Blackbird, artist with Chatham Baroque, the Mark Morris currently performs his works in New York City, Elsewhere, with music by Missy Mazolli. Third Coast Percussion, and the New Dance Group, Piffaro, The Queen’s Chamber including those from his CD Just Like You. Music Ensemble, with composers David Lang, Band, and Waverly Consort. His recording of Kate Moran (Featured Performer) has worked Amy Kirsten, and , among others. O Magnum Mysterium with the Tiffany Consort dancers around the world with such artists as Michael was nominated for a Grammy Award. Counts, Thierry Deperetti, Jan Fabre, Jim Melanie Russell (soprano) has performed and Ty Boomershine (LCDC Rehearsal Director) Findlay, Yves-Noël Genod, Peter Greenaway, recorded with premier vocal ensembles in the Tomás Cruz (tenor) launched his career per- earned a B.F.A. at Stephens College in Oriza Hirata, Christophe Honoré, Bob United States, including Trinity Wall Street forming at Carnegie Hall and Västerås Concert Columbia, . He has performed with McGrath, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, and Pascal Choir, Yale Schola Cantorum, and Conspirare. House (Sweden) with legendary jazz director/ Susan Van Pelt, Suzanne Grace/Burning Feet Rambert. Her upcoming projects include She recently presented newly arranged mé- educator Phil Mattson. A California native, Dance, Dancenoise, XXY Dance/Music, Bill Pascal Rambert’s Love’s End, Claude Schmidt’s lodies by Hahn and Fauré with classical guitar- Mr. Cruz has performed locally in Boston and T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Dan Wagoner, Tippi Hedren (an original piece based on ist Simon Powis in New York City. She looks internationally in Tel-Aviv and Paris. He gradu- Gus Solomons Jr., rep- Hitchcock’s The Birds), and Yann Gonzalez’s first forward to upcoming recitals with Musica ated from New England Conservatory, as a stu- ertory ensemble, Ton Simons, Dance Works feature film, Les Rencontres d’Après Minuit. She Poetica London. dent of jazz vocalist Dominique Eade. Rotterdam, Irish Modern Dance Theater, Leine divides her time between Paris and New York. & Roebana, Giulia Mureddu, Emio Greco|PC, Hai-Ting Chinn (mezzo-soprano) has sung with John Kawa (tenor) regularly performs with the and Lucinda Childs. Jasper Newell (Boy) is excited to be a part of New York City Opera, The Wooster Group, New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, the Einstein on the Beach company for his stage Opera Omnia, the Philharmonic, the America Classical Orchestra, Musica Sacra, Katie Dorn received a B.F.A. from NCSA debut. His film and television credits include We Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Waverly Consort, New York Virtuoso Singers, Bach Vespers at and an M.F.A. from the HollinsUniversity/ Need to Talk About Kevin, Small Potatoes, Dora P.D.Q. Bach, and on London’s West End, and Holy Trinity Lutheran in New York, American ADF M.F.A. program. Upon moving to New the Explorer, and The Wonder Pets! has premiered projects by Du Yun, Stefan Symphony Orchestra, and Macon Symphony. York, she received the Martha Hill Young Weisman, Conrad Cummings, Nick Brooke, He holds performance degrees from Mercer Professional performance award. Ms. Dorn has Charles Williams (Mr. Johnson) studied voice Yoav Gal, and Matthew Schickele. University and the School of been dancing for Lucinda Childs since 2009 and and opera Hochschule für Musik, Berlin, the Arts. has helped set her work Dance on students at the and worked as singer and in Europe. At Kate Maroney (mezzo-soprano) has recently . the Metropolitan Opera, Mr. Williams sang been heard with Holy Trinity Bach Vespers, Gregory R. Purnhagen () has created Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess and portrayed Bach Festival, Berkshire Bach Society, roles in several Philip Glass works (La Belle et la Katherine Helen Fisher’s dance-on- Ebonite in Robert Wilson and Bernice Reagon’s Mostly Mozart, and New York Choral Society. Bête, Monsters of Grace, and Galilei) and work has been screened at Art Basil The Temptation of Saint Anthony. He is on the Upcoming highlights include the premiere per- starred in operas by Nicholas Brook (Tone Test) and the LACMA. Her choreography has been voice faculty of the Levine School