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Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces 2015 Next Wave Festival featuring 32 dance, music, opera, performance art, and theater engagements from Sept 16—Dec 20 Season Sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies Dance Rice…………………….Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Lin Hwai-min……….page 2 TAPE……………….......K. Kvarnström & Co/Kulturhuset City Theatre Stockholm…page 5 Dream’d in a Dream……Seán Curran Company, Ustatshakirt Plus………………....page 10 Umusuna: Memories Before History…….Sankai Juku, Ushio Amagatsu…………...page 18 Hagoromo…………….International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), American Opera Projects, Wendy Whelan, Jock Soto……….…………………………………………….page 22 Beyond Time…………U-Theatre………………………………………………………….page 26 Yimbégré……………..Souleymane Badolo……………………………………………..page 29 Continu……………….Sasha Waltz & Guests…………………………………………..page 30 Walking with ‘Trane…Urban Bush Women, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Samantha Speis ……………………………………………………………………………………………….page 31 The Hard Nut………...Mark Morris Dance Group, Colin Fowler, MMDG Music Ensemble ……………………………………………………………………………………………….page 33 Music Nufonia Must Fall……Kid Koala, The Afiara Quartet, K.K. Barrett………………….page 3 COLLAPSE……………...Timur and the Dime Museum………………………………page 4 Reconfiguration: An Evening with Other Lives......Other Lives, Rebecca Habel, Terry Kinney………………………………………………………………………………………page 12 All Vows………………Maya Beiser……………………………………………………..page 14 Epiphany: A Circle of Life……………...VisionIntoArt, Young People’s Chorus of NYC, Francisco J. Núñez……………………………………………………………………….page 21 Real Enemies………..Darcy James Argue, Secret Society…………………………page 25 Opera Refuse the Hour………William Kentridge, Peter Galison……………………………page 17 YOU US WE ALL………Shara Worden, Andrew Ondrejcak, B.O.X. (Baroque Orchestration X) …………………………………………………………………………..page 23 Performance Art New Society…………..Miranda July…………………………………………………….page 11 More Up a Tree……… de Serpa Soares, Sussman, and White; Performa………..page 27 Physical Theater Tabac Rouge............James Thierrée, Compagnie de Hanneton…………………....page 7 Hallo……………………..Martin Zimmermann……………………………………….....page 15 Opus………………….Circa, Debussy String Quartet………………………………….page 20 Theater Antigone…………….Barbican and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Ivo van Hove, Anne Carson………………………………………..………………………………………..page 6 17 Border Crossings….Thaddeus Phillips, Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental……….page 9

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Helen Lawrence.............Canadian Stage, Stan Douglas, Chris Haddock……………page 13 texts&beheadings/ElizabethR … Compagnia de' Colombari, Karin Coonrod………..page 16 The Exalted………….Carl Hancock Rux, Theo Bleckmann, Anne Bogart……….…..page 19 Savannah Bay………Marguerite Duras; Théâtre de l'Atelier, Paris; Didier Bezace…page 24 Steel Hammer…….. Julia Wolfe and SITI Company, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Anne Bogart ………………………………………………………………………………………………....page 28 Alas, the Nymphs.....John Jahnke, Hotel Savant………………………………………...page 32 Sancho: An Act of Remembrance……Paterson Joseph, Simon Godwin……………..page 35 May 21, 2015/Brooklyn, NY—Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, today announced programming for the 2015 Next Wave Festival. The festival runs from September 16 through December 20 and comprises dance, music, opera, performance art, theater, and visual art events in the institution’s three venues—the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, the BAM Harvey Theater, and the BAM Fisher. BAM Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo said, “The multi-disciplinary approach of the 2015 Next Wave Festival artists reveals unique creative vision and rewards the adventurous spirit of our audiences. With resonant theater, dance, and music events as well as performance art, physical theater, and productions featuring live filmmaking, the festival presents an especially rich assortment of global contemporary performing arts.” BAM President Karen Brooks Hopkins said, “We are extremely grateful to Bloomberg Philanthropies for their support of the 2015 Next Wave Festival and their commitment to our mission. In my final year as BAM’s president, I would also like to acknowledge the incredible generosity of our sponsors across 33 years of this iconic festival. They have made an inspiring and ongoing show of support for adventurous and enlightening artistic work.” 2015 Next Wave Festival subscriptions go on sale June 15 (June 8 to members). Single tickets for all Next Wave shows go on sale August 10 (August 3 for members). To purchase tickets visit BAM.org or contact BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100. See Next Wave Festival trailer here: https://youtu.be/hHwaOPfERWk 

Rice US Premiere Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Concept and choreography by Lin Hwai-min Set design by Lin Keh-hua Lighting design by Lulu W. L. Lee Projection design by Ethan Wang Costume design by Ann Yu Chien and Li-Ting Huang BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Sep 16—19 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 35, 50 (weekday); $25, 40, 55 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2)

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Master Class Co-Presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Sep 15 at 12pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For experienced dancers with dance or body movement training Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register Price: $25 Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, “Asia’s leading contemporary dance theatre” (The Times, UK), returns to BAM with Rice, which its Artistic Director Lin Hwai-min choreographed to mark the company’s 40th anniversary. Dancers move against a video backdrop of sensual images of the life cycle of a rice paddy filmed in southeastern Taiwan. Their movements, although abstract, seem to echo the images, sometimes evoking the farmers working in the field or the rice stalks swaying in the wind. The dance pays tribute to the land and nature that have cultivated Cloud Gate. Lin Hwai-min, choreographer and artistic director of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, studied Chinese opera movement in his native Taiwan, modern dance in New York, creative writing in Iowa, and classical court dance in Japan and Korea. In 1973, Lin founded the first contemporary dance company in any Chinese-speaking region, naming it after the oldest known dance in China—Cloud Gate, a ritual dance created some 5,000 years ago. Trained in tai chi tao yin—an ancient form of qigong, modern dance, ballet, meditation, and calligraphy—Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s arresting style has elicited widespread praise, with Dance Europe noting: “No company in the world dances like Cloud Gate.” The company made its BAM debut in 1995 with Nine Songs; since then it has appeared at BAM with Songs of the Wanderers (2000 Next Wave), Moon Water (2003 Next Wave; recognized as one of the best dance events in 2003 by The New York Times), Wild Cursive (2007 Next Wave), and Water Stains on the Wall (2011 Next Wave). For press information contact David Hsieh at dhsieh@BAM.org or 718.636.4129 x5 Rice is commissioned by Wen C. KO, and co-produced by the National Theater & Concert Hall, the National Performing Arts Center, Taiwan, R.O.C.; New Vision Arts Festival, Hong Kong; Esplanade –Theatres on the Bay, Singapore; Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London; and Hellerau - European Center for the Arts Dresden, Germany Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance.    

Nufonia Must Fall US Premiere Kid Koala The Afiara Quartet Directed by K.K. Barrett Created by Eric San (Kid Koala) Set design by Benjamin Gerlis Puppet design by Clea Minaker, Patrick Martel, Félix Boisvert, and Karina Bleau Director of photography AJ Korkidakis Music by Kid Koala Musical direction by Vid Cousins

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BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Sep 17—19 at 7:30pm; Sep 20 at 3 pm Tickets: $25, 40 (weekday), $30, 45 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Montreal-based DJ, graphic artist, composer, and music producer Kid Koala presents a magical, multi-disciplinary adaptation of his graphic novel Nufonia Must Fall. Directed by the Oscar-nominated production designer K.K. Barrett (Her, Marie Antoinette, Lost in Translation, Being John Malkovich) the story centers around a lonesome, music-obsessed, headphones-sporting robot on the verge of obsolescence who falls in love with a winsome office worker. After a chance encounter, their precarious courtship unfolds via real-time filming of more than a dozen miniature stage settings and a cast of meticulously-crafted puppets. Kid Koala and the dynamic Canadian ensemble, the Afiara Quartet, provide the live score for piano, strings, and turntables, creating an unforgettably heartwarming performance experience that provides a fresh look at contemporary relationships, technology, and existential relevance. Kid Koala is a world-renowned scratch DJ, music producer, and award-winning graphic novelist. He has released four solo albums and has toured with the likes of Radiohead, the Beastie Boys, Arcade Fire, Money Mark, A Tribe Called Quest, Mike Patton, DJ Shadow, and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He has contributed to scores for the films Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Looper, and The Great Gatsby. He has composed music for the National Film Board of Canada, the Cartoon Network, Sesame Street, and Adult Swim. In addition to Nufonia Must Fall, he also wrote and published the graphic novel Space Cadet. For press information contact Sarah Garvey at sgarvey@BAM.org or 718.724.8025 Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor. Commissioned by BAM COLLAPSE New York Premiere Timur and the Dime Museum Music and text by Daniel Corral Video design and engineering by Jesse Gilbert Costume design by Victor Wilde and Bohemian Society Lighting design by Tony Shayne BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Sept 17—19 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Produced by Beth Morrison Projects, COLLAPSE is a multimedia requiem by LA-based band Timur and the Dime Museum. This “edgy, witty, musical-theater experimentation” (LA Weekly) brings together protopunk and art rock with minimalist avant-pop melodies sung by Kazakh-American opera singer Timur Bekbosunov. Accompanied by video projections created and live-mixed by Jesse Gilbert, with haunting music composed by Daniel Corral, this dark and satirical performance tells stories of the human impact on the environment and its impending collapse.

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Formed in 2010, Timur and the Dime Museum is an LA-based glam-rock band whose sound is laced with fierce energy and vibrant theatricality. The band is led by opera singer Timur Bekbosunov who has been called an “extravagantly transgressive tenor” by LA Times. After their successful debut on the Aloud series in LA and an appearance on America’s Got Talent, they went on to open for artists such as the Tiger Lilies, The Red Paintings, and Ann Magnuson. The band has collaborated with member Daniel Corral on Zoophilic Follies at the NOW Festival at REDCAT Theater; performed the multimedia hyper-opera Crescent City by Anne LeBaron and the Industry LA; and taken part in the inaugural Prototype Festival at HERE Arts Center, the New York premiere of COLLAPSE is its BAM debut. Beth Morrison Projects was founded in 2006 to support emerging and established composers through the commission, development, and production of their work, ranging from opera-theater, to music-theater, to multimedia concert works. Previous projects presented at BAM include Don Juan in Prague (2006 Next Wave), Brooklyn Babylon (2011 Next Wave), ELSEWHERE (2012 Next Wave), love fail (2012 Next Wave), 21c Liederabend Op. 3 (2013 Next Wave) and The Source (2014 Next Wave). For press information contact Baha Ebrahimzadeh, bebrahimzadeh@bam.org, 718.636.4129 x1 Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor. Creative producer, Beth Morrison Projects   TAPE US Premiere K. Kvarnström & Co/Kulturhuset City Theatre Stockholm Choreography by Kenneth Kvarnström in collaboration with the company Music curated by Jonas Nordberg Set and lighting design by Jens Sethzman Costume design by Astrid Olsson BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Sep 23—26 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Kenneth Kvarnström, one of the most respected Nordic choreographers, makes a rare New York appearance with TAPE, based on a double bill he choreographed for his own company and Skånes Dansteater in Sweden. Baroque music, modern dance, speech in different languages, and stage-set are all integrated in this intimate and lyrical piece. Dancers apply black duct tape on stage. They change formations and partners. They speak into a microphone about the baroque music forms and their corresponding dance steps, but also on other topics, such as how to bake an almond orange cake, revealing their personalities in the process. Throughout Jonas Nordberg, who plays on lute, guitar, and theorbo, hovers around the dancers, an ambiguous presence. Kenneth Kvarnström has been working in the field of dance since 1990, mainly with his own company K. Kvarnström & Co. His works have toured in most European countries and also in Africa, Israel, Japan, Latin America, and the US. Between 2003 and 2008 Kvarnström suspended choreographing to become the director of the House of Dance in Stockholm. In 2008 he resumed

