The Bridge... Based on "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

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The Bridge Based on “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

by Ambrose Bierce Conceived:

Andrew Maxfield & Glen Nelson

Choreography:

Michelle Nielsen,

Brendan Duggan

SALT Artistic Director &

in partnership with the dancers

Produced:

Andrew Maxfield Music:

Costumes:

Lighting:

Stuart Maxfield with Andrew Maxfield

Candice Nielsen

Jaron Kent Hermansen

Set: Cristian Bell World Premiere Commissioned by UtahPresents

Thursday, November 8, 2018 • 7:00PM Friday-Saturday, November 9-10, 2018 • 7:30PM Kingsbury Hall Please turn off all cell phones, pagers and other noisemakers.

The taking of photographs, and audio or video recordings is strictly prohibited.

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About the Show

“A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man’s hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. … He unclosed his eyes and saw again the water below him. “If I could free my hands,” he thought, “I might throw off the noose and spring into the stream. By diving I could evade the bullets and, swimming vigorously, reach the bank, take to the woods and get away home. My home, thank God, is as yet outside their lines; my wife and little ones are still beyond the invader’s farthest advance.”

— From “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” by Ambrose Bierce The Bridge is based on “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”—a now-classic short story

by Ambrose Bierce, first published in 1890—which explores the fate of Peyton Farquhar, a civilian living in the fringes of the American Civil War. On the malicious advice of a disguised enemy spy, Peyton attempts to burn down a strategic bridge, his political sympathies and pride blinding him to the dangers of his undertaking. He discovers too late that his mission was a trap; his enemies apprehend him and prepare him immediately to be hanged. In his final, surreal moments, he imagines a redemptive unwinding of time, a retracing of steps—back to all that he is about to lose.

In 2005, Kurt Vonnegut lauded Bierce’s story as “a flawless example of American genius.”

If the story is indeed a classic, it certainly owes some of its timelessness to Bierce’s literary skill—the text reads like the dispassionate, rapid-fire prose of a battlefield journalist— precise, punchy, and penetrating. However, the story succeeds on another account: for better or worse, the central theme of being blinded by ideology is as potent and germane today as it was in 1890. Peyton’s story is an everyman story.

The Bridge isn’t simply a “retelling.” (Anyone who wants to read the story should go directly to the source—available in full text and audio at seethebridge.com—or perhaps consult derivatives like the related Twilight Zone episode.)

Instead, this is a reinterpretation or reimagination of the story’s DNA through the media of dance and music, made real through the performers who inhabit the work, spinning connective tissues from Bierce’s Victorian prose to our present lived experience, the abstraction of these art forms providing a canvas also for the active imagination of the audience.

What is the cost of your looking beyond the mark, of pursuing ideals to ruinous ends? In a moment of judgement, what will you regret? What—or who—matters most? What governs your affections and actions? We invite you to find your own story in Peyton’s, to examine your reflection in The Bridge.

— Brendan Duggan (choreographer) & Andrew Maxfield (co-producer)

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When Andrew and I first talked about The Bridge in late 2016, we had no idea that the show would eventually make its way to Kingsbury Hall, nor could we have imagined how it would evolve along the way. But here we are—thanks to accomplices like Brooke Horejsi at UtahPresents, and no less to each member of the creative and production teams who have jumped with both feet into this massive collaborative effort.

You’re an accomplice too—yes, you!—and I’m so glad that you’re voting for the arts with your patronage. Art is an opportunity to collaborate, especially true of dance and music, which necessarily creates community. And Utah is a great community in which to be making art.

As SALT Contemporary Dance celebrates its sixth anniversary, we tip our hats to everyone who has made this show—and all of our other shows—possible. We hope you will continue to join SALT and savor the fresh perspective of dance. And may it add flavor to your soul.

— Michelle Nielsen, Artistic Director (SALT Contemporary Dance) CAST

Eldon Johnson (Peyton), Ching Ching Wong (Florence), Natalie Border, Amy Lolofie, Logan McGill, Kaya Wolsey, and Myles Woolstenhulme (Ensemble) — with Stuart Maxfield.

UNDERSTUDIES

Haley Johnson, Jon Kim, Hayley Smihula, and Sierra Frost

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Amy Gunter Lolofie

Eldon Johnson

Jon Kim

Logan McGill

Sierra Frost

Kaya Wolsey

Ching Ching Wong

Myles Woolstenhulme

Natalie Border, Apprentice

Haley Johnson, Apprentice

Hayley Smihula, Apprentice

SPECIAL THANKS

A special thank you to every member of SALT’s company, whose contributions throughout the creative process have deeply inspired and shaped The Bridge.

Without their wit, humor, and sensitivity, this evening would not exist. Also a thank you to the SALT staff and volunteers who made this show possible including, but not limited to: Rachel Hellwig, Myles Woolstenhulme, Shanika Ells, and Jaimee Beard.