of Music in formances and recording of Missy Mazzoli’s and Michael Kowalski (Fraternity of Deceit), presented at Danspace, Judson Church, the Washington DC and gives master classes and vo- Song from the Uproar. Ms. Maroney holds de- among others. He is an award-winning caba- Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Here Now cal workshops in the United States and abroad. grees from SUNY Purchase, Yale, and Eastman. ret artist and the conductor of the New Xavier Dance. She attended Tisch School of the Arts at Cugat Orchestra. He was a member of the 1992 NYU and has been dancing for Lucinda Childs chorus New York-based Armenian-Argentinean singer revival of Einstein on the Beach. since 2008. Solange Merdinian (mezzo-soprano) is known Michèle A. Eaton (soprano) is known primar- for versatility and interpretation as recital- Joe Damon Chappel (bass) is a graduate of the Anne Lewis was born in Des Moines, , and ily for her baroque oratorio performances, but ist, chamber musician, and opera soloist, from Eastman School of Music with an active career graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a

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B.A. in critical social thought and dance. She Dance Performances of 2009” for his duet perfor- Modern Art, Merkin Hall, and for the MATA New York-based Jack Blacketer (Head Carpenter) also trained at the Harid Conservatory in Boca mance at City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival. and Tribeca new music festivals. works with many companies and organizations Raton, , on a full tuition scholarship. She on theatrical and commercial . has been dancing for Lucinda Childs since 2009. Caitlin Scranton received her dance train- Dan Dryden (sound supervisor) has been a mem- ing at Dance Theater of Iowa, Idyllwild Arts ber of the Philip Glass Ensemble since 1983. He Producer and engineer Dan Bora (Live Sound Vincent McCloskey trained at the Washington Academy, and The Ailey School. She holds a has recorded several Glass works as well as works Mix) works with renowned artists, including School of Ballet, The Ailey School, the Joffrey B.A. in American history from Smith College, of other artists. Mr. Dryden preserved the life’s Antony, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, and The Ballet School, and with Carolyn Lord at the and has performed with Cornfield Dance, work of Emery Blagdon, the late visionary artist Magnetic Fields. Praised as “deft,” “provocative Construction Company. In addition to dancing the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Mark Dendy who created his “Healing Machines” sculptures and even poignant” (New York Times), his credits for Lucinda Childs, Mr. McCloskey has worked DanceTheater, the Peridance Ensemble, and paintings in from 1954 to 1986. appear in theater, recordings, and films, includ- with Mark Morris, Dusan Tynek, Laura Scozzi, Christopher Williams, and Lucinda Childs. ing The Life and Death of Marina Abramović, and Pam Tanowitz, among others. A composer, multi-instrumentalist, and visual the Academy Award-winning Fog of War, and A graduate of the Purchase College artist, Jon Gibson (soprano saxophone, flute) has Woody Allen’s Cassandra’s Dream. Sharon Milanese is from New Jersey, where she Conservatory of Dance, Stuart Singer has been active in contemporary music for over 40 began dancing at age three, and she received a danced in the companies of Bill T. Jones/Arnie years. He has been a member of the Philip Glass Jenni Bowman (Stage Manager) is an indepen- B.F.A. in dance performance from Southern Zane, Doug Varone, and Wally Cardona, and Ensemble since its inception in 1969 and has dent producer and stage manager in New York Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. is currently collaborating on a new work with performed in every performance of Einstein on City. Her previous work includes Philip Glass’s Ms. Milanese has worked and performed with Gwen Welliver. His recent teaching experience the Beach. Book of Longing, Robert Whitman’s Passports Lucinda Childs, CorbinDances, Liz Gerring, includes Bard College, Bennington College, and at the Dia, Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade, Ramon Oller and the Peridance Ensemble, New the American Dance