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Programs RISD Cabaret 1987-2000

Winter 2-27-1999 Astonish Me! Recalling the Cabaret Spirit Agnieszka Taborska Rhode Island School of Design, [email protected]

Dawn Danby Rhode Island School of Design

Ian Freeman Rhode Island School of Design

Eric Urban Rhode Island School of Design

Hyun Hee Cho Rhode Island School of Design

FSeoe nelloxtw pa thige fors aaddndition addal aitutionhorsal works at: https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/liberalarts_cabaret_programs Part of the Acting Commons, Art Education Commons, Commons, Fashion Design Commons, Fine Arts Commons, French Linguistics Commons, German Language and Literature Commons, History Commons, Modern Literature Commons, Music Commons, Other Arts and Humanities Commons, Other French and Francophone Language and Literature Commons, Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Commons, Other Theatre and Performance Studies Commons, Performance Studies Commons, Playwriting Commons, Russian Literature Commons, and the Theatre History Commons

Recommended Citation Taborska, Agnieszka; Danby, Dawn; Freeman, Ian; Urban, Eric; Cho, Hyun Hee; de Charette, Marin; Cottam, Matthew; Gehrig, Carolyn; Heitel, Matthew; Estilow, Aimee; Rundlett, Sarah; Van Varick, Robert; Tobin, Issak; Revoy, Antoine; Savage, Lee; Wolf, Erica; Lang, Kevin; Brabee, Allison; Kim, Hyun-Suk; Lee, Helen; Cimatti, Marco; and Fuhrer, Nicholas, "Astonish Me! Recalling the Cabaret Spirit" (1999). Programs. 11. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/liberalarts_cabaret_programs/11

This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the RISD Cabaret 1987-2000 at DigitalCommons@RISD. It has been accepted for inclusion in Programs by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@RISD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Agnieszka Taborska, Dawn Danby, Ian Freeman, Eric Urban, Hyun Hee Cho, Marin de Charette, Matthew Cottam, Carolyn Gehrig, Matthew Heitel, Aimee Estilow, Sarah Rundlett, Robert Van Varick, Issak Tobin, Antoine Revoy, Lee Savage, Erica Wolf, Kevin Lang, Allison Brabee, Hyun-Suk Kim, Helen Lee, Marco Cimatti, and Nicholas Fuhrer

This book is available at DigitalCommons@RISD: https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/liberalarts_cabaret_programs/11 P'~’1’€§ 1 A ‘.':i} TO N .3 ‘S H Recalling the Cabaret Spirit

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A soirée ofnostalgia, fun, and visions music, songs, and dance RISD student production FREE AS220 I15 Empire Street Saturday, February 27 8 - 10:00 pm in homage to Alexey Brodovitch

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13JBQBQ 3"!!!"uudssagI ,L\__-1,!‘"‘ ‘i i"\i.i S iiiigi~i i "Beacons" by Charles Baudelaire. A fragment of a poem. ure rtis' |c' olree' ‘ 0 u en s a free interperetation with the use of sounds, movements, and light In Rubens: Cnmlyn (Ichrig.t\nloinc Rc\'ny_.Ii-Hunlm,Eric llrhnn

The Genius of Communication 5J..".T§IL'§’§'.'§I.fL'§l't$§f.'lII.§.TI°§;§lT7§l§f§'1§IT;.l'§l§";§.1Z,'§3ZT;'l§§ff§§}§.“§v§T§““° Rrmbrlndt: Marco Cimalii. David Lee. Sarah Rundlcil. Isaac Tohin (lava: Inn Freeman. Dawn Dnnby. Nicholas Fuhrer. Kevin Lang. Ron Winler Saturday February 27th I999 at AS220 8:00 pm ' "A Joke" by Max Jacob Wh Brodovitch.’ a humorous vignette y Marco Cimznlli an encounter with the art director, Brodovitch Ian Freemzin "La We En Rose" P A R T O N i the ensemble with portfolios a French cabaret song from the RISD cabaret program I):nun I);nth) gnomajtopelc anti‘-noltse voca_iU:>erfolrma|n|<:t-E "Futurist Extravaganza" er "9 mm mm C 5 "p5' W‘ a V Sua " erpe e a ° a humorous pastiche of Russolo's "Intonarumori" §?a‘L:i2:?:);nnnn_ Nyunwk Kim [):m'n Danhy. Kevin Lang. Nick Fuhrer. lzm Frecinrm. Ron Winter

