ABOUT THE PROGRAMS

Program A

(7/11 - 7/16mat, 7/25, 7/26, 7/29)

Megawatt

Choreographed by Jonathan Wolken in collaboration with Mark Fucik, Andy Herro, Renée Jaworski, Matt Kent, Jennifer Macavinta, Manelich Minniefee, and Matthew Thornton

Music by Primus, Radiohead, and Squarepusher

Costumes by Liz Prince

Lighting by Neil Peter Jampolis

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, QUINCY ELLIS, MARLON FELIZ, HANNAH KLINKMAN, DERION LOMAN, AND ZACK WEISS

Megawatt has been re-staged for the Big Five-OH! in memory of Jonathan Wolken, in part by the American Dance Festival with support from the SHS Foundation and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Solo from the EMPTY SUITOR

Choreographed by Michael Tracy

Music by Ben Webster, Sweet Georgia Brown; used by permission Warner Bros.

Costumes by Kitty Daly

Lighting by Neil Peter Jampolis

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM

Evening Song

NEW YORK PREMIERE

Created by Derion Loman, Madison Olandt, Renée Jaworski, and Matt Kent in collaboration with Nathaniel Buchsbaum, Quincy Ellis, Marlon Feliz, Hannah Klinkman, Paul Liu, and Zack Weiss

Sound Score by Jad Abumrad

Costumes by Valerie St. Pierre Smith

Lighting by Thom Weaver

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, QUINCY ELLIS, MARLON FELIZ, HANNAH KLINKMAN, DERION LOMAN, AND ZACK WEISS

Evening Song was created with support from The Tracy Lukoff New Work Fund.

- INTERMISSIONTHE BALLAD

NEW YORK PREMIERE

Created by Darlene Kascak, Renée Jaworski, and Matt Kent in collaboration with Eryn Barnes, Nathaniel Buchsbaum, Quincy Ellis, Marlon Feliz, Hannah Klinkman, