Wayne McGregor | Random Dance Random | McGregor Wayne !"#$%&#%'&%(')"*""!"northrop+umn+edu"* NORTHROP UNIVERSITY!OF!MINNESOTA "#$!NORTHROP %&!CHURCH!STREET!SE MINNEAPOLIS'!MN!((&(()#*#* Choose your favorite series! [order early to get the best seats and save] Akram Khan Company | National Ballet of China of Ballet |National KhanCompany Akram %!&'()&(*)(+*,!-!!%!northrop#umn#edu!- Wayne McGregor | Random Dance ENTITY British!multi"award!winning!choreographer!Wayne!McGregor!sets! Friday!"September"##!"$%&&"pm" “it looks like the!tone!of!the!season!with!his!groundbreaking!project#!Entity#! Northrop combining!neuroscience#!physically"testing!choreography#!and! nothing else technology$!Based!on!collaborative!research!with!psychologists#! *+,#!*+-#!*./#!*00 neuroscientists#!and!so%ware!engineers#!Entity!breathtakingly! on earth.” portrays!the!relationship!between!the!brain!and!the!moving!body$ ------------------------------- Funding!provided!in!part!by!a!grant!from!the!Minnesota!State!Arts! Board"!through!an!appropriation!by!the!Minnesota!State!Legislature"!a! The Independent Known!for!their!fierce!and!visceral!movement#!ten!of!McGregor’s! grant!from!the!National!Endowment!for!the!Arts!and!private!funders# hyper"limber!dancers!move!to!the!beat!of!two!of!the!ho&est!new! Funded!in!part!by!the!National!Dance!Project!of!the!New! musical!talents!working!today!'!Jon!Hopkins!and!Joby!Talbot$! England!Foundation!for!the!Arts"!with!lead!funding!from!the! Doris!Duke!Charitable!Foundation!and!additional!funding!from! Talbot!(The!Divine!Comedy#!Chroma)!has!wri&en!a!propulsive! the!Ford!Foundation"!the!Andrew!W#!Mellon!Foundation"!and!the! string!quartet!pitched!against!the!sonic!extremes!of!Hopkins’! Community!Connections!Fund!of!the!MetLife!Foundation# (Massive!A&ack#!Coldplay)!electronic!melody$!Linbury!award" This!presentation!is!supported!by!the!Performing!Arts!Fund"!a! winning!set!designer!Patrick!Burnier!has!created!a!multi"screen! program!of!Arts!Midwest!funded!by!the!National!Endowment!for! the!Arts"!which!believes!that!a!great!nation!deserves!great!art"! installation!with!film/video!by!Ravi!Deepres#!and!lighting!by! with!additional!contributions!from!the!Minnesota!State!Arts!Board"! the!award"winning!Lucy!Carter$!Entity!is!truly!an!emotionally! General!Mills!Foundation"!and!Land!O’Lakes!Foundation# astonishing!piece!that!breaks!boundaries!and!defines!McGregor’s! Sponsored!in!part!by!the!University!of!Minnesota!Institute!for!Advanced! legacy!of!conveying!the!“cu&ing!edge”!of!contemporary!culture$ Study!at!the!University!of!Minnesota!and!the!University!of!Minnesota!Imagine! Fund$!Supported!by!a!Generous!Donation!from!the!McKnight!Foundation# Special!support!provided!by!the!University!of!Minnesota!Medical!Foundation# 1 2 $!%&'(%')('*)+!,!!$!northrop#umn#edu!, VIRSKY Royal Winnipeg Ballet Ukrainian National Dance Company MOULIN!ROUGE THE!BALLET From!the!Carpathian!Mountains!to!the!cosmopolitan!city!of! Kiev"!Ukraine!is!a!bastion!of!folklore"!popular!dance"!and!music#! “Even in a crowded ballet season, It!has!remained!one!of!the!last!strongholds!of!traditional! one company remains a must culture!in!all!of!Eastern!Europe#!It!was!only!fi$ing!a%er!nearly! for any dance lover: the Virsky &'!years!that!the!“Virskys”!valiantly!return!to!Northrop!with!a! World Premiere! program!that!celebrates!the!cultural!traditions!of!this!amazing! Ukrainian Nation Ballet Company.” country!and!brings!forth!new!choreography!by!the!next! generations!of!artists# Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times Named!a%er!national!icon!Pavlo!Virsky"!the!troupe!takes! Sunday"!October!##"!$%&&!pm! A%er!the!wild!enthusiasm!of!last!season’s!presentation!of! pride!in!their!homeland"!embracing!the!beauty!of!its!native! Northrop the!Royal!Winnipeg!Ballet"!the!Canadian!company!returns! country!through!folkloric!tradition"!humor"!and!optimism#!Using! with!the!world!premiere!of!their!original!production!of! elevated!passion!and!romance"!each!performance!overflows! ()*"!()+"!(,&"!('' Moulin"Rouge"#"The"Ballet#!Nothing!captures!the!imagination! with!vivid!colors"!acrobatic!athleticism"!and!exuberant!speed! like!the!glamour"!decadence"!and!brilliance!of!the!Moulin! exemplifying!the!exciting!and!quintessential!world!of!Ukraine#! ------------------------------- Rouge!!