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working as a choreographer with his own company and making works on commission. The same year he was appointed professor of the arts by the Finnish government. From 2010—12 Kvarnström worked as a house choreographer with Helsinki Dance Company. Since 2014 the company has been working in a new artistic structure as part of Kulturhuset City Theatre Stockholm. For press information contact David Hsieh at dhsieh@BAM.org or 718.636.4129 x5 Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Antigone US Premiere By Sophokles In a new translation by Anne Carson Barbican and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg Directed by Ivo van Hove Set design and lighting by Jan Versweyveld Costume design by An d’Huys Video design by Tal Yarden Dramaturgy by Peter van Kraaij Composition and sound design by Daniel Freitag BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Sep 24—Oct 4 (opens Sep 27) Sep 24—26, Sep 29—Oct 3 at 7:30pm; Sep 26 & Oct 3 at 2pm; Sep 27 & Oct 4 at 3pm Tickets: $30, 55, 85, 115 (weekday); $35, 65, 100, 135 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Talk: Antigone Interpreted A program of the Brooklyn Book Festival Co-presented by BAM and the Onassis Cultural Center NY Part of the Hellenic Humanities Program Brooklyn Book Festival, Sep 20 (time and location to be announced) Free Talk: Antigone With Juliette Binoche and members of the company Co-presented by BAM and the Onassis Cultural Center NY Part of the Hellenic Humanities Program BAM Harvey Theater Sep 29, post-show (free for same-day ticket holders) “..a production that combines a somber aesthetic beauty with a sense of the ambivalence at the heart of Sophocles’ play.” –The Guardian Academy Award-winning actress Juliette Binoche (In-I, 2009 Next Wave) plays the title role in a new English-language translation of Antigone, directed by the internationally renowned Belgian theater director Ivo van Hove (last at BAM with Angels in America, 2014 Next Wave) and translated by poet

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and MacArthur fellow Anne Carson. The BAM engagement marks the US premiere of this powerful, collaborative work which premiered at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg in February and was staged at the Barbican in March. Following the BAM engagement, the production’s US tour continues in Chapel Hill, NC; Ann Arbor, MI; and Washington, DC. In Thebes, Antigone has refuted King Kreon’s order: that her traitorous brother’s body be left to rot outside the city gates. Vast monochrome videoscapes of sun and moon, sand and snow provide the backdrop to Van Hove’s taut, unsentimental account of a woman who, as removed from life as she is from death, ends up taking both into her own hands. Juliette Binoche is a multi-award-winning screen and stage actress. She made her London stage debut in 1998 with a production of Luigi Pirandello’s Naked (Almeida Theatre). In 2000 she appeared on Broadway in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. In 2008 and 2009 Binoche performed on stage with Akram Khan for the collaborative dance piece In-I (2009 Next Wave) and in 2012 she made her debut on the Barbican stage in Mademoiselle Julie, an updated version of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie. Ivo van Hove began his career as a stage director in 1981, producing and directing plays he wrote himself before working with various esteemed theater companies and becoming general director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam in 2001. He has received many accolades, including an Obie Award for Best Production for More Stately Mansions and Hedda Gabler. Toneelgroep Amsterdam produces contemporary international theater from its home base, the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg. As the Netherlands’ largest repertory company, it holds a prominent place in the Dutch capital’s international cultural scene. BAM previously presented the Van Hove-directed productions Angels in America (2014 Next Wave,) Roman Tragedies (2012 Next Wave), Cries and Whispers (2011 Next Wave), and Opening Night (2008 Next Wave). Anne Carson is a poet, essayist, translator, playwright, and classicist. She frequently references, modernizes, and translates Greek mythology. Carson is a MacArthur Fellow; she has received the Lannan Prize, the TS Eliot Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and was an Anna-Maria Kellen fellow at the American Academy in Berlin in 2007. In addition to adapting Antigone for the Barbican, Carson’s version of Euripides Bakkhai featuring Ben Whishaw opens at the Almeida Theatre in July 2015. For press information contact Adriana Leshko at aleshko@BAM.org or 718.724.8021 BAM proudly dedicates this engagement to the memory of the late Rina Anoussi—the “Travel Agent to the Stars”. Rina was a beloved friend and loyal supporter of BAM for over three decades. Produced in association with Toneelgroep Amsterdam. Co-produced by Edinburgh International Festival, Théâtre de la Ville – Paris and Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen. Tabac Rouge US Premiere James Thierrée Compagnie du Hanneton Direction, set design, and choreography by James Thierrée Costumes by Victoria Thiérrée Sound design by Thomas Delot Lighting by Bastien Courthieu

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BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Sep 30—Oct 3 at 7:30pm, Oct 4 at 3pm Tickets: $20, 35, 50, 70 (weekday); $25, 40, 60, 80 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Master Class Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Thi Mai Nguyen, Compagnie du Hanneton Oct 1 at 11am, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For experienced and professional dancers Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register Price: $25 The 2015 Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award honors James Thierrée and the production of Tabac Rouge For his latest production, “boundary-smashing” (The Guardian, UK) artist James Thierrée assembles a cast of dancers to inhabit a world where movement, music, and mystery combine—drawing the audience into the unfathomable logic of dreams. A central, god-like character, played by Thierrée, commands the top of the social pyramid, exploring the concepts of desire, control, and power. At the center of Tabac Rouge is an ominous, imposing environment of tangled tubes and mirrors which shifts incessantly, “a sinister extra character in what is described as a ‘choreodrama’ and sees Thierrée edging away from circus towards dance” (The Guardian, UK). Telegraph (UK) acknowledges the piece as “more dance-filled than Thierrée’s past productions, and in fact as much Bauschian Tanztheater as offbeat circus….” James Thierrée has had a major influence on contemporary visual performance. He is one of Europe’s most extraordinary and versatile artists using his immense talent to create magical dream-like spectacles that captivate, charm, and inspire. Born in 1974, Thierrée began working in the renowned Cirques Bonjour, Imaginaire, and Invisible, co-founded by Victoria Chaplin and Jean-Baptiste Thierrée, and later studied trapeze and acrobatics, violin, and dramatic arts. He appeared in Peter Greenaway’s film Prospero’s Books and in starring roles in the independent films Bye Bye Blackbird and Liberté (2009). He has worked in theater productions by Robert Wilson, Beno Besson, and Carlos Santos. In 1998, he founded Compagnie du Hanneton and began to create his own work. The company’s first production was Junebug Symphony—presented in New York in 2002. Past productions at BAM include La Veillée des Abysses (Bright Abyss, 2005 Next Wave), Au Revoir Parapluie (Farewell Umbrella, 2007 Next Wave), and Raoul (2010 Next Wave). The Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award The 2015 Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award honors James Thierrée and the production of Tabac Rouge. The Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award Ceremony will take place on stage following the opening night performance of the engagement. BAM Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo will present the Fisher Award—a beautifully designed walking stick by Fort Greene sculptor/designer Chris Gullian, who drew his inspiration from Dick’s interests and the architecture of BAM’s Peter Jay Sharp Building—to James Thierrée, Artistic Director of Compagnie du Hanneton.

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Behind great arts presenters are great supporters, and few of BAM’s friends have deserved that title more than Richard B. Fisher (1936—2004). A visionary in both professional and philanthropic endeavors, Dick championed the creation of a strong endowment to enable BAM to continue presenting its signature groundbreaking programming, even in difficult times. As Chairman of the BAM Endowment Trust from 1992—2004, Dick shared financial expertise from years as president, chairman, and chairman emeritus of Morgan Stanley, and he guided investments as pledges grew to $50 million. The doubling of the endowment in 2004 may be largely credited to a leadership challenge grant from Dick and his wife, Jeanne Donovan Fisher, which in turn inspired support from other donors. Dick’s generosity throughout his life continued even with his passing in the form of a landmark bequest. To honor Dick’s friendship to BAM and recognize the legacy of progressive arts presentations he helped ensure in Brooklyn, where he and Emily H. Fisher raised their family, BAM inaugurated the annual Richard B. Fisher Next Wave Award in 2006. Each year, members of the Fisher family help BAM select the engagement that best exemplifies Dick’s forward-thinking ethos and passion for the arts, using this opportunity to celebrate Richard B. Fisher in perpetuity. Past recipients have included Pina Bausch, Charles Mee, Bill T. Jones, Robert Wilson, Mark Morris, Kronos Quartet, Anne Bogart, Fiona Shaw, and Brooklyn Youth Chorus. For press information contact Joe Guttridge at jguttridge@bam.org or 718.636.4129 x4 17 Border Crossings New York Premiere Thaddeus Phillips Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Sep 30—Oct 3 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Master Class Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Sep 26 at 4pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For theater makers of all levels Price: $25 Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register BAM Gathering: 17 Border Crossings With Thaddeus Phillips Led by Bryan Doerries Oct 1, post-show (free for same-day ticket holders) Theater director, designer and raconteur Thaddeus Phillips makes his BAM debut with 17 Border Crossings, a new theatrical work that takes audiences to the frontiers of Egypt, Bosnia, Cuba, Brazil, Morocco, Colombia, Austria, Bali, Czech Republic, Israel, Jordan, Serbia, Croatia, Italy, and Mexico. A deceptively simple solo work, 17 Border Crossings weaves these wanderlust tales into a dramatic, visual, and surreal examination of imaginary boundaries, arbitrary passports, and curious customs using only minimal means to transform the stage to global airports, jungle huts, holding cells, and even the Austrian Alps.

