2016 Ringling International Arts Festival

RINGLING INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL OCT 13 – 16 • Sarasota / Bradenton, FL

OCT 13 – 16

THANK YOU TO OUR 2016 SPONSORS

DIRECTOR

Huisking Family Fund of Community Foundation of Sarasota County Publix Super Markets Charities

PATRON

Lucia and Steven Almquist Kathy and Michael Bush Tom and Ann Charters Cumberland Advisors Icard Merrill Dorothy and Charles Jenkins, Jr. Macy’s Tina Shao Napoli and Dan Napoli Dick and Betty Nimtz Ina Schnell Stephen and Judith Shank SunTrust Private Wealth Management Willis A. Smith Construction

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR HOSPITALITY SPONSOR

SpringHill Suites by Marriott

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR MEDIA SPONSORS

Herald-Tribune Media Group Sarasota Magazine Scene Magazine

SRQ Media WEDU/PBS WUSF Public Media

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF RIAF 2016

Dr. Susan M. Brainerd and Alan R. Quinby Gulf Coast Destinations, Inc.

Muse at The Ringling Sarasota Capoeira Maculele Stella Artois

Support for the Art of Performance, was provided in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues. Additional support was provided by the Amicus Endowment and The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation.

WELCOME TO THE 2016 RINGLING INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL With daring audacity and riveting virtuosity, these performers from across America and around the world have come to The Ringling for our most innovative, inventive, and exhilarating RIAF yet.

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RIAF OPENING NIGHT featuring Dendê & Band MUSEUM OF ART COURTYARD THU, 8:00 PM

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DOUG ELKINS CHOREOGRAPHY, ETC. MERTZ THEATRE OPENING NIGHT, 7:00 PM / FRI, 8:00 PM / SAT, 2:00 PM

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EIGHTH BLACKBIRD HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER OPENING NIGHT, 7:00 PM / FRI, 5:00 PM / SAT, 2:00 PM

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GRAVITY & OTHER MYTHS RINGLING CIRCUS MUSEUM

OPENING NIGHT, 7:00 PM / FRI, 5:00 PM / SAT, 8:00 PM / SUN, 2:00 PM

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THE PIANIST MERTZ THEATRE

FRI, 5:00 PM / SAT, 8:00 PM / SUN, 5:00 PM

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17 BORDER CROSSINGS HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER

FRI, 8:00 PM / SAT, 5:00 PM

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B.A.N.G.S.: MADE IN AMERICA HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER

SAT, 9:00 PM / SUN, 5:00 PM

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MATT HAIMOVITZ

COURT OF CA’ D’ZAN , FRI, 8:00 PM / HUNTINGTON GALLERY , SAT, 5:00 PM

HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER , SUN, 2:00 PM

FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE Historic Asolo Theater / John M. McKay Visitors Pavilion 941.360.7399 Festival productions employ I.A.T.S.E. Local 412 Stagehands and Technicians

THU FRI SAT SUN

OCT 13 OCT 14 OCT 15 OCT 16

10:00 AM – 7:00 PM 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Box Office service at Circus Museum and FSU Center for Performing Arts available one hour before performances.

• Latecomers are seated at Management’s discretion. No refunds.

• Cameras and/or recording devices are not permitted.

5401 Bay Shore Road Sarasota, FL 34243 941.359.5700 ringling.org Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums GOVERNOR

The Honorable Rick Scott FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

John E. Thrasher President

OFFICE OF THE PROVOST

Dr. Sally E. McRorie Interim Provost

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

Peter Weishar, Dean

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Steven High

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Paul G. Hudson, Chair Frances D. Fergusson, Vice Chair Daniel J. Denton, Treasurer Nancy J. Parrish, Secretary Ellen S. Berman Madeleine H. Berman Thomas J. Charters Rebecca Donelson George R. Ellis Kenneth J. Feld Darrel E. Flanel Jeffrey R. Hotchkiss Dorothy C. Jenkins Thomas W. Jennings, Jr. James A. Joseph Nancy Kotler Patricia R. Lombard Thomas B. Luzier Tina Shao Napoli Michael R. Pender Michéle Redwine Margaret A. Rolando Ina L. Schnell Judith F. Shank Jane Skogstad Javi Suarez Howard C. Tibbals James B. Tollerton Michael E. Urette Larry A. Wickless EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

David L. Emison, Chair, Volunteer Services Advisory Council Wilmer Pearson, Chair, Docent Advisory Council

Welcome to the 8th Annual Ringling International Arts Festival. We are particularly proud this year of RIAF and what it has brought to our community over the past eight years. Since the launch of RIAF in 2009, over 700 artists from six continents in 86 productions of new theater, music, dance, puppetry, circus, and genre-defying works of performance have been presented by The Ringling’s Art of Performance program, of which RIAF is the centerpiece. While last year we focused on one region of the world, this year we present an eclectic mix of artists from around the globe, some familiar faces but also many performers new to The Ringling’s programming. Think about it, where else can you see such audacious, riveting, hilarious, and profound original artistry performed by the creative artists themselves? RIAF and the Art of Performance program at The Ringling is the place.

During this year’s RIAF, we hope you will not hear or feel the construction going on at the east wall of the John M. McKay Visitors Pavilion. We are constructing the new Kotler Coville Glass Pavilion that is scheduled to open in time for next year’s RIAF. The Glass Pavilion will not only be a gallery for the display of our growing collection of international modern glass, but it will also be the grand new entry and box office for the Historic Asolo Theater (HAT). When the addition is completed, you will be able to enter the theater from two different entries on the first and second floor, and the gallery will serve as a great space to gather during intermissions and for post-performance receptions and events. The addition of the Glass Pavilion will also provide a stage-level dressing room making it convenient for actors of all abilities to comfortably perform on the Historic Asolo stage.

Thanks to the generosity of Charlotte and Charles Perret, the second floor of the Glass Pavilion will become the Charlotte and Charles Perret Family Performance Studio Space.

With dimensions nearly the size of the HAT’s stage, this rehearsal and events space will enable artists to dedicate time to warm-ups and rehearsals while the stage is in use for other performance. This space will also support our artist-commissioning program to encourage and facilitate theWorkshop creation of new work. We are all looking forward to finally Kotler | Coville Glass Pavilion Schematic Design Florida State University and The John &having Mable Ringling Museum of Art and new entrance for the Historic Asolo Theater once the the support space Architects | Lewis + Whitlock Kotler Coville Glass Pavilion is completed next year.

RIAF would not be possible without the financial support of our community. Thanks go to the many people in our community who provide financial support through sponsorships and ticket purchases and to the foundations and grant organizations that support this programming, including Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues, SRQ Media, and Sarasota Magazine. Thanks to everyone for making the 8th Annual Ringling International Arts Festival a success.

I hope you enjoy all the performances during the festival. I encourage you to also attend the innovative performances of our winter New Stages series. Since the Historic Asolo Theater will be closed from January to June of 2017 for restoration, New Stages will occur in alternative venues throughout The Ringling campus. It may be surreal or sublime, but regardless, it can’t be missed.

Thank you for your support of the Ringling International Arts Festival.

Steven High Executive Director Left: Rendering of the Charlotte and Charles Perret Family Performance Studio Space. Above: Rendering of the Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion

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THE PASSION & PROCESS OF RIAF A CURATORIAL CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTISTS

FRI, OCT 14, 2:00 PM, Chao Lecture Hall, Center for Asian Art Free Admission, but ticket required. Limited seating.

Secure at Festival Box Office or 941.360.7399

MUSEUMS, MUSIC, AND SO MUCH MORE—

Ringling Curator of Performance, Dwight Currie engages RIAF artists in a lively and insightful exchange on what informs, shapes, defines, and animates their new works of contemporary music, theatre, and dance. (60 minutes)

LOUNGE ON THE LAWN FRI – SUN, OCT 14 – 16, just north of the Searing Wing

Before, after, or in-between RIAF performances—enjoy all there is to do at RIAF 2016.

Festival artists and patrons are invited to gather for lite-bites, libations, and lively musical surprises.

FRI, OCT 14 3:00 – 5:00 PM COMBO VIMANA Blend of Latin Jazz, Rumba Flamenco, Bossa Nova, and Rock ‘n’ Roll

5:00 – 7:30 PM HOT CLUB OF SRQ Violin/guitar duo with swinging, versatile, and refined Gypsy Jazz music that is deeply rooted in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. This music is full of beauty and romance.

RIAF ticket-holders receive free admission to the Museum of Art and Circus Museum during the days of the festival, so no matter where you turn— there’s something happening at RIAF!

SAT, OCT 15 NOON – 4:30 PM ZEN SERAPHINE Fiery originals that transport you through Celtic- and Hungarianinfused dreams, to other funky/hip-hop/electro-swing influences that groove into the present moment.

4:30 – 7:30 PM COMBO VIMANA (see above) SUN, OCT 16 NOON – 5:00 PM ZEN SERAPHINE (see above)

Museum Hours during the Festival

AFTER-HOURS JAZZ

FRI, OCT 14 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

9:00 – 10:30 PM, just west of the Mertz Theatre Top off a day of RIAF with a night of jazz

SAT, OCT 15 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

FRI, OCT 14 MARC MANNINO, jazz and classical on solo guitar

SUN, OCT 16 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

SAT, OCT 15 MATTHEW FALGOWSKI, jazz piano

WHERE TO EAT WHILE AT RIAF Muse at The Ringling

Museum Cafe

Banyan Cafe

McKay Visitors Pavilion

McKay Visitors Pavilion

near Original Circus Museum

Full service, contemporary American restaurant serving lunch and dinner

Full coffee and drink menu, cold sandwiches, and snacks

Fresh grab-and-go food in the heart of The Ringling

FRI & SAT 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

FRI & SAT 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

FRI – SUN 11:00 AM – 8:30 PM

SUN 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM

SUN 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Morton’s on the Mezzanine FSU Center For lunch, dinner, or to just relax between shows FRI & SAT NOON – 8:00 PM SUN NOON – 5:00 PM

BE A PART OF THE ART

FRI, OCT 14, 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM No ticket required Stop by the Monda Gallery of Contemporary Art to witness artist Anne Patterson in the act of creating her new site-specific installation, Pathless Woods. While you are there, sign your name on one of the thousands of ribbons she will use to create her “forest”.

Then, plan a return visit to The Ringling after Nov 4 to explore the finished work.

CIRCUS MUSEUM TOUR

JOSEPH’S COAT

A Skyspace By James Turrell FRI, OCT 14, 6:40 PM $10, Ticket required Purchase at Festival Box Office A triumph of technology, engineering, and aesthetics created

by James Turrell. At sunset, you will contemplate light and perception as a system of LEDs is employed to change the context in which you view the sky and radically alter its spatial relation to you. (approximately 60 minutes)

FRI – SUN, OCT 14 – 16 NOON & 1:00 PM Join docents each day for a tour that puts circus performance in historical perspective.

BAYFRONT GARDENS TOUR Conversation: Seeing in All Senses FRI, OCT 14, 3:30 PM Free Admission, ticket required Secure at Festival Box Office Guided sensory walk around the Bayfront Gardens.

VIEWPOINT LECTURE AMERICAN ANIMAL WELFARE: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE by Dr. Janet Davis

SOVIET SCENES: BALTERMANTS’ PHOTOGRAPHS OF WWII AND PHOTOJOURNALISM FROM THE AUGUST COUP

MUSEUM OF ART, SEARING WING Two key moments in the history of the former Soviet Union are examined in this exhibition of photojournalism covering WWII and the August Coup of 1991 that ended the communist regime.

GRAPHICSTUDIO: COLLABORATING ACROSS BORDERS

MUSEUM OF ART, SEARING WING Founded in 1968 at the University of South Florida, Graphicstudio is an acclaimed workshop dedicated to realizing collaborative projects that result in cross-cultural engagement between artists and audiences.

Exhibition Photo Credits: Anne Patterson, detail of installation mock-up. Photo by Maja-LIsa Flodin-Ali; James Turrell Joseph’s Coat, 2011, © James Turrell. Photo By Giovanni Lunardi; Dmitri Baltermants, Berlin is Taken (detail), May, 1945; printed 2003. Gelatin silver print, 12 × 18 1/8 in. Gift of Sally Strauss and Andrew Tomback, 2012.; Ibrahim Miranda (Cuban, b. 1959), Isla laboratorio o 7 maravillas (Island Laboratory or 7 Wonders), 2012. Screenprint and woodcut, Museum purchase with funds from The Ringling Museum of Art Investment Trust Fund, 2015.

SAT, OCT 15, 10:30 AM & 2:00 PM Chao Lecture Hall $10 / $5 for Members While modern animal protectionism is often associated with campaigns against performing animals, veganism, and celebrities declaring they would “rather go naked” than wear fur, the movement’s roots are deeply tied to the history of religious revivalism and social reform.

Dr. Davis is a Professor of History at University of Texas at Austin and the author of The Gospel of Kindness: Animal Welfare and the Making of Modern America, Oxford University Press / April 2016.

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OPENING NIGHT 2016 OCT 13, 7:00 – 10:00 PM 7:00 PM Opening Night Performances

8:00 PM Courtyard Celebration

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Eighth Blackbird

Gravity & Other Myths

Mertz Theatre

Historic Asolo Theater

Circus Museum

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A Night in Brazil with Dendê & Band Museum of Art Courtyard

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Dendê & Band RIAF 2016 celebrates the music, dance, and mystique of Brazilian culture from Bahia to Rio. Revelers dance to the irresistible Afro-Brazilian rhythms of Dendê & Band—hailed around the world for their pulsating percussion and their unique blend of samba, rumba, afrobeat, and funk. Then, all are transported to the “cidade maravilhosa” of Rio. From Bahia, Brasil, where he appeared in the frontline of Timbalada, Carlinhos Brown’s superstar percussion ensemble, comes Dendê and his band, performing a range of irresistible, traditional Bahian rhythms. Since 2001, he’s been dividing his time between the US and Bahia.

Photo by Stephanie Black

Percussionist, singer, composer, bandleader, teacher, and multi-instrumentalist, Dendê has cultivated a unique sound wherein Afro-Brazilian traditions like samba de roda and candomble have been seamlessly melded with world rhythms like rumba, afrobeat, and mbalax. His personal charisma, combined with the driving beats, vocal harmonies, and authentic dances and costumes, have won over audiences from Malaysia, to the UK, to Bahia and cities throughout the US. He also leads his massive percussion ensemble Arrastão do Dendê, as well as his folkloric group, Ologundê, which has performed at major performing arts centers and festivals throughout the US and toured Greece as part of the Cultural Olympiad, appearing at the Kalamata Dance Festival and the Athens Festival at the Acropolis.

Dendê has provided workshops, clinics, and residency programs throughout the US, Europe, and Brazil at such esteemed institutions as Lincoln Center, the Juilliard School, the Eastman School of Music, and the Peabody Conservatory among many others. Dendê currently teaches regularly in the Philadelphia area.

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MERTZ THEATRE

THU OCT 13 7:00 PM OPENING NIGHT

FRI OCT 14 8:00 PM

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SAT OCT 15 2:00 PM

HAPLESS BIZARRE (2014) MO(OR)TOWN/REDUX (2012) 15-minute Intermission between performances ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DOUG ELKINS THE COMPANY ALEXANDER DONES, MARK GINDICK, DEBORAH LOHSE, CORI MARQUIS, KYLE MARSHALL, DONNELL OAKLEY, JOHN SORENSEN-JOLINK REHEARSAL DIRECTOR CAROLYN CRYER MUSIC DIRECTORS JUSTIN LEVINE, MATT STINE DRAMATURG ANNE DAVISON LIGHTING DESIGNERS AMANDA K. RINGGER, HEATHER SMAHA COSTUME DESIGNERS OANA BOTEZ, NAOKO NAGATA TECHNICAL DIRECTOR/PSM RANDI RIVERA GENERAL MANAGER AMY CASSELLO Continued on next page

We are deeply grateful to the many friends, colleagues, and family members who support our dreams and vision—far too many to mention here: yes, Hillary, it takes a village. Doug and company wish to thank Dwight Currie and Michael Kohlmann for the invitation to return to beautiful Sarasota and the Ringling International Arts Festival. This season would not have been possible without the extraordinary generosity of Jody and John Arnhold, coupled with support from the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, the Dianne and Daniel Vapnek Family Foundation and the ongoing support of our dear friends at American Dance Institute/ADI Incubator. www.dougelkinschoreography.com Doug Elkins is fiscally sponsored by The Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc., a non-profit organization administered by Pentacle (DanceWorks, Inc). Pentacle is a non-profit management support organization for the performing arts. Mara Greenberg, Director. 75 Broad Street, Suite 304, New York, New York 10004.

212/278-8111. www.pentacle.org.

Photo by Jamie Kraus

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HAPLESS BIZARRE (2014) ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED BY DOUG ELKINS, BARBARA KARGER, AND MICHAEL PRESTON CHOREOGRAPHED BY DOUG ELKINS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DANCERS CAST MARK GINDICK • DEBORAH LOHSE • CORI MARQUIS KYLE MARSHALL • DONNELL OAKLEY JOHN SORENSEN-JOLINK

DRAMATURGY BY ANNE DAVISON LIGHTING BY AMANDA K. RINGGER COSTUMES BY OANA BOTEZ HAT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BY ADAM KUCHLER CREATIVE CONSULTANT DAVID NEUMANN REHEARSAL DIRECTION BY CAROLYN CRYER

MUSICAL SUPERVISION AND ORIGINAL MUSIC BY JUSTIN LEVINE AND MATT STINE Hapless Bizarre was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the MetLife Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Hapless Bizarre was developed during residencies provided by The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Beckett, and The Joyce Theater Foundation in New York City, with major support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A technical residency provided by American Dance Institute/ADI’s National Incubator proved invaluable prior to World Premiere on February 4, 2014 at Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College, New Hampshire.