Festival. A twelve-year Philip Glass collaborator and numerous site-specific Chekov plays at Lake York Theatre Ballet, Cortez and Company, and ensemble-member as pianist, percussionist, and Lucille, World Science Festival, and Mr. Glass’s Shakirah Stewart Verb Ballets. received her B.F.A. at SUNY conductor, Mick Rossi (keyboards, assistant con- Days and Night Festival in Big Sur, California. Purchase, where she performed works by Lauri ductor) has worked with a diversity of artists, Patrick John O’Neill was born and raised Stallings, Paul Taylor, Ori Flomin, Mark including , , Leonard Lois Catanzaro (Follow Spot Operator/ in Rochester, New York. He graduated with a Morris, and Kevin Wynn. She went on to dance Cohen, and Renée Fleming, at such venues Electrician) is an electrician and designer based B.F.A. in dance from New York University’s with New Dance Group, Forces of Nature, as Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, the in New York City. She holds a B.F.A. from the Tisch School of the Arts. In addition to work- Amanda Selwyn Dance Theater, Sidra Bell, Hollywood Bowl, and MoMA. His ninth CD, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory ing with Lucinda Childs, Mr. O’Neill has been Gregory Dolbashian in his company The Dash Songs from the Broken Land, is currently avail- of Music and an M.F.A. from Southern a company member for Cherylyn Lavagnino Ensemble, and Katherine Helen Fisher. able on Orange Mountain Music. Methodist University. Dance, The Steps Repertory Ensemble, and Gierre Godley’s Project 44. philip glass ensemble Andrew Sterman (flute, piccolo, , Janet D. Clancy (Rigger/Carpenter) started in Matt Pardo is originally from Albany, New Composer-vocalist Lisa Bielawa (choral master, ) has been a member of the Philip the arts as a photographer, fire-eater, and prop York. He is a 2007 advanced honors B.F.A. soprano) is a 2009–2010 Rome Prize-winner Glass Ensemble since 1992. He has performed builder. She has worked on many terrific rig- graduate from the University at Buffalo. He in musical composition, currently at work with Frank Sinatra, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy ging projects with John Kelly, Streb/Ringside, has danced for Groundworks Dance Theater, on Tempelhof Broadcast, a spatialized symphony Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Aretha Franklin, the Wau-Wau Sisters, Julie Atlas Muz, LVMH/ Santa Monica Contemporary Ballet, River for hundreds of musicians, to be performed in Buddy Rich, Kelly Clarkson, and Tony Bennett, Marcade, Mabou Mines, and, most recently, Big North Dance Company (apprentice), Balasole 2013 at Tempelhof Airfield. Her music is avail- and has recorded three solo CDs. Mr. Sterman Sky Works/The Trapeze Loft. In 2005, she re- Dance Company, and the Eisenhower Dance able on the Tzadik, Orange Mountain Music, was a recipient of a 2010 commission from the ceived a Bessie Award Special Citation for tech- Ensemble. Mr. Pardo was selected as one of the BMOP/sound, Sono Luminus, and Innova la- National Endowment for the Arts. nical direction and rigging. “top 100” dancers in the world for 2010–2011 by bels. She began touring with the Philip Glass Dance Europe magazine. Ensemble in 1992. production Aron Deyo (Technical Consultant) is a current Wooster Group company member serving as the Originally from Monroe, Michigan, Lonnie Composer and instrumentalist David Crowell Based in New York City, Becca Ball (Head Group’s and video collabora- Poupard Jr. graduated from Western Michigan (alto saxophone, flute) has been praised for a “sin- Electrician) has toured with dance companies tor. He has recently designed projections for The University and has worked with Mark Dendy, gular vision that transcends genre” (Exclaim) around the world. When at home, she works as a New Group, New York City Players, and MCC Catherine Miller, Mark Morris, and Jody and compositional work that is “notable for its commercial and theatrical technician. Theatre, collaborated with the Joshua Light Oberfelder. He was distinguished in The New crystalline sonic beauty” (Boston Globe). His Show, and production managed for Les Freres Yorker as having given one of the “Ten Best music has been performed at the Museum of Corbusier and Target Margin.