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From the wheel well of a transatlantic jet to a worse-for-wear Soviet-era train traveling from Prague to Belgrade, a chair, table, and bar of lights become the imagined settings for invasive body searches at Charles de Gaulle Airport, ayahuasca experiments in the Amazon, KFC-smuggling in Palestine, and run-ins with Ace of Base on Croatian ferries. Drawing from monologue and stand-up comedy elements, this world circumvention via storytelling starts with a man at a desk on an empty stage and ends up everywhere but. Thaddeus Phillips is a theater director, stage designer, and film/TV actor originally from Denver, Colorado known for the stage productions Red-eye to Havre de Grace (NYTW), Capsule 33 (Barrow Street Theatre), ¡El conquistador! (NYTW), The Tempest, The Earth’s Sharp Edge & King Lear (La MaMa E.T.C.), The Incredibly Dangerous Astonishing Lucrative and Potentially TRUE Adventures of Barry Seal, Whale Optics, Flamingo/Winnebago, THE MeLTING BRiDgE, and Lost Soles (FringeArts). His stage work has been seen at MassMoca, The Walker Arts Center, On The Boards, Miami Light Project as well as at international theater festivals in Spain, England, Ireland, Holland, Serbia, Mexico, Slovenia, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Italy. He appeared in Robert Lepage's Geometry of Miracles at BAM in 2000 and on screen has acted in Narcos (Netflix) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Sony), Alias El Mexicano (MundoFox), El Capo 3 (RCN). Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental develops devised theater works using creative structures, objects and travel in collaboration with actors, designers, singers, DJ's and installation artists. For press information contact Sarah Garvey at sgarvey@BAM.org or 718.724.8025 Dream’d in a Dream New York Premiere Seán Curran Company and Ustatshakirt Plus Choreography by Seán Curran BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Oct 7—10 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 30, 40 (weekday); $25, 35, 45 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Master Class Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Seán Curran and Elizabeth Coker Accompanied by Ustatshakirt Plus Oct 10 at 3pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For advanced contemporary dancers Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register Price: $25 In 2012, the Seán Curran Company toured Central Asia as part of DanceMotion USASM, an ongoing, international cultural exchange initiative of the US Department of State, produced by BAM. While in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, the company met and collaborated with the traditional music ensemble Ustatshakirt Plus, led by Musical Director/Composer Nurlanbek Nishanov. Curran and Nishanov made plans to continue their burgeoning artistic relationship with the development of an evening-length work of American contemporary dance and Kyrgyz mountain music. Dream’d in a Dream, a co-commission by BAM and University of Notre Dame, features members of Ustatshakirt Plus performing live on-stage

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in this inspired meeting of cultures—an exploration of dreams and reality named after a poem by Walt Whitman. Seán Curran Company was founded in 1997 by Artistic Director Seán Curran, who began his early dance training in traditional Irish step dancing. He became a leading dancer with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and was an original member of the long-running Off-Broadway show Stomp! Curran serves as chair of the department of dance at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. The Seán Curran Company has presented 27 premieres of new works and has toured to more than 75 venues in the US and abroad, including home seasons in New York City presented by the Joyce Theater, the Guggenheim Museum, New Victory Theater, Danspace Project, Symphony Space, Central Park Summerstage, and others. In 2012, the company was selected to perform and teach throughout Central Asia as part of DanceMotion USASM. The company’s most recent works include Left Exit, an examination of spirituality, faith, and religion commissioned by the University of Notre Dame; and Travel Songs, an evening of works with the Grammy Award-winning King’s Singers. Traditional music forms have historically played a vital role in the cultures of the Kyrgyz Republic and Central Asia, but were largely lost during the Soviet era and with the influx of Western pop music. Ustatshakirt Plus works to preserve these rich musical traditions through performance, teaching, and the crafting of traditional instruments. In Dream’d in a Dream, six members of the ensemble—in its New York debut—play instruments including the komuz (three-stringed lute), metal and wooden jaw harps, and the qui-qiyak (bowl fiddle). For press information contact Sandy Sawotka at ssawotka@BAM.org or 718.636.4190 Presentations from Muslim majority countries supported by the Building Bridges Program of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Commissioned by BAM New Society New York Premiere Miranda July BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Oct 7—10 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Miranda July risks all with a unique experiment in collaboration. This hilarious and moving performance artfully blends fiction and real life to create a startling chronicle of time, love, and group faith. On this very special night July tests the limits of what is possible given two hours and a room full of strangers. Due to the participatory nature of the event, the artist has requested no further descriptive information be disseminated about the engagement. Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. Her most recent work is The First Bad Man, a novel. July’s collection of stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award and has been published in twenty-three countries. Her writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Harper’s, and The New Yorker; It Chooses You was her first book of non-fiction. She wrote, directed, and starred in The Future and Me and You and Everyone We Know—

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winner of the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Special Jury Prize at Sundance. July’s participatory art works include the website Learning to Love You More (with artist Harrell Fletcher), Eleven Heavy Things (a sculpture garden created for the 2009 Venice Biennale), New Society (a performance), and Somebody (a messaging app.) Raised in Berkeley, California, July lives in Los Angeles. For press information contact Adriana Leshko at aleshko@BAM.org or 718.724.8021 Reconfiguration: An Evening with Other Lives World Premiere Mix Tape Productions Conceived by Rebecca Habel and Terry Kinney Directed by Terry Kinney BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Oct 9 & 10 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25, 30, 40 (Fri); $25, 35, 45 (Sat) (subject to change after Aug 2) True to its title, Reconfiguration: An Evening with Other Lives reconceives the acclaimed indie rock band’s live show as an immersive theatrical experience helmed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder Terry Kinney in this world premiere collaborative work. Other Lives’ Jesse Tabish, Jonathan Mooney, Josh Onstott, Daniel Hart, and Danny Reish will perform songs from their most recent album, Rituals, along with previous releases, while Kinney crafts an engrossing audio-visual narrative inspired by the band’s lyrics and Oklahoma roots. Other Lives—from Portland, Oregon via Stillwater, Oklahoma—features members Jesse Tabish (piano, guitar, lead vocals), Jonathon Mooney (piano, violin, guitar, percussion, trumpet), Josh Onstott (bass, keys, percussion, guitar, backing vocals), Daniel Hart (violin, backing vocals, guitar), and Danny Reish (drums, percussion). In addition to their most recent album, Rituals, released in May, their discography includes a 2009 self-titled album; 2011’s Tamer Animals; and an EP, Mind the Gap, released in 2012. The band opened for Bon Iver in the fall of 2011 and for Radiohead on the first leg of their North American tour in 2012. Their music has been heralded as “vividly cinematic” by Pitchfork. Terry Kinney is a co-founder of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. His directing credits there include The Violet Hour, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Clockwork Orange, Of Mice and Men and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which moved to Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. New York directing credits include the world premiere of Checkers by Doug McGrath, Neal LaBute’s reasons to be pretty for MCC and Broadway, among others. As an actor he has appeared in films such as Last of the Mohicans and The Firm; television credits include the role of Tim McManus in the HBO prison drama Oz, as well as roles on Black Box and The Good Wife, among others. Mix Tape Productions was formed by Rebecca Habel and Terry Kinney to produce music in theater venues directed and designed by theater artists, bringing the visual and story elements of that discipline to the music—creating a new form and a new way to experience concerts. For press information contact Sandy Sawotka at ssawotka@BAM.org or 718.636.4190 Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor.

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Helen Lawrence US Premiere Canadian Stage Conceived and directed by Stan Douglas Written by Chris Haddock Story by Stan Douglas and Chris Haddock Set design by Kevin McAllister Costume design by Nancy Bryant Lighting design by Robert Sondergaard Sound design by John Gzowski Director of photography Brian Johnson Video programming by Peter Courtemanche BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Oct 14—17 at 7:30pm Tickets: $30, 45, 65, 85 (weekday); $35, 55, 75, 95 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Inspired by post-war film noir, Helen Lawrence intertwines theater, visual art, live-action film, and computer-generated simulations in a beautifully crafted, suspense-filled tale from award-winning visual artist Stan Douglas and acclaimed screenwriter Chris Haddock (Da Vinci’s Inquest, CBC). Femme fatale Helen Lawrence arrives from Los Angeles in seedy, post-war Vancouver seeking revenge for the murder of her husband. She is quickly caught up in a twisted plot of corrupt racist cops, an equally corrupt mayor, and the degenerate local residents, which ultimately ends in murder. This pioneering stage production features a cast of 12 who operate cameras, filming their performances against a blue screen-enclosed stage. Their images are simultaneously integrated into computer-generated 3D recreations of urban Vancouver circa 1948—the prodigiously detailed work of Stan Douglas’ studio. The audience experience is thus at once a 3D film, projected onto a scrim in front of the live action, and a cinematic thriller unfolding live on stage. The production received its world premiere on March 19, 2014 in Vancouver and toured to the Munich Kammerspiele (Germany), Edinburgh International Festival, and back to Canada for a run at Canadian Stage’s Bluma Appel Theatre (Toronto). Canadian Stage is one of Canada’s leading not-for-profit contemporary theater companies. Under the direction of Artistic & General Director Matthew Jocelyn and Managing Director Su Hutchinson, the company produces and presents theater with a focus on emerging performance styles that integrate theater with other artistic media such as dance, film, visual arts, and more. Sharing innovative and vibrant performance work from Canada and around the world, the company presents an annual season at three Toronto venues (the Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts; the Berkeley Street Theatre; and the High Park Amphitheatre), in addition to running a series of artist training, education, and community outreach initiatives. Canadian Stage is dedicated to reinforcing Toronto’s position within an international cultural dialogue, by acting as a home, incubator, and exporter of leading Canadian and foreign theater. The company is committed to reading the pulse of performing artists as they are working now and creating the channels for audiences to encounter and enjoy their work. For press information contact Joe Guttridge at jguttridge@bam.org or 718.724.8022. A co-production with Canadian Stage, Arts Club Theatre Company, Vancouver, The Banff Centre, Stan Douglas Inc, Festival TransAmériques and Canada's National Arts Centre, with contributions from Arts Partners in

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Creative Development, Presentation House Gallery, BC Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts, Tour Sponsors, BMO; David Zwirner. All Vows New York Premiere Maya Beiser Films by Bill Morrison Sound design by Dave Cook Lighting and scenic design by Aaron Copp Projection design by Matthew Houstle BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Oct 14–17 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 “…Beiser knitted pop and overtly spiritual music together—and found a deep, almost devotional thread running through everything she played.” —The Washington Post (11/9/14) With All Vows, cellist Maya Beiser explores the dichotomy between the physical, external world and the landscape of the inner self. This spellbinding production includes Glenn Kotche’s Three Parts Wisdom, David T. Little’s Hellhound, and Mohammed Fairouz’s Kol Nidrei, plus Michael Harrison’s Just Ancient Loops and Michael Gordon’s All Vows (both with film by Bill Morrison) and re-imagined classic rock from Maya’s latest album, Uncovered. The program’s first half features bold new renditions (“uncovers”) of well-known blues and rock songs by Janis Joplin, Howlin’ Wolf, Nirvana, and Led Zeppelin in arrangements by acclaimed composer Evan Ziporyn. Beiser re-contextualizes classic rock through the lens of her cello—along with Jherek Bischoff on electric bass and a healthy dose of drums and light-show spectacle. Alongside the rock and blues masters, Beiser presents original music from Glenn Kotche (Wilco) and David T. Little—composers both deeply influenced by this vernacular. The second half of All Vows delves into our inherent desire for ritual and meaning with three spiritual works. Kol Nidrei by Arab-American composer Mohammed Fairouz and All Vows by Michael Gordon both take the Jewish Yom Kippur prayer as a compositional starting point. Beiser’s extensive collaboration with filmmaker Bill Morrison is reflected in the program’s final large-scale work, Michael Harrison’s Just Ancient Loops, a visual and musical tapestry (using the ‘just intonation’ tuning) that unveils every aspect of the cello. Throughout her adventurous career, renowned cellist Maya Beiser has reimagined the concert experience, commissioning and performing hundreds of new works written for her by today’s leading composers. She has collaborated with artists across a range of musical styles, including Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Tan Dun, and Evan Ziporyn. Her multimedia productions, including World to Come, Almost Human, Provenance, Elsewhere: A CelloOpera, and All Vows, have consistently been chosen for top critics’ “Best of the Year” lists. Beiser was raised in the Galilee Mountains in Israel, surrounded by the music and rituals of Jews, Muslims, and Christians, while studying classical cello repertoire. She is a graduate of Yale University and a founding member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Her discography includes eight solo albums and her latest album, Uncovered, topped the classical music charts on both Amazon and iTunes. www.mayabeiser.com