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MO(OR)TOWN/REDUX (2012) CHOREOGRAPHED BY DOUG ELKINS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DANCERS CAST ALEXANDER DONES • CORI MARQUIS • KYLE MARSHALL DONNELL OAKLEY

MUSIC DIRECTION BY JUSTIN LEVINE DRAMATURGY BY ANNE DAVISON LIGHTING BY HEATHER SMAHA COSTUMES BY NAOKO NAGATA

MUSICAL SOUNDSCAPE BY JUSTIN LEVINE AND MATT STINE Mo(or)town /Redux was commissioned by DANCEworks, a partnership between SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara and the Lobero Theatre Foundation, www.sbdanceworks.com. World Premiere occurred on May 5, 2012 at American Dance Institute, Rockville, Maryland. Additional support provided by 92Y Harkness Dance Festival and The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard.

NOTES ON MO(OR)TOWN/REDUX OTHELLO Shakespeare’s 1603 tragedy centers on a respected general in the Venetian army, who falls victim to “the green-ey’d monster” jealousy. Othello and Desdemona, the daughter of a prominent Venetian, fall in love and elope.

Early in their courtship, Othello had given Desdemona a handkerchief as a love token and it is one of her dearest possessions. Othello regularly confides in his ensign Iago, whom he thinks of as one of his most trusted friends. But Iago secretly hates Othello and devises a plan to ruin him by insinuating that Desdemona has been unfaithful. Iago asks his own wife Emilia, Desdemona’s maidservant and close friend, to steal the handkerchief.

Emilia refuses, but when Desdemona accidentally drops it, she cannot resist the urge to take it to please her husband. Iago takes the handkerchief from Emilia, places it in another soldier’s bedroom and later brings Othello to see the soldier with Desdemona’s handkerchief in hand.

Othello sees this as irrefutable proof that Desdemona is unfaithful. Consumed by irrational jealousy, he decides he must kill her. Desdemona protests her innocence, but an unhinged Othello smothers her to death. When Emilia realizes the unwitting role she played in her friend’s death, she immediately confesses to Othello that Iago is to blame. Iago kills Emilia for speaking the truth about him. Overwhelmed with the realization that Desdemona was innocent and never stopped loving him, Othello kills himself. Iago refuses to explain his motivations for destroying Othello.

MOTOWN Beginning as a record label founded by Berry Gordy in 1960 in a tiny converted studio in downtown Detroit, the Motown sound itself became one of the most influential musical genres of the 20th century. It was one of the first real “cross-over music” movements that married the church music traditions of soul and American roots with pop music through a combination of orchestral and popular arrangements. The popularity of the music in mainstream culture allowed African American performers to stand in the spotlight of the pop music scene, launching the careers of Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, The Jackson Five, Diana Ross and the Supremes, and many others. The influence of this music can be found in many contemporary artists including the late Amy Winehouse, Adele, Raphael Saadiq, and Sharon Jones, to name a few.

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LIMÓN’S THE MOOR’S PAVANE Choreographed by José Limón in 1949, The Moor’s Pavane is a seminal modern dance piece with four dancers portraying Othello, Iago, Desdemona and Emilia. Limón used the music of Henry Purcell, formal echoes of the pavane—a 17th century European court dance, and the simple prop of the handkerchief to convey the plot and explore the themes of the play.

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THE COMPANY CAROLYN CRYER (Rehearsal Director) graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in Dance. Ms. Cryer was an original cast member of Doug Elkins and Friends’ Fräulein Maria, and has served as Rehearsal Director for doug elkins choreography, etc. since 2006. She has taught master classes and set Mr. Elkins’ repertory at universities and high schools, and assisted Mr. Elkins in choreographing productions for Gotham Chamber Opera and Paul Taylor. Ms. Cryer also dances with STEELEDANCE. ALEXANDER DONES is a performance artist, choreographer, and dance educator from Portland, Oregon, and has had the honor of collaborating with Doug Elkins since 2011. He has worked with other artists and companies including Cori Marquis, Alexis Convento, artLab J, MOMIX, Luna Negra Dance Theatre, and Northwest Dance Project. Currently Alexander is a director at Westside Dance Academy in Portland where he first began his dance training at the age of 4. For more information visit: www.AreYouRadical.com

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DOUG ELKINS is a two-time New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Award-winning choreographer and 2012 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Creative Arts Fellow. He began his dance career as a B-Boy, touring the world with break dance groups New York Dance Express and Magnificent Force, among others. For the 2016 season at Lincoln Center, he was commissioned to create new work for Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance [The Weight of Smoke].

Currently, Elkins is a full-time faculty member at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

MARK GINDICK is a professional actor, clown, physical comedian, teacher, and writer/creator of his own theatrical shows. Wing-Man, his original theatrical piece without one spoken word, won BEST ONE-MAN SHOW in United Solo Theatre Festival. Mark has appeared in films, including Julie & Julia with Meryl Streep; on television, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and was featured in the PBS mini-series CIRCUS, while touring with the Big Apple Circus. His work has earned him 3 Golden Nose Awards. www.markgindick.com DEBORAH LOHSE, born and raised in California, has performed with the Sacramento Ballet, The Bang Group, and Monica Bill Barnes & Company, and is thrilled to be entering her eighth year dancing with Doug Elkins. She received degrees in both dance and theater from the University of California, San Diego and a Professional

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Certificate in Filmmaking from NYU. A member of LMnO3, she also performs as TruDee, a formidable performer and storyteller from Tuckahoe, NY. www.deborahlohse.com CORI MARQUIS is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher. Under the moniker Cori Marquis + the Nines [IX], Cori’s work has been presented in numerous venues in NYC, Arizona, Oregon, Michigan, California, and Massachusetts. Cori was an artist-in-residence at DMAC (2012), Chen Dance Center (2011), and a recipient of the Bessie Schönberg Mentorship Residency at The Yard, Martha’s Vineyard (2014). Cori currently collaborates with Doug Elkins, Jane Comfort, and the fierce ladies of LMnO3: Lohse, Marquis & Oakley. BA: Stanford University, 2008. www.corimarquis.com KYLE MARSHALL dances with doug elkins choreography, etc., Tiffany Mills Company, and was a founding member of 10 Hairy Legs. Curious how histories, cultural movements, and personal experiences dictate how people create social groups and interact with their environments, he established Kyle Marshall Choreography in 2014. His dances have been performed at multiple NYC venues and festivals as well as in New Jersey and Portland, OR. Kyle graduated magna cum laude from Rutgers University with a BFA in Dance. www.kmchoreography.com DONNELL OAKLEY graduated from UNC Greensboro with a BFA in Dance in 2001. Her work has been produced through Movement Research, the 92nd Street Y, The West End Theatre, Triskelion Arts, Joyce SoHo, Dance New Amsterdam, DanceNow NYC, and Dixon Place. An evening of Donnell’s work was recently presented by Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out. She continues working with STEELEDANCE, Chavasse Dance & Performance, Cori Marquis and the Nines [IX], and LMnO3. Donnell has worked with Doug Elkins since 2008. www.donnelloakley.com JOHN SORENSEN-JOLINK is a dancer, choreographer and furniture designer living in Brooklyn. Training: Jefferson High School (Portland, OR); NYU’s Tisch School (BFA). Credits: Twyla Tharp (Movin’ Out, Come Fly Away); Punchdrunk (Sleep No More); Tino Seghal (Kiss); Boris Charmatz (Levée des Conflits, 20 Dancers for the XX Century); Lucinda Childs (DANCE, Einstein on the Beach); Doug Elkins (Fräulein Maria, Hapless Bizarre); Eckert+Sorensen-Jolink (RescYou). Received prestigious International Contemporary Furniture Fair Editors’ Award for Best New Designer. www.coilanddrift.com

THE COLLABORATORS OANA BOTEZ (Costume Design, Hapless Bizarre), a native of Romania, has designed for major theater, opera and dance companies including the National Theater of Bucharest. Since 1999, when she moved to New York, her collaborations in theater, opera, film and dance include Robert Woodruff, Richard Foreman, Maya Beiser, Richard Schechner, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Andrei Serban, Blanka Zizka, Brian Kulick, Annie-B Parson & Paul Lazar, Janos Szasz, Dan Safer, Eric Ting, Karin Coonrod, Jay Scheib, Kristin Marting, Gus Solomons Jr./Paradigm, Carmen De Lavallade, Michael Sexton, Pig Iron Company, Play Company, among others. www.oanabotez.com ANNE DAVISON (Dramaturg) is a NY-based theater and dance dramaturg. In addition to The Weight of Smoke for PTAMD, recent projects include doug elkins choreography, etc.’s Hapless Bizarre, Mo(or)town/Redux, and Fräulein Maria, Salty Brine’s Spectacular Living Record Collection Cabaret, Mark Gindick’s Wing-Man, Alex Timbers and Michael Friedman’s musical adaptation Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare in the Park), David Dorfman Dance’s Come, and Back Again, Jane Comfort and Company’s Beauty, and Timbers and Friedman’s Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Public Theater and Broadway).