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Paul Fydrychowski (Electrician/Programmer) and Radiohead. He considers his years with Batsheva. She has worked for the Lincoln Center Jens McVoy (Onstage Audio Engineer) received is a founding member and Executive Director Merce Cunningham a highlight of his career. Festival for eight of its past twelve seasons in his M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. He of Forum Theatre in Washington DC. He is various positions, and as business manager for currently splits his professional time between also the Lighting Supervisor for Les Ballets Jason Kaiser (Assistant Stage Manager/Assistant the Williamstown Theatre Festival prior to that. being the Audio Department Head at Wolf Trap Trockadero de Monte Carlo and an active free- Carpenter) has worked on Nico Muhly and National Park for the Performing Arts, and do- lance designer and technician. Stephen Karam’s Dark Sisters, Le nozze di Magdalena Klašnja (Wardrobe Assistant), a shoe ing sound on various Broadway plays and musi- Figaro, The Magic Flute, two European tours of and designer, was born in Belgrade, cals. He is the 1993 recipient of a Helen Hayes Joseph Giordano (Technical Supervisor), born Jesus Christ Superstar, Arjuna’s Dilemma, Noël Serbia. Ms. Klašnja works for theater, film, and Award for Outstanding Sound Design. and raised in Portland, , and has been Coward’s Bitter Sweet, two world premieres television production as a costume designer touring with various domestic and interna- by Athol Fugard, and the installation of The and scenographer. She was part of many inter- John Torres (Lighting Supervisor)’s recent de- tional dance companies since 1983. His work Gates with Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and he national group fashion shows, exhibitions, and signs include ...Toss and Rogues for Trisha Brown includes the 1992 production of Einstein on the spent five years with Jennifer Muller/The Works workshops showing her drawings, concepts, (Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris); Watermill Beach, White Oak Dance Project, Garth Fagan dance company. costume design art, fashion performances, and Quintet, in collaboration with Robert Wilson Dance, Matthews Bourne’s The Car Man, and installations, and she has published a book. She (Guggenheim, New York); CorbinDances; and the Bolshoi and Kirov ballet companies. Abbie H. Katz (Production Stage Manager) is currently lives and works in New York. Ballet . As an assistant, he has designed Assistant Professor in the Theatre Department (Festival d’Aix, 2011); Brad Hampton (Assistant Company Manager) is at Suffolk University in Boston, teaching stage Will Knapp (Production Manager/Advance and Pygmalion (Festival d’Aix 2010); and Winterreise a visual artist, freelance writer, and all-around and arts management, and is Programming Build) has facilitated the work of MacArthur (Lincoln Center Festival, 2002). He was produc- helpful person who lives and works in New Manager for Suffolk’s new Modern Theatre. Fellows , Merce Cunningham, tion manager and lighting director for Trisha York City. He most recently worked as Studio As production stage manager, she has worked , Liz Lerman, Susan Marshall, Brown Dance Company from 2002 to 2010. Manager for and was Company with Robert Wilson, Meredith Monk, Lucinda Meredith Monk, Michael Moschen, Elizabeth Manager on her Homeland and Delusion tours. Childs, Andrei Serban, Richard Foreman, and Streb, and Shen Wei. His recent projects include Marc Warren (Production Manager)’s theatri- Peter Sellars, and has toured extensively. Abbey Theater’s Terminus, Dmitry Krymov’s cal career highlights include Einstein on the A carpenter, welder, and uprigger at Krannert In Paris with Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Mikel Beach in 1992, and Maurice Sendak’s Hansel Center for the Performing Arts at University Ryan Kelly (RF Systems Supervisor) is an audio Rouse’s GravityRadio. and Gretel and Brundibár. In 2002, he was of Champaign-Urbana for 15 years, engineer based in New York City. Originally the Special Projects Technical Director for the Brad Hepburn (Flyman/Rigger) has worked from Olalla, Washington, Mr. Kelly