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For press information contact Sandy Sawotka at ssawotka@BAM.org or 718.636.4190 Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor. Hallo US Premiere Martin Zimmermann Concept, direction, choreography, and stage design by Martin Zimmermann Dramaturgy by Sabine Geistlich Composed by Colin Vallon Costume design by Franziska Born Light design by Sammy Marchina Sound design by Andy Neresheimer BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Oct 15—17 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 30, 40 (weekday); $25, 35, 45 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Swiss choreographer, scenographer, and consummate clown Martin Zimmermann (Hans was Heiri, 2013 Next Wave) maneuvers a landscape of boxes, frames, and precarious parallelograms in search of himself. Somewhere between Beckett and Buster Keaton, Hallo pits shape-shifting human against animate architecture, teetering on the threshold between collapse and order. Changing between trench coat, helmet, bowler, and shroud, while periodically stopping to vacuum, Zimmermann breaks walls and breaches skylights as his surroundings remodel themselves in sculptural echoes of his mind. Martin Zimmermann was born in 1970 and grew up in Wildberg, a small Swiss village. After studying set design he graduated with honors from the Centre National des Arts du Cirque (C.N.A.C.) in France. Following his return to Zurich in 1998 he began to work as a choreographer and director. He is a co-founder of Zimmermann & de Perrot (Hans was Heiri, Next Wave 2013), a theater company whose shows are based on precise observation, humorous repetition, distortion, and artistic transformation of everyday interactions. Their wordless theater is full of absurd humor and a deep love of detail. For press information contact David Hsieh at dhsieh@bam.org or 718.636.4129 x9 Produced by Verein Zimmermann & de Perrot Coproduced with Châteauvallon – Centre National de Création et Diffusion Culturelles; Espace Jean Legendre, Compiègne - Scène nationale de l’Oise en prefiguration; KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg; La Filature, Scène nationale – Mulhouse; Le Merlan, scène nationale à Marseille avec le Pôle Cirque Méditerranée (CREAC de Marseille, Théâtre Europe, La Seyne sur Mer); Le Volcan, Scène nationale du Havre; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne; Migros culture percentage; Theater Casino Zug; Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne; Zürcher Theater Spektakel. With support of Ernst Göhner Stiftung. Thanks to Schauspielhaus Zürich. Final rehearsal and premiere at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne

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texts&beheadings/ElizabethR New York Premiere Compagnia de' Colombari Karin Coonrod Created and directed by Karin Coonrod Dramaturgy and scenic design by John Conklin Music by Gina Leishman Costume design by Oana Botez Lighting design by Peter Ksander BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Oct 21—Oct 24 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Queen Elizabeth I left an indelible mark on history, inspiring a number of artistic works attempting to capture her extravagant iconography. In texts&beheadings/ElizabethR, director Karin Coonrod constructs a full-length theatrical work from Elizabeth’s own writings—letters, speeches, prayers—as well as those of her contemporaries. Four actresses portray the ever-changing spirit of the queen throughout this four-part work which investigates what it is to be royal and exposes the great monarch’s own status as a writer, director, designer, and actor—having played the role of queen and king, wife and husband to England. Karin Coonrod is a theater maker whose work has been seen and heard across the country and around the world. Coonrod founded two theater companies—Arden Party (1987—97), in downtown New York which re-imagined the classics—and Compagnia de’ Colombari (2004—present), an international company, based in New York, which began a new tradition of theater in Orvieto, Italy when it presented the medieval mystery plays in public spaces and a music-theater piece More or Less I Am (from Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself) performed around New York City. Coonrod is known for her Shakespeare productions including her epic Henry VI (1996) and surprising Love’s Labor’s Lost (2011), both at the Public Theater where she was Artist-in-Residence from 1995—96; King John (2000), Julius Caesar (2003) and Coriolanus (2005), all with Theatre for a New Audience; Othello at Hartford Stage (2005), and most recently, Tempest at LaMama (2014). Other seminal productions include Roger Vitrac’s Victor or Children Take Over (1996) at the Ohio Theatre, Coonrod’s own creation for the stage of non-dramatic material: Flannery O’Connor’s Everything That Rises Must Converge developed at the University of Iowa, Sundance Theatre Lab, and premiered at New York Theatre Workshop (2001), Anne Sexton’s Transformations with Arden Party (1991—95), and a cabaret adaptation of Lorca’s Poeta en Nueva York with flamenco dancer La Conja at New York University (2002). Coonrod is on the faculty at Yale School of Drama (since 2002). For press information contact Joe Guttridge at jguttridge@bam.org or 718.724.8022 Refuse the Hour US Premiere William Kentridge Philip Miller Dada Masilo, Catherine Meyburgh, Peter Galison Conception and libretto by William Kentridge Music by Philip Miller

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Choreography Dada Masilo Video design by Catherine Meyburgh and William Kentridge Dramaturgy by Peter Galison Scenic design by Sabine Theunissen Movement by Luc de Wit Costume design by Greta Goiris Machine design by Christoff Wolmarans, Louis Olivier, and Jonas Lundquist Lighting design by Urs Schoenebaum Sound design by Gavan Eckhart Video orchestration by Kim Gunning BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Oct 22—24 at 7:30pm; Oct 25 at 3pm Tickets: $30, 50, 70, 95 (weekday); $35, 65, 85, 110 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Talk: William Kentridge and Peter Galison Moderated by Dennis Overbye Oct 24 at 5pm BAM Hillman Attic Studio (30 Lafayette Ave) Tickets: $15 ($7.50 for Friends of BAM) “Can we hold our breath against time?” —from Refuse the Hour Speaking backwards and forwards in front of giant on-stage metronomes, inimitable South African artist William Kentridge delivers an elliptical lecture-performance examining the nature of temporality in this multimedia chamber opera composed by longtime collaborator Phillip Miller. A companion to his five-channel video installation The Refusal of Time (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Documenta 13), Refuse the Hour features a cast of 12 dancers, musicians, performers, and vocalists. Amid these stage companions, Kentridge muses on topics as disparate yet connected as productive procrastination, myth, entropy, empire, and black holes. With choreography by South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, video design by Catherine Meyburgh, and dramaturgy by science historian and physicist Peter Galison.  William Kentridge was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1955. He attended the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (1973–76), Johannesburg Art Foundation (1976–78), and studied mime and theater at L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Paris (1981–82). Having witnessed first-hand one of the 20th century’s most contentious struggles—the dissolution of apartheid—Kentridge brings the ambiguity and subtlety of personal experience to public subjects that are most often framed in narrowly defined terms. Using film, drawing, sculpture, animation, and performance, he transmutes sobering political events into powerful poetic allegories. His production of Dmitri Shostakovich’s opera The Nose premiered in 2010 at the Metropolitan Opera in conjunction with a retrospective organized by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Kentridge was last at BAM with The Magic Flute (2007 Winter/Spring); he lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa. Philip Miller is a composer and sound artist living and working in South Africa. His work has been exhibited and performed at Carnegie Hall, the Venice Biennale, Spier Contemporary in South Africa, and Lithuania’s Kaunas Biennial. His award-winning cantata Rewind—based on testimonies from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission—has been performed at the Royal Festival Hall

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(London) and Celebrate Brooklyn (New York). Miller has scored numerous soundtracks to film and television shows, including Emmy Award-nominated scores for HBO’s The Girl and BET’s The Book of Negroes. His two decade-long collaboration with artist William Kentridge includes I am not me, the horse is not mine at the Tate Modern (2012) and The Refusal of Time (2013), a multimedia installation commissioned for documenta (Kassel) and exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.. For press information contact Adriana Leshko at aleshko@BAM.org or 718.724.8021 Leadership support for opera at BAM provided by Aashish & Dinyar Devitre Executive Producer: Tomorrowland (Paris), Producer: THE OFFICE performing arts + film (New York). Co-commissioned by Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Festival d'Avignon, RomaEuropa Festival/Teatro di Roma (Roma), and Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), with additional support provided by Marian Goodman Gallery (New York - Paris - London), Lia Rumma Gallery (Naples - Milano), and The Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg - Cape Town). Major support for Refuse the Hour is provided by the Marian Goodman Gallery Umusuna: Memories Before History New York Premiere Sankai Juku Choreography, concept, and direction by Ushio Amagatsu Music by Takashi Kako, Yas-Kaz, and Yoichiro Yoshikawa Costumes by Masayo Iiduka Lighting design by Genta Iwamura Sound design by Akira Aikawa BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Oct 28—31 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25, 30, 40, 55, 70 (subject to change after Aug 2) Master Class Co-Presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Sankai Juku with Semimaru Oct 30 at 12pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For audiences of all backgrounds and experience levels with an interest in Butoh Price: $25 Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register After nearly a decade since its last appearance at BAM, Sankai Juku makes a triumphant return with the monumental 2012 work Umusuna: Memories Before History. Literally translated to mean “the place you were born,” umusuna primarily refers to a pin-pointed small area, but can also infer a broader, universal, planet-wide perspective. The performance begins with a column of sand cascading from the ceiling, representing life as a vertical line. As the sand accumulates center stage, the audience acutely senses the passage of time. Sand is spread over the floor in section, invoking the elements of fire, water, air, and earth, each delineated by ascribed colors of light.

