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ANNOUNCES
2015/2016 SEASON
FEATURING THEATER, DANCE, MUSIC,
CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS, AND MORE
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
MAGMANUS: ATTACHED
SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2015
THE GARE ST LAZARE IRELAND AND
DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL PRODUCTION OF
WAITING FOR GODOT
OCTOBER 13 - 17, 2015
SPECTRUM DANCE THEATER’S
THE MINSTREL SHOW REVISITED
OCTOBER 28 – 31, 2015
TWO WORLD PREMIERES FROM
BALLETCOLLECTIVE
NOVEMBER 4 - 5, 2015
FROM HEIDI LATSKY DANCE
SOMEWHERE
AND
ON DISPLAY
FROM AXIS DANCE COMPANY
TO GO AGAIN
AND
DIVIDE
NOVEMBER 15 – 16, 2015
PILOBOLUS: SHADOWLAND
NOVEMBER 23 – DECEMBER 6, 2015
CIRCUS NOW
International Contemporary Circus Exposure 2016
JANUARY 14 – 16, 2016
L’IMMÉDIAT
MARCH 9 – 13, 2016
VISIONS + VOICES GLOBAL PERFORMANCE SERIES RETURNS
VISIONS + VOICES: UNITED KINGDOM
FEATURING
FILTER THEATRE AND
THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY’S
TWELFTH NIGHT
FEBRUARY 16 - 20, 2016
IGUDESMAN & JOO’S
AND NOW MOZART
MARCH 25 – 26, 2016
ROYAL COURT THEATRE’S
NOT I, FOOTFALLS, ROCKABY
BY SAMUEL BECKETT
APRIL 13 – 17, 2016
PLUS
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE,
THE BIG RED CHAIR FAMILY SERIES, AND MORE
(New York –May 2015) NYU SKIRBALL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (Michael
Harrington, Executive Director) is proud to announce its 2015/2016 season. Continuing its mission to
showcase and support diverse and eclectic talent from around the world, all while cultivating audiences for live
performance through deeper engagement opportunities, NYU Skirball’s twelfth season will include
mainstage productions from both local and international artists and companies, featuring theater, dance, live
music, contemporary circus and more.
“As we embark on our 15-16 Season, NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is poised to play a central role
in the cultural experience of the NYU community and all New Yorkers,” said NYU Skirball Executive Director
Michael Harrington. “NYU is the only institution of its kind in the world, home to hundreds of different
cultures with locations on six different continents. Our season offers some of the best North American and
international dance, theater, and circus artists, and is chosen with a commitment to cultivate and engage every
segment of our diverse population.”
NYU Skirball will launch their 2015/2016 season on September 25 and 26 with ATTACHED, a show about
holding on and letting go by contemporary circus duo Magmanus and directed by Jay Gilligan. Performers
Magnus Bjøru and Manu Tiger explore new techniques, constructions, and the laws of gravity with the help
of their audience, exploring the human domino effect and how one person’s actions can color another’s – and
how when one person falls, another person can fly. ATTACHED is presented with the support of Autopistes:
Circus Dissemination, a project funded by the European Commission aiming to strengthen and build touring
networks for circus performances in Europe and America
From October 13 through October 17, NYU Skirball will welcome Gare St Lazare Ireland and Dublin
Theatre Festival’s acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett’s WAITING FOR GODOT to New York for the
first time. Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett, the New York premiere will star Conor Lovett as
Vladimir, Gary Lydon as Estragon, Marcus Lamb as Lucky, and Dominic J. Moore as Pozzo, with
additional casting to be announced. Gare St. Lazare is Ireland’s most travelled theatre company, having
visited over 80 cities in 25 countries worldwide to perform from their repertory of over 17 Beckett productions,
establishing themselves among the foremost interpreters of the work and as artists whose dedication to a single
writer is unparalleled.
