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Announces 2013 Winter/Spring Season—Featuring 12 Theater, Dance, Music, and Opera Engagements—From Jan 17 to Jun 9 Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces 2013 Winter/Spring Season—featuring 12 theater, dance, music, and opera engagements—from Jan 17 to Jun 9 BAM 2013 Winter/Spring Season is sponsored by Bloomberg BAM 2013 Theater sponsored by Bank of America Theater productions: The Suit in its US premiere. Direction, adaptation, and music by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne, and Franck Krawczyk—based on The Suit, by Can Themba, Mothobi Mutloatse, and Barney Simon. Jan 17—Feb 2……………………………………………………..page 3 The Laramie Cycle, a repertory engagement from Tectonic Theater Project including The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, directed by Moisés Kaufman and Leigh Fondakowski. Feb 12—24…………………page 6 The Royal Shakespeare Company production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, directed by Gregory Doran in its US premiere. Apr 10—28………………………………………………………….page 10 The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Andrei Belgrader and featuring John Turturro. World premiere, produced by BAM. May 12—Jun 9…………………………………..………………….page 15 Dance engagements: Trisha Brown Dance Company in a repertory program featuring two NY premieres: Les Yeux et l’âme and I’m going to toss my arms–if you catch them they’re yours. Jan 30—Feb 2…………………………………………….……….page 5 1 The Royal Ballet of Cambodia with The Legend of Apsara Mera. Choreography by Her Royal Highness Princess Norodom Buppha Devi in collaboration with Proeung Chhieng and Soth Somaly. Presented as part of citywide Season of Cambodia festival. May 2—4…………………….…..…………….page 14 DanceAfrica 2013 returns for its 36th year under the artistic direction of Chuck Davis. Performers include Umkhathi Theatre Works (Zimbabwe), BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Ensemble, and others. Features SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK in a special opening celebration. Produced by BAM. May 19 & 24—27…………………………………………………page 16 Music events: Mic Check is a celebration of contemporary music from North Africa and the Middle East. Features hip-hop artists and traditional musicians Amkoullel (Mali), El General (Tunisia), El Deeb (Egypt), Brahim Fribgane (Morocco), and Shadia Mansour (Palestine). Produced by BAM. Mar 9………………………………………………………………page 8 Planetarium, an evening of songs and instrumental works inspired by the solar system, by Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, and Sufjan Stevens. Mar 21—24……………………………………………………….page 9 Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, a genre-spanning festival of music and film now in its second year. Curated by Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner, produced by BAM. Apr 25—27…………………………………………………………….page 13 Opera: David et Jonathas, by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, featuring Les Arts Florissants in an Aix-en- Provence Festival production, conducted by William Christie and directed by Andreas Homoki. Apr 17,18, 20 & 21………………………..page 12 William Christie’s renowned vocal ensemble, Le Jardin des Voix, joins Les Arts Florissants in Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau, a semi-staged music event featuring selections from the 17th- and 18th-century opera repertoires. Apr 19…………………………………….page 13 BAM 2013 Winter/Spring Season features a full slate of humanities, music, film, family, and visual arts programming. Brooklyn, NY/Oct 31, 2012—Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, today announced programming for the BAM 2013 Winter/Spring season, which runs from January 17 to June 9. The season comprises 12 theater, dance, music, and opera productions and 2 features BAMcinématek series, BAMcafé Live weekend music events, artist talks, literary programs, the BAMkids Film Festival, a BAMfamily launch party, and visual art exhibitions. Winter/Spring Season tickets go on sale November 19 to the general public (Nov 12 for Friends of BAM and Nov 16 for season ticket holders of the 2012 Winter/Spring Season). Single tickets for Winter/Spring engagements The Suit, The Laramie Cycle, and Trisha Brown Dance Company go on sale to the general public December 17 (Dec 10 for Friends of BAM); the remaining engagements go on sale January 14 (Jan 7 for Friends of BAM). To purchase tickets online visit BAM.org or contact BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100. Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo comments, “The 2013 Winter/Spring Season features a rich array of international productions as well as exciting new work from artists close to home. We welcome back Peter Brook, Trisha Brown, William Christie, the Royal Shakespeare Company, John Turturro, and Andrei Belgrader, Bryce and Aaron Dessner, Sufjan Stevens, and Chuck Davis. Making BAM debuts are Nico Muhly, Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theater Project, and The Royal Ballet of Cambodia. Our season also features a number of BAM-produced engagements, including a reprisal of the successful Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival, a new production of Ibsen’s The Master Builder, a celebration of contemporary music from North Africa and the Middle East, Mic Check, and the return of BAM’s