Program - Lang Arts Senior Capstone Production 2023

April 14-15, 2023

John L. Tishman Auditorium

Lighting Design: Kathy Kaufmann

Stage Management: Megan Dechaine

Faculty Advisor: Neil Greenberg

Resourcing the Resistance

Created by: Grae Budgeon

Music by: yuecubed

Performed by: Grae Budgeon (they/them) and Tyler Wright (she/they)

Note: The audience is invited to join the performers on stage for the opening performance installation.

Hello I’m Grae! Resourcing the Resistance is an installation performance that uses improvised bondage (tying the body with rope) to engage the sources of trans joy in resistance to oppression experienced by the performers. I have been tying for 2 years and all actions performed on stage have been consented to by all participants involved. Welcome to the gallery of my resources, please enjoy!

The Body Listens

Created and Performed by: Audrey Chou

Music by: Calvin Chang

The Body Listens explores the communication between the body and music through technological sounds and improvisation The piece is made with a purpose to project the idea of presence in real time performance

Linda, The Woman

Written and Directed by: Kami Zimmer

Music by: Sage Klein and Kami Zimmer

Performed by: Kami Zimmer and Sage Klein

Consciousness

Choreography by: Kyle Marshall with contribution from the performers

Music by:Alice Contrane “Shiva-Loka” and “Universal Consciousness”

Performed by: Charlotte Beck, Mikaela Cadenhead, Layla Greene, Alessandra Keledjian and Catherine Raymond

Consciousness was developed in Kyle Marshall’s Fall 2022 Movement Research Performance course.

I haven’t invited my father to this show

Created and Performed by: Catherine Raymond

Music by: alt-J, Intro; Nicholas Britell, Agape

T H A N K S

From Grae:

Thank you to my partner and model Tyler, my parents, Neil Greenberg and all crew, and all my fellow queer and trans folx for uplifting and creating space for this performance.

From Audrey:

First of all I really thank you for the Lang program and Neil for providing me this opportunity to show work Also thank you for Calvin who is working with me on this project. And of course all my friends and family, in class and at home, that supported my work along the way.

From Kami:

Kami would like to thank Sage Klein for being the most awesomely Jewish pianist to exist. The grace with which they handle a puppet doll takes their breath away every day

BIOGRAPHIES

Kyle Marshall is a choreographer, performer, teacher and artistic director of Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC), a dance company that sees the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform and a site of celebration. Kyle has received a 2018 NY Dance and Performance Juried Bessie Award, a 2020 Dance Magazine Harkness Promise Award and a 2020 Bessie Honoree for his revival of Colored (2017) He has also received choreographic fellowships from Princeton University, Center for Ballet and the Arts, and residencies from Monira Foundation, 92nd st Y, CPR, and Bethany Arts Community. As an educator, Kyle has conducted masterclasses, creative workshops, set choreography at schools including; ADF, Rutgers University, Ailey/Fordham University, Sarah Lawrence College, County Prep High School, and Eugene Lang/New School. He is currently an adjunct professor at NYU’s Open Arts Program. Kyle is a former member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, doug elkins choreography etc., and Tiffany Mills Company. He is a graduate of Rutgers University with a BFA in Dance and a NJ Arts Fellow.

Kathy Kaufmann (Lighting Designer) is a New York City native, and two time Bessie recipient. She is resident designer at Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church, and has toured extensively throughout the world. She designs regularly for Dorrance Dance, Joanna Kotze, The Bang Group, Mariana Valencia, NDI, Rebecca Stenn, Ephrat Asherie Dance, Vicky Shick, and Music From The Sole.

Megan Dechaine (Stage Manager) (she/her) is a New York City based stage manager originally from Washington State. She graduated from Western Washington University with a B.A. in Theatre. She is currently the Production Stage Manager for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and New York Live Arts. Past credits include the American Dance Festival, Sleep No More, Mimi Garrard Dance, Jody Oberfelder Projects, Sara Juli, Kuntz and Company, and Bellingham Repertory Dance.

Lang Arts Program Directors, Spring 2023

Arts Chair: Danielle Goldman

Contemporary Dance: Neil Greenberg

Contemporary Music: Ivan Raykoff

Theater: Cecilia Rubino

Visual Studies: Soyoung Yoon

Rafael Muñoz, Assistant Director of The Arts Program