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Untitled-3 1 4/30/19 12:11 PM October 2019 | Volume 16, No. 1 WELCOMEFrom Seattle Theatre Group, a non-profit arts organization We proudly welcome you to the start of Seattle Theatre Group’s 2019/2020 Performing Arts Season, featuring a lineup of proficient, innovative artists who bring a wide range of talent to our historic venues! As the people’s theatre, where all are welcomed and represented, STG is committed to advocating for greater participation in the arts by granting access for all, reducing barriers, and including diverse people, cultures, and perspectives on our stages. This season has been carefully curated to support these values, and as we kick off our season with these fall events, we look forward to the varied experiences and conversations we hope these performances will inspire. The season opens with the world premiere of The Sun Still Burns Here, an evening-length dance and music project created by Seattle-based choreographer Kate Wallich and her company The YC and musician/ composer Mike Hadreas of the band Perfume Genius. The piece, which was My legacy. My partner. commissioned by STG, blends Hadreas’ music with Wallich’s choreographic narratives to radically integrate an indie rock performance with contemporary dance. PAUL HEPPNER President Throughout the month of October, we are working in association with MIKE HATHAWAY Senior Vice President LANGSTON to present our Silent Movie Mondays: Pioneers of African You have dreams. Goals you want to achieve during your lifetime and a legacy you want to leave KAJSA PUCKETT Vice President, American Cinema Series, which highlights influential and innovative African behind. The Private Bank can help. Our highly specialized and experienced wealth strategists can Sales & Marketing American artists from the silent era, bringing attention to the significant role GENAY GENEREUX Accounting & these artists played in the early days of cinema. help you navigate the complexities of estate planning and deliver the customized solutions you Office Manager In a special collaboration, we are partnering with On the Boards to present need to ensure your wealth is transferred according to your wishes. Production SUSAN PETERSON Vice President, Production composer Bryce Dessner’s and librettist Korde Arrington Tuttle’s Triptych JENNIFER SUGDEN Assistant Production (Eyes of One on Another), which uses music, images, poetry, and a Take the first step in ensuring the preservation of your wealth for your lifetime and Manager performance by vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth to capture the complex future generations. ANA ALVIRA, STEVIE VANBRONKHORST effects of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s works. Electro-acoustic Production Artists and Graphic Designers polymath MAX RICHTER then rounds out the month of October in a Sales performance with American Contemporary Music Ensemble and To learn more, please visit unionbank.com/theprivatebank or contact: MARILYN KALLINS, TERRI REED San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives Grace Davidson. BRIEANNA HANSEN, AMELIA HEPPNER, In November, we present two performances that bridge cultures and expand ANN MANNING Seattle Area Lisa Roberts Account Executives boundaries. First is Indian Ink Theatre Company’s Mrs. Krishnan’s Party—at Managing Director, Private Wealth Management CAROL YIP Sales Coordinator the Erickson Theatre—which offers an evening of laughter, tears, good music, and great food as the audience is invited around a dining table in the back [email protected] Marketing SHAUN SWICK Senior Designer & Digital Lead room of an Indian-run convenience store. Then comes our annual Global 415-705-7159 CIARA CAYA Marketing Coordinator Party show, a high energy performance of cultural and contemporary dance and music that gives students and families the opportunity to learn more Encore Media Group about their world and the diverse Seattle community. 425 North 85th Street • Seattle, WA 98103 800.308.2898 • 206.443.0445 With the success of last year’s sold-out performance, we welcome The Hip [email protected] Hop Nutcracker back to The Paramount for two performances this holiday encoremediagroup.com season. This contemporary dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music is a modern take on a beloved classic and is not to be missed. Encore Arts Programs and Encore Stages are published monthly by Encore Media Group to serve performing arts We want to thank you for helping us kick off our new season, and we look events in the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Seattle Area. All rights reserved. ©2019 Encore Media Group. forward to sharing these, and all of our upcoming performances with you Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. throughout the coming year! Wills, trusts, foundations, and wealth planning strategies have legal, tax, accounting, and other implications. Clients should consult a legal or tax advisor. Jack McLarnan Manager of Fine Arts Programs ©2019 MUFG Union Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC. Union Bank is a registered trademark and brand name of MUFG Union Bank, N.A. encorespotlight.com 3 Untitled-3 1 4/30/19 12:11 PM PARAMOUNT AND MOORE SEASON PARTNERS Kate Wallich + The YC x Perfume Genius The Sun Still Burns Here Kate Wallich (Co-Director + Choreographer + Performer) Mike Hadreas (Co-Director + Composer + Performer) Alan Wyffels (Composer + Performer + Collaborator) Lavinia Vago (Rehearsal Director + Performer + Collaborator) Andrew Bartee (Performer + Collaborator) David Harvey (Performer + Collaborator) Thomas House (Performer + Collaborator) Sam Gendel (Musician) Darren Weiss (Musician) Laura Carella (Apprentice + Collaborator) Amiya Brown (Production Designer) Christine Tran/cuniform (Costumer) Colton Dixon Winger/cuniform (Costumer) Andrew J.S. (Art Director) Deanne Franklin (Sound Engineer) Alex Hyman (Company Manager) 4 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP THE MOORE THEATRE OCTOBER 4 & 5 The Sun Still Burns Here is an evening-length dance and music About Perfume Genius: collaboration between Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich + The YC Perfume Genius is the nom de poster-wraith of American pop-star commissioned by Seattle Theatre Group, The Joyce Theater and MASS Mike Hadreas, whose 2014 breakout album Too Bright marked a MoCA. The Sun Still Burns Here had its World Premiere at The Moore musical and performative leap that sounds unlike anything before or Theatre in Seattle and will tour to The Joyce Theater, The Walker Art since. With the songs on his wildly acclaimed Blake Mills-produced, Center Co-Presented by SPCO’s Liquid Music Series, and ICA Boston. GRAMMY nominated 2017 album No Shape, he’s gone even further, merging church music, makeout music, R&B, art pop, krautrock, and Combining Perfume Genius’ unique sound with the exacting craft of queer soul into his take on stadium anthems. This is church music Kate Wallich’s choreographic narratives and Amiya Brown’s expansive the same way Prince’s Black Album is — too dirty. And it is femme art production design, The Sun Still Burns Here unravels themes of pop the way Kate Bush’s The Dreaming is — too scary — its emotions deterioration, catharsis, and transcendence from the body. Wallich arranged all along the slippery continuum from rage to irony to love. and Hadreas unite a team of musicians, dancers, and designers to create a stunning and emotionally complex performance that radically Perfume Genius has graced the stages of late night television shows integrates indie rock with contemporary dance. (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show with David Letterman, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), prominent venues including the Walt The Sun Still Burns Here was created in collaboration with Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, longtime Perfume Genius collaborator Alan Wyffels, the artists in and Forest Hills Stadium in New York among many others. They Wallich’s company The YC, costume stylists cuniform, Art Director have been featured in publications including GQ, New York Times, Andrew J.S., and Production Designer Amiya Brown. The work Pitchfork, The Guardian, Vogue, and the cover of The FADER. features Perfume Genius, Kate Wallich, Lavinia Vago (The YC, RUBBERBandance, Sidra Bell), Thomas House (The YC, Kyle About The YC Abraham, Merce Cunningham Trust), David Harvey (The YC, Alonzo The YC was co-founded by Kate Wallich and Lavinia Vago in 2010 King Lines Ballet) and Andrew Bartee (The YC, Pacific Northwest and is a program of Studio Kate Wallich. The YC is comprised of Ballet, Ballet BC). world-class dance artists who research and collaborate on new works under Artistic Director Kate Wallich and Rehearsal Director Lavinia This work was developed over the course of 18 months, supported by Vago. The company has premiered five evening-length works and creative residencies at the Joyce Theater Foundation’s Artist Residency multiple short-form works including Super Eagle (Velocity Dance Center and technical residencies at MASS MoCA and at The Moore Center, 2014), Splurge Land (On the Boards, 2015), Industrial Ballet Theatre in Seattle. (Velocity Dance Center/Seattle Theater Group, 2016), Dream Dances (On the Boards, 2017) and The Sun Still Burns Here (Seattle Theatre ‘The Sun Still Burns Here’ is commissioned by Seattle Theatre Group Group/The Joyce Theater/MASS MoCa, 2019).