JUSTIN LEVINE (Composer) Writing credits include Bonfire Night (Book, Music & Lyrics), Halfway Home (MTC commission), Tell Me Tomorrow (Naked Angels commission), Jump Jim Crow (Subjective Theatre), Naked Radio (Podcast), Pepper and Sam (Co-creator). For Doug Elkins with collaborator Matt Stine: The Weight of Smoke (for Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance). Recent Musical Direction includes Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway and the Public Theater), Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout), Here Lies Love (Public Theater, by David Byrne), Murder Ballad (MTC), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Public Theater). www.justinlevineonline.com NAOKO NAGATA (Costume Design, Mo(or)town/Redux), with literally no formal training, created her first costume for Jeanine Durning in 1998. Since then, she has been creating nonstop for a diverse group of choreographers and dancers including Kyle Abraham (for Alvin Ailey Dance Theater), Amanda Loulaki, Carrie Ahern, Bebe Miller, David Dorfman, David Neumann, Ellis Wood, Gina Gibney, Liz Lerman, Nina Winthrop, Nora Chipaumire, Reggie Wilson, Tiffany Mills, Urban Bush Women, Zvi Gotheiner, Ralph Lemon, and many others.

DAVID NEUMANN (Creative Consultant, Hapless Bizarre) is Artistic Director of the advanced beginner group. He has been a featured dancer in the works of Susan Marshall, Jane Comfort, Sally Silvers, Annie-B Parson & Paul Lazar’s Big Dance Theatre, Doug Varone, Doug Elkins,

and club legend Willi Ninja. Over the past 20 years, he has choreographed or performed with directors Hal Hartley, Laurie Anderson, Robert Woodruff, Lee Breuer, Peter Sellars, JoAnn Akalaitis, Mark Wing-Davey, Les Waters, Stew, and Mikhail Baryshnikov. He is currently a professor of Theater at Sarah Lawrence College.

AMANDA K. RINGGER (Lighting Design, Hapless Bizarre) has lived in New York since 1997, designing locally, nationally and internationally with artists such as Faye Driscoll, Doug Elkins, Cynthia Oliver, Jennifer Archibald, Alexandra Beller, Deborah Lohse, Laura Peterson, and Darrah Carr, among others. She received a MFA in lighting design from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. She is the recipient of a 2009 Bessie award for her collaboration on Faye Driscoll’s 837 Venice Boulevard.

RANDI RIVERA (Production Stage Manager) is a native New Yorker. She holds a BA in Theater from Hamilton College and has studied Technical Theater at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and Production Management at Universidad San Pablo (CEU) in Madrid.

Currently, Randi is the Stage Manager for Half Straddle theater company. From 2009-2013, she was the Technical Director for Faye Driscoll Group. Randi has proudly worked with many performing arts organizations both in NYC and on the road—favorites include Phantom Limb and Keigwin + Company.

HEATHER SMAHA (Lighting Design, Mo(or)town/Redux) is a graduate of SUNY Purchase’s MFA program in Lighting Design/Technology. Off-Broadway: Lebensraum (Abingdon Theatre Co.). New York City: Jane Monheit & Mark O’Connor (92Y Concert Series), Mo(or)town/Redux (Joyce SoHo), ART (The Wild Project), Charles Winn Speaks (Cherry Lane Studio Theatre), Together This Time (NYC Fringe 2010), Ruby’s Story, The White Cliffs (Stella Adler Studio of Acting).

Production Electrician: The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G (Beckett, Theatre Row), Miranda (HERE Arts); Assistant Master Electrician: The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (The Public Theater).

MATT STINE is a Sound Designer, Composer, and Music Producer. Recent theater credits include: Misery (Music Production, Broadway). Off-Broadway: Nathan The Wise (Classic Stage Company); Mother Courage and Her Children (Classic Stage Company); The Tempest (Shakespeare in the Park); Love’s Labour’s Lost (Music Supervisor, Shakespeare in the Park); Here Lies Love (Music Editor, Public Theater/Royal National Theatre); Wing-Man (Sound Design, Ars Nova); Brownsville Bred (Sound Design, 59E59). As a music producer, remixer, and composer, Matt has worked with David Byrne & St. Vincent, Styles P, 9th Wonder, and Metermaids.

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EIGHTH BLACKBIRD Hand Eye (2015)

Hand Eye is a collection inspired by a collection.

The composers of Sleeping Giant each chose a work belonging to the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art to use as motivation for their own musical contribution to Hand Eye. Some composers chose to recreate or aurally represent their chosen artist’s process,

NATHALIE JOACHIM, FLUTES MICHAEL MACCAFERRI, CLARINETS YVONNE LAM, VIOLIN NICK PHOTINOS, CELLO

while others responded more broadly to the work’s subject matter or character. Four of those compositions are being presented at RIAF 2016. The program notes are from the composers themselves.

MATTHEW DUVALL, PERCUSSION ADAM MARKS, PIANO Eighth Blackbird is ensemble-in-residence at the University of Richmond.

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Hand Eye was commissioned by the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and by Carnegie Hall.

Hand Eye (2015) Robert Honstein Conduit I. Touch II. Pulse III. Send Conduit takes its cue from an interactive sculpture by digital artists Zigelbaum and Coelho. In their 640 by 480, the human body merges with computational process, facilitating simple copy/paste operations between sculptural elements. Set in three movements — Touch, Pulse, Send — Conduit evokes this man/machine synthesis. As bright waves of color explode from repeated sonic bursts, Touch compulsively repeats the gesture so fundamental to how we interact with our devices. In Pulse, long lines in the flute and cello move through a cloud of asynchronous repeated notes, evoking the instantaneous moment when data passes from finger to screen. Finally, Send completes the transfer. Action follows as the music energizes and accelerates, moving briskly to a wild conclusion.

Six-Forty by Four-Eighty

by Zigelbaum + Coelho

Timo Andres Checkered Shade The patterned pen-and-ink abstractions of Astrid Bowlby—and by association, the work of Edward Gorey—inspired the textures of Checkered Shade. The piece is structured as a gradual zoom outward; tiny fragments of repeated material resolve into larger patterns, which, at the urging of the violin, eventually coalesce into an expressive chorale.

9.8.08 (Varigated Spirals) © Astrid Bowlby

Ted Hearne By-By Huey Robert Arneson’s painting By-By Huey P. is a portrait of 24-year old Tyrone “Double R” Robinson, who murdered Huey P. Newton (co-founder of the Black Panther Party) in 1989. Robinson, a member of the Black Guerrilla Family, is painted with a giant praying mantis superimposed over his face, its wings circling Robinson’s bloodshot eyes. When I saw this work at the Frankel Gallery, my guide told me Arneson included the mantis in the portrait because “they eat their own.” Like Arneson’s painting, my piece By-By Huey memorializes the (self-)destructive. The piano leads with aggressive and unhinged music that forces the other instruments to follow or be left behind, but its strings are muted for much of the piece, leaving its voice muzzled and growling.

Jacob Cooper Cast Cast draws inspiration from Leonardo Drew’s paper casts of everyday objects like dolls, trinkets, and kitchenware. It aims to reflect the sense of absence and nostalgia evoked by Drew’s work, and to provide an aural analogue to his artistic process. I incrementally build a “cast” of disparate and selfcontained instrumental gestures (a detuned clarinet arpeggio, an isolated flute multiphonic, a brush across the violin bridge) around a central “object” (a gentle monolithic vibraphone line). I then gradually remove the “object,” leaving only the sonic encasement.

By-By Huey © Estate of Robert Arneson/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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EIGHTH BLACKBIRD is “one of the smartest, most dynamic contemporary classical ensembles on the planet” (Chicago Tribune). Launched by six entrepreneurial Oberlin Conservatory undergraduates in 1996, this Chicagobased super-group has earned its status as “a brandname…defined by adventure, vibrancy and quality….known for performing from memory, employing choreography and collaborations with theater artists, lighting designers and even puppetry artists” (Detroit Free Press).