Throughout October and November, NYU Skirball will premiere its DANCE SPEAKS series, showcasing
dance works that use the human body to explore and discuss everyday issues. This year’s DANCE SPEAKS
series will feature performances from the acclaimed dance companies Spectrum Dance Theater, Heidi
Latsky Dance, and AXIS Dance Company. Spectrum Dance Theater will bring The Minstrel Show
Revisited to the Skirball Center for The Performing Arts from October 28 through October 31. The
Minstrel Show Revisited is a revising of director/choreographer Donald Byrd's Bessie Award winning
1990 production "The Minstrel Show", which takes the 19th Century blackface minstrel show and rips it apart,
revealing its persistent legacies of racism whether in our entertainment genres or in the racial stereotyping and
profiling that exists in American society as a whole.
On November 4 and 5, BalletCollective returns to NYU Skirball with two world premieres, including a new
duet with music by Mark Dancigers and choreography by Troy Schumacher, with source art by Israeli
photographer Dafy Hagai, and a new, full company ballet with music by music director Ellis LudwigLeone and choreography by Troy Schumacher, with source art by photographer Paul Maffi. The company
will also present their acclaimed works, All That We See and Dear and Blackbirds, featuring a company of
seven dancers and live music performed by Hotel Elefant.
On November 15 and 16, Heidi Latsky Dance and AXIS Dance Company will present a double bill,
featuring pieces choreographed by Heidi Latsky, Joe Goode and Marc Brew.
Heidi Latsky Dance will perform their acclaimed piece SOMEWHERE. Set to an original score by
Ximena Borges with lighting by Robert Wierzel and featuring a diverse cast, SOMEWHERE is a poetic
interweaving of solos and duets, embracing difference and the inherent isolation of being human with
fierceness and frankness. Heidi Latsky Dance will also be presenting ON DISPLAY, a living art gallery
featuring the Heidi Latsky Dance company members and focusing on the themes of inclusion and diversity,
while commenting on the experience of being watched, and society’s obsession with body image. ON
DISPLAY will be presented as part of the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
AXIS Dance Company, one of the world’s leading ensembles of performers with and without disabilities,
will present two pieces – DIVIDE, choreographed by Marc Brew, and TO GO AGAIN, a new work
choreographed by Joe Goode, known for promoting understanding, compassion and tolerance through the
innovative use of text and high velocity dancing. TO GO AGAIN is a dance theater work that brings to light
issues facing our nation’s veterans and addresses their resilience following severe life changes. DIVIDE,
choreographed by award-winning choreographer and AXIS Dance Company Guest Artistic Director Marc
Brew in 2014, is a trio that draws inspiration from visual artist Carl Andre’s designs working in minimalism:
Spill, 8 cuts and Copper Ribbon. DIVIDE is an abstract work, exploring the divide in human interaction in
movement, space and time.
This November, NYU Skirball is proud to welcome Pilobolus, with the US Premiere of its acclaimed
show, SHADOWLAND. Having invented the modern incarnation of shadow theater years ago with an
appearance on the Academy Awards broadcast, Pilobolus has gone on to create SHADOWLAND, the
world's first full-evening shadow show. With a rousing original indie rock score from David Poe and a cultlike status in Europe and Asia, SHADOWLAND is an Alice in Wonderland adventure unlike anything
audiences have ever seen. Pilobolus will begin its special presentation of SHADOWLAND at NYU Skirball
with an Opening Night Gala on November 23. Together, Pilobolus and NYU Skirball hope to cultivate a new
generation of Pilobolus fans.
2016 begins with a bang with the return of CIRCUS NOW: INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY
CIRCUS EXPOSURE. After a sold-out three night run in 2015, CIRCUS NOW: INTERNATIONAL
CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS EXPOSURE will return to NYU Skirball in 2016 and the circus development
organization, Circus Now. CIRCUS NOW: INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS
EXPOSURE 2016 will bring nearly a dozen critically-acclaimed international and American companies to
New York City, premiering excerpts of their genre-redefining work.
