Fall 2023 Season Brochure by New York Live Arts

FALL 2023 SEASON

We acknowledge and pay respect to Lenape people past, present, and coming in the future. We acknowledge and offer deep gratitude to Lenapehoking where our theater sits - the land, the waters of the Lenape homeland.

Writing this note before the launch of yet another season, we pause to think about the role New York Live Arts plays in our performing arts ecosystem with its disappearing festivals, residencies, funding, and the concurrent birth of big new venues. It is hard to tell the direction of the current from within. Perhaps it is best for our organization to be an organic entity with interconnected and breathing parts in perpetual evolution. We feel very grateful to the people - co-workers, board members, supporters, artists, collaborators, partners, producers, peers, audience members — that collectively make meaning of what we do. We continue to support the creation of new work by artists at all stages of their careers, some of which will have their premiere in the Spring. This Fall, we are honored to partner with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef and Arpels, DIA, Performa, Villa Albertine and Crossing the Line/FIAF to present genre bending works by Smaïl Kanouté, Gisèle Vienne, Dorothée Munyaneza and Juni One Set. The works explore themes of violence, love, community, resilience, transformation, through the imagination, vision, craft and artistry of an intergenerational group of artists. And, if you missed the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s recent sold out run of Curriculum II, you will have another opportunity to catch it in October.

See you at New York Live Arts.

Bill & Janet Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director Janet Wong, Associate Artistic Director

Welcome!

Cover photo of Mailles by Dorothée Munyaneza, photo by Leslie Artamonow Opposite page: Bill and Janet by Maria Baranova

FALL 2023 CALENDAR

SEP 20 530PM

SEP 27

730PM

Live Gallery: Nate Lewis

Opening Reception

Co-presented with French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing the Line Festival and Villa Albertine, as part of the Albertine Dance Season

Smaïl Kanouté

Never Twenty One

OFF-SITE @ Florence Gould Hall

55 East 59th Street

OCT 4-7

Curriculum II

730PM Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company

OCT 21 & 23

730PM

OCT 22 4PM

OCT 26-27

730PM

Presented with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival:

Gisèle Vienne

L’Étang

Presented with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival:

Dorothée Munyaneza

Mailles

NOV 16-18

730PM

Presented with Dia Art Foundation as part of Performa Biennial 2023

Juni One Set

Boy mother / faceless bloom

DEC 4 7PM Bill Chats with Marc Bamuthi Joseph

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Box Office Tickets can be purchased at newyorklivearts. org or by calling the box office at 212.924.0077

Hours: Monday–Friday: 3pm–9pm Saturday & Sunday: 11am–9pm

Ticketing Ticket pricing is on a variable scale, with a minimum of $15 made possible by Con-Edison. We offer a standard ticket price, as well as options to pay more or less.

Live Core artists, Students and Seniors receive 20% off select tickets. Limited $10 student rush tickets day of the show, pending availability.

FALL ‘23 MAINSTAGE SUBSCRIPTION : Save 25% on entire order when you purchase 1 ticket to each of our mainstage shows.

Directions 219 W 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 (Between 7th & 8th Aves)

Subway: 1 to 18th Street, 2/3, F, M, L and A/C/E to 14th Street.

Accessibility

Live Arts' entrances are located on the street level, as is the main entrance to the theater. Box Office staff is available for assistance at either the single revolving door or pair of push bar doors. The elevator provides access to theater seating at the front of the audience, administrative offices, and the studios. Studios and bathroom entrances have ADA push button swing doors.

Photo: Maria Baranova

“To the Moon! A Vivid Bill T. Jones Dance Leaves Earth’s Orbit”

- The New York Times

BILL T. JONES/ ARNIE ZANE COMPANY

Curriculum II

OCT 4-7, 730PM

Fresh off the heels of a jubilant 40th season complete with a national tour, nine licensing partnerships, and a long-awaited return to Brazil, Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company opens the fall 2023 season at Live Arts with the return of The New York Times ’ Critic’s Pick Curriculum II. Conceived and directed by Jones and choreographed by Jones with Janet Wong and the Company, the poetic quilt - sewn of text, lecture as narration, live song, sound and visual installation, and the Company’s distinctive movement lexicon - applies ideas from great minds Achille Mbembe, Louis Chude-Sokei, and Sylvia Wynter. Join the Company on its home stage to explore the historical and persistent connection between race and technology and the pursuit of what is human. “The other must be understood as that which is to come.”

Sylvia Wynter

Oct 5 Stay Late Discussion

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Curriculum II is commissioned and produced by New York Live Arts with commissioning support from PEAK Performances at Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ and the American Dance Festival. Curriculum II premiered with PEAK Performances in June 2022. Created with support from the Made in Wickenburg Residency Program at the Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts in Wickenburg, Arizona with funding from the R.H. Johnson Foundation and The Welk Foundation.

