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BAM 2009 Next Wave Festival Opens with the U.S. Premiere of In-I Featuring Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan BAM 2009 Next Wave Festival opens with the U.S. premiere of In-I featuring Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan Engagement marks the final performances of the dance collaboration between the Oscar-winning actress and world renowned choreographer BAMcinématek presents Rendez-vous with Juliette Binoche film series In-I Directed and performed by Juliette Binoche and Akram Khan Set design by Anish Kapoor Lighting design by Michael Hulls Music by Philip Sheppard Costume design (Juliette Binoche) by Alber Elbaz Costume design (Akram Khan) by Kei Ito Sound design by Nicolas Faure Co-produced by Hermès Foundation: National Theatre, London; Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg; Romaeuropa Festival and Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Rome; La Monnaie, Brussels; Sydney Opera House, Sydney; Curve, Leicester BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Sept 15, 17–19, 22–26 at 7:30pm Sept 16 at 7pm* Sept 20 at 3pm Tickets: $25, 50, 70 718.636.4100 or BAM.org *2009 Next Wave Gala: Patron Celebration. For more information, contact BAM Patron Services 718.636.4182 BAMcinématek: Rendez-vous with Juliette Binoche September 11—30 BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue) Tickets: $11 per screening for adults; $8 for seniors 65 and over, children under twelve, and $8 for students 25 and under with valid I.D. Monday–Thursday, except holidays; $7 BAM Cinema Club members. Call 718-636-4100 or visit BAM.org Artist Talk with Juliette Binoche & Akram Khan September 17, post-show (free for ticket holders) Brooklyn, NY/August 10, 2009—BAM’s 2009 Next Wave festival opens with the U.S. premiere of In-I, an evening length dance collaboration conceived, directed, and performed by Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche and world renowned British choreographer Akram Khan. A meditation on love, this work of text and movement includes a set designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor with an original score from composer Philip Sheppard. The BAM engagement marks the last performances of this work which premiered at the National Theatre in London in September 2008. Performing a series of vignettes before a free-standing high wall of shifting colors, Khan and Binoche explore the intricacies of a love affair in all its glory and pain. In-I takes both artists in new directions: for Binoche, dancing on stage; and for Khan, acting for the first time since his childhood role in Peter Brook’s Mahabharata (1987 BAM Next Wave Festival). Time Out (Sydney) said of the work, “In-I offers the excitement of contemporary dance’s cutting edge…” About the artists Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche is one of France’s most celebrated actresses. Born in Paris to a sculptor/theater director and an actress, Binoche studied acting at the National School of Dramatic Art of Paris. She first gained recognition in 1985 with her acclaimed performances in Jean-Luc Godard’s controversial film Hail Mary (Je vous salue, Marie) and André Téchiné’s Rendez-vous. Her international breakthrough came in 1988 when she played Tereza in Philip Kaufman’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Shortly thereafter, Binoche starred in other widely acclaimed films such as Leos Carax’s The Lovers on the Bridge (Les Amants du Pont Neuf ;1991); Louis Malle’s Damage (1992), starring alongside Jeremy Irons; and Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Blue (1993) (she also appeared briefly in the trilogy’s other installments, Red and White). Binoche returned to the screen in 1995 with The Horseman on the Roof (Le Hussard sur le toit). In 1996, Binoche won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Anthony Minghella’s The English Patient. In 2000 she starred in the art-house hit Chocolat, followed by Code Unknown (Code Inconnu), and Hidden (Caché) in 2005. Other films credits include Abel Ferrara’s Mary opposite Matthew Modine and Forest Whitaker (2005); Anthony Minghella’s Breaking and Entering opposite Jude Law (2006), and Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Flight of the Red Balloon (Le Voyage du ballon rouge; 2007). Her most recent films include Oliver Assayas’ Summer Hours (L’Heure d’été; 2008), and Cédric Klapsich’s Paris, opening September 18 from IFC Films. Binoche is also a visual artist and poet; her paintings and poetry will be seen in the exhibition “In-Eyes” on view at the art gallery of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy (972 Fifth Avenue, corner of 79th Street, New York City) from September 10– October 9. A unique spin on the self-portrait, “In-Eyes” features 29 triptychs, each including a character that Binoche has portrayed, a portrait of the related movie’s director, and a poem inspired by her subjects. Binoche will sign copies of Portraits In- Eyes, her book of paintings and poetry, on September 11, at Barnes & Noble (Broadway at 65th