Over the course of two decades, Eighth Blackbird has commissioned and premiered hundreds of works by composers such as David Lang, Steven Mackey, Missy Mazzoli, and Steve Reich, whose Double Sextet went on to win the Pulitzer Prize (2009). A long-term relationship with Chicago’s Cedille Records has produced seven acclaimed recordings and four Grammy Awards® for Best Small Ensemble/Chamber Music Performance: strange imaginary animals (2008), Lonely Motel: Music from Slide (2011), Meanwhile (2013), and Filament (2015). Hand Eye, their most recent recording released in March 2016 and featuring the music of composer collective Sleeping Giant, was hailed as “dazzling” and “vigorously, flawlessly performed” (WQXR).

Eighth Blackbird celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016, winning its fourth Grammy Award® and the coveted MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.

Anniversary celebrations continue throughout the 2016-17 season with tours from its two most recent and broadly-acclaimed albums, Filament and Hand Eye, as well as keystone performances celebrating Steve Reich’s 80th birthday, a fresh round of raucous shows

with “Appalachian post-punk solipsist” (The Wanderer) Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy), and world premieres by Holly Harrison, Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lang, and Ned McGowan. This season marks debuts at Justin Vernon’s (Bon Iver) and Aaron Dessner’s (The National) Eaux Claires Festival, a collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony, performances in Paris, France, and a three-week tour of Australia.

Eighth Blackbird’s mission—to move music forward through innovative performance, advocacy for new music by living composers, and a legacy of guiding an emerging generation of musicians —extends beyond recording and touring to curation and education. The ensemble served as Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival (2009), enjoyed a three-year residency at the Curtis Institute of Music, and holds an ongoing Ensemble-in-Residence position at the University of Richmond. The 2015-16 season featured a pioneering residency at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, serving as a living installation with open rehearsals, performances, guest artists, and public talks.

In 2017, Eighth Blackbird launches its boldest initiative yet with the creation of Blackbird Creative Laboratory, a tuition-free, two-week summer workshop and performance festival for musicians in Ojai, CA. Eighth Blackbird’s members hail from the Great Lakes, Keystone, Golden, Empire, and Bay states.

The name “Eighth Blackbird” derives from the eighth stanza of Wallace Stevens’s evocative, imagistic poem, Eighth Blackbird

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know.

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THE COMPOSERS SLEEPING GIANT is a composer collective of six “talented guys” (The New Yorker) who are “rapidly gaining notice for their daring innovations, stylistic range, and acute attention to instrumental nuance” (WQXR). They have composed a diverse body of music that prizes vitality and diversity over a rigid aesthetic. Their works have appeared in concert halls and clubs throughout the US and Europe. Current projects include a two-year Music Alive residency with the Albany Symphony and a collaborative work for cellist Ashley Bathgate.

The composers from Sleeping Giant represented on this program are: TIMO ANDRES (b. 1985) is a composer and pianist who grew up in rural Connecticut, studied at Yale University, and lives in Brooklyn, NY. A Nonesuch Records artist, his 15/16 season included Carnegie Hall commissions for the Takács Quartet, and for a work to be performed in a duo concert with his frequent collaborator, Gabriel Kahane. Other recent commissions include the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and a piano quintet for Jonathan Biss and the Elias String Quartet.

Composer, singer, and bandleader TED HEARNE (b.

1982) draws on a wide breadth of influences ranging across music’s full terrain, to create intense, personal, and multi-dimensional works. The New York Times included Hearne’s oratorio The Source on its list of the best classical vocal performances of 2014. Hearne is the recipient of the Gaudeamus Prize in composition and the New Voices Residency from Boosey and Hawkes. He recently joined the composition faculty at the University of Southern California.

JACOB COOPER (b. 1980) has been lauded as “richly talented” (The New York Times) and “a maverick electronic song composer” (The New Yorker). Nonesuch Records released Jacob’s song cycle Silver Threads in April 2014 to critical acclaim, and Timberbrit, his “gutsy opera” (Time Out NY) about a fictional reunion between Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered. Cooper is an Assistant Professor of Music at West Chester University.

Celebrated for his “roiling, insistent orchestral figuration” (The New York Times) and “glittery, percussive pieces” (Toronto Globe and Mail), ROBERT HONSTEIN (b. 1980) is a composer of orchestral, chamber, and vocal music.

Honstein co-founded Fast Forward Austin, an annual marathon new music festival in Austin, TX. His debut album RE: You was released by New Focus Recordings in 2014 and his second album was released on Soundspells Productions in 2015.

Nathalie Joachim is a Burkart Flutes & Piccolos artist. Michael J. Maccaferri is a D’Addario Woodwinds Artist. Matthew Duvall proudly endorses Pearl Drums and Adams Musical Instruments, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, Zildjian Cymbals, and Black Swamp Percussion Accessories.

Eighth Blackbird is managed

by David Lieberman Artists.

For more info, go to www.eighthblackbird.org.

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RINGLING CIRCUS MUSEUM

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GRAVITY & OTHER MYTHS A Simple Space ACROBATS LACHLAN BINNS • JASCHA BOYCE • JACOB RANDALL • MARTIN SCHREIBER JOANN CURRY • LEWIE WEST • SIMON MCCLURE MUSICIAN ELLIOT ZOERNER

FROM THE ARTISTS This is a true ensemble-devised performance and a pleasure to perform for you at The Ringling International Arts Festival. Built on sweat, grit, and a passion for playfulness, A Simple Space has grown organically from its inception in 2013. Hundreds of shows later, the games are still growing, finding new boundaries as the old ones lose their challenge: it sustains the heart of this show and keeps us (and the audience) at our edge.

You will immediately see that A Simple Space is exactly what we have, stripped of anything that separates us from our audience. Theatrical lighting effects, pre-conceived “characters,” defining costumes, or flattering makeup have no place here. In this stripped-back state, we as performers have nothing to hide behind, and our true stories and connection seep through. It’s a terrifying and liberating way to perform!

If you watch closely, you will find an honest sort of narrative in our grunts, trembles, failures, and accomplishment. But what we really hope you take away from this performance is a feeling of joy. This vital energy is something that we genuinely feel in our hearts every time we step onto stage with A Simple Space, and we thank you for sharing your energy with us here at The Ringling Circus Museum. Look for GOMcircus on social media to continue sharing the adventure.

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GRAVITY & OTHER MYTHS is a multi-award winning and well-respected Australian acrobatics ensemble.

The company creates engaging works of acrobatic art for touring, festivals, and corporate clients. Formed in 2009 in Adelaide, South Australia, the ensemble creates and directs their own work with emphasis on an honest approach to performance. Moving away from traditional circus and theatre models, the company aims for a fusion of simple, effective acrobatic physical theatre.

Photo by Chris Herzfeld

Gravity & Other Myths has created a sterling international reputation with their work, A Simple Space, touring internationally consistently since its inception in 2013.

In 2016 the work tours to Europe, North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.

THE ACROBATS JASCHA BOYCE began circus training at age four at Cirkidz in Adelaide (SA). After ten years of training, both as an instructor and performer, she became a founding member of Gravity & Other Myths. She did additional training at short projects with Circus Oz, The Flying Fruit Fly Circus, and numerous National Circus Festivals.

Teaching credits include Cirkidz Youth Circus School, Flinders University Drama Centre, and the Adelaide College of the Arts Dance Program. Performance credits include multiple seasons with Leigh Warren’s production of Maria De Buenos Aires. Jascha took part in the CYAB JUMP Mentoring program, creating a solo work, Specimens of Her.

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MARTIN SCHREIBER has been involved in the circus community for most of his life; first as a junior performer with Cirkidz Performing Troupe and progressing to his schedule of current national and international touring as a founding member of Gravity & Other Myths. Additional training has been gained at short projects with The Flying Fruit Fly Circus and numerous National Circus Festivals.

Other professional credits include roles in Opera SA Moby Dick and Cirkidz-Circus Monoxide collaboration Freaky.

LACHLAN BINNS trained for six years as part of the Cirkidz from 2004 to 2009. He has attended two National Training Projects at the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, a similar project with Circus Oz, and participated in numerous National Circus Festivals. In 2009, Lachlan performed as the Mascot for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and he performs regularly with entertainment group, Slack Taxi. ,Teaching credits include Cirkidz Circus School, Flinders University Drama Centre, Adelaide College of the Arts Dance Program, and the National Circus Festival (2011/2013). Lachlan is a founding member of Gravity & Other Myths.

JACOB RANDELL joined the Cirkidz Performance Troupe at a young age and gained experience in training and performance through multiple productions as a junior.

Jacob gained further training with projects at The Flying Fruit Fly Circus and National Circus Festivals. Jacob is a founding member of Gravity & Other Myths.