Huge thanks to everyone who made the 2016 workshop version of The Bridge a reality, including but not limited to: Chris Clark, Jenny Barlow, Kevin Dazet, Glen Nelson, Daniel Henderson, Mark Ammons and the BYU Jazz Ensemble with BYU Jazz Voices, the cast and technical teams.

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Production Team Brendan Duggan Choreographer

Brendan Duggan is a Brooklyn-based dancer and choreographer who has been creating original works since 2010. Throughout his career, he has performed with Gallim Dance, Loni Landon, Danielle Russo, Third Rail Projects, and Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More. As a choreographer, Duggan served as Co-Director of LoudHoundMovement (LHM) from 2012 - 2017 before establishing himself as an independent choreographer. His work has been presented nationally and internationally earning him a place in Springboard Danse Montréal’s Emerging Choreographers program, the winner of Western Michigan University’s National Choreographic Competition, and commissions for SALT Contemporary Dance, Whim W’Him Dance, and Western Michigan University.

Stuart Maxfield Lead Composer, Performer

Stuart Maxfield is a versatile contemporary musician and producer.

Known as the co-founder/frontman of Fictionist and s2_cool, Stuart has toured and performed extensively as a singer, bassist, guitarist, and violinist. In addition to being a sought-after studio musician and cofounder of Pleasant Pictures Music Club, Stuart teaches songwriting classes at BYU and UVU as well as in group classes based on his songwriting method book.

Andrew Maxfield Producer, Co-Composer

Andrew is a Boston-based composer and producer. Comprising primarily choral, art song, and chamber works, Andrew’s compositions have been performed throughout the United States and Europe.

Andrew studied music at BYU, where he was valedictorian and where he occasionally teaches as adjunct faculty. He pursued advanced studies in composition at the EAMA–Nadia Boulanger Institute in Paris, France, and The Boston Conservatory.

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Production Team

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Michelle Nielsen SALT Artistic Director

Michelle received her Bachelors degree in Dance Education from BYU and her Master of Fine Arts degree from University of California, Irvine. Michelle performed across the United States and internationally She has worked at all aspects of the dance world including: secondary education, children’s programs, studios, higher education, commercial and professional. She has taught in Universities and owned her own dance studio. Michelle currently serves as the Artistic Director of SALT Contemporary Dance.

Candice Nielsen Costume Designer

Candice Nielsen has worked in costume design for over a decade. She received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College in Theatre and Costume Design. She is also earned a BA from Brigham Young University in Theatre Arts with a costume design concentration. Candice has worked extensively in costumes for theatre, tv, & film in New York City. Recently relocated to the Salt Lake area, Candice has designed costumes for SALT for various contemporary dance performances over the last two seasons.

She is excited to merge the theatrical and dance worlds in her costumes for the upcoming The Bridge project. Candice presented The Bridge costumes this fall at Utah Fashion week.

Jaron Kent Hermansen Lighting Designer

Clue, Altar Boyz, Steel Magnolias, Art, RED, The Foreigner, Murder for Two (The Cape Playhouse, MA). The Music Man, Wizard of Oz, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Fiddler on the Roof (Sundance Eccles Theater, UT). Eleemosynary (The Brooks, CA). The King’s Men, Private Ear, Hedda Gabler, The Weird Play (Rose Wagner, UT).

Bride of Frankenstein, Sonder, A Streetcar Named Desire (Found Spaces, UT). Jaron sat on the Board of Directors for the United States Institute of Theater Technology Intermountain Desert Region & is a lecturer at Utah Valley University. Jaron is a nominee of the USITT Young Professionals Rising Star award.

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Production Team Cristian Bell Set Designer

Cristian Bell serves as the Operations Director for the School of the Arts at Utah Valley University where he leads a team for production support for all the performance events. His Technical Director credits include: Sundance Summer Theater, University of Maryland Baltimore County Theatre Department,1st Stage Virginia, Presbyterian College Theatre Department in South Carolina, Actor’s Repertory Theatre Ensemble, UNLV Opera, Light Opera Oklahoma, The Nevada Conservatory Theater, and Great River Shakespeare Festival. Cristian also designed sets for Signature Theatre’s production of Aida, Orson Scott Card’s production of Posing for People, and UMBC’s production of Fabulous Presto. B.F.A., Brigham Young University. M.F.A. Technical Direction, University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Lexie Corbett SALT Executive Director

Lexie graduated with her bachelors in Dance Education and masters in Arts Administration. As a performer, she traveled throughout the United States and across Europe. She has more than ten years of experience teaching preschool through adults in public schools and private studios. Lexie has served in various leadership positions and she currently runs her own arts management company while serving as the Executive Director for SALT Contemporary Dance.

Kyle Hess Stage Manager

Working in the Theatrical world for over 25 years, Kyle has worked with Disney, Universal Studios, and locally with Utah presenters: Sundance, Pioneer Theater Company, Hale Center Theatre, Utah Opera, Utah Musical Theatre, and many schools. He has also worked on tours to Croatia, Bulgaria, and Taiwan. Kyle is grateful for this opportunity to work with the creative team of The Bridge and this wonderful company. Enjoy the Show!

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