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Oct 13, 2014
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ARTEMIS IN ATHENS
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Tobin DelCuore.
Artemis in Athens.
Photo: NYC Dance Project.
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“Lar Lubovitch’s choreography is a
thrilling sight, ravishing the eye,
telling stories both complicated and mysterious.”
The New Yorker
For its 46th anniversary season, the internationally renowned Lar Lubovitch Dance Company will present ANCIENT TALES, a single program of two new dances based on ancient myths – the world premiere of The Black Rose and the premiere of a new production, Artemis in Athens, featuring guest artist Alessandra Ferri. Both works are set to original commissioned scores, and every show will include live music.
Ticket Price: Tickets start at $10!
Call JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800 for $10 tickets.
All other tickets can be purchased online at Joyce.org. Click here.
Wed Oct 15 @ 7 pm --- Thu Oct 16 @ 8pm --- Fri Oct 17 @ 8pm
Sat Oct 18 @ 2pm & 8pm --- Sun Oct 19 @ 2pm & 7:30pm
For info on Opening Night gala on October 15, see below or click here.
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Artemis to be danced by international ballet star --- ALESSANDRA FERRI
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Alessandra Ferri.
Artemis in Athens.
Photo: NYC Dance Project.
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Artemis in Athens, with a new production and revised choreography, is a re-imagining of Artemis, originally created by Lar Lubovitch for American Ballet Theatre and commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad in honor of the 2004 Olympic games in Greece. It was performed in Athens following its premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House.
The dance is based on a ancient myth in which Zeus, father of Artemis (goddess of the hunt), has given her a secret glade on earth and decreed death to any mortal who sees her there. Aktaion, hunting deer, stumbles upon the glade. Artemis, mercifully spares his life by transforming him into a deer, and sets him free to roam the woods.
The international ballet star Alessandra Ferri will be dancing the role of Artemis, and Lubovitch company member Tobin Del Cuore will dance the role of Aktaion.
Ferri has been honored worldwide. In 1980, she won the prestigious Prix de Lausanne, and then joined the Royal Ballet and was a principal dancer of the company until 1985 when she joined American Ballet Theater at the invitation of Mikhail Baryshnikov. She remained with ABT until 2007, while also at Teatro alla Scala in Milan where she was a recognized as Prima Ballerina Assoluta. Among her numerous prestigious international awards are the Sir Lawrence Olivier Award in London, the Dance Magazine Award in NY and the Prix Benois de la Danse in Moscow. From 2008 to 2014 she was the Director of Dance Programming at the Spoleto Festival in Italy. After a six-year absence from the stage, Ferri returned to performing at the Spoleto Festival in 2013 with The Piano Upstairs, and recently in NY at the Signature Theater in a production of CHERI by Martha Clarke, marking her return to the American stage. In 2015, she will return at the Royal Ballet in a new creation by Wayne McGregor based on Virginia Woolf’s novel “Mrs. Dalloway.”
Del Cuore studied at the Juilliard School, graduating in 2001. He joined the artists of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, where he danced for six years and had the opportunity to work with some of today’s most important choreographers. Prior to joining the Lubovitch company, he also danced with Aszure Barton & Artists, Houston Grand Opera, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, and BalletX.
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Original commissioned music --- CHRIS THEOFANIDIS
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Chris Theofanidis
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The music for Artemis in Athens is a re-orchestrated version of the original commissioned score by Christopher Theofanidis. He is one of the more widely performed American composers of his generation and regularly writes for a variety of musical genres, from orchestral and chamber music to opera and ballet. His works have been played by such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the London Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and his work, Rainbow Body, has been programmed by over 120 orchestras internationally. He has composed widely for the stage, from his work for Lar Lubovitch and American Ballet Theatre, to operas for the San Francisco and Houston Grand Opera companies. His large-scale piece, The Here and Now, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, based on poetry of Rumi, was nominated for a Grammy award in 2007. He is currently on the faculty of Yale University and has taught at the Peabody Conservatory and the Juilliard School.
Olga Chernova provided deeply appreciated support as a lead commissioner for the re-orchestration of the music for this new production at the Joyce.
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Costumes --- NAOMI LUPPESCU
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Naomi Luppescu. Photo by Marc Schreiner/MOS Atelier.
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The costumes for Artemis in Athens have been designed by Naomi Luppescu, a designer based in NYC. She received her BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase in 2004 after which she danced professionally while studying fashion design at FIT and at the Danish Design School in Copenhagen. Feeling a great need for costumes that were better suited for the moving body, she started NaLu Designs, a company specializing in costumes for dance. Luppescu has worked with Parsons Dance, Alvin Ailey II, LeeSaar the Company, Kate Skarpetowska, Loni Landon Dance Projects, MVworks, Lucinda Childs Dance, Shen Wei Dance Arts, Murray Spalding Mandalas, among others.