SIMON MCCLURE started down his acrobatic path at the age of 10 and joined the Flying Fruit Fly Circus (FFFC) in Albury. After seven years of training, he went on tour as a technician with the company Acrobat, while also teaching acrobatics at the FFFC. Simon has performed a number of acts in a variety of cabaret settings before joining Gravity & Other Myths in 2014, specializing in tumbling and group acrobatics.

JOANN CURRY always knew she wanted to be the ‘girl who gets thrown around’ in the circus. After seven years of competing nationally in Sports Acrobatics, she tumbled into completing certificate 3 and 4 in Circus Arts at NICA (National Institute of Circus Arts). Joanne gained confidence and drive through travel, using the world to find and define her style within the performing arts. She specializes in Partner Acrobatics and Hand Balancing.

LEWIE WEST is an Australian acrobat through and through. He probably has circus in his blood stream due to all the rosin, chalk and acrobat sweat he’s accidentally ingested over the years. He started in Warehouse Youth Circus in Canberra before training at The National Institute of Circus Arts. After earning his Bachelor degree Lewie performed, created and choreographed with Circa for 7 years, finding time to sneak off and earn a Gold medal in Paris at the Mondial du Cirque de Demain or what his Mum calls “The Circus Olympics” for his solo aerial straps act.

In spite of this, Lewie considers himself to be mostly an ensemble acrobat and has admired GOMs work for years.

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ELLIOT ZOERNER – MUSICIAN Since taking up the drums at age 11, Elliot has played with a wide variety of musical groups in Australia. He studied classical percussion at the Adelaide Conservatorium where he performed with the Elder Conservatorium Wind Orchestra and Percussion Ensemble. Credits include John Reynolds Raiders Drum Corp, Kensington & Norwood Brass Band, various rock, indie, and blues bands, and in many musical productions. Elliot joined Gravity and Other Myths in 2011 with a rework of their show Freefall. Since then, he has worked closely with the company in both creation and production. While on tour, he has continued to write music and release it under the name Sirins.

TRITON TUNIS-MITCHELL (founding member, not currently on tour) began training in 1985 in Adelaide and is a stalwart of the Australian circus community. He has been performing,

teaching, and training circus for the best part of 30 years, engaging with communities and professionals across Australia. Acrobatic credits include roles in Opera SA Moby Dick, No Strings Attached Theatre, Return to the Trees, and Cirkidz-Circus Monoxide collaboration Freaky as well as countless acrobatic performances with Slack Taxi, Hand 2 Hand Acrobats, and Knee High Puppeteers. He has completed additional training with Circus Oz, Circa, The Flying Fruit Fly Circus, and numerous National Circus Festivals. Teaching credits include Cirkidz Youth Circus School, Circa, Tanks Arts Cairns, Flinders University Drama Centre, and the Adelaide College of the Arts Dance Program. As a founding member of Gravity & Other Myths in 2009, he has developed work to great acclaim and taken his unique style of physical theatre and acrobatics to the world stage.

Gravity & Other Myths is toured by Aurora Nova and is represented by Boat Rocker Entertainment. Boatrockerentertainment.com

THE PIANIST PRODUCED BY

CIRCO AEREO & THOMAS MONCKTON DIRECTION & PLANNING THOMAS MONCKTON & SANNA SILVENNOINEN LIGHTING DESIGN JUHO RAHIJÄRVI SOUND DESIGN TUOMAS NORVIO COSTUME DESIGN KATI MANTERE STAGE MANAGER ANNA HUNSCOTT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR IAN DIXON-WILSON

At the peak of high society entertainment sits The Pianist’s pianist. Impeccable in every aspect, he glides graciously through life never placing a foot out of step.

He is, in a word: perfection. Or at least that’s what he thinks.

The Pianist is a solo comic contemporary circus piece by Thomas Monckton centered on, in, under, and around one of the most magnificent of all musical instruments, the grand piano.

THOMAS MONCKTON (a.k.a Heelflip Noseslide Shove-It Out) was a duck but gave up when he hit puberty. After being incarcerated for a number of months for his assault on puberty, he turned over a new leaf and discovered it was relatively similar on the other side so placed it back on the grass and ate a sandwich. Thom is at least 30 years old and aging at a slower rate than ever. His favorite band is mango lassi, and he is a big fan of socially difficult people. He doesn’t know what perambulate really means even after reading the definition in the dictionary and is married to a clothes peg. Thomas Monckton is also a circus artist born in New Zealand now living in Helsinki, Finland. He trained at New Zealand’s only circus school, CircoArts and at the physical theatre school of Jacques Lecoq in Paris. www.thommonckton.net CIRCO AEREO is an international contemporary circus group from Finland that is based in Finland and France. The troupe frequently performs around the world.

Currently one of the most active Finnish groups in terms of performing abroad, Circo Aereo is among the flagships of Finnish cultural exports. Active since 1996, the group has visited distinguished festivals and theatres in more than 30 countries.

Circo Aereo’s barrier-breaking and open approach to the various forms of the performing arts mesmerizes and astonishes audiences throughout the world. www.circoaereo.net The Pianist is represented by Boat Rocker Entertainment. Boatrockerentertainment.com

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MERTZ THEATRE

FRI OCT 14 5:00 PM SAT OCT 15 8:00 PM SUN OCT 16 5:00 PM

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THADDEUS PHILLIPS COLLABORATORS DRAMATURGY PATRICK KEALY DIRECTION TATIANA MALLARINO LIGHTS DAVID TODARO SOUND DESIGN ROBERT KAPLOWITZ PRODUCTION MANAGER SPENCER SHERIDAN

17 BORDER CROSSINGS is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project cocommissioned by The Painted Bride Arts Center in partnership with The MAP and NPN. The Creation Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org. The MAP Fund, a program of Creative Capital, is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and The Wyncote Foundation.

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THADDEUS PHILLIPS is a theater artist originally from Denver, Colorado. With Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental, he has directed RED-EYE to HAVRE de GRACE, WHaLE OPTICS, The Melting Bridge, Capsule 33, Flamingo/ Winnebago, and Lost Soles. Phillips’s original theatrical work has been presented Off- Broadway (Barrow Street Theatre and New York Theatre Workshop) and at festivals and theatres in New York (La Mama, Here, Ps122), Seattle, Albuquerque, New Orleans, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, Miami, Tampa, and internationally in Spain (Festival de Otoño), México (Escena de Artes), Holland (Noorderzon Festival), Colombia (Teatro Nacional), Czech Republic (4 + 4 Days Festival), Italy (Spoleto Off Festival), Costa Rica (Teatro Jaco), Slovenia (Mladi Levi), Ireland (International Fringe Festival), England (Arcola Theatre), Scotland (Traverse), and Serbia (Serijino Pozorje). Phillips trained at DAMU in Prague and with Encho Avramov and the Czech director Josef Krofta. He worked as a creator and performer in Robert Lepage’s The Geometry of Miracles, which was presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Royal National Theater (London), Festvial du Autome (Paris), Singapore Arts Festival, and at the Tramway (Glasgow). As an actor he appeared in the following films: Digging for Miracles, Mi Gente Linda, Mi Gente Bella and The Amazing Spider-Man 2; and on TV in Alias El Mexicano (Ellis Mackenzie/Barry Seal) and El Capo 3 (Frank Ricota).

He is appears in Narcos for Netflix and Celia Cruz for MundoFox. PATRICK KEALEY acted for over 20 years in English repertory & touring theater, London’s West End, and appeared at the Edinburgh and Dublin Theatre Festivals as well as at international festivals in Paris, Prague, and Helsinki. He has directed many productions including several original works for Group K Theater, co-founded with designer Bruno Santini. Recent productions include Bluebeard and Arts Council-funded projects The Life and

Death of Dr. Jonathan Swift, We Are For Sale, and Band of Gold, a large-scale community event in a traveling wedding limousine with the audience following a bride and groom through the streets of Bexhill, a small English seaside town.

TATIANA MALLARINO is the artistic director of CINEtica, a new multidisciplinary company based in Bogota, Colombia. Past credits include the direction of ¡El Conquistador! at New York Theatre Workshop, Teatro Nacional (Bogota), and El Festival de Otono (Madrid); Henry 5 Live in Times Square at the New York Fringe Festival, The Tempest in a Kiddie Pool at the Arcola Theater (London), and the co-creation of Capsule 33 at the Barrow Street Theatre. She is also the script translator for Narcos, the new Netflix series.

ROBERT KAPLOWITZ designed sound for RED-EYE to HAVRE de GRACE at New York Theater Workshop directed

by Thaddeus Phillips. Credits include Lincoln Center, The National Theatre of England, The Public, MTC, Sundance, and the O’Neill Playwrights conference. Other current projects include sound for the musical adaptation of Jonathan Letham’s Fortress of Solitude, and the music and book for an epic rock riff on Moby Dick entitled Leviathan.