"Kiss" a dance by Reinhard Goering, 1927/28 "A Va|E‘"ti"9 Y0 5|'i9|'W00d Al'\d9I’50"" Hm H“ mm by Gertrude Stein

h I "The Water Hen" by Stanislaw Witklewicz M""'" B” “'1 K"'"" ‘“"’ a f'a9"‘e"t °f a Mac" °°'“°°'Y' 1920's "Frauiein Eise" by Arthur Schnltzler, 1900's Vienna Mm" <1H1h="¢"¢-M="h'=W C""=m an Inner monologue of a pretty Vienna girl who is "A Strange Adventure of the Polaniecki Fami|y" f°"¢ed t° take an '"d9ce"t de¢'5|°" a glimpse of 19th century eroticism time Wi-if Carolyn Gehrig. Ian Freeman.Matlhcw ileilcl "Urdeathn by August stramm "The First Duino Elegy" an 9XPl'955|°"i5'5 P097" a poem by <‘="*'.v""¢'"i# Aimee Eslilnw Mm Smh Rundlm "The Word as Such" by Alexei Kruchenykh free word experiments in the 1910's "Poems To Lou" by Apollinaire Kevin Liillg a love letter written in the trenches Ruhcrl Van Vnrick. lssak T0hin,Anlnlne Revoy. Lee Savage "The waste I-and" by T- 5- Emotr 1922 a dramatized reading etamorp Os S a C oreograp e per ormance W g ts Eric Urban. Kevin Lang. Aimee EslilnW.EricI\ Wolf. poem: Robert Van Varick F | N A I F Ji-Ho Sohn. Matt Hcilcl. Robert Van Vnrick movements: Erica Wolf. Sarah Rundlett. I-lyunhec Cho ' dance: Hyunhee Chn sound arrangement: Matthew Ht-itel "Walk" a free interperetation of Pina Bausch Dance Theatre "A Very Valentine" by Gertrude Stein we mmnhk a mini-humorous performance

K . I Strange appearences repeatedly performed W" ‘mg and constantly astonishing INitRMI5SION “'""““"" Direction and Production: Dawn Dztnby. lun Freeman. Eric Urhnn

Master of Ceremony: Marin de (fharettc with his vivid personality

Muvtic Arrangement: .-\|ec Readicarn. Ron Winter

Movement Armngemenl: ll ) unhee Cho

Costume Design: Carl Hensehcl

Technical Crew: Matthew Heitel, Matthew Cotlam

Graphic Design: Ron Winter, Ii-llo Sohn. Eric Urban

Special thanks to Sarah Madeleine Guerin (arch) for her stage design as

Experienced Guides: Srymon Btjkmlames Barnhill

Recalling the RISI) Cabaret Production I987 - I998 Recorded on Video Tapes (Fragments)

Futurismo Tipograltzt Source: Giacomo Balla

Honor to Henri Rousseau a true event of a banquet in Picasso's slttdi. Prlli

The Hexen Dance. I914 a free reconstruction of Mary Wigman's

Arthur Cravan performs the spirit before Dadtt. New York

Apple. a call for love and people , source: Pina Banach dance theatre. Wuppcrtal

Tabou. French songs. Cabaret I992

The Life and Times of Joseph Bcuys. Cabaret I994

Ubu Roi. Cabaret I996

Beat Generation. Cabaret I998

Shown before the program. during the intennission & after or in the RISD Lil-nary at Benet St. Ask the iibinarian.

This production reects a need to go beyond the rlass room. We would like to share with the ('0mmunit_v our inspiration ofthe cabaret. This presentation has been initiated by the "Image and Word" Wirttcrscssion (‘lass of I999 in rollahn ration with students ofRISD Cabaret I998.