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W in T E R /S Pr in G S E a S O N Ju N 2 01 9 JUN 2019 WINTER/SPRING SEASON Season Sponsor: Farah Al Qasimi, Self-Portrait in Red, 2016 2019 Winter/Spring Season Brooklyn Academy of Music Katy Clark, President Adam E. Max, BAM Board Chair David Binder, Artistic Director William I. Campbell and Nora Ann Wallace, BAM Board Vice Chairs Ballet British Columbia (Ballet BC) Choreography by Crystal Pite, Emily Molnar, and William Forsythe BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Jun 13—15 at 7:30pm Running time: approx. two hours, including two intermissions Enemy in the Figure Choreography by William Forsythe To this day Choreography by Emily Molnar Solo Echo Choreography by Crystal Pite 2019 Winter/Spring is programmed by Joseph V. Melillo. Season Sponsor: Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by The SHS Foundation, and The Harkness Foundation for Dance Support for the Signature Artists Series provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation Ballet BC Enemy in the Figure World Premiere: May 1989, Operahouse Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany Choreography William Forsythe Music Thom Willems Lighting & costumes William Forsythe Staging Thomas McManus, Ayman Harper Performers Brandon Alley, Emily Chessa, Alexis Fletcher, Parker Finley (June 14), Scott Fowler, Kiera Hill, Patrick Kilbane, Racheal Prince, Justin Rapaport, Gilbert Small, Nicole Ward, Kirsten Wicklund (June 13/15) Making use of an undulating screen positioned diagonally across the stage, a rope that is pulsed across the floor as if indicating energy levels or secret messages, a floodlight on wheels that is manipulated by the dancers, and a ticking, brooding score by Thom Willems, Enemy in the Figure is a dark and thrilling poem about vision and perception, form and chaos. Light—as integral here to the choreography as the steps—filters across the stage in uneven and transient shafts, exploding and contracting the space, bathing the dancers in a concentrated glare or obscuring them with deepening shadows that intensify the ephemeral beauty of the movement. Donning garments of layered fringes over their black or white leotards, the dancers burst out of and disappear into the darkness like eruptions from the unconscious, their bodies appearing as polyphonous instruments that can generate movement from any point. Ballet-trained limbs mutate into angled, disjointed shapes, inscribing convulsive geometries as they spin against their kinetic shadows, or generate endless chains of movement on a suddenly empty stage, the light bleached and even, the music a low, rhythmic, repetitive melody. In a universe alternately frenetic and calm, Enemy in the Figure presents a non-narrative of mystery and urgency, isolation and connection, the mechanical and the human: dance as a medium for infinite possibilities. —Roslyn Sulcas Performances of the Work are given by permission of Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. —INTERMISSION— To this day World Premiere: November 2018, Ballet BC Choreography Emily Molnar in collaboration with the artists of Ballet BC Music “Once I Had A Woman” and “Voodoo Chile Blues” Words and music by Jimi Hendrix Published by Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. (ASCAP) Master Recording Courtesy of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. under exclusive license by Sony Music Entertainment Not for broadcast transmission. All rights reserved. DO NOT DUPLICATE. “Born Under A Bad Sign” Words and music by Booker T. Jones and William Bell Performed by Jimi Hendrix © UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING CANADA ON BEHALF OF IRVING MUSIC, INC. Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI) Master Recording Courtesy of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. under exclusive license by Sony Music Entertainment Not for broadcast transmission. All rights reserved. DO NOT DUPLICATE. Lighting design James Proudfoot Costume design Kate Burrows Assistant to the choreographer Alexis Fletcher *cont. Ballet BC Performers Brandon Alley, Anna Bekirova*, Emily Chessa, Parker Finley, Scott Fowler, Miriam Gittens*, Kiera Hill, Patrick Kilbane, Racheal Prince, Justin Rapaport, Peter Smida, Dex van ter Meij*, Nicole Ward, Sophie Whittome*, Zenon Zubyk* —INTERMISSION— Solo Echo World Premiere: February 2012, Nederlands Dans Theater Choreographer Crystal Pite Music Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata in E minor, op. 38—Allegro non troppo Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata in F major, op. 99—Adagio affettuoso Performed by Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc. Lighting design Tom Visser Set design Jay Gower Taylor Costume design Crystal Pite and Joke Visser Staging Eric Beauchesne Performers June 13: Brandon Alley, Kirsten Wicklund, Alexis Fletcher, Racheal Prince, Justin Rapaport, Gilbert Small, Peter Smida June 14: Parker Finley, Scott Fowler, Miriam