attended Jeremy Lydic (Head of Properties) is an inter- Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. For the past with , U2, the Eagles, Les Misérables, Full Sail University’s Recording Arts program. disciplinary theater artist working as crafts- 14 years, Mr. Warren has been a Production Foo Fighters, and hundreds more. He was film His career has included live performance and man, designer, director, writer, and performer. Coordinator for the Lincoln Center Festival. He studio mechanic for Miracle Match and The studio projects with Nico Muhly, Valgeir He operates a props design/fabrication studio, has been the Production Manager for both the Informant, and recently toured as head carpenter Sigurðson, and Beyoncé. Lydic!Design, in Brooklyn, New York, where Joyce Theater and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. with Mikel Rouse’s End of Cinematics. he has made countless objects for Broadway He has also spent three years with the Spoleto Craig Kidwell (Special Effects Coordinator/ productions, television shows, and fine artists. Festival, two years as the Technical Director and A freelance technician and theater director Second Electrician) graduated from University of He also creates performance works with his en- Scene Shop Supervisor. based in Brooklyn, New York, Joshua Hoglund Michigan in 2010 with a degree in lighting de- semble, semi:theater. (Follow Spot Operator/Carpenter) frequently sign. Highlights of his freelance career include Linda Brumbach (Executive Producer) founded works at the Baryshinkov Arts Center, The serving as the Assistant Master Electrician for Roland Cory McCutcheon (Assistant to Luc Pomegranate Arts, a production company based Kitchen, New York Live Arts, and other down- Castleton Opera, Assistant Verschueren, Hair and Makeup Supervisor) is a in New York City, in 1998. Prior to forming her town performance venues. He is a co-curator of for the Detroit Redwing’s Season Opener, and proud partner of the London- and New York- own company, she was the producing director of performance for the Invisible Dog Arts Center. Guest Technical Director for the Performance based design firm Campbell Young Associates. International Production Associates for eleven Network Theater. His recent stage credits include Broadway’s years, where she was responsible for overseeing A technical artist who uses every tool available to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Memphis, The all touring productions of artists such as Philip support the emotional expression of theater art- Pat Kirby (Senior Tour Manager) works pri- Miracle Worker, Billy Elliot, and Classic Stage Glass, Twyla Tharp, Spalding Gray, Diamanda ists, Josh Johnson (Assistant Lighting Supervisor) marily with international companies coming Company’s premiere of Unnatural Acts. His film Galás, Elizabeth Streb, Sankai Juku, Karen has engineered performances in airplane han- to the United States. Previous companies with and television credits include : The Dark Finley, and Meryl Tankard. Ms. Brumbach has gars, toured to 35 countries, and worked with which she has worked include Sankai Juku, Night Rises, Boardwalk Empire, Smash, Nurse served as a consultant for Creative Capitol and Mikhail Baryshnikov, Robert Rauschenberg, Druid Theatre Company, Spirit of Uganda, and Jackie, and Gossip Girl. the National Dance Project for the New England Foundation for the Arts. She has served on the

24 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 25 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS advisory board member of Celebrate Brooklyn Richard Gere; and Hal Willner’s Came So Far for The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation incredible collection of objects, unhindered by and the board of director for the International Beauty, An Evening of Leonard Cohen Songs. In operates the Center and coordinates its ar- protective glass, etc.