Beginning March 9, the French performance company l’immédiat will perform L’IMMÉDIAT, a unique
project at the border between physical theater, performance and circus. L’IMMÉDIAT was created in 2002
by acrobat, dancer and musician Camille Boitel, a protégée of Charlie Chaplin’s grandson and renowned
circus artist and director James Thierree. L’IMMÉDIAT has been programmed all around the world since
it was created, and will run through March 13 at NYU SKIRBALL.
Throughout the fall and spring, NYU SKIRBALL will welcome back NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE,
bringing some of the world’s most daring explorers, adventurers, writers and photographers directly to the
heart of Greenwich Village. The 2015/2016 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE series will feature ocean
explorer Enric Sala in Pristine Seas on October 20, paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim in Spinosaurus Giant of the Cretaceous on November 17, mountaineer Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner in K2: Danger and
Desire on the Savage Mountain on February 23, and wildlife filmmaker Bob Poole in Gorongosa: A
Cameraman's Journal on March 29.
VISIONS + VOICES GLOBAL PERFORMANCE SERIES:
UNITED KINGDOM
NYU Skirball continues its Visions + Voices Global Performance Series, now in its fourth year, with a
focus on the United Kingdom. Visions + Voices: United Kingdom launches February 16 with Filter
Theatre/ Royal Shakespeare Company’s TWELFTH NIGHT. A radically-cut, fast-paced version of
Shakespeare's much-loved comedy where classical verse meets riotous gig, TWELFTH NIGHT is directed by
Sean Holmes and created by Filter in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Filter’s explosive
and irreverent new take on this story of romance, satire and mistaken identity combines dynamic narrative
drive with a torrent of sound and music creating one of the most accessible Shakespeare productions of recent
years.
On March 25 and March 26, 2016, NYU Skirball welcomes classical musicians IGUDESMAN & JOO in
their current piece, AND NOW MOZART. Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo are two classical musicians
who trained in the United Kingdom – and who have taken the world by storm with their unique and hilarious
theatrical shows, which combine comedy with classical music and popular culture. Equally comfortable
performing in classical concert halls, as well as in stadiums in front of crowds of 18,000, their collective dream
is to make classical music accessible to a wider and younger audience. AND NOW MOZART is a show that
will change nothing, except enhance your love of music and toning your stomach muscles by hysterically
laughing to and with IGUDESMAN & JOO.
Visions + Voices: United Kingdom will conclude with the Lisa Dwan & Royal Court
Theatre’s critically acclaimed productions of Samuel Beckett’s Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby. Performed by
renowned actress Lisa Dwan and directed Walter Asmus, Royal Court Theatre’s Beckett trilogy had a
sold out run at the Royal Court Theatre, followed by engagements at the West End’s Duchess Theatre and most
recently, at BAM in Brooklyn, New York.
THE BIG RED CHAIR FAMILY SERIES
Throughout the year, NYU Skirball will be presenting its Big Red Chair Family Series, presenting unique
family friendly fare for audiences of all ages. This year’s Big Red Chair Family Series includes Mermaid
Theatre of Nova Scotia’s GOODNIGHT MOON on November 1; BABES IN TOYLAND from The
Little Orchestra Society on December 19; DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE! on February 6
and 7; DOKTOR KABOOM: LIVE WIRE! THE ELECTRICITY TOUR on March 5; STORY PIRATES
on April 10; and Presentation House Theatre’s WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE on May 5 – 8.
Additional programming, including collaborations with Prototype and the New York Comedy Festival,
will be announced at a later date.
Tickets for the 2015-2016 season are on sale June 22 and may be purchased online at www.nyuskirball.org or
in person at the NYU Skirball Center Box Office. The NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is
located at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square, New York, New York 10012.
ABOUT NYU SKIRBALL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is the premier venue for the presentation of cultural and
performing arts events for New York University and lower Manhattan. Led by Executive Director Michael
Harrington, the programs of NYU Skirball reflect NYU's mission as an international center of scholarship,
defined by excellence and innovation and shaped by an intellectually rich and diverse environment. A vital
aspect of the Center's mission is to build young adult audiences for the future of live performance.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
www.nyuskirball.org
L'immédiat is made possible in part with the support of the FACE Contemporary Theater Fund.
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