Gittens*, Patrick Kilbane, Dex van ter Meij*, Nicole Ward, Zenon Zubyk* June 15: Brandon Alley, Anna Bekirova*, Emily Chessa, Alexis Fletcher, Justin Rapaport, Gilbert Small, Peter Smida *Emerging Artist Lines for Winter by Mark Strand Tell yourself as it gets cold and gray falls from the air that you will go on walking, hearing the same tune no matter where you find yourself— inside the dome of dark or under the cracking white of the moon’s gaze in a valley of snow. Tonight as it gets cold tell yourself what you know which is nothing but the tune your bones play as you keep going. And you will be able for once to lie down under the small fire of winter stars. And if it happens that you cannot go on or turn back and you find yourself where you will be at the end, tell yourself in that final owing of cold through your limbs that you love what you are. Ballet BC BRANDON ALLEY ANNA BEKIROVA* EMILY CHESSA PARKER FINLEY ALEXIS FLETCHER SCOTT FOWLER MIRIAM GITTENS* KIERA HILL PATRICK KILBANE RACHEAL PRINCE JUSTIN RAPAPORT GILBERT SMALL PETER SMIDA DEX VAN TER MEIJ* NICOLE WARD KIRSTEN WICKLUND SOPHIE WHITTOME * ZENON ZUBYK* WILLIAM FORSYTHE EMILY MOLNAR CRYSTAL PITE *Emerging Artist Photo credits: William Forsythe by Dominik Mentzos; Emily Molnar and Crystal Pite by Michael Slobodian Ballet BC Staff and Team ARTISTIC Accompanists Wendy Albrecht, Zabelita Fraser, Artistic director Emily Molnar Trevor McLain, Michael Park, Amanda Pi, Guest rehearsal directors Lara Barclay, Sandrine Gregg Schiller, Catherine Tseng, Yawen Wang Cassini, Lisa Davies, Livona Ellis, Thomas McManus, Sylvain Senez, Christoph Von PRODUCTION Riedemann, Makaila Wallace Director of Production & Operations Derek Mack Dancers Brandon Alley, Anna Bekirova*, Emily Technical Director Elliot Banner Chessa, Parker Finley, Alexis Fletcher, Scott Production Stage Manager Kimberly Plough Fowler, Miriam Gittens*, Kiera Hill, Patrick Company Manager Kate McMillan Kilbane, Racheal Prince, Justin Rapaport, Resident Lighting Designer/Director Gilbert Small, Peter Smida, Dex Van Ter James Proudfoot Meij*, Nicole Ward, Kirsten Wicklund, Sophie Production Electrician Patrick Smith Whittome*, Zenon Zubyk* (*Emerging Artists) Head of Props & Scenic Carpenter Randy Biro Resident teachers Beverley Bagg, Lara Barclay, Head of Wardrobe Kate Burrows Andrew Bartee, Justine Chambers, Dario Stevens, James Sullivan, Bruce Wright Dinuzzi, Kate Franklin, Artemis Gordon, Honorary Life Members: Jane McLennan, Don & Heather Myers, Sabra Perry, Sylvain Senez, Jane Shumka Gilbert Small, Lesley Telford, Makaila Wallace, Wen Wei Wang Artist Representative and Booking Information: Guest teachers Lisa Davies, Bret Easterling, Margaret Selby Francisco Martinez, Thomas McManus, Adi President, Selby/Artists Mgmt Salant, Risa Steinberg, Francesca Caroti, Tom 212.382.3260 | [email protected] Weinberger selbyartistsmgmt.com Ballet BC extends sincere thanks to the Y.P. Heung Foundation, RBC Emerging Artists Project through RBC Foundation, as well as Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group for their commitment to Ballet BC’s Emerging Artist Programs. Who’s Who BALLET BC, founded in 1986, has been under EMILY MOLNAR, C.M., as artistic director of the leadership of Artistic Director Emily Molnar Ballet BC, has steered the unique company of since 2009. Combining classical integrity 18 dancers into a celebrated era of innovation with a contemporary sensibility, Ballet BC is a and collaboration. Since the start of her tenure creation-based company of 18 talented dancers in 2009, the company has developed a diverse from Canada and around the world committed repertoire that includes more than 45 new to exploration and collaboration in contemporary works by celebrated Canadian and international dance. Solidly grounded in the rigor and choreographers. Molnar is a graduate of the artistry of classical ballet, with an emphasis National Ballet School and a former member of on innovation and the immediacy of the 21st the National Ballet of Canada, a soloist with the century, the company presents a distinct and Ballett Frankfurt under director William Forsythe, diverse repertoire by the most sought-after and a principal dancer with Ballet BC. An Canadian and international contemporary internationally respected and critically acclaimed choreographers. Since 2009, the company has dance artist and choreographer, Molnar worked developed a repertoire of more than 45 new and toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia, works. Ballet BC continues its commitment Mexico, Canada and the US. Named The Globe to perform highly acclaimed productions on and Mail’s 2013 Dance Artist of the Year, Molnar regional, national, and international tours in is the 2016 recipient of the Vancouver Mayor’s addition to its regular performance season in Arts Award, BC Community Achievement Award, Vancouver, and was nominated for an Olivier and the YWCA Women of Distinction
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