—these statues add a pro- Society of Performing Arts, as well as co-chaired addition to the remount of Einstein in the Beach, tistic programs. In addition, the Center has vocative texture to thoughts and to work.... The the National Arts Presenters Conference. She is recent projects include the North American established collaborative networks with both peace and tranquility here is gold dust. You a graduate of the School of Music. tours of Goran Bregović and the remounting of neighboring and international cultural and can watch your own thoughts drift past like in Lucinda Childs’s 1979 classic, Dance. educational institutions. Its artistic programs a meditation....” Alisa E. Regas (Associate Producer) joined are financed through the generous support of To apply for the summer workshop program Pomegranate Arts as Associate Director imme- the watermill center individuals, foundations, corporations, and with Robert Wilson or a fall or spring residen- diately upon its formation in 1998. She has also state institutions. cy, please refer to the webpage watermillcenter served as a consultant for the National Dance The Watermill Center’s new facilities were .org. For more information, please telephone Project/NEFA and Creative Capitol. Previously inaugurated in July 2006. Since the Grand (212) 253-7484, fax (212) 967-1703, or email Ms. Regas has worked at International Opening, the Watermill Center offers a wide [email protected]. Production Associates as a project manager range of programs and activities throughout the working with Philip Glass, Spalding Gray, year. For the well-known International Summer The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation thanks: Improbable, Twyla Tharp, Meryl Tankard, Arts Program, Mr. Wilson invites 60 to 80 art- Abbey Art Consultants, Marina Abramović, Rodolfo Sankai Juku, Richard Foreman, Robert Wilson, ists who come from over 25 countries—48 coun- Abularach, Shaikha Paula Al-Sabah, Fawzi M. Al-

Lovis Dengler Saleh, American Friends of the and Ballet, Elizabeth Streb, Lisa Kron, and Diamanda tries so far—for four to five weeks of intense Thomas Ammann, The Annenberg Foundation, Galás. She began her career on the producing atermill is a laboratory for perfor- creative exploration. There are daily workshops Dimitrios Antonitsis, Stephen Apking, The Giorgio team of the International Theatre Festival of Wmance founded by Robert Wilson as a with Mr. Wilson and his collaborators, based Armani Corporation, Bernard and Helene Arnault, Chicago after graduating from Northwestern unique environment for young and emerging on new projects they are developing in all ar- Paul Austin, Aventis Foundation, Clayton Aynswroth University with a B.A. in English fiction-writing artists from around the world to explore new eas of the arts. Residents also develop their own and Deborah Green, Dianne B, Bacardi Usa, Inc., and a certificate in the integrated arts. ideas. Watermill draws inspiration from all work under Mr. Wilson’s guidance. A lecture Alec Baldwin, Stephan Balzer, Monique Barbier- the arts and cultures as well as from social, hu- series completes the ambitious program. Its mis- Mueller, Thierry Barbier-Mueller, Toni Beauchamp Linsey Bostwick (Associate General Manager) man, and natural sciences. Watermill is a global sion is to give young emerging artists time and (in memoriam), Bell’Invito, Irving Benson, Pierre Bergé, André Bernheim, Nathan Bernstein and joined the Pomegranate team in 2010. She is a community of artists where living and working space to create new original works in all artistic Katharina Otto-Bernstein, Lutz Bethge, Jörg long-time creative/producing collaborator with together among the extensive collection of art fields and related disciplines and to offer them Bittel, Luciano and Giancarla Berti, Ross Bleckner, Big Art Group and has worked with Cynthia and artifacts lies at the heart of the experience. a network of associated institutions, artists and Louise T. Blouin, Guga Sebastiano Bomfim, Robert Hopkins, Susan Marshall, and Nina Winthrop, Watermill strives to be a haven for a next gen- alumni to support them in their artistic and Borchardt, Frances Fay Bowes, Countess Cristiana among others. Ms. Bostwick holds a B.A. from eration of artists while supporting their work professional development. Brandolini, Bridges Larson Foundation, Brooks the University of Washington in theater and an among a network of international institutions For the Center’s fall and spring residency Brothers, The Brown Foundation, Cecily