longest-running program, DanceAfrica. In addition to our stage presentations, the season features resonant literary, visual art, film, popular music, and humanities events spanning a range of interests.” BAM President Karen Brooks Hopkins adds, “We are very grateful to Bloomberg for its eighth year of support of BAM’s Winter/Spring Season and for its enthusiasm for the cultural vitality of New York City. We acknowledge all of our generous donors and funders, who have made it possible for us to thrive. This is a period of dynamic growth for BAM, including the new Fisher building, public art, plans for expanded education and family programs, and the first phase of renovations to the BAM Harvey Theater—the support we have received has enabled us to implement these exciting new plans and to continue to serve our audiences and community.” Bloomberg is the world’s most trusted source of information for financial professionals and businesses. Bloomberg combines innovative technology with unmatched analytic, data, news, display and distribution capabilities, to deliver critical information via the Bloomberg Professional service and multimedia platforms, which span television, radio, digital and print. The Suit US Premiere Based on The Suit by Can Themba, Mothobi Mutloatse, and Barney Simon Direction, adaptation, and music by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne, and Franck Krawczyk Lighting design by Philippe Vialatte Scenic elements and costume design by Oria Puppo Assistant director Rikki Henry BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Jan 17—Feb 2; Tue—Fri at 7:30pm, Sat at 2 pm and 7:30pm, Sun at 3pm Note: Jan 24 Winter/Spring 2013 Gala performance at 7pm Tickets: $25, 40, 55, 75 (weekday); $35, 50, 70, 90 (weekend) 3 (subject to change after Dec 9) Artist Talk: Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne, and members of the company Jan 18, post-show (free for same-day ticket-holders) “Theatre as it should be.” —The Telegraph (UK) Philemon worships his wife, Matilda. Despite the daily oppression of apartheid life in 1950s Johannesburg, he is a happy man. All of this changes when Philemon returns home to discover Matilda with another lover who narrowly escapes, leaving his suit behind on a hanger. Caught in a vortex of emotions ranging from jealousy to embarrassment to rage, Philemon sets forth a humiliating punishment for his wife: to go on with life as usual but treat the suit as her eternal honored guest and take it with her everywhere she goes as a constant reminder of her betrayal. Based on a short story by Can Themba, the suit becomes a permanent thorn in the couple’s daily life as Matilda is forced to set an extra place at the table every night and introduce the suit to their neighbors and friends. For this production, acclaimed director Peter Brook—whose 1987 production of The Mahabharata inaugurated the BAM Majestic Theater (now the BAM Harvey Theater)—returns to BAM with Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord to showcase his signature approach of innovative stage design and integration of live music. To tell this tale of simmering resentment and tragedy, Brook blends a minimalist aesthetic with a soundscape that includes a hummed version of “Strange Fruit,” traditional African melodies, and Schubert lieder to thicken the tension between a collectively wounded husband and wife. Peter Brook was born in London in 1925 and has achieved distinction throughout his career in the disciplines of theater, opera, and literature. Following his studies at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford, he dedicated himself to the performing arts, soon appearing alongside some of the great actors of his time—Sir John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and Paul Scofield—as well as in iconic venues across the UK and beyond. He directed and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in such productions as Titus Andronicus, King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Antony and Cleopatra. Brook became identified with a pared-down, minimalist style in which the audience was returned to a raw and unmediated encounter with the power of the performing art. In 1971, he founded the International Centre for Theatre Research in Paris and in 1974, he established its permanent base at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. Among his landmark works are the stage adaptation of the epic Indian poem Mahabharata, which tells the story of mankind; the film version of The Lord of the Flies; and Sizwe Banzi is Dead, an apartheid-era classic. Brook, who has written and directed works in French and English, recently announced his retirement from the Bouffes du Nord. Brook’s history with BAM began with A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1971 Spring Season) and continued with the historic The Mahabharata (1987 Next Wave), The Cherry Orchard (1988 Spring Season), The Man Who (1995 Spring Season), The Tragedy of Hamlet (2001 Spring Season), and The Island (2003 Spring Season). Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord actors and musicians appearing in this production are Rikki Donleo, Henry, Petunia Nonhlanhla Kheswa, Jared McKay McNeill, William Nadylam, Arthur Astier, Raphael Chambouvet, and David Eric Christophe Dupuis.
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