#!a!traditional!cabaret!or!nightclub"!located!in! With!numerous!bravura!solo!performances!and!unifying! Funding!provided!in!part!by!a!grant!from!the!Minnesota! State!Arts!Board"!through!an!appropriation!by!the! the!red-light!district!of!Pigalle!near!Montmartre"!Paris"! cadences"!the!artistic!stature!of!the!company!shares!the! Minnesota!State!Legislature"!a!grant!from!the!National! France#!Drawn!to!Paris!by!the!city’s!passion"!Ma$hew!and! wisdom!of!its!people# Endowment!for!the!Arts!and!private!funders# Nathalie!tempt!the!fates!as!they!seek!love!and!destiny# Special!support!given!by!Tapestry!Folkdance!Center"!Ethnic! Myroslav!Vantukh"!Artistic!Director Dance!Theatre"!and!Ukrainian!Event!Center# Unveiling!the!story!of!the!most!celebrated!cabaret!in! history"!Canadian!Jorden!Morris’s!Moulin"Rouge"#"The"Ballet! is!the!most!highly!anticipated!event!of!the!ballet!season#! Northrop’s!stage!will!transform!with!the!signature!RWB! cinematic!panache!that!recreates!the!passion!of!Paris!in!a! time!when!pomp!and!excess!ran!hand-in-hand!with!poverty! and!hardship!and!where!the!heady!elixir!of!personal!freedom! bred!lifestyles!that!were!o%en!reckless!and!addictive#! André!Lewis"!Artistic!Director! Jorden!Morris"!Choreographer Saturday"!October!#'"!(%&&!pm Northrop ())"!(,&"!('&"!(+' ------------------------------- Funding!provided!in!part!by!a!grant!from!the!Minnesota!State!Arts!Board"! through!an!appropriation!by!the!Minnesota!State!Legislature"!a!grant! from!the!National!Endowment!for!the!Arts!and!private!funders# Special support provided by the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis. In the spirit of the Moulin Rouge of Paris, Moulin Rouge® is a registered trademark of Moulin Rouge S.A. 3 4 !"#$%&#%'&%(')"*""!"northrop+umn+edu"* Martha Graham Dance Company “One of the seven wonders of the artistic universe.” CLYTEMNESTRA Alan M. Kriegsman, Washington Post Demonstrating!Graham’s!pioneering!approach!to!time!and! space!on!stage"!the!Martha!Graham!Dance!Company!returns! with!the!psychodrama!Clytemnestra!#!deemed!a!masterpiece!of! $%th!Century!American!modernism&!Fi'y!years!a'er!its!premiere! at!the!Adelphi!Theater!in!New!York!City!in!()*+"!Graham’s! only!full,evening!work!is!reconstructed"!taking!full!advantage! of!the!latest!in!stagecra'!and!technical!innovation&!Using!her! longtime!collaborator"!Isamu!Noguchi!-a!legend!in!Japanese/ American!sculpture."!the!shapes!and!structures!of!the!set!evoke! the!inner!spaces!of!mind!and!memory"!accentuating!dramatic! scenes!of!betrayal"!revenge"!murder"!and!reconciliation&!This! production!also!features!the!modernist!sounds!of!Egyptian! composer!Halim!El,Dabh!and!classic!lighting!by!Jean!Rosenthal& Told!from!the!perspective!of!Clytemnestra"!the!Queen!of! Mycenae"!it!unfolds!like!the!rivers!of!blood!that!flowed!from! generation!to!generation!in!the!doomed!House!of!Atreus&!Only! Martha!Graham!could!bring!to!life!one!of!literature’s!most!reviled! women!with!modern!themes"!examining!religion"!politics"!and! social!conundrums!similar!to!what!can!be!found!in!the!world! today&!Its!cast!of!$(!dancers!brings!to!life!the!classic!characters"! Clytemnestra"!Agamemnon"!Electra"!Orestes"!Cassandra"! Iphigenia"!Helen!of!Troy"!and!the!timeless!plot!of!redemption& Janet!Eilber"!Artistic!Director Thursday"!November!#$"!%&'(!pm! Northrop /00"!/1$"!/*$"!/2* ------------------------------- Funding provided in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and private funders. Clytemnestra was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces: Dance initiative, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts. Special support provided by HGA Architects and Engineers. 5 6 $!%&'(%')('*)+!,!!$!northrop#umn#edu!, Moscow Festival Ballet COPPÉLIA “an impressive performance of a classical ballet, energized with dramatic expression and sensational steps.” The Chronicle; Durham, North Carolina Created!by!the!infamous!Arthur!Saint"Leon!in!#$%&!for!the! Paris!Opera'!with!a!celebrated!score!by!Leo!Delibes'!the!story! of!Coppélia!has!become!one!of!the!most!beloved'!full"length'! classic!storybook!ballets!in!history(!Though!not!o)en!seen! in!the!Twin!Cities'!this!story!of!a!doll!that!comes!to!life!was! considered!one!of!the!first!comic!ballets!when!premiered!and! set!the!standard!for!many!ballets!of!generations!to!come(! Though!most!of!the!action!focuses!on!the!mysterious!and!faintly! diabolical!inventor!Doctor!Coppélius'!the!story!ultimately!rests! on!the!love!story!between!the!classic!role!of!Swanhilda!and!her! true!heart’s!desire'!Franz(!Founded!in!#*$*!by!legendary!Bolshoi! Ballet!principal!dancer!Sergei!Radchenko'!the!Moscow!Festival! Ballet!a+ains!the!highest!classical!elements!derived!from!the! great!Bolshoi!and!Kirov!Ballet!companies(!This!production!will! showcase!all!of!the!hallmarks!of!Russian!ballet,!gorgeous!bodies'! beautiful!technique'!and!stunningly!dramatic!interpretation( Sergei!Radchenko"!artistic!director! Arthur!Saint#Leon"!choreographer Leo!Delibes"!composer Thursday"!January!$%"!&'()!pm! Friday"!January!$*"!+'))!pm Northrop -..'!-/0'!-10'!-21 ------------------------------- Funding!provided!in!part!by!a!grant!from!the!Minnesota!State!Arts!Board"!through!an! appropriation!by!the!Minnesota!State!Legislature"!a!grant!from!the!National!Endowment!for!the!