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Sankai Juku’s signature minimalist style of butoh dance was developed by founder and choreographer Ushio Amagatsu, a vanguard of the second generation of butoh artists. While Amagatsu’s work maintains the typical powder-covered bodies and rigid physicality of his predecessors, it also includes large scale scenic material and elements of ritual and modern dance, in which the fluidity of motion is infused with intent, creating a meaningful metamorphosis of bodies that relay a universal humanity. Founded in 1975 by Ushio Amagatsu, Sankai Juku is known worldwide for its elegance, refinement, technical precision, and emotional depth. His contemporary butoh creations are sublime visual spectacles and deeply moving theatrical experiences. Trained in classical and modern dance before cultivating his signature butoh approach, Amagatsu focuses on the expression of body language and the relationship between the body and gravity set within themes of universality. His works are characterized by an abstract vision of the infinite, and evolutionary movement. Sankai Juku performed previously at BAM with Yuragi: In a Space of Perpetual Motion (1996 Next Wave Festival), Hiyomeki (1999 Next Wave Festival), Hibiki: Resonance from Far Away (2002 Next Wave Festival), and Kagemi—Beyond the Metaphors of Mirrors (2006 Next Wave Festival). For press information contact Sarah Garvey at sgarvey@BAM.org or 718.724.8025 Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Supported by the Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program. The Exalted New York Premiere Written by Carl Hancock Rux Music by Theo Bleckmann Directed by Anne Bogart Video design by Onome Ekeh Lighting Design by Christian Epps BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Oct 28—Oct 31 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 The Exalted sheds light on Carl Einstein, a mostly forgotten 20th-century German-Jewish art historian who was one of the first critics to discuss the importance of African art, thus influencing the works of George Grosz, Pablo Picasso, and Georges Braque. African American writer and performer Carl Hancock Rux discovered his German heritage while researching his family’s genealogy, and with composer and musician Theo Bleckmann, reimagines the atrocities of occupation and the ‘discovery’ of African art by the West in this multimedia narrative directed by Anne Bogart. Carl Hancock Rux is an American poet, novelist, OBIE award-winning playwright, interdisciplinary performative artist, and recording artist. His albums include Rux Revue (Sony), Apothecary Rx (Giant Step), Good Bread Alley (Thirsty Ear), and Homeostasis (CD Baby). Rux is the author of the OBIE award-winning play Talk, and the critically acclaimed novel Asphalt. His work has been published in numerous journals, anthologies, and magazines including Interview, The New York Times, A Rude

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Magazine, Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art, and American Theatre magazine. Rux will be involved in Steel Hammer (2015 Next Wave), a musical also directed by Anne Bogart. Theo Bleckmann is a Grammy-nominated and ECHO award-winning vocalist and composer whose work spans concerts, installations, theater, cabaret, and performance art. For over a decade he has performed with guitarist Ben Monder and in Meredith Monk's ensemble, and is a longtime student and mentee of vocalist and NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan. He has collaborated with artists such as Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Uri Caine, Julia Wolfe, John Zorn, and the Bang on a Can All-stars, among others. Bleckmann has garnered praise from The New York Times, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, and the Village Voice. His uniquely flexible and colorful voice has also inspired compositions by, among others, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Ikue Mori, Kirk Nurock, Julia Wolfe, and, prominently, Phil Kline, who wrote three major song cycles for Bleckmann: Out Cold, and Zippo Songs (2012 Next Wave), and Locus Solus. Anne Bogart is the artistic director of SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is a professor at Columbia University and runs the graduate directing program. Bogart’s works with SITI include Café Variations; Trojan Women (2012 Next Wave); American Document; Antigone; Freshwater; Who Do You Think You Are; Radio Macbeth; Hotel Cassiopeia (2007 Next Wave); Death and the Ploughman; bobrauschenbergamerica (2003 Next Wave); War of the Worlds (2000 Next Wave); Cabin Pressure; Alice’s Adventures; Culture of Desire; Small Lives/Big Dreams; The Medium; Noel Coward’s Hay Fever and Private Lives, August Strindberg’s Miss Julie, and Charles Mee’s Orestes. Bogart is the author of A Director Prepares; The Viewpoints Book; And The; You Act; and Conversations with Anne. For press information contact Baha Ebrahimzadeh at bebrahimzadeh@bam.org or 718.636.4129 x8

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Opus New York Premiere Circa Debussy String Quartet Directed by Yaron Lifschitz BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Nov 4—7 at 7:30pm, Nov 8 at 3pm Tickets: $25, 40, 60 (weekday); $30, 45, 65 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) How do you play an intimate string quartet with 14 acrobats tumbling and somersaulting around you? How do you execute hair-raising acrobatic routines with four string players (and their precious instruments) in your midst? This is the challenge for Australia-based Circa and Debussy String Quartet (of Lyon, France) in Opus, a show that has been described as “so remarkable as almost to defy description” by The Guardian. Combing forces, they test each other’s limits (at one point for an extended time, the Quartet is blindfolded by the acrobats while continuing to play the spiky Shostakovich string quartets) and expand the audience’s expectation of concert/theater-going. Known for its blend of athleticism, stripped back acrobatics, poetry, and humor, Circa has earned an international reputation for its originality and innovative aesthetics. Founded in 1987 in Australia under

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the name Rock and Roll Circus, the company took a radical turn in 2006 with the arrival of a new artistic director, Yaron Lifschitz. Since then, the company, renamed Circa, has been praised by audiences and critics in more than 32 countries on six continents. Through its passionate commitment to speak in a unique voice, eschewing the creation of an international quartet sound, the Debussy String Quartet has established itself as one of the finest quartets touring and recording today. Formed in 1990 by a group of young musicians (Christophe Collette and Marc Vieillefon on violin, Vincent Deprecq on viola, Fabrice Bihan on cello) studying at the Conservatoire de Lyon, France, the quartet has gained international renown for its exciting performances and award-winning recordings. For press information contact David Hsieh at dhsieh@bam.org or 718.636.4129 x9 Epiphany: A Cycle of Life World Premiere VisionIntoArt Young People’s Chorus of New York City Conducted by Francisco J. Núñez Music by Paola Prestini, Netsayi, and Sarah Kirkland Snider Libretto by Niloufar Talebi and Nathaniel Bellows Film by Ali Hossaini Directed by Michael McQuilken BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Nov 4—7 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 A musical ode to life involving a mobile audience, a maze guided by choristers, and 3-D glasses, Epiphany examines the cycle of life with help from an onstage string quartet, surreal 8-channel video by Ali Hossaini, and the sounds of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City performing works by Paola Prestini, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Zimbabwean singer Netsayi (of Netsayi & Black Pressure). Librettists Niloufar Talebi and Nathaniel Bellows cast an intensely personal mark on these themes by drawing inspiration from Western and Eastern traditions including the Latin Mass, Dia de Los Muertos, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Ouroboros symbol and Zoroastrian rites. Comprising two major movements (“Epiphany” and “Ouroborus”) with an intermezzo, the piece’s monolithic main attraction is a giant cube at the center of a seat-free Fishman Space, surrounded by a labyrinthine pathway and disassembled mid-show for a dramatic musical reveal. Video walls pulsate with cosmic chronologies; ancient texts whirl in ritualistic constellations. Death, embraced as the greatest expression of life, gets an affirming soundtrack. VisionIntoArt is a multimedia production company that “facilitates flamboyant, confounding and enticing collaborations” (The New York Times). With the belief that collaboration sustains artistic innovation, VIA creates and commissions works that involve various disciplines, presented around the world. Co-founded by Paola Prestini in 1999 at The Juilliard School, VIA has commissioned over seventy works and have been performed at Lincoln Center, the Barbican Centre, the Kennedy Center, HIFA in Africa, and BAM along with residencies at MASS MoCA and the Park Avenue Armory. They

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have also toured to colleges and universities in the US, and to international festivals such as Apertif in Concerto at Teatro Manzoni, Etna Fest in Italy, and BEMUS in Belgrade, Serbia. The Young People’s Chorus of New York City, founded by MacArthur Fellow Francisco J. Núñez in 1988, is internationally renowned for its “astounding virtuosity” (Wall Street Journal) and as “one of New York City’s artistic treasures (Opera News). Its fearless approach to new music has resulted in their commissioning and premiering some 100 pieces of music from many of the most visionary composers of our time in performances that have won them acclaim in Hong Kong and Japan, across North America to cities in South America and Europe. VisonIntoArt and Netsayi were at BAM previously as part of the vocal work 21c Liederabend (Next Wave 2013). Co-produced by VisionIntoArt and Young People's Chorus of New York City Developed at 3LD Art & Technology Center. For press information contact Sarah Garvey at sgarvey@BAM.org or 718.724.8025 Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor.  

Hagoromo World Premiere International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) Music by Nathan Davis Libretto by Brendan Pelsue Choreography by David Neumann Puppetry by Chris M. Green Conceived and directed by David Michalek Presented in association with American Opera Projects Costumes by Dries Van Noten Lighting design by Clifton Taylor Stage design by Sara Brown Puppetry design by Chris M. Green and David Michalek Dramaturgy by Norman Frisch BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St.) Nov 5—7 at 7:30pm, Nov 8 at 3pm Tickets: $25, 35, 45 (weekday); $30, 40, 50 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Reuniting former NYCB principal dancers Wendy Whelan and Jock Soto, Hagoromo is a multidisciplinary work of dance-chamber opera inspired by one of the masterpieces of Japanese Noh drama, featuring contralto Katalin Károlyi and tenor Peter Tantsits, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), and Brooklyn Youth Chorus. The ancient tale of Hagoromo involves a desolate island and the fateful encounter between a poor fisherman (Soto) and a fallen angel (Whelan). A thoroughly contemporary vision, this retelling is a bold experiment in hybrid forms: a chamber opera composed by Nathan Davis and librettist Brendan Pelsue, with dance choreographed by David Neumann, puppetry by Chris M. Green, dramaturgy by Norman Frisch, and costumes created by the celebrated Belgian designer Dries Van Noten.

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At the forefront of the contemporary opera movement for a quarter century, American Opera Projects (AOP) creates, develops, and presents opera and music theater projects in collaboration with young, rising, and established artists. AOP has produced over 25 world premieres, most recently Kaminsky/Reed/Campbell’s As One, Nkeiru Okoye’s Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom, and Lera Auerbach’s The Blind, a co-production with the 2013 Lincoln Center Festival. Other notable premieres include Kimper/Persons' Patience & Sarah, Weisman/Rabinowitz's Darkling, Lee Hoiby's This is the Rill Speaking, and Phil Kline's Out Cold (2012 Next Wave). AOP productions have appeared at London’s Royal Opera House, Lincoln Center Festival, New York City Opera, Fort Worth Opera, the Skirball Center, the Guggenheim Museum, Symphony Space, the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and many out-of-doors performances sponsored by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. For press information contact Joe Guttridge at jguttridge@BAM.org or 718.724.8022 Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance.    

YOU US WE ALL US Premiere Shara Worden, Andrew Ondrejcak, B.O.X. (Baroque Orchestration X) Music by Shara Worden Text, direction, and design by Andrew Ondrejcak BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Nov 11—14 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 30, 40 (weekday); $25, 35, 45 (weekend) (Prices subject to change after August 2) Singer and composer Shara Worden partners with writer/director/designer Andrew Ondrejcak to create this contemporary opera for five singers and a baroque chamber ensemble. YOU US WE ALL is inspired by the 17th-century court masques, with characters, lyrics, music, costumes, sets, and staging all fractured through a contemporary lens. The explicitly allegorical characters—Death, Hope, Virtue, and Love—are thrust into our world, where they negotiate mundane everyday lives: going to the gym, obsessing over celebrities, fantasizing the life-that-could-be, etc—until Time comes along and tears everything away. Born in "The Diamond State" of Arkansas to a family of musical traveling evangelists, Shara Worden moved across America throughout her youth, then went on to study classical voice at The University of North Texas. After moving to New York she began composition lessons with Padma Newsome and assembled her chamber pop band, My Brightest Diamond in 2001, subsequently releasing four albums on Asthmatic Kitty Records. Worden has received composer commissions from yMusic, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Young New Yorkers' Chorus, Brooklyn Rider, Nadia Sirota, and Roomful of Teeth. Additionally many composers, songwriters, and filmmakers have sought out Worden's distinctive voice, including David Lang, David Byrne, The Decemberists, Bryce Dessner, Steve Mackey, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Sufjan Stevens, and Matthew Barney. Born and raised in Mississippi, Andrew Ondrejcak studied architecture and painting at Savannah College of Art and Design and then playwriting at Brooklyn College. A multi-talented artist, Ondrejcak