Brown, Ron M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in performance that embrace new interdisciplinary approaches. programs, which take place from September Brown Scholar Program, Bruno Brunet and Nicole and media arts. Many of the world’s most celebrated artists to June, a high profile committee of practitio- Hackert, Stanley Buchthal and Maja Hoffmann, The Martin Bucksbaum Family Foundation, Henry have participated in Watermill programs, includ- ners in the arts and humanities—including Buhl, Ed Bulgin, Franz and Bettina Burda, Diana Pomegranate Arts (Production Management) is ing Trisha Brown, , Lucinda Childs, Mr. Wilson, Marina Abramović, Alanna Heiss, Burroughs, William I. Campbell and Christine an independent production company dedicated Philip Glass, , Jeanne Moreau, Albert Maysles, , John Rockwell, Wächter-Campbell, Ted Carpenter (in memoriam), to the development of international contempo- , Miranda Richardson, Dominique Jonathan Safran Foer, Richard Sennett, and Chanel, The Prince Claus Fund, Jean-Paul Claverie, rary performing arts projects. Since its inception, Sanda, , and Mr. Wilson himself. Nike Wagner—selects over 15 groups, individ- Alain Coblence, Claudia Cohen, Melissa Cohn, Pomegranate Arts has conceived, produced, or Theaters and museums around the world have ual artists and scholars in residence to workshop Philippe and Wynne Comer, Elaine Terner Cooper represented projects by Philip Glass, Laurie mounted dozens of projects that were originally their own creations. The residencies are comple- (in memoriam), Paula Cooper and Jack Macrae, The Anderson, London’s Improbable Theatre, Sankai developed at the Watermill Center. mented by educational programs with schools Cowles Charitable Trust, Creative Capital, Mary Sharp Cronson, The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Juku, Dan Zanes, and Goran Bregović. Special In the words of Jessye Norman, “Watermill and other institutions; public events, such as Foundation, Richard D. (in memoriam) and Lisa projects include Dracula: The Music and Film, is the best idea to find a place in the world of arts open rehearsals, lectures, seminars, and sympo- Colburn, Dominick D’Alleva and Robin Cofer, with Philip Glass and the ; the since created IRCAM in Paris. sia; and tours of the building and grounds. Zora Danon (in memoriam), Karin Dauch, Cecile music theater work Shockheaded Peter; Brazilian Robert Wilson’s unique gifts and spirit provide London-based performance and video artist David-Weill, Hélène David-Weill, Ethel De Croisset vocalist Rodrigues; Drama Desk the strong basis of a new vision of the creation Daria Martin writes about her Watermill experi- (in memoriam), Lisa De Kooning, Addie De Menil, Award-winning Charlie Victor Romeo; Healing and presentation of all that we think of as the- ence: “We are encouraged to use the space as we Christophe De Menil, Eugenia De Olazabal, Simon the Divide, A Concert for Peace and ater in particular, combining all of the arts in a see fit, whenever suits us.... We also enjoyed the De Pury, Philippine De Rothschild, Robert De Reconciliation, presented by Philip Glass and fresh perspective.” freedom of wandering through Robert Wilson’s Rothschild, Ziba De Weck Ardalan, Deutsche Bank Na, Margherita Di Niscemi, Bernd H. Dinter, Rose

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Dreyer, Robert Louis Dreyfus (in memoriam), Doris York State Urban Development Corporation, Ed Duke Charitable Foundation, Asher Edelman, David and Helen Nicoll, August Oetker, Lyndon L. Olson and Susan Edelstein, Lee MacCormick Edwards, Jr., Dennis Oppenheim (in memoriam), Joël-André David and Sarah Ehrlich, Christian Eisenbeiss, Ornstein and Gabriella Maione Ornstein, Maren Richard and Eileen Ekstract, Marina Eliades, The Otto, Michael Otto, The Overbrook Foundation, Elkins Foundation, The Empire State Development Elise Overland, The Park Avenue Charitable Fund, Corporation, Jan Fabre, Harald Falckenberg and John and Jenny Paulson, Laura Pels, Simone Perele, Larissa Hilbig, Philip and Lisa Maria Falcone, Richard and Lisa Perry, Maria Pessino, Campion and Jonathan and Somers Farkas, Federation of Migros Tatiana Platt, Madame Claude Pompidou, Nancy