OF MUSIC

THE ARMITAGE BALLET • MEREDITH MONK AN ARTIST AND HER MUSIC BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Harvey Lichtenstein, President and Executive Producer

BAM Opera House November 18-21, 1987

THE ARMITAGE BALLET

KAROLE ARMITAGE CORINNE GIDDINGS JEFFREY BROADHURST VICIORIA HALL DAVID GRENKE NORA KIMBALL MICHAEL JOHNSON KATHERINE LANASA MICHAEL PULEO

Artistic Director KAROLE ARMITAGE Artistic Advisor DAVID SALLE Lighting Designer -KEN TABACHNICK

This program is made possible, in part, with a grant from THE HENRY LUCE FOUNDATION, INC. '

BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC .-1 ;1!-----FEI~~Al SPONSORED BY PHILIP¥ORRIS COMPA~IESINC.

The 1987 NEXT WAVE Festival is sponsored by PIIILIPMORRISCOMPANIES lNC. The NEXT WAVE Production and Touring Fund and Festival are supported by: the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FORTHEARIS, THEROCnFELLERFOUNDATION, THEFORD FOUNDATION, THE ELEANOR NAYLOR DANA CHARITABLE TRU&T, PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS, the BOOfH FERRIS FOUNDATION, THE IlENRYLUCE FOUNDATION, INC., the AT&T FOUNDATION,TIlEHOWAIU>GlLMAN FOUNDATION, THEWILLIAMAND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION, theMARY FLAGLER CARY CHARITABLETRU&T, THEHINDUJA FOUNDATION, THEEDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OFAMERICA, the MORGAN GUARANTYTRU&T COMPANY, ROBERI' ~ WR.SON, THEREED FOUNDATION INC., theEMMA A. SHEAFER CHARITABLE TRU&T, SCIILUMBERG~, YVES SAINTLAlJRENTINTERNATIONAL, andtheNEW YORK &TATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS. Additional funds for the NEXT WAVE Festival are provided by: THEBEST PRODUCTS FOUNDATION, COCA-COLA ENTERTAINMENT, INC., MEET THECOMPOSER, INC., the CIGNA CORPORATION, THE WILLIAM AND MARY GREVE FOUNDATION, INC., the SAMUEL I. NEWHOUSE FOUNDAl'ION, THE ARMAND G. ERPF FUND, the AKI1IUR ROSS FOUNQATION, the HARKNESS BALLET FOUNDATION, INC., TIlEWDLER-ARNOW FOUNDATION, AIR INDIA, REMY MAIn1N AMERIQUE, the BAM Committee for THE MAHABHARATA, andthe BAM NEXT WAVE Producers COBDen. WNYC-FM is the official radio station ofthe NEXT WAVE Festival. The Producers Council provides annual privatepatronage for BAM's NEXT WAVE Festival and also organizes and sponsors seminars. exhibitions. publications. and special events for thisprogram throughout the year. The Brooklyn Academy ofMusic wishes to express its appreciation to Theatre Development Fund for its support

Joseph V. Melillo, -Director Michael O'Rand, General Manager THE TARNISHED ANGELS Premiere: Septemberl0, 1987, Doolittle Theater, Festival Choreography Scenery Karole Armitage Music David Salle Charlie Mingus The Black Saintandthe Sinner Lady (1963)§ Costumes Lighting Christian Lacroix Ken Tabachnick Dancers Victoria Hall Michael Puleo Karole Armitage Corinne Giddings Nora Kimball Katherine LaNasa Jeffrey Broadhurst David Grenke Michael Johnson

Intermission THEELIZABETHANPHRASINGOFTHELATEALBERT AYLER Premiere: September 25, 1986, Eindhoven, Holland Music Subconscious Mind Lord Buckley*

FunfSatze Fur Streichorchester ! ••••••••••Anton Webem** Pierre Boulez conducting The London Symphony Orchestra Sabm, Sakum Yo-¥'o Mat Michio Mamiya, arranger & conductor Marc Antony~ Funeral Oration ...... •...... Lord Buckley* Three Pieces for String Quarlet Igor Stravinskytt Pierre Boulez conducting Intercontemporain Quartet Bells ~ Albert Ayler§ Our Pmyer , Don Ayler§ Choreography Scenery and Costumes Karole Armitage Lighting David Salle Ken Tabachnick Dancers ACT I Subconscious Mind Karole Armitage FunfSatze Fur Streichorchester Karole Armitage Corinne Giddings. Victoria H~ Nora Kimball Katherine LaNasa Jeffrey Broadhurst David Grenke Michael Johnson Michael Puleo Sakum, Sakum ,Nora Kimball Corinne Giddings Victoria Hall Katherine LaNasa Jeffrey Broadhurst David Grenke Michael Johnson Marc Antony's Funeral Oration Corinne Giddings .Nora Kimball Katherine LaNasa Jeffrey Broadhurst David Grenke Michael Puleo Three Pjeces for String Quarlet Victoria Hall Nora Kimball David Grenke Michael Puleo