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has a diverse career in the arts. Since 2002, he has been a lecturer at the Museum of Modern Art. One of the most sought-after production designers in the fashion industry, Ondrejcak has worked with Vogue, Wallpaper, Italian Vogue, and W, among others. He is art director for Vivienne Westwood’s Paris fashion shows and is also designing one of the new venues for New York Fashion Week. Ondrejcak's performances have been presented internationally, including the Guggenheim Museum's Works & Process (curated by Robert Wilson), Under The Radar Festival at The Public Theater and the Holland Festival. He is currently Artist in Residence at the Park Avenue Armory. B.O.X. (Baroque Orchestration X) is an Antwerp-based baroque collective focusing on contemporary creation. Founded in 2010 by lute and theorbo player Pieter Theuns, B.O.X. gathers some of today's finest virtuosi on antique instruments such as harpsichord, triple harp, viola da gamba, cornetto, and sackbut. They have collaborated with a variety of artists from the indie rock scene, creating genre bending new sounds, and building bridges between audiences. In the spring of 2015, B.O.X. presented “The Loom of Mind,” a collaboration with Icelandic stars Mugison and Pétur Ben. For press information contact David Hsieh at dhsieh@bam.org or 718.636.4129 x9. Leadership support for opera at BAM provided by Aashish & Dinyar Devitre. Commissioned by B.O.X. (Baroque Orchestration X), Co-produced by ArKtype, deSingel International Arts Campus, Antwerp, Belgium and Kampnagel Sommerfestival, Hamburg, Germany, with the support of the Flemish Authorities Savannah Bay New York Premiere By Marguerite Duras Théâtre de l'Atelier, Paris Directed by Didier Bezace Set by Jean Haas Lighting by Dominique Fortin Costumes by Cidalia da Costa  

BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Nov 11—14 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 In French with English titles On Truth (and Lies) in Suicide With Kay Redfield Jamison and Andrew Solomon Hosted by Simon Critchley Co-presented by BAM and the Onassis Cultural Center NY Part of the Hellenic Humanities Program Nov 14th at 5pm BAM Fisher (Fishman Space) Tickets: $15 ($7.50 for Friends of BAM) “The notion of human beings as solo travelers is poignantly challenged in Marguerite Duras’s Savannah Bay, a play from France that is as freshly and lovingly cultivated as a newly mown lawn in spring.”—The Washington Post

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Paris' historic Théâtre de l'Atelier makes its BAM debut with French playwright, author, and screenwriter Marguerite Duras’ (The Lover, Hiroshima Mon Amour) rarely produced 1982 play. Set in a stark white room suggestive of a nursing home, Savannah Bay is a mesmerizing character drama about two women—one young, one old, in a caregiving relationship—attempting to reconstruct and understand a shared long-ago tragedy. Despite that central heartbreak—concerning the young woman’s mother, who committed suicide the day after she was born—the play is more poignant than maudlin, brimming with the late French writer’s beautifully impressionistic language and trademark themes of irrational love, loss, regret, and memory. In the end, it is less about the long ago act that binds the women than about the care they bestow upon each other in the present. The production is directed by Didier Bezace and features Geneviève Mnich and Marie Vialle. It is performed in French with English titles. Located in the heart of Montmartre, the Théâtre de l’Atelier is a Parisian cultural icon, cherished by artists and the public alike. Laura Pels assumed leadership of this historic theater in 1999, joining an impressive line of artistic directors since the theater’s founding in 1922 by Charles Dullin. Over the years the theater has become known for its adventurous programming and diverse offerings, offering audiences the opportunity to discover important works by French, English, and American authors, directors, and designers. In January 2015, esteemed director and actor Didier Long took over the role of director. For press information contact Adriana Leshko at aleshko@BAM.org or 718.724.8021 Major support for Savannah Bay provided by The Florence Gould Foundation and Laura Pels. Real Enemies World Premiere By Darcy James Argue, Isaac Butler, and Peter Nigrini Secret Society Music by Darcy James Argue Written and directed by Isaac Butler Film design by Peter Nigrini Scenic and lighting design by Maruti Evans BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Nov 18–21 at 7:30pm; Nov 22 at 3pm Tickets: $25, 35, 50 (weekday); $30, 45, 60 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) “For a wholly original take on big band’s past, present, and future, look to Darcy James Argue.” —Newsweek Grammy Award-nominated composer Darcy James Argue and his acclaimed 18-member jazz ensemble Secret Society return to BAM with Real Enemies—a multimedia work that explores American conspiracy theories in 12 vignettes. Using both contemporary and historical stories of both real and imagined plots, Real Enemies will build a new conspiracy theory on stage.

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Featuring a series of short films by Peter Nigrini, broadcast on multiple surfaces designed by Maruti Evans, Real Enemies creates connections and mini-narratives between disparate pieces of information. The work’s narrative, by Isaac Butler, is drawn from declassified government papers, conspiracy documentaries, and historical sources—fusing a final collage of pictures, multiple channels of simultaneously-broadcast film, and live music performed by Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society. Vancouver-born, Brooklyn-based composer and bandleader Darcy James Argue has toured nationally and internationally with his18-piece ensemble Secret Society, garnering countless awards and nominations and reimagining what a big band can be in the 21st century. Argue and Secret Society made their mark with the 2009 debut album Infernal Machines (which earned both Grammy and Juno Award nominations) and made their BAM debut with Brooklyn Babylon —a BAM-commissioned collaboration with graphic novelist Danijel Zezelj featuring music, animation, and real-time large-scale painting (2011 Next Wave). The production spawned the Brooklyn Babylon album (New Amsterdam Records), which also earned Grammy and Juno Award nominations. Secret Society premiered the extended work Tensile Curves at the 2014 Newport Jazz Festival in honor of its 60th anniversary (its third appearance in the Festival. Argue has received numerous commissions, grants, and fellowships, including this year’s Guggenheim Fellowship in Music and Doris Duke Artist Award. For press information contact Sandy Sawotka at ssawotka@BAM.org or 718.636.4190 Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor. Co-commissioned by BAM, Beth Morrison Projects, The Fromm Music Foundation, and Holland Festival. Real Enemies is supported by The MAP Fund, a program of Creative Capital, primarily supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funds come from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Beyond Time US Premiere U-Theatre Directed by Liu Ruo-yu Composed and choreographed by Huang Chih-chun Set and lighting design by Lin Keh-hua Costume design by Tim Yip Video design by Hsu Yi-chun BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Nov 19—21 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 30, 45 (weekday); $25, 35, 50 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) One of Taiwan’s most celebrated troupes, U-Theatre returns to BAM to present the US premiere of Beyond Time. Traditional Taiwanese drumming and folk music meet contemporary dance-theater in this exploration of man’s relationship to the universe. South China Morning Post calls the work, “a timeless journey in celebration of the awe-inspiring moments in life.” Music ranging from precise, thunderous taiko-style drumming to plaintive folk music performed on traditional instruments like the Chinese zither, flute, and pitched gongs accompany a movement vocabulary that draws from modern dance, traditional folk dance, and martial arts. Projections and a mirrored floor add to this visual and sonic spectacle. U-Theatre, a collective of performers that was founded by Artistic Director Liu Ruo-Yu in 1988, makes its home on Laochuan Mountain at the outskirts of Taipei. The sound of the letter “U” from which the

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company takes its name is similar to that of the Chinese character that means “superior” or “excellent;” in ancient China, that symbol also meant “professional actor.” Living and working together, U-Theatre’s performers undergo intense physical training, including meditation, tai-chi, martial arts, and traditional drumming. Western techniques, reflecting Liu’s studies in the west, also are evident. Aesthetically, U-Theatre’s work is rooted in an ongoing exploration of indigenous Taiwanese and Chinese performance history and practice, as well as in a deep respect for the natural environment. U-Theatre’s philosophy embraces the Zen principle of balancing artistic skill with self-knowledge. The company seeks to elevate quality of life and discover spiritual strength through the practice of modern theater. In 2009 the company began offering drumming classes to inmates from Changhua Prison in central Taiwan as part of the prison’s reform-through-art program. U-Theatre previously appeared at BAM in the 2003 and 2008 Next Wave Festivals. For press information contact Joe Guttridge at jguttridge@bam.org or 718.724.8022 Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taiwan. BAM and Performa present More up a Tree US Premiere By de Serpa Soares, Sussman, and White Choreography by Claudia de Serpa Soares Installation by Eve Sussman Music by Jim White BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Nov 19—21 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 This piece reminds the audience that the emotional reaction to music is extraordinary because it is so commonplace—mysterious like gravity. Exploring the intrinsic reciprocity of rhythm, movement, and light, More up a Tree has been created by drummer Jim White (Xylouris White,Dirty Three), dancer and choreographer Claudia de Serpa Soares (Sasha Waltz & Guests), and artist Eve Sussman (No food No money No jewels). Co-presented by Performa 15, in this work the fourth wall is a window. On one side of a two-way surveillance mirror, the audience looks in on a dancer and a drummer dealing with their expectations of melody. When the show begins, the audience can peer into the box, but the dancer and drummer cannot see out. There is a sense of privacy on stage, heightening the performer—audience relationship, creating a space where the performers are alone in public. Prior to More up a Tree, de Serpa Soares, Sussman, and White collaborated on various other projects. Eve Sussman is an artist who works primarily with film, video, and installation and whose works have been shown internationally, including exhibitions at the Reina Sofia, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, the National Gallery, the Leeum Museum, and Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Dancer, choreographer, and actress Claudia de Serpa Soares has appeared at BAM previously as a member of Sasha Waltz & Guests in the 2002 and 2010 Next Wave Festivals in Körper and Gezeiten, respectively. Renowned drummer and composer Jim White is part of Dirty Three and

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has worked with Cat Power, Bonnie Prince Billy, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, and Marianne Faithfull. White has also written and performed music for films including Jem Cohen's We Have An Anchor (2013 Next Wave Festival). For press information contact Sarah Garvey at sgarvey@BAM.org or 718.724.8025 Leadership support for BAM Visual Art provided by Agnes Gund and Toby Devan Lewis Steel Hammer New York Premiere Julia Wolfe and SITI Company Bang on a Can All-Stars Directed by Anne Bogart Original text by Kia Corthron, Will Power, Carl Hancock Rux, and Regina Taylor Scenic & costume design by James Schuette Lighting by Brian Scott Sound design by Andrew Cotton and Christian Frederickson Choreography by Barney O’Hanlon BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Dec 2—5 at 7:30pm, Dec 6 at 3pm Tickets: $20, 30, 40, 55 (weekday); $25, 35, 50, 65 (weekend) (subject to change after August 2) Talk: Anne Bogart and Julia Wolfe Moderated by Carl Hancock Rux Dec 5 at 6pm BAM Fisher (Hillman Studio), 321 Ashland Pl $15; $7.50 for Friends of BAM Julia Wolfe’s art ballad Steel Hammer is given a thrilling dramatic incarnation by director Anne Bogart and the six-member SITI Company. Wolfe’s text is culled from the many iterations of the century-old John Henry ballad and her music incorporates elements of minimalism, Appalachian folk music, and rock, which will be played by the six-member Bang on a Can All-Stars with singers Emily Eagen, Katie Geissinger, and Molly Quinn. Intersecting the music is text commissioned from four remarkable American playwrights – Kia Corthron, Will Power, Carl Hancock Rux, and Regina Taylor—based on heresy, recollection, and tall tales. Performers in Steel Hammer take on wooden bones, mountain dulcimer, step dancing, and more as they explore the human impulse to tell stories and this quintessential tale of an American folk hero who worked on the railroad. Julia Wolfe, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in music, draws inspiration from folk, classical, and rock genres, bringing a modern sensibility to each while simultaneously tearing down the walls between them. Wolfe’s music is distinguished by an intense physicality and a relentless power that pushes performers to extremes and demands attention from the audience. Her music has been heard in venues worldwide including BAM, the Sydney Olympic Arts Festival, Théâtre de la Ville, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall, and has been recorded on Cantaloupe, Teldec, Point/Universal, Sony Classical, and Argo/Decca. Formed in 1992, New York's electric chamber ensemble, Bang on a Can All-Stars is recognized worldwide for its ultra-dynamic live performances and recordings of today’s most innovative music.