The creation of new work by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is made possible in part by the company’s Partners in Creation: Anonymous (2), Anne Delaney, Zoe Eskin, Eleanor Friedman, Ruth & Stephen Hendel, Suzanne Karpas, Ellen Poss, Jane Bovingdon Semel, in memory of Linda G. Shapiro, Slobodan Randjelović & Jon Stryker.

Photo by Lorenza Daverio

SMAÏL KANOUTÉ

Never Twenty One

SEP 27, 730PM

Co-presented with French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing the Line Festival and Villa Albertine, as part of the Albertine Dance Season

OFF-SITE @ Florence Gould Hall

55 East 59th Street, NY, NY

French-Malian choreographer/dancer Smaïl Kanouté’s Never Twenty One makes its U.S. premiere in a FIAF co-presentation with New York Live Arts and Villa Albertine. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement’s #Never21 hashtag, this deeply resonant piece pays tribute to young people of color who have lost their lives to gun violence all over the world before reaching the age of 21. The dancers’ intense movement draws on contemporary and intuitive dance, krump, popping, and baile funk in recounting the stories of many broken lives.

Photo: Estelle Hanania

“It’s a transfixing performance, which brings to the surface emotions that are often suppressed in dysfunctional family settings.”

- The New York Times

GIS È LE VIENNE

L’Étang

OCT 21 & 23, 730PM

OCT 22, 4PM

Presented with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival

An adaptation of an early work by the Swiss writer Robert Walser, L’Étang reveals an intricate tale of filial love. It is the story of a boy who feels unloved by his mother and, at the lowest point of his despair, pretends to commit suicide in order to see her love for him one last time. The two actresses, Adèle Haenel and Julie Shanahan, embody one and two characters respectively while lending their voices to the others. Several levels of perception of reality and temporality, interiority and exteriority coexist. In examining the conventions of the theater and the family, L’Étang notably raises the question of the shared representation of reality, the social norm, and what we see.

Oct 22 Stay Late Discussion

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Profoundly attached to the world of dance since its origins, the High Jewelry Maison strengthens its commitment with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. Guided by the values of creation, transmission and education, this initiative aims to support artists and institutions in presenting choreographic heritage, while also promoting new productions. Since its launch in 2020, it has promoted numerous dance companies for their creations as well as the presentation of multiple performances around the world. The program is complemented each year by major events, including the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, whose first edition took place in London in March 2022. This support further extends to awareness-raising actions focused on dance culture for the broadest possible audience, professionals and amateurs alike. Dancereflections-vancleefarpels.com

“Through

Photo by Leslie Artamonow

the very act of turning the pain into art, the sorrow into song and dance and story, Munyaneza transmutes, as do the blues, the badness into steppingstones towards a kind of grace.”

- Stagebuddy, J.C. Wright

DOROTH É E MUNYANEZA

Mailles

OCT 26-27, 730PM

Presented with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival

Beauty lies in insubordination. Dorothée Munyaneza brings together 5 Black, African and Afro-descendant artists to weave intimate journeys together, from Bristol to Seville and Port-au-Prince to Marseille, creating a symphony of voices. Each of these voices and bodies tells a unique story of commitment and strength.

Oct 27 Stay Late Discussion

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Dancereflections-vancleefarpels.com

Photo by Joshua Kohl

JUNI ONE SET

Boy mother / faceless bloom

NOV 16-18, 730PM

Presented with Dia Art Foundation as part of Performa Biennial 2023

Dia and New York Live Arts present the New York premiere of Boy mother / faceless bloom, a stage work by Juni One Set, a collaboration of Senga Nengudi, eddy kwon, and Haruko Crow Nishimura & Joshua Kohl of Degenerate Art Ensemble. The work is presented in conjunction with the long-term exhibition of Nengudi’s work on view at Dia Beacon, as part of Performa Biennial 2023.

Threading mythology and autobiography, while drawing from the diverse lineages of queer, anti-colonial, and care-based artistic practices, Boy mother / faceless bloom is an interdisciplinary performance work. Dance, music, poetry, ritual, and sculptural installation converge to tell a story of transformation, transgression, and the formation of new trancestral lines.

Nov 17 Stay Late Discussion

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‘23 MAINSTAGE SUBSCRIPTION

Boy mother / faceless bloom is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by Colorado College in partnership with Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, and NPN. The Creation &Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information, visit www.npnweb.org.

This project is supported by the National Performance Network (NPN) Documentation & Storytelling Initiative. For more information: www.npnweb.org.

Boy mother / faceless bloom was made with financial and residency support from BASE Experimental Arts (Seattle) and Roulette Intermedium (Brooklyn).

NATE LEWIS

Live Gallery

SEP 20, 530PM OPENING

RECEPTION

ON VIEW: SEP 15, 2023-FEB 29, 2024

The Ford Foundation Live Gallery in the Live Arts lobby welcomes a new exhibition from visual artist Nate Lewis. Born and raised outside of Pittsburgh in the town of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, he is currently living and working between NYC and Washington, D.C. Lewis explores history through patterns, textures, and rhythm, creating meditations of celebration and lamentations. Interested in the unseen, his work is driven by empathy, and the desire to understand nuanced points of view. Lewis’s work has been exhibited at the California African American Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Yale Center for British Art, and is in the public collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Blanton Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC,and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.