(ntermission ACT II Bells Full Company Our Prayer Full Company Subconscious Mind Karole Armitage

Initial presentation of this work made possible by The Annitagc Foundation; l....c Grand Huit/Maison de la Culture de Rennes (Refines, France); Stedelyk Van Abbemuscul1l (Eindhoven, Holland)~ l.e Festival d'Automne (Paris, France); Ajunmnlcnt de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain); The Institute of Contemporary An (, MA); The Massachusetts Council on the Arts; Ville de Nimcs, France.

• Used by permission of H.R.H. Lord Richard Buckley IT, Administrator of the Estate .. Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Corporation, sole U.S. agent for Universal Edition, Vienna, publisher and copyright owner/Provided courtesy ofCBS Masterworks t Provided courtesy ofCBS Masterworks tt By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. publisher and copyright owner § Appears courtesy of MCA Records Decor ofThe Tarnished Angels constructed by The Paris Opera

Program and casting subject to change. The taking ofphotographs is strictly prohibited.

and last year W'dS awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for her choreography. In September ofthis year the Company was presented on PBS as part ofThe Guggenheim Museum's Works and Process series. ~ Her choreography is the subject ofan hour-long pro­ ~ gram by London Weekend Television which aired in "$ November 1985. Ms. Armitage began her perform- ~ ing career with the Geneva Ballet and then danced g with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from ; 1976 to 1981. o DAVID SALLE (Artistic Mvisor). During the last ~ decade, David Salle's paintings, drawings and prints .,; have been exhibited in numerous solo and group ~ exhibitions worldwide. In January 1987, a compre­ ~ hensive survey of his paintings was exhibited at the l Whitney Museum of American Art'. His work for ~ the stage includes Birth ofthe Poet, a collaboration ~ with director Richard Foreman staged at the Brooklyn Academy ofMusic, December 1985, The Mollino KAROLE ARMITAGE (Artistic Director) has Room for choreographer Karole Armitage, staged at toured her work extensively throughout Europe and the Metropolitan Opera House for American Ballet the United States. She began her choreographic Theatre in New York, May 1986, The Eliwbethan career with the premiere ofNe in 1978 and formed Phrasing ofthe Late Albert Ayler for choreographer her modem company in 1981, known for such works Karole Armitage and The Tarnished Angels for the as Drastic Classicism, Paradise, Last Gone Dance, repertoire ofThe and The and The Watteau Duets. In May of 1986, Ms. Armitage Ballet. Last year Mr. Salle was awarded a Armitage formed The Armitage Ballet, marking a Guggenheim Fellowship for his work in the theater. new stage in her choreographic evolution with the KEN TABACHNICK (Lighting Designer) was born creation of The ElizabetluJn Phrasing ofthe Late in New York City. This season, new designs can be Albert Ayler. The ballet made its premiere in Sep­ seen with The Trisha Brown Company, and at New tember of 1986. In addition to work with her own York City Opera, where he is currently the Resident company she has received several commissions from Lighting Designer. Other works can be seen in the major ballet companies. These include The Paris repertories ofMartha Graham, Trisha Brown, The Opera Ballet at the request ofRudolf Nureyev and Paris Opera Ballet, Jennifer Muller and the Works, at the request ofMikhail The Opera Ballet of Lyon, and Stephen Petronio, Baryshnikov. Ms. Armitage has received numerous amongst others. Ken has served as the American grants from the National Endowment for the Arts Lighting Supervisor for companies such as Sankai \ Juku, Dai Rakuda Kan and the Israel Ballet. He has MICHAEL PULEOjoined The Armitage Ballet in \worked on several Robert Wilson productions 1987. Inaddition to six years with The New York including: Einstein on the Beach and The Golden City Ballet, he has performed with Twyla Tharp Windows. OnBroadway he has been associated with Dance and The New York City Opera.' the Royal Shakespeare Company's Nicholas Nickleby, Much Ado AboutNothing, and Cyrano de Bergerac; the live broadcast ofSophisticatedUulies FOR THE ARMITAGE BALLET and the taping of Whoopi Goldberg on Broadway. Stage Manager Michele Steckler Recently he designed Driving Miss Daisy for 1echnical Director Jack O'Connor Playwrights Hprizons, Black Sea Follies for Music Lighting Director Randolph Briggs Theatre Group and Playwrights Horizons, and The Company Manager Susan Goldstein Maids for CSC. Wardrobe Juliann Kroboth, Winsome McKoy JEFFREY BROADHURST graduated from the Costumesfor Elizabethan Phrasing ....Matera Ltd. North Carolina School ofthe Arts in 1987. Hejoined Womens costumes The Armitage Ballet the same year. for Tarnished Angels Madame Fougerolle CORINNE GIDDINGS began her professional bal­ Hats Victoria Dinardo let career with The where.she danced from 1981-86. She went on to perform with THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION the Berlin Ballet in their 1986-87 season. Corinne Board ofDireciorS '' joined The Armitage Ballet in 1987. Asher B. Edelman, Chairman DAVID GRENKE was a member ofthe Palo Alto Karole Armitage David Richardson Ballet and the Sacramento Ballet under the direction Mary Boone David Salle of-Barbara Crockett. He has also performed with the Barbara JakQbson DavidS. Singer Copcert Dancers and The Margaret Mary Porter Wingrove Dancers. DavidjoinedTheArmitage Ballet in 1986. STAFF VICTORIA HALLjoined in Executive Director . ~ Joe Corcoran 1CJ7? She was promoted to soloist in 1985. Victoria Operations . .•...... Susan Goldstein became a member ofThe Armitage Ballet in 1987. Business Officer Rebecca Lear MICHAEL JOHNSONjoined The Armitage Ballet Special Projects Karen Bowlby in 1987 after dancing with the North Carolina Dance Development Director I. Peter Wolff Theater for two years. He danced with the OhioBallet Corporate Development Director· ..Dorothy Lebach in their 1984-85 season. Michael has also danced in Tour Manager Claire Verlet Hawaii with Ballet Hawaii and the Third Wave Counsel ' David Singer Dance Theater. Accountant Charles Kerner NORA KOITO KIMBALL began her professional Administrator Bob Goldberg careerwith The Feld Ballet. She was a ranking soloist General Press Representative Suzanne MacNary with The for six years and danced Susan Blond Inc. with The Netherlands Dance Theaterfor four years. European Management . ...Artservice International Nora was a solist with American Ballet Theatre from 1985-87. She joined The Armitage Ballet in 1987. BAM Video Archivists: Character Generators, Mark KATHERINE LaNASA began.her professional Robison, Michael Sch~. career with the Milwaukee Ballet in their 1984-85 BAMHouse Photographer: Martha Swope & season. She went on to dance with in Associates, Carol Rosegg, Linda Alaniz, Rebecca 'their 1985-86 season. Katherine became a member Lesher. ·House Physician: Jonathan Lorch, MD. ofThe Armitage Ballet in May 1986.