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Freely crossing the boundaries between classical, jazz, rock, world, and experimental music, this six-member amplified ensemble has consistently forged a distinct category-defying identity, taking music into uncharted territories. SITI Company is an ensemble theater company based in New York that tours extensively throughout the United States and internationally. SITI is dedicated to the creation of new work, the training of theater artists, and to international collaboration. Founded in 1992 by Anne Bogart, Tadashi Suzuki and a group of like-minded artists, SITI seeks to redefine and revitalize contemporary theater in the United States through an emphasis on international cultural exchange and collaboration. Among the countless accolades SITI as a whole, as well as its members individually, have garnered are: seven OBIE awards; two Guggenheim Fellowships, Doris Duke Artist Award, USA Artists Rockefeller Fellowship; American Theatre Wing’s Henry Hewes design award, Best Foreign Production at the Dublin Festival, and several Drama Desk Award nominations. Anne Bogart is the artistic director of SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is a professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program. She and SITI have created about two dozens works including A Rite (Next Wave 2013), Trojan Women (After Euripides)(Next Wave 2012), Hotel Cassiopeia (Next Wave 2007), bobrauschenbergamerica (Next Wave 2003), War of the Worlds–the Radio Play (Next Wave 2000). She is the author of five books: A Director Prepares; The Viewpoints Book; And Then, You Act; Conversations with Anne; and What’s the Story. For press information contact David Hsieh at dhsieh@bam.org or 718.636.4129 x9 In memory of Robert W. Wilson, with gratitude for his visionary and generous support of BAM. Steel Hammer the score was commissioned by Bang on a Can with generous support from Maria and Robert A. Skirnick and Carnegie Hall. The play Steel Hammer was created with support from Actors Theatre of Louisville and the National Endowment for the Arts. The dramatized stage production of Steel Hammer was commissioned by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts/University of Illinois and by BAM for the 2015 Next Wave Festival. Yimbégré World Premiere Souleymane Badolo Lighting design by Carol Mullins BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Dec 2—5 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 Master Class Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Souleymane Badolo Nov 23 at 6pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For dancers of all levels Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register Price: $25

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In the Mooré language, yimbégré means beginning. For 2015 Harkness Foundation Artist in Residence at the BAM Fisher Souleymane Badolo—born in Burkina Faso and based in Brooklyn—coming to the US marked both a creative rebirth and a personal reckoning. The complex questions born out of this experience inform this deeply personal world premiere work which addresses multiple divides: generational, geographic, aesthetic. It asks the questions: what is lost in the universal quest for progress and modernity? How do we remain true to ourselves and our ancestry while pursuing our ambitions? While Badolo incorporates traditional Burkinabé dance, voice, and spiritual practice in his choreographic practice, Yimbégré, a BAM commission, simultaneously acknowledges and addresses the tension between tradition and contemporary ideas, and the way this tension can constrain artists striving for personal and political freedom. Renowned Burkinabé kora and musical bow player Tim Winsey provides live musical accompaniment.

Souleymane “Solo” Badolo is a Brooklyn-based choreographer and dancer born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He started his professional career as a dancer for the DAMA, a traditional African dance company. In 1993 he founded his own Burkina Faso-based troupe, Kongo Ba Téria, which fuses traditional African dances with western contemporary dance and continues to tour internationally. Since moving to New York in 2009, Badolo has created a number of solo projects commissioned and presented by Danspace, New York Live Arts, Dance New Amsterdam, Harlem Stage, the 92nd Street Y, the Museum of Art & Design, The Apollo Theater, and the River to River Festival. He has collaborated with Nora Chipaumire, Ralph Lemon, Reggie Wilson, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar of Urban Bush Women. His ongoing research in Africa has been supported by The Suitcase Fund of New York Live Arts. In 2012 he received the Juried Bessie Award (from jurists Lar Lubovitch, Yvonne Rainer, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar). Badolo graduated from Bennington College with an MFA in June 2013. Since that time, he has been a guest instructor at The New School (Spring 2014) and Denison University (Spring 2015). For press information contact Adriana Leshko at aleshko@BAM.org or 718.724.8021 Souleymane Badolo is the recipient of the 2015 Harkness Dance Residency at the BAM Fisher Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance Commissioned by BAM Continu US Premiere Sasha Waltz & Guests Directed and choreographed by Sasha Waltz Set design by Thomas Schenk, Pia Maier Schriever, and Sasha Waltz Costume design by Bernd Skodzig Light design by Martin Hauk Dramaturgy by Jochen Sandig Music by Edgard Varèse Additional music by Iannis Xenakis, Claude Vivier, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Dec 4 & 5 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 25, 35, 50, 70 (Weekday), $25, 30, 40, 55, 75 (Weekend)

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(subject to change after Aug 2) German dance-theater savant Sasha Waltz returns to BAM with Continu, a large-scale piece comprising two acclaimed choreographic projects created in 2009 as site-specific works for inaugural museum spaces—David Chipperfield's Neues Museum Berlin and Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI in Rome. In a field of tension between choreographic, musical, and visual currents of energy, the austere piece is a visual spectacle that morphs into vibrational awe as the dissonant ecstasy of composer Edgard Varèse’s 1927 orchestral work Arcana—bookended by works by Iannis Xenakis, Claude Vivier, and Mozart—takes center stage. In a maelstrom of torqued torsos and writhing limbs, 21 dancers embrace and imbue Varèse’s modernist strains, using big gesture as both shield and kinetic sanctuary, expressing the continuity of the perpetual forces of nature. Sasha Waltz has worked with numerous contemporary artists, including Laurie Booth, Mark Tompkins, David Zambrano, Tristan Honsinger, and Frans Poelstra. The company presents approximately 70 international performances each year and continues to present productions at the Radialsystem V as well as at venues including Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Haus der Berliner Festspiele. Site- and architecture-specific interaction play a key role in the company’s work, as do multi-disciplinary processes with architects, visual artists, filmmakers, actors, and choreographers. Sasha Waltz & Guests has featured more than 300 guest artists since the company’s inception. Waltz has created 20 major choreographic works and has received numerous grants and awards including the Berliner Zeitung critics’ prize for Travelogue I–Twenty to eight. She was named an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France in 2009 and was awarded the 2010 Caroline Neuber Prize. Sasha Waltz & Guests previously appeared at BAM with Körper (2002 Next Wave Festival), Impromptus (2005 Next Wave Festival), and Gezeiten (2010 Next Wave Festival). For press information contact Sarah Garvey at sgarvey@BAM.org or 718.724.8025 Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance Produced in collaboration with Schauspielhaus Zürich/Zürcher Festspiele, spielzeit’europa|Berliner Festspiele and Sadler’s Wells London. Supported by Radial Stiftung. Made in Radialsystem V. Sasha Waltz & Guests is supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds and Land Berlin Walking with ’Trane New York Premiere Urban Bush Women Choreography by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Samantha Speis, in collaboration with the company Composed by Philip White & George Caldwell Dramaturgy by Talvin Wilks Lighting design by Russell Sandifer Costume design by Helen Lucille-Collen Video design by Wendall Harrington BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St)

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Dec 9—12 at 7:30pm Tickets: $20, 30, 40 (weekday); $25, 35, 45 (weekend) (subject to change after Aug 2) Master Class Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Urban Bush Women Dec 3 at 10am, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For experienced and professional dancers Visit BAM.org/master-classes for more information and to register Price: $25 To celebrate its 30th anniversary Brooklyn-based Urban Bush Women presents an evening-length work in three chapters entitled Walking with ’Trane, inspired by the life and work of legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. Set to a Coltrane-inspired score and live accompaniment by composers George Caldwell and Phillip White, the evening is influenced specifically by the album A Love Supreme, and co-choreographed by Founder and Artistic Director Jawole Will Jo Zollar and Samantha Speis. Riffing off of liner notes, interviews, critical musings, and radical poetry of the Black Arts Movement—based on dramaturgy by Talvin Wilks— Walking with ’Trane fuses Urban Bush Women’s inventive movement with Coltrane’s revolutionary post-bop spirit. Urban Bush Women (UBW) is an acclaimed performance ensemble founded in 1984 by choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar to explore the use of cultural expression as a catalyst for social change. Drawing strength and solidarity from each other, this troupe celebrates its African roots while expanding its horizons beyond its own perspectives. They engage in extensive community-based programming, encouraging cultural activity as an inherent part of community life. Urban Bush Women has collaborated with artists from every field including jazz artist David Murray, poets Laurie Carlos and Carl Hancock Rux, Trombonist and composer Craig Harris, directors Steve Kent and Elizabeth Herron, choreographer Nora Chipamauire, the National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique, and Germaine Acogny's acclaimed Compagnie Jant-Bi from Senegal. Their past engagements at BAM include Les écailles de la mémoire (2008 Next Wave Festival), Praise House (1991 Next Wave Festival), and DanceAfrica in 1988. The company participated in the inaugural season of DanceMotion USASM in 2011, a cultural exchange program of the US Department of State, produced by BAM. For press information contact Baha Ebrahimzadeh at bebrahimzadeh@bam.org or 718.636.4129 x8 Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance Alas, the Nymphs World Premiere John Jahnke/Hotel Savant Written and directed by John Jahnke Original score by Fennesz Set design by Gordon Landenberger Video design by Josh Higgason and Andrew Schneider Sound design by Kristin Worrall Costumes by Ramona Ponce Lighting design by Laura Mroczkowski

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“Jahnke…brings a meticulous eye and a cool heart to his imagistic work” – The New York Times BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Dec 9—12 at 7:30pm Tickets: $25 A collaborative dance-theater work from Hotel Savant Artistic Director John Jahnke, Alas, The Nymphs is based on the ancient Greek myth of Hylas, about an Argonaut presumed abducted by water nymphs. Featuring music by electronic composer Fennesz, the production tells the story of a Greek king who abandons his war-torn country for the safety of a cliff-side cave. It is the first installment of Jahnke’s Men Go Down trilogy, which traces the extended lifespan of that same tormented ruler, a man who cannot die until he makes a decision about how to handle his human responsibilities. Alas, The Nymphs focuses on the king’s initial abandonment of his country and its consequences, with a particular focus on the topical issue of sexual violence during periods of war and civil unrest. Many elements of the production upend expected performance norms. The cheoregrapher will create a movement score for two performers independent from Jahnke’s rehearsals in an effort to create two separate works that can be performed as one; the arrhythmic result will serve to heighten the fragmented nature of Jahnke’s poetic text. In addition, while the BAM engagement marks the world premiere of this first installment of the trilogy, part three—Black Recollections—premiered as part of Performance Space 122’s 2011 COIL festival, and was the first section to be staged. For press information contact Adriana Leshko at aleshko@BAM.org or 718.724.8021    

BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group present The Hard Nut Based on the book by E.T.A. Hoffman, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Featuring the MMDG Music Ensemble and The Hard Nut Singers Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Op. 71 Conducted by Colin Fowler Choreography by Mark Morris Set design by Adrianne Lobel Costume design by Martin Pakledinaz Lighting design by James F. Ingalls Production based on the work of Charles Burns BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave) Dec 12 at 7:30pm; Dec 13 at 1 and 6pm; Dec 16—18 7:30pm; Dec 19 at 2 and 7:30pm; and Dec 20 at 1pm Tickets: (Wed-Fri, Sat mat, Sun eve) $25, 35, 55, 80, 95; (Sat eve & Sun mat) $30, 40, 65, 90, 115 (subject to change after Aug 2)

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Master Class Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Dance with MMDG Nov 14 at 3pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For adult dancers of all levels Free Master Class Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group Dance with MMDG: Family Class Dec 5 at 3pm, Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave) For all ages and levels Free  After a five-year absence, BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group present the holiday classic The Hard Nut—a cheeky yet reverent homage to The Nutcracker. “I've never seen a funnier full-length dance work, and the laughs bubble up throughout,” says The Washington Post. For this updated classic fairytale, Morris sets the action in the swinging 70s, complete with go-go boots, G.I. Joe soldiers, a dancing Barbie doll, and inspired gender-bending casting. This mix of playfulness and exquisite dance, combined with the greatest respect for E.T.A Hoffman’s original story and Tchaikovsky’s complete, original score, earned The Hard Nut the winning spot in Ovation TV’s Battle of the Nutcrackers contest three years running. The Hard Nut takes its title from the story-within-a-story from Hoffman’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, wherein an evil Rat Queen promises to restore the Princess Pirlipat’s beauty if a young man can crack the “hard nut” with his teeth. The internationally acclaimed Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) has inspired critics and audiences throughout its 35-year history. Founded in New York in 1980 by artistic director and choreographer Mark Morris, the company has been called “the preeminent modern dance organization of our time” (Yo-Yo Ma), receiving “highest praise for their technical aplomb, their musicality, and their sheer human authenticity” (Bloomberg News). MMDG spent three years in residence at Brussels’ Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie as Belgium’s national dance company, returning to the United States in 1991. The group tours domestically and internationally, and is distinguished by presenting live music at every performance, founding the MMDG Music Ensemble in 1996. MMDG regularly collaborates with eminent musicians across genres, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, jazz trio The Bad Plus, the London Symphony Orchestra, Baroque orchestras Tafelmusik and Philharmonia Baroque, as well as opera companies such as the Metropolitan Opera and the English National Opera. In addition to their many appearances at BAM, the Mark Morris Dance Group toured Cambodia, Timor Leste, and Taiwan in 2014 as part of DanceMotion USASM, a cultural diplomacy program of the US Department of State, produced by BAM. Mark Morris has been hailed as the “the most prodigiously gifted choreographer of the post-Balanchine era” (Time). Since founding MMDG, Morris has created close to 150 works for the company; many are widely considered masterpieces. He has been described as “an innovator and a conservative, a satirist and a romantic” (The New Yorker) who “easily ranks among the top five living American choreographers… and has already carved a major place for himself in the history of modern dance” (The Denver Post). For press information contact Joe Guttridge at jguttridge@bam.org or 718.724.8022

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Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance Sancho: An Act of Remembrance New York Premiere Conceived, written, and performed by Paterson Joseph Co-directed by Simon Godwin Design by Michael Vale Music and sound design by Ben Park Lighting design by Lucrecia Briceño BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Pl Dec 16—19 at 7:30pm; Dec 20 at 3pm Tickets: $25 BAM Gathering: Sancho With Paterson Joseph Led by Bryan Doerries Dec 17, post-show (free for same-day ticket holders) Written and performed by Paterson Joseph (Royal Shakespeare Company’s Julius Caesar, Winter/Spring 2013; HBO’s The Leftovers), Sancho: An Act of Remembrance is based on the remarkable true story of Charles Ignatius—the first man of African origin to cast a vote in Britain. Born on a slave ship in 1729 and named for the founder of the Jesuit order, Ignatius was taken in by three sisters who intended to keep him like Don Quixote’s docile servant, Sancho Panza. Ignatius, however, pursued a daring and determined life, becoming a social satirist, actor, composer, man of letters, and the subject of a portrait by renowned 18th-century painter Thomas Gainsborough. Sancho: An Act of Remembrance is a surprising, witty, and moving look at the small but vibrant African-British community in England in the 1700s. It tells the singular story of a man who achieved the distinction of being both wholly African and wholly British. Paterson Joseph is a leading British actor seen most recently in New York as Brutus in the RSC's Julius Caesar at BAM. He has worked regularly at the National Theatre in London (Saint Joan, Royal Hunt for the Sun, The Emperor Jones, Elmina's Kitchen) the RSC (Julius Caesar, Don Juan, Troilus and Cressida, Love's Labour’s Lost, King Lear) as well as the Royal Exchange, Gate, Almeida and Young Vic Theatres. His work for television includes BBC's The Hollow Crown (PBS), The Leftovers (HBO), and Danny Boyle’s Babylon. Paterson is a season regular in Law and Order UK and Peep Show. he has also appeared in Doctor Who, Hustle, and No.1 Ladies Detective Agency (all BBC). In 2015 Paterson can be seen co-starring with Christopher Ecclestone in Safe House, a major four-part drama for ITV, as well as Apocalypse Slough, a new series for NBC/Universal. Simon Godwin is a British theater director based in London, where he is an associate director of the Royal Court Theatre and associate artist at Bristol Old Vic. This year Godwin has directed Shaw’s Man and Superman and Farquhar’s The Beaux’ Stratagem at the National Theatre; this summer he will direct Richard II for The Globe Theater. He made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut in 2014, directing Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona. Godwin was honored with an Evening Standard award in 2010 for direction of Nick Payne’s Wanderlust (Royal Court) and an Evening Standard/Burberry Award for Emerging Director in 2012.

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For press information contact Sandy Sawotka at ssawotka@BAM.org or 718.636.4190 Commissioned by the Oxford Playhouse and produced by Pemberley Productions and Oxford Playhouse. BAM Visual Art Opening Night Reception Peter Jay Sharp Building (30 Lafayette) and BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St.) Sep 28 from 6—8pm Next Wave Art returns this fall for its 14th season, opening up BAM’s campus to a unique range of contemporary artists. This year’s program represents a variety of media, featuring works by Jacqueline Cedar, Alex Ito, Lucy Kim, Evan Robarts, Duhirwe Rushemeza, David Samuel Smith, Talia Shulze, and others. The exhibition will include Cryptophasia, an interactive and moving image work by Lisa Gwilliam and Ray Sweeten on view in the BAM Fisher Lower Lobby and a new performance work, We of Me, by Molly Surno, co-presented by Recess in the Leperq space. Additionally, artist Shinique Smith has created three limited-edition prints to benefit BAM. Each print is an edition of 50. For press information contact Sarah Garvey at sgarvey@BAM.org or 718.724.8025 Leadership support for BAM Visual Art provided by Agnes Gund and Toby Devan Lewis. Credits Bloomberg Philanthropies is the Season Sponsor. Programming in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House is supported and endowed by The Howard Gilman Foundation. Programming in the BAM Harvey Theater is endowed by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Programming in BAM Lepercq Space is supported by The Lepercq Charitable Foundation. BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a major gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose, and have been generously supported by The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, and the Estate of Richard B. Fisher. Viacom is the BAM 2015 Music Sponsor. Leadership support for music at BAM provided by Frances Bermanzohn & Alan Roseman. Leadership support for dance at BAM provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Major support for dance at BAM provided by The SHS Foundation. Major support for theater at BAM provided by The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust; Donald R. Mullen Jr.; The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund; The SHS Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Leadership support for opera at BAM provided by Aashish & Dinyar Devitre.Major support for opera at BAM provided by The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust. Leadership support for BAM Visual Art provided by Agnes Gund and Toby Devan Lewis. Major support for Refuse the Hour is provided by the Marian Goodman Gallery. Leadership support for Scandinavian programming provided by The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation. Support for new dance presentations in the BAM Fisher provided by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation. Programming at the BAM Fisher supported by Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Generous funding for Tabac Rouge provided by Edward Jay Wohlgemuth. Presentations from Muslim majority countries supported by the Building Bridges Program of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. Generous funding for Umusana provided by Daniel Clay Houghton. Major support for Savannah Bay provided by The Florence Gould Foundation with additional support provided by Laura Pels. The Wall Street Journal is the Title Sponsor of BAM Rose Cinemas and BAMcinématek. Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey Theater is made possible by The Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust.

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ConEdison is the BAMcafé Live sponsor. BAMcafé Live receives endowment support from the BAM Fund to Support Emerging and Local Musicians. BAM 2015 Next Wave Festival supporters: brigitte nyc; Frances Bermanzohn & Alan Roseman; Booth Ferris Foundation; William I. Campbell & Christine Wächter-Campbell; Charina Endowment Fund; Jeanne Donovan Fisher; Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman; The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust; Stephanie & Timothy Ingrassia; Suzie & Bruce Kovner; Diane & Adam E. Max; McKinsey & Company, Inc.; Barbara & Richard Moore; Donald R. Mullen Jr.; The SHS Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; David & Jane Walentas; The Winston Foundation, Inc. Delta is the Official Airline of BAM. Pepsi is the official beverage of BAM. Santander is the BAM Marquee sponsor. Yamaha is the official piano for BAM. New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is the official hotel for BAM. Your tax dollars make BAM programs possible through funding from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts. The BAM facilities are owned by the City of New York and benefit from public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Bill de Blasio; Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl; the New York City Council including Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Finance Committee Chair Julissa Ferreras, Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Jimmy Van Bramer, the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council, and Council Member Laurie Cumbo; and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams. BAM would like to thank the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Assembly, Joseph R. Lentol, Delegation Leader; and New York Senate, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Delegation Leader. General Information BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, and BAMcafé are located in the Peter Jay Sharp building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater is located two blocks from the main building at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell Places). Both locations house Greenlight Bookstore at BAM kiosks. BAM Fisher, located at 321 Ashland Place, is the newest addition to the BAM campus and houses the Judith and Alan Fishman Space and Rita K. Hillman Studio. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn’s only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. BAMcafé, operated by Great Performances, offers a dinner menu prior to BAM Howard Gilman Opera House evening performances. BAMcafé also features an eclectic mix of live music for BAMcafé Live on Friday and Saturday nights with a bar menu available starting at 6pm. Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, B to Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St for Harvey

Theater) D, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; C to Lafayette Avenue Train: Long Island Railroad to Atlantic Terminal – Barclays Center Bus: B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67 all stop within three blocks of BAM Car: Commercial parking lots are located adjacent to BAM For ticket information, call BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100, or visit BAM.org.

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