Robert has been honored with an OBIE for Sustained Excellence In Sound Design and a Tony Award for Fela!

DAVID TODARO is based in Philadelphia and works as a Lighting Designer and Production Manager. He has designed for Theatre Horizon, Rennie Harris PureMovement, The Prince Music Theatre, and Headlong Dance Theater. David serves as a Production Coordinator for the Philadelphia FringeArts Festival and has toured both nationally and internationally with companies including Jo Strømgren Kompani, Johannes Wieland Dance, and Rennie Harris PureMovement. David has also worked on the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts at the Kimmel Center and the Hidden City Festival.

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B.A.N.G.S.: made in america

By LMnO3 CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE DEBORAH LOHSE, CORI MARQUIS, AND DONNELL OAKLEY MUSIC DRAKE, JACK NORWORTH, ALBERT VON TILZER, JOHN MORRIS, LUDACRIS, AVIS BURGESON CHRISTIANSEN, HARRY DIXON LOES, THE LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA, JOHN ADDISON, TORI AMOS, JOHN WILLIAMS AND RICHARD STRAUSS MUSICAL SOUNDSCAPE EDITING & DESIGN MATT STINE AND JUSTIN LEVINE TEXT LMNO3, LOWELL GANZ, BABALOO MANDEL, AMY HECKERLING, JONATHAN LYNN, AND ROBERT HARLING

LIGHTING DESIGNER AMANDA K. RINGGER PRODUCTION MANAGER RANDI RIVERA COSTUMES LMNO3 AND LINDA TURNER COSTUME CONSULTANT OANA BOTEZ DIGITAL SHORT DEBORAH LOHSE PIXELATOR KENDALL RUMPH B.A.N.G.S.: made in america was commissioned by DANCE NOW in 2016, and was supported in part by American Dance Institute.

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LMnO3 Deborah Lohse, Cori Marquis, and Donnell Oakley met in 2010 when working with Doug Elkins in Fräulein Maria. They continued to follow their choreographic distractions in the corners of the rehearsal studio until they fell into a choreographic relationship.

Lohse, Marquis, and Oakley began to gain momentum, accumulating movement material and character ideas until their first piece, Ink Stink, unfolded. In 2014, DANCE NOW invited LMnO3 to bring its debut to the stage of Joe’s Pub, where they were selected as one of DANCE NOW’s festival challenge winners.

DANCE NOW commissioned LMnO3 to create their first collective evening-length piece, B.A.N.G.S.: made in america, in February 2016. Since 2014, the group has graced the stages of Triskelion Arts, Judson Church, New Haven’s Elm City Dance Collective, Joe’s Pub as part of DANCE NOW’s 20th Anniversary Festival, The Yard’s Follies: Women Dance the Comic Series, American Dance Festival, SUNY Brockport, and Bethlehem PA’s MusikFest. LMnO3 has been granted choreographic residencies at DANCE NOW’s Silo and SUNY Brockport, and a technical residency at American Dance Institute. Their next full work, More Like Your Mom, will premiere at Triskelion Arts on Mother’s Day weekend of 2017.

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Born and raised in California, DEBORAH LOHSE is a choreographer/performer living and working in New York City. Her work has been presented in theaters, public spaces, and festivals across the US and Mexico including DANCE NOW at Joe’s Pub, American Dance Festival, Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival, La MaMa Moves, Joyce SoHo, and the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place.

She has received commissions from New Chamber Ballet, Women In Motion, Mantra Percussion, DANCE NOW, and Island Moving Company as well as artist residencies including the Bessie Schönberg Choreographic Mentorship Residency from The Yard, Marble House Project, Acadia Summer Arts Program, Djerrassi Resident Artists Program, and Silo. As a performer, Lohse has worked with Michael Preston, Barbara Karger, Anne Kauffman, Suzanne Bocanegra, Monica Bill Barnes, and currently performs with Doug Elkins, David Parker, Katy Pyle/Ballez, and her collaborative crew LMnO3. Lohse has a BA in dance as well as a BA in theater from the University of California, San Diego. deborahlohse.com

thrilled to be a part of the fierce playtime of LMnO3 with collaborators Deborah Lohse and Donnell Oakley. Marquis has a BA from Stanford University. corimarquis.com

CORI MARQUIS is a New York City-based choreographer, dancer, and teacher. Under the name Cori Marquis + the Nines [IX], her work has been presented at numerous venues in California, Massachusetts, Arizona, Oregon, Connecticut, Michigan, and New York. Marquis was an artist-in-residence at Duo Multicultural Arts Center (2012), Chen Dance Center (2011), and the Bessie Schönberg Mentorship Residency at The Yard, Martha’s Vineyard (2014). Marquis currently dances with Doug Elkins (since 2010) and Jane Comfort & Company (2015), and is

MUCHO THANKS LMnO3 would like to thank Robin Staff, Sydney Skybetter, Tamara Greenfield, Amanda K. Ringger, Randi Rivera, Matt Stine, Justine Levine, Oana Botez, Kendall Rumph, Courtney Boyd, Jacob Oakley, Tammi Shamblin, Jean Ann Douglass, Nic Adams, David Schmidt, Mark Richard Gind**k, Robert Palmer, Johnny Sorensen-Jolink and Carly Eckert & Stuffed at Judson Church, Kellie Lynch & ECDC, Abby Bender & Triskelion Arts, Maura Keefe & SUNY Brockport, David White & The Yard, Jodee Nimerichter & American Dance Fesetival, Adrienne Willis & American Dance Institute, Dianne Vapnek, Doug Elkins, and our Mernicorns.

DONNELL OAKLEY is an independent choreographer, dancer and teacher based in Brooklyn, NY. She has had her work produced through Movement Research, the 92nd Street Y, the West End Theatre, Triskelion Arts, the Joyce SoHo, Dance Now, Dance New Amsterdam, Dixon Place, Gibney Dance Center, Jacob’s Pillow, Gowanus Art & Production, and The Yard, among others. She received a Bessie Schönberg Choreographic Mentorship Residency from The Yard in 2013. In addition to her independent work, Donnell currently collaborates with doug elkins choreography etc., Chavasse Dance & Performance, Cori Marquis + the Nines [IX], The Median Movement: Alex Springer & Xan Burley, SteeleDance, and the incredible ladies of LMnO3. She has a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. donnelloakley.com

COURT OF CA’ D’ZAN

FRI OCT 14 8:00 PM HUNTINGTON GALLERY

SAT OCT 15 5:00 PM HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER

SUN OCT 16 2:00 PM

MATT HAIMOVITZ THE BACH SUITES: A MOVEABLE FEAST FRI, OCT 14, 8:00 PM Court of Ca’ d’Zan OVERTURE TO BACH* PHILIP GLASS BACH SUITE I IN G MAJOR JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH LILI’UOKALANI* FOR SOLO CELLO PICCOLO LUNA PEARL WOOLF BACH SUITE VI IN D MAJOR JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

SAT, OCT 15, 5:00 PM Huntington Gallery of The Ringling Museum of Art THE VERONICA* DU YUN BACH SUITE II IN D MINOR JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH LA MEMORIA* ROBERTO SIERRA BACH SUITE IV IN E-FLAT MAJOR JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

SUN, OCT 16, 2:00 PM HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER RUN* VIJAY IYER BACH SUITE III IN C MAJOR JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH ES WAR* DAVID SANFORD BACH SUITE V IN C MINOR JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

*Each of these new works is an Overture to Bach commission

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Matt Haimovitz’ recordings can be found on Deutsche Grammophon, Oxingale Records and the PENTATONE Oxingale Series.

The artist is represented by Baylin Artists Management, Inc., Doylestown, Pennsylvania Photo by Steph Mackinnon

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MATT HAIMOVITZ Renowned as a musical pioneer, cellist Matt Haimovitz is praised by The New York Times as a “ferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles” and by The New Yorker as “remarkable virtuoso” who “never turns in a predictable performance.” He has inspired classical music lovers and countless new listeners by bringing his artistry to concert halls and clubs, outdoor festivals, and intimate coffee houses­—any place where passionate music can be heard. He brings a fresh ear to familiar repertoire, champions new music, and initiates groundbreaking collaborations, as well as creating innovative recording projects. Besides his relentless touring schedule, he mentors an award-winning studio of young cellists at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in Montreal.

Haimovitz made his debut in 1984, at the age of 13, as soloist with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. At 17 he made his first recording with James Levine and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon.

He has gone on to perform on the world’s most esteemed stages, with such orchestras and conductors as the Berlin Philharmonic with James Levine, the New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta, the English Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim, the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin, and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal with Kent Nagano. Haimovitz made his Carnegie Hall debut when he substituted for his teacher, the legendary Leonard Rose, in Schubert’s String Quintet in C, alongside Isaac Stern, Shlomo Mintz, Pinchas Zukerman, and Mstislav Rostropovich.