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Lighting & scenic effects --- JACK MEHLER
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Jack Mehler
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The lighting and scenic effects for Artemis in Athens have been designed by Jack Mehler, who has been designing for Lar Lubovitch since 2004, including Lar Lubovitch's Othello for the Joffrey Ballet and over twenty dances for the Lubovitch company. He has also designed Lubovitch works for San Francisco Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance and José Limón. His work has also been seen with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Ballet Memphis, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Donald Byrd/Spectrum Dance, Joffrey Ballet, as well as a great many theatrical companies. He won the 2012 Korean Musical Theatre equivalent to the Tony Award for Elisabeth and the 2013 award for Rebecca. Current projects include Lilac Garden for the Joffrey and Marie Antoinette in Seoul. He also provides design coordination/owner’s representation for arts organizations that are building and renovating performance and rehearsal facilities.
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Live music --- LE TRAIN BLEU, CONDUCTED BY RANSOM WILSON
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Ransom Wilson.
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Every performance of Artemis in Athens will be accompanied by live music provided by the ensemble Le Train Bleu, under the baton of the Lubovitch company's Music Director, Ransom Wilson.
Ransom Wilson has long been recognized internationally as one of the greatest flutists of his generation. Of late, he is turning increasingly to a career in orchestral and operatic conducting. He founded Solisti New York orchestra in 1981 and has been a member of the music staff at the Metropolitan Opera since 2006. Additionally, he is Artistic Director and conductor of Le Train Bleu, which recently received rave reviews for its debut performance at New York City’s innovative Galapagos Art Space. He has appeared as guest conductor with orchestras around the world.
Le Train Bleu is a musical collective formed by Ransom Wilson. The musicians are among the most exciting young players in New York, and are chosen for their brilliance as well as their expressive qualities. In the 2012-13 season, Le Train Bleu appeared at the Arts and Ideas Festival and the River to River Festival. Last year, they opened the Symphony Space concert season with an all-Kurt Weill program, and released their first CD. The present season sees residencies at the BravoVail festival and the Ocean Reef festival, in addition to New York appearances.
The O'Donnell-Green Music & Dance Foundation has provided deeply appreciated support for the live music accompanying Artemis in Athens.
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Including a corps of stars of the future --- JUILLIARD
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As part of an unparalleled educational experience, 10 young dancers from the Dance Division of the Juilliard School will be performing alongside Ferri & Tobin in Artemis in Athens. Juilliard's Dance Division was established in 1951 with founding director Martha Hill, becoming the first major teaching institution to combine equal instruction in both contemporary and classical techniques. Under the artistic direction of Lawrence Rhodes since 2002, the Division’s 96 dancers work towards a four-year B.F.A. degree, graduating to perform with prominent dance companies in the United States and abroad.
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YOU ARE INVITED!
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ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
invites you to celebrate the opening of our
46th anniversary season
ANCIENT TALES
including the
World Premiere of
The Black Rose
by Lar Lubovitch
commissioned score by Scott Marshall
AND THE
Premiere of
Artemis in Athens
by Lar Lubovitch
commissioned score by Chris Theofanidis
live music by Le Train Bleu
Ransom Wilson, conducting
and
Alessandra Ferri
as Artemis
Honoree for the evening
Pamela L. Crutchfield
7:00 pm Performance
The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street
8:30 pm Champagne reception
Del Posto Restaurant
85 Tenth Avenue at West 16th Street
9:15 pm Dinner & after-party
Del Posto Restaurant
85 Tenth Avenue at West 16th Street
with Lar Lubovitch and the dancers
Benefactor Ticket: $1,000 ($10,000 table for 10)
Patron Ticket: $500 ($5,000 table for 10)
Friend Ticket: $250
Cocktail/festive attire
Benefit Chairs
Connie Coddington
Rebecca Nelson
For more benefit ticket information, contact the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company at 212.221.7909 or http://www.lubovitch.org//.
Payment by check -- rather than credit card -- is preferred, providing 3% more support for the company. Checks may be mailed to the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company at 229 West 42nd Street, NYC 10036.
To purchase benefit tickets by credit card, click here:
http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=7402.
Benefactor -- Champagne reception, premium seating for performance & dinner & after-party -- $1,000.
Benefactor Table -- Reserved table for 10 at after-party, with all other benefits of Benefactor level tickets -- $10,000.
Patron -- Champagne reception, preferred seating for performance plus dinner & after-party -- $500.
Patron Table -- Reserved table for 10 at after-party, with all other benefits of Patron level tickets -- $5,000.
Friend -- Champagne reception and gala performance seat -- $250.
Sponsor -- Underwrite attendance by one of the 30 performers (23 dancers & 7 musicians) at dinner & after-party -- $150.
Contributions & sponsor amounts are fully tax-deductible. Tickets are partially tax-deductible.
All but $200 of each Patron and Benefactor ticket, and all but $100 of each Friend ticket, is tax-deductible.
To purchase non-benefit tickets for any of our 7 performances (Oct 15-19), contact JoyceCharge at 212.242.0800 or
http://www.joyce.org/performance/lar-lubovitch-dance-company/#.VCTImvldWSo.
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