Schedule of Events
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Performances, Works & ProcessAn Iliad by New York Theatre WorkshopSunday, February 5 @ 7:30 pm
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587Preview An Iliad prior to its New York premiere at New York Theatre Workshop. Lisa Peterson will direct Tony Award–winning actors Denis O'Hare (Assassins, Take Me Out) and Stephen Spinella (Angels in America) in this tale of gods and goddesses, undying love, and endless battles. O'Hare and Spinella will share the role of the poet in this sweeping account of humanity's unshakable attraction to violence, destruction, and chaos.
An Iliad will be performed February 15–March 25 at New York Theatre Workshop. The post-performance reception for this program will take place in the theater lobbies.
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Performances, Works & ProcessIt Happens Like This by Charles WuorinenSunday, February 19 @ 7:30 pm
Photo: Stu Rosner
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587Don't miss the New York premiere of composer Charles Wuorinen's humorous and dramatic cantata on seven poems by Pulitzer Prize–winning poet James Tate, staged by Ken Rus Schmoll. The work will be performed by Ensemble Signal conducted by Brad Lubman and will feature the original Tanglewood cast, described by the New York Times as "superb" and "dramatically astute."
Co-commissioned by Tanglewood, with additional support by Southwest Chamber Music. The post-performance reception for this program will take place in the theater lobbies.
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Performances, Works & ProcessIt Happens Like This by Charles WuorinenMonday, February 20 @ 7:30 pm
Photo: Stu Rosner
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587Don't miss the New York premiere of composer Charles Wuorinen's humorous and dramatic cantata on seven poems by Pulitzer Prize–winning poet James Tate, staged by Ken Rus Schmoll. The work will be performed by Ensemble Signal conducted by Brad Lubman and will feature the original Tanglewood cast, described by the New York Times as "superb" and "dramatically astute."
Co-commissioned by Tanglewood, with additional support by Southwest Chamber Music. The post-performance reception for this program will take place in the theater lobbies.
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Works & ProcessAm I My Genes? Mixing Species in Science and ArtSunday, March 4 @ 7:30 pm
Image: Gustave Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864. Oil on canvas, 206.4 x 104.8 cm. Bequest of William H. Herriman, 1920. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587Join Columbia University Professor Robert Klitzman for an illustrated lecture that will explore the history of combining species and genes in science and visual art. As scientists experiment with genetically modified species to improve human life, we are faced with fundamental questions about what it means to be “natural.” Klitzman will share his insights into this dilemma by surveying human-animal depictions in art through time, from ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology to Northwest Pacific Indian totem poles, Rubens, Picasso, and even Spiderman, showing how art can help us move forward into a brave new world
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Performances, Works & ProcessThe World of John ChamberlainSunday, April 22 @ 7:30 pm
John Chamberlain, Dolores James, 1962. Painted and chromium-plated steel, 184.2 x 257.8 x 117.5 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 70.1925 © John Chamberlain/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Kris McKay
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587Explore the poetic and musical influences on artist John Chamberlain’s work with Senior Guggenheim Curator Susan Davidson. The program will feature a guest appearance by jazz great Bill Charlap, Morton Feldman’s 1962 workFor Franz Kline, and newly commissioned works by composers Drew Baker and Jason Eckardt.
Presented in conjunction with the major retrospective John Chamberlain: Choices, on view at the Guggenheim Feb 24–May 13. You are invited to view the exhibition prior to the performance from 6–7:30 pm.
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Performances, Works & ProcessThe World of John ChamberlainMonday, April 23 @ 7:30 pm
John Chamberlain, Dolores James, 1962. Painted and chromium-plated steel, 184.2 x 257.8 x 117.5 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 70.1925 © John Chamberlain/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Kris McKay
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587Explore the poetic and musical influences on artist John Chamberlain’s work with Senior Guggenheim Curator Susan Davidson. The program will feature a guest appearance by jazz great Bill Charlap, Morton Feldman’s 1962 workFor Franz Kline, and newly commissioned works by composers Drew Baker and Jason Eckardt.
Presented in conjunction with the major retrospective John Chamberlain: Choices, on view at the Guggenheim Feb 24–May 13. You are invited to view the exhibition prior to the performance from 6–7:30 pm.
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Performances, Works & ProcessA Cast of Characters by American Ballet TheatreSunday, April 29 @ 7:30 pm
Julie Kent and Julio Bragado-Young in The Dream. Photo: Gene Schiavone
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587American Ballet Theatre’s 2012 Metropolitan Opera season will feature a cast of characters, including pirates, evil sorcerers, a tractor driver, and even a donkey. Join ABT’s creative team and company dancers to explore the process and journey of bringing the diverse characters of ABT’s repertoire to life.
View the live broadcast of this performance at ustream.tv/worksandprocess. Follow the conversation on Twitter with @WorksandProcess and #WPlive.
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Performances, Works & ProcessA Cast of Characters by American Ballet TheatreMonday, April 30 @ 7:30 pm
Julie Kent and Julio Bragado-Young in The Dream. Photo: Gene Schiavone
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587American Ballet Theatre’s 2012 Metropolitan Opera season will feature a cast of characters, including pirates, evil sorcerers, a tractor driver, and even a donkey. Join ABT’s creative team and company dancers to explore the process and journey of bringing the diverse characters of ABT’s repertoire to life.
View the live broadcast of this performance at ustream.tv/worksandprocess. Follow the conversation on Twitter with @WorksandProcess and #WPlive.
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Performances, Works & ProcessA Festival of Israeli Jazz & World Music Opening Night: Omri Mor TrioSunday, May 6 @ 8:00 pm
NOTE: This event was rescheduled from Monday, May 7, at 8 pm, to Sunday, May 6, at 8 pm. We apologize for any inconvenience.
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587Experience Israel’s thriving jazz scene with Jerusalem-based jazz pianist Omri Mor and his trio for one night only in the museum’s Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda. On this opening night of the Festival of Israeli Jazz & World Music (Roberto Rodriguez, curator), Mor will enrapture the audience by melding Andalusian music with jazz through improvisation of Andalusian melodies as if they were jazz standards.
Presented in conjunction with the major retrospective John Chamberlain: Choices, on view at the Guggenheim Feb 24–May 13. To celebrate the artist and jazz fan, you are invited to view the exhibition throughout the concert.
A Festival of Israeli Jazz & World Music will take place in New York May 7–18. With thanks to our friends at the Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York, for their support.
John Chamberlain: Choices is supported by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art. The Leadership Committee for John Chamberlain: Choices, chaired by Larry Gagosian, is gratefully acknowledged. -
Works & ProcessPacific Northwest Ballet: After PetipaSunday, May 13 @ 7:30 pm
Carla Körbes and Seth Orza. Photo: Angela Sterling
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587Many ballets are credited with choreography “after Petipa,” but what does that mean? Pacific Northwest Ballet’s education programs manager and dance historian Doug Fullington and company dancers look at three famous classical duets—the Black Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake, and the Blue Bird pas de deux and Grand pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty—to explore how they have evolved over time.
With assistance from Arlene C. Cooper. The post-performance reception for the May 14 program will take place in the theater lobbies.
View the live broadcast of this performance at ustream.tv/worksandprocess. Follow the conversation on Twitter with @WorksandProcess and #WPlive.
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Works & ProcessPacific Northwest Ballet: After PetipaMonday, May 14 @ 7:30 pm
Carla Körbes and Seth Orza. Photo: Angela Sterling
$30, $25 members, $10 students
Box Office: 212 423 3587Many ballets are credited with choreography “after Petipa,” but what does that mean? Pacific Northwest Ballet’s education programs manager and dance historian Doug Fullington and company dancers look at three famous classical duets—the Black Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake, and the Blue Bird pas de deux and Grand pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty—to explore how they have evolved over time.
With assistance from Arlene C. Cooper. The post-performance reception for the May 14 program will take place in the theater lobbies.
View the live broadcast of this performance at ustream.tv/worksandprocess. Follow the conversation on Twitter with @WorksandProcess and #WPlive.
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