Matt Haimovitz

The solo cello recital is a Haimovitz trademark, both inside and outside the concert hall. In 2000, he made waves with his Bach “Listening-Room” Tour, for which, to great acclaim, Haimovitz took Bach’s beloved cello suites out into the clubs across the US, Canada, and the U.K. Haimovitz’ 50-state Anthem tour in 2003 celebrated living American composers and featured the cellist’s own arrangement of Jimi Hendrix’s “Star-Spangled Banner.” He was the first classical artist to play at New York’s infamous CBGB club, in a performance filmed by ABC News for Nightline UpClose.

In 2015, he revisited the Bach cello suites with the release of The Cello Suites According to Anna Magdalena for the PENTATONE Oxingale series, inspired and informed by an authoritative manuscript by Anna Magdalena and performed on period instruments. This season, he takes his profound new interpretation even further with the release of Overtures to Bach, six new commissions that anticipate and reflect each of the cello suites. The new overtures

by Philip Glass, Du Yun, Vijay Iyer, Roberto Sierra, David Sanford, and Luna Pearl Woolf, expand upon the multitude of spiritual, cross-cultural, and vernacular references found

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in the Bach, building a bridge from the master’s time to our own. The new recording will be released internationally on the PENTATONE Oxingale series in August and launched in Berlin, followed by performances in New York City, Montreal, and numerous other US cities this season.

Other highlights this season include concerti with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Atlanta Symphony, and Tokyo’s New Japan Philharmonic. Matt will also lead the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie at the Berlin Philharmonie, and perform a concerto by Isang Yun—marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Korean composer and political prisoner—with the Bruckner Orchestra with Dennis Russel Davies on tour in Austria. He will also perform several solo recitals at festivals in Germany.

Haimovitz’ recording career encompasses more than 20 years of award-winning work on Deutsche Grammophon and his and composer/producer Luna Pearl Woolf’s own trailblazing independent label Oxingale Records, now in collaboration with PENTATONE. Two recent Oxingale albums have been nominated for Juno Awards and a third, Meeting of the Spirits, was nominated for a GRAMMY® for Best Classical Crossover Album and won a GRAMMY® for Best Producer of the Year (Classical). BEETHOVEN, Period, a traversal of the Beethoven Sonatas and Variations for Piano and Cello on period instruments with Christopher O’Riley was an Editor’s Choice pick and one of the top10 Beethoven albums of recent times at Gramophone Magazine. 2015 also saw the release of ORBIT, an expansive 3-SACD compilation of Haimovitz’ solo cello work. Haimovitz’ recording of Philip Glass’s Cello Concerto No. 2, (“Naqoyqatsi”), with the Cincinnati Symphony and Dennis Russell Davies, recorded live in Cincinnati, has received universal acclaim. A new solo cello album featuring the music of Philip Glass will be released in 2017 to coincide with the composer’s 80th birthday.

In 2006, Haimovitz received the Concert Music Award from ASCAP for his advocacy of living composers and pioneering spirit, and in 2004, the American Music Center awarded Haimovitz the Trailblazer Award for his farreaching contributions to American music. Born in Israel, Haimovitz has also been honored with the Avery Fisher Career Grant (1986), the Grand Prix du Disque (1991), the Diapason d’Or (1991), and he is the first cellist ever to receive the prestigious Premio Internazionale “Accademia Musicale Chigiana” (1999). Haimovitz studied at the Collegiate School in New York and at the Juilliard School in the final class of Leonard Rose, after which he continued his cello studies with Ronald Leonard and Yo-Yo Ma. In 1996, he received a B.A. magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard University. Matt Haimovitz plays a Venetian cello, made in 1710 by Matteo Gofriller.

Wise Fool New Mexico, SeeSaw, photos courtesy of the artist

Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure, photo by Plate3Photography

Motionhouse, Captive, photo by Katja Ogrin

SEESAW by Wise Fool

FEB 17 & 18, 7:30 & 9:00 PM, Museum of Art Courtyard Acrobatic theater artists in the air and on stilts inhabit an ever-changing environment of kinetic sculpture—drawing in, disarming, and instilling audiences with wonder and compassion as they open the door for new ideas in movement and performance.

Create your own experience—one ticket covers the entire night!

With an array of activities throughout the evening, a cash bar, and food available for purchase, this is one event you won’t want to miss.

TICKETS: C ourtyard Admission: $20 / $18 for Members (free to roam, no guaranteed seating)

Stage-side Seating: $30 / $27 for Members

EXPERIMENT #42.000

NEW STAGES: NEW SINCERITY With the Historic Asolo Theater under renovation, we move into “alternative venues” with these extraordinary works of art that promise to transform your traditional role as a spectator into that of an active participant. Plan now to join us for three provocative and engaging performance events.

by the Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure MAR 16, during Art After 5, MAR 18 & 19, throughout the day By yourself—or in the company of a friend—you will be led through a series of performance encounters ranging from the intimate to the spectacular—each an elaborate experiment that will uncover the psychogeographic qualities of The Ringling galleries and gardens.

TICKETS: O n sale February 14, 2017, limited availability.

CAPTIVE by Motionhouse

APR 7 & 8, 2:00 & 7:00 PM, Bolger Campiello near Ca’ d’Zan Inspired by Rilke’s The Panther, four dancers in a large cage blend dance and aerial work in a provocative consideration of how a human, like an animal, can be plucked from normal life and plunged into captivity.

TICKETS: 2 :00 PM, Free with Museum Admission

7:00 PM, $15 (This sunset performance includes seating, activities, and cash bar.)

INFORMATION + TICKETS

ringling.org or 941.360.7399

ON SCREEN AT THE RINGLING

BOLSHOI BALLET IN CINEMA + NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Join us for HD screenings of productions from Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet and the U.K.’s National Theatre. Both are filmed in front of a live audience with cameras positioned throughout the theater—ensuring that you have the “best seat in the house.”

Photography (Helen McCrory) by Dean Rogers.

NOV 18 THE DEEP BLUE SEA

The National Theatre production, captured live.

In cinemas from

Helen McCrory returns to the National Theatre HHHHH ‘This production in Terence Rattigan’s is a stand-out.’ devastating masterpiece, HHHHH ‘Helen McCrory playing one of the is phenomenal.’ greatest female roles in ntlive.com contemporary drama. When Hester Collyer is found in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. Run time: 3 hours October 6

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by Terence Rattigan

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NOV 4 THE BRIGHT STREAM Music Dmitri Shostakovich Choreography Alexei Ratmansky During the harvest festival, a visiting dance troupe reunites a ballerina with her childhood friend. Together, they conspire to teach an unfaithful husband a lesson in this laugh-out-loud masterpiece. With bits of slapstick comedy, hilarious deceptions, false identities, and many colorful characters, The Bolshoi bursts with vivid life and bright spirits in Ratmansky’s brilliantly choreographed smash. Run time: 2.5 hours

DEC 2 THE THREEPENNY OPERA The National Theatre production, captured live.

In cinemas from

Mack the Knife is back in town. A darkly comic take HHHH ‘Grimy, filthy and on Bertolt Brecht and Kurt tremendously fun’ Weill’s raucous musical, HHHH ‘A snarling, sexy in a new adaptation by beast of a show’ Simon Stephens. As London scrubs up for the ntlive.com coronation, the thieves are on the make, the whores on the pull, and the police cutting deals to keep it all out of sight. Rory Kinnear stars as Macheath alongside Rosalie Craig as Polly. Contains scenes of a sexual nature, violence, and adult language.

Run time: 3 hours September 22

Original photography (Rory Kinnear) by Jay Brooks. Additional © Corbis, Shutterstock.

OCT 21 THE GOLDEN AGE Music Dmitri Shostakovich Choreography Yuri Grigorovich In a seaside town where business and mafia flourish, the nightly cabaret is the favorite haunt of dancers, bandits, and young revelers. Here, a young fisherman falls in love with a beautiful dancer—the friend of a local gangster. A satire of Europe during the Roaring Twenties, The Golden Age makes for an original, colorful, and dazzling show with its jazzy score and music-hall atmosphere. Run time: 2.5 hours

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Broadcast live

from London’s West End

February 27 and varying dates internationally

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Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey ««««« ‘A landmark theater event.’ from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France.

Filled with stirring music, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-size puppets by Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life.

Run Time: 2.75 Hours The Times

HISTORIC ASOLO THEATER $20 / $18 for Members

TICKETS: ringling.org or 941.360.7399

2011 West End cast photo by Brinkhoff/Mögenburg

Time Magazine

FRIDAYS, 1:00 PM & 6:30 PM

DEC 9 WAR HORSE

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Winner of 5 Tony Awards 2011 ®

Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo • Adapted by Nick Stafford In association with the award-winning Handspring Puppet Company

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