Street, New York City) from 6–8pm. Portraits In-Eyes will also be available for sale at BAM. For more information please visit www.frenchculture.org. Akram Khan is one of the most acclaimed choreographers of his generation working in Britain today. Born in London into a family of Bangladeshi origin in 1974, he began dancing at age seven. He studied with the great Kathak dancer/teacher Sri Pratap Pawar, later becoming his disciple. Khan made his stage debut—and his BAM debut—at the age of fourteen in Peter Brook’s Mahabharata, which toured the world from 1987–89. Following later studies in contemporary dance and a period working with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Brussels-based X-Group project, Khan began presenting solo performances of his work in the 1990s, maintaining his commitment to the classical Kathak repertoire as well as to modern work. Among his best-known solo pieces are Polaroid Feet (2001), Ronin (2003), and Third Catalogue (2005). In August 2000, Khan launched his own company, which has provided him with a platform for innovation and for an increasingly diverse range of work that has evolved in collaboration with artists from other disciplines—ranging across theater, film, visual arts, music, and literature. Among his most notable company works are Kaash (2002), a collaboration with artist Anish Kapoor and composer Nitin Sawhney; ma (2004), accompanied by a text by writer Hanif Kureishi, for which he received a South Bank Show Award in 2005; and zero degrees (2005), a collaboration with dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, sculptor Antony Gormley, and composer Nitin Sawhney. Khan was choreographer-in-residence and also Associate Artist at the South Bank Centre (the first non-musician to be afforded this status). He is an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells. In addition to work with his company, the choreographer’s other projects include Sacred Monsters performed by world renowned French ballerina Sylvie Guillem and Khan, and Variations for Vibes, Pianos and Strings, a collaboration with London Sinfonietta to celebrate the 70th birthday of Steve Reich, which premiered in Cologne in March 2006 and was performed at BAM’s 2006 Next Wave Festival. Khan was also invited by Kylie Minogue to choreograph a section of her new Showgirl concert which opened in Australia in November 2006, and toured to the UK in January 2007. bahok, a unique collaboration with the National Ballet of China choreographed by Khan, had its world premiere in Beijing in January 2008 and its UK premiere in March at the Liverpool Playhouse, and is currently touring worldwide. Khan has received numerous awards, including the Outstanding Newcomer to Dance Award from the Dance Critics’ Circle (2000) and from Time Out Live (2000), Best Modern Choreographer from the Dance Critics’ Circle (2002), a South Bank Show Award (2005), and was nominated for a Nijinsky Award for Best Newcomer (2002). Most recently, he was awarded the 2005 Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards for Outstanding Male or Female Artist (modern), and Zero Degrees was nominated for a 2006 Laurence Olivier Award (Best New Dance Production). BAMcinématek: Rendez-vous with Juliette Binoche To coincide with Juliette Binoche’s performance in In-I during the Next Wave Festival, BAMcinématek presents a retrospective of her film career. All films in French with English subtitles unless noted. BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Tickets: $11 per screening for adults; $8 for seniors 65 and over, children under twelve, and $8 for students 25 and under with valid I.D. Monday–Thursday, except holidays; $7 BAM Cinema Club members. 718-636-4100 or visit BAM.org Paris (2008) 130min Fri, Sept 11 at 7pm* *Q&A with Cédric Klapisch and Juliette Binoche Directed by Cédric Klapisch With Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris In this spin on Rear Window, a dancer with a terminal heart condition confined to his apartment is forced to reexamine Paris as he watches it come alive from his window. His sister (Binoche) and her children care for him in his convalescence as they join the cast of Parisians who dance before his eyes. Q&A with Cédric Klapisch and Juliette Binoche. Sneak preview from IFC Films, opens Sept 18th. Rendez-vous (1985) 82min Fri, Sept 18 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm Directed by André Techiné With Juliette Binoche, Lambert Wilson, Jean-Louis Trintignant Rendez-vous announced Binoche as an actress of intense emotional depth, while also starting her habit of working with winners of directing prizes at Cannes, as André Techiné did with this film. Binoche carries the film as she navigates love and death, presaging her later work with Kieślowski and Malle. Damage (1992) 111min Sat, Sept 19 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm Directed by Louis Malle With Juliette Binoche, Jeremy Irons Binoche teamed with acclaimed director Louis Malle and the inimitable Jeremy Irons in this film of love, sex, and obsession.
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