Cooperatives, Roger and Wendy Ferris, Janet Finkel, Poses, Alfred and Clare Pott-Siftung, Miuccia Prada, Forum Associates, Betty Freeman (in memoriam), Pringle of Scotland, Dr. Edgar Quadt, William and Juergen and Anke Friedrich, Larry Gagosian, John Katharine Rayner, Richmont , Inc., Gallaher, Jolmer Gerritse, Molly Gochman, Nan Alfred Richterich, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Goldin, Barbara L. Goldsmith Foundation, Henry Kevin Roberts, Michael Robinson, Rockefeller and Barbara Gooss, Douglas Gordon, Florence Gould Brothers Fund, The Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn Foundation, Barbara Grodd, Martin and Audrey Foundation, Rolex, Thaddaeus Ropac, Deedie Rose, Gruss, Guild Hall, Agnes Gund, Dan Gundrum, Aby Rosen, Dieter Rosenkranz, Royal Norwegian The Guttman Family, Mimi and Peter Haas Fund, Consulate General, The Rudin-Dewoody Family, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Peter Hallock, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Renee Hanne Wilhelm Hansen Foundation, Gary Hattem, Ruding, The Rudkin Family Foundation, Mark R. Couri Hay, Hearst Corporation, Veronica Hearst, Rudkin, Rolf Sachs, The Mortimer D. Sackler Family, Mary Heilmann, Kim Heirston, Gabriele Henkel, David Salle, Louisa Stude Sarofim, Kimihiro Sato, Paul Hilal, David Hockney, Ikepod Timepieces, The Scaler Foundation, Bradford Schlei, Kathryn Yves-André Istel and Kathleen Begala, Ilya and Schmitt, Lynn Schneider, Christine Schwarzman, Emilia Kabakov, Donald Kahn, Gene Kaufman, Henry and Elizabeth Segerstrom, Barton and Jane Holm Keller, Anselm Kiefer, Lummi U. Kieren, Shallat, The Evelyn Sharp Foundation, The Peter Calvin Klein Family Foundation, William and Eileen J. Sharp Foundation, Roberta Sherman, Carsten Kornreich, Joseph Kraeutler, Oleg Kulik, Stewart F. Siebert, Richard Silverstein and Carla Emil, The Juliet Lane and Bonnie Comely, CD Langehorne, Thomas Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, The Simonds H. Lee and Ann Tenenbaum, Annie Leibovitz, Heidi Foundation, Raka Singh, Barbara Slifka, Joseph Leiser, Stephanie Levin, Ann Lewis (in memoriam), and Sylvia Slifka Foundation, Randy Slifka, Jay and Toby Lewis, Lexus, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Harvey Tracey Snyder, The Soros Family, Sotheby’s, Peter Lichtenstein, Peter Lindbergh, Jerry Lindzon, Jenny Speliopoulos and Robert Turner, The Alexander C. Ljungberg, LLWW Foundation, L’Oreal USA, and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation, Stanley Stairs, John Eugenio Lopez, LUMA Foundation, Bruno Lussato, Stewart, Mickey and Leila Straus, Suffolk County Dr. Johann Borwin Lüth, LVMH/Moët Hennessy Office Of Cultural Affairs, Jay Sugarman and Kelly , Judy Lybke, The Mach Foundation, Behun Sugarman, Stephen Susman, Cultural The Honorable Earle and Carol Mack, The Robert Center, Nader Tavakoli, Tod’s, Trust for Mutual Mapplethorpe Foundation, Marathon Associates, Understanding, Spencer Tunick, Firouz Vakil, HRH LP, Peter and Jane Marino, Giovanna Mazzocchi, Duke Franz Von Bayern, Prinz Von Bayern, Vanessa Porter McCray Estate, Margaret McDermott, Jay Von Bismarck, Brigitte Von Ribbentrop, Bettina Von McInerney and Anne Hearst McInerney, Kelly Siemens, Voom HD Networks, Doda Voridis, Rufus McNamara, Henry McNeil, Michael Meagher, Wainwright, Franz Wassmer, Robert Weil, Michel Jonathan Meese, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Weill, The Karan Weiss Foundation, John Williams Bruce and Julie Menin, Robert Menschel, Richard Trust, Robert M. Wilson, Robert W. Wilson, Robert and Marcia Mishaan, Microsysteme, Nicole Wilson Stiftung, Ivan Wilzig, Isabel Witte, Raoul Miller, Vincent Minuto, Montblanc, The National and Bettina WitteVeen, Denise Wohl, Laura Lee W. Endowment For The Arts, Caroline Negley, Leslie Woods, Works and Process at the Guggenheim, Eva Negley, Nancy Negley, Daniel Neidich and Brooke Wyman, Frank and Victoria Wymann, Neda Young, Garber Neidich, Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, John Zieman, Michael and Nina Zilkha, Klaus and The New York State Council On The Arts, The New Antje Zumwinkel, and many other esteemed donors.

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