Reid Bartelme, Mucuy Bolles, Barton Cowperthwaite. ................The Black Rose. Photo: NYC Dance Project.

“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 is presenting 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.

FINAL 5 SHOWS
Fri Oct 17 @ 8pm --- Sat Oct 18 @ 2pm & 8pm --- Sun Oct 19 @ 2pm & 7:30pm

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The Black Rose is derived from ancient legends and folk tales that predate the written word. Centuries later, these legends were transformed into what are known today as fairy tales.

The three leading roles will be danced by company members Reid Bartelme, Mucuy Bolles and Barton Cowperthwaite. They will be supported by Nicole Corea, Chanel DaSilva, Kamille Upshaw, Anthony Bocconi, Josh Green, Robert Moore and Eric Williams.

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Scott Marshall

Scott Marshall, composer of the music for The Black Rose, is a multimedia artist, illustrator and art director (scottmarshall.org). He previously collaborated with Lar Lubovitch on the soundscape for the acclaimed full-length work Men's Stories: A Concerto in Ruin. His other audio compositions include works for Woody Allen ("Small Time Crooks") and for choreographers Scott Rink, Karla Wolfangle and Takehiro Ueyama. In collaboration with musician Fred Ho, Marshall created the full-length live-mix video component for Ho's "All Power To The People!" which saw performances at NYC's The Kitchen, and a two-week residency at Minneapolis' Walker Art Center. His personal video work received two Brooklyn Arts Council Grants. Born and raised in Chicago, as a free-form DJ on WZRD-FM, with other colleagues and groups such as End Result and ONO, Marshall was a pioneer in that city's burgeoning avant-noise-industrial music scene in the early 1980s. He founded and managed Panic Records and Tapes, a micro label producing and distributing the work of the leading experimental musicians of the day, with limited-edition products that all featured individually hand-crafted packaging. Radio stations, contacts and customers eventually covered nearly 20 countries. Presently, as an illustrator, and in partnership with Ethan Persoff, Marshall is creating a graphic memoir of underground publishing pioneer John Wilcock; serialized online at ep.tc/johnwilcock and boingboing.net/tag/wilcock.

The O'Donnell-Green Music & Dance Foundation provided deeply appreciated support for commissioning the music for this world premiere.

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Fritz Masten.

The costumes for The Black Rose have been designed by Fritz Masten, a highly versatile artist who has designed costumes and sets for theaters across the country, most prominently at the Public Theater, The Juilliard School, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Houston Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. As a draper, Masten has created clothes for Tony Award winning designers Gregg Barnes, Jane Greenwood, William Ivey Long, Martin Pakledinaz, and Ann Hould-Ward, as well as for fashion designers Bob Mackie, Thierry Mugler, and Narciso Rodriguez. His contribution to Bill Hayward’s photo book “Bad Behavior” was featured in Vanity Fair. He created the video “How to Make a Tutu.” Masten is sought after as a guest speaker, teacher and mentor to students pursuing theater and fashion. He has been nominated for the Joseph Jefferson Award and the Irene Sharaff Award.

Elysabeth Kleinhans provided deeply appreciated support for commissioning the costumes for The Black Rose.