The Armitage Foundation would like to thank th~ following contributors for their generosity.

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ames, Anne H. Bass, Bruno Bischofberger, Jacques Boissonas, Mary Boone, Mr. & Mrs. Eli Broad, loo Castelli, Douglas Cramer, Mary Sharp Cronson, Asher B. Edelman, Gerald S. Elliott, The Equitable Life Assurance Society ofthe United States, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, Robert Feldman, Michael Finniston, Eric Fischl, Larry Gagosian, The Howard Gilman Foundation, The WIlliam & Mary'Greve Foundation, Stanley & Elyse Grinstein, TheJohn Simon Guggenheim Foundation, Agnes Gund, loonHecht, H.J. Heinz Company, Barbara Jakobson, David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, Raymond J.Learsy, The Sydney & Frances Lewis Foundation, Earle Mack, Mr. & Mrs. ~wis Manilow, Meryl & Robert Meltzer, Georges & Lois de Menil, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Meyerhoff, N. Richard Miller, Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Mindich, Mr. & Mrs. Ro~rt Mnuchin, ~obilOil Foundation, Philip Morris Companies, National Endowment for the Arts, The New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc., New York Sta,te Council on the Arts, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Ostrow, Parasol Press, Ltd., Liliane & Norman Peck, Mr\& Mrs. Joel Portugal, Clifford Ross, Lois Rubenstein, Petry Rubenstein, John Sacchi, David Salle, Roger Hugh Samet,. Mrs. Fayez Sarofim, Denise & Andrew Saul, Jerry I. Speyer, Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Spiegel, Scott D.E Spiegel, Suzi Stone, Melville Straus, Patricia Thrr, A. Robert Towbin, Phyllis Thchman, Marcia Weisman, Dr. Stephen Weitzman~ Balan & Elisabeth Wingate, Robert Pincus Witten, and Anonymous Donors. The Armitage Ballet needs your financial support. All contributions are tax-deductible and should be made payable to The Armitage Foundation 225 ~fayette Street Suite 1102 New York, NY 10012.