Photo courtesy of the artist

BILL CHATS with Marc Bamuthi

DEC 4, 7PM

Joseph

The singular Bill Chats program features Jones in conversation with poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph. This season’s first in the series of intimate chats between Jones and theater makers, authors, scholars, and more, will pay witness to these two artists’ deep working relationship and creative dialogue behind their co-conceived opera Watch Night opening the Perelman Performing Arts Center’s (PAC NYC) inaugural season, November 3-18. Directed and Choreographed by Jones, Libretto by Bamuthi Joseph, and Composed by Tamar-kali, this PAC NYC commission is an immersive exploration of justice and forgiveness in the face of deadly rage.

We thank our Partners for New Performance for supporting Bill Chats: Alexes Hazen, Linda Hirschson, Julie Orlando, Andrea Rosen, Nina Stricker, and Robyn Trani.

Photo by Bethanie Hines Photo by Maria Baranova

RESIDENT ARTISTS

Live Feed

The Live Feed creative residency is Live Arts’ central platform for the commissioning and incubation of new work. Welcome to the new roster of Live Feed artists: Wally Cardona, Jasmine Hearn, Wanjiru Kamuyu and Derek Lee McPhatter. Join us for premieres by current residency artists Lacina Coulibaly, MX Oops, and Ashley R.T. Yergens during our Spring 2024 season. The Live Feed Residency program is supported in part by Partners for New Performance.

Wally Cardona Jasmine Hearn Derek Lee McPhatter Wanjiru Kamuyu Photo by Mathieu Waddell Photo by Jansen Bridge Photo courtesy of the artist Photo courtesy of the artist

2023-2024 RANDJELOVIĆ/STRYKER RESIDENT COMMISSIONED ARTIST

Miguel Gutierrez is a choreographer, composer, performer, singer, writer, educator, podcaster, visual artist, and arts advocate who has been based in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn for twenty five years. His work creates empathetic and irreverent spaces outside of traditional discourse – he believes in an approach to art making that is fierce, fragile, empathetic, political, and poetic.

The Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist program is one of the nation’s most comprehensive mid-career choreographer awards, providing two years of full-time salary, health benefits, studio time, a major commission of a new work to premiere at New York Live Arts, and artistic, administrative and production support. The goal of the residency is for Live Arts to be in collaboration with the artist in the creation of a work that may not have been possible without this kind of support, as well as building a structure towards a sustainable career that lasts beyond the residency.

The Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist Program is made possible with lead funding from Mellon Foundation and has been named for lead donors Jon Stryker and New York Live Arts board Vice-chair Slobodan Randjelović.

Photo by Chloe Cusimano Miguel Gutierrez

LIVE CORE

Are you an artist working to connect with larger audiences and raise funds to support your work?

Enrollment in Live Core is $100 for a full year of unlimited access to the program’s offerings, including the Fiscal Sponsorship Program, discounts on tickets and workshops, professional development services, and more!

For more information on joining Live Core, please visit newyorklivearts.org or contact Bianca Bailey at bbailey@newyorklivearts.org.

Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk

DONATE

Artists play a distinct role in our communities, especially in times of upheaval and change. We are honored to play a small part in ensuring artists are supported, seen, and heard. Live Arts is sustained by the generosity of individuals, and your presence and participation is vital to our ability to continue the important work ahead of us.

Your tax-deductible donation of any amount provides vital resources to artists at every career stage in the form of commissioning funds, residencies, studio space, and professional services.

We thank our Trustees, Partners in Creation, Partners for New Performance, Patrons Circle, and Donors for their generous support.

To learn about ways to support New York Live Arts and the artists we serve please visit newyorklivearts.org/support.

Photo by Maria Baranova

SUPPORT

Support for New York Live Arts is provided by the Arnhold Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Ed Bradley Family Foundation, The Brant Foundation, Inc., Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Dance/NYC, Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, Marta Heflin Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Alex Katz Foundation, Lambent Foundation, Alice Lawrence Foundation, Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Muriel Pollia Foundation, National Performance Network, New England Foundation for the Arts, NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund in the New York Community Trust, One World Fund, The Poss Family Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, The Semel Charitable Foundation, Scherman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Tides Foundation

Corporate support for New York Live Arts includes Con Edison, Google, Tito’s Handmade Vodka.

Public support for New York Live Arts is from Humanities New York, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and special thanks to Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, and the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature Dance/NYC’s New York City Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program, made possible by Mellon Foundation.

We thank our Partners for New Performance for supporting the Live Feed, Fresh Tracks, Live Ideas, Open Spectrum, Bill Chats, and humanities programming: Alexes Hazen, Linda Hirschson, Julie Orlando, Andrea Rosen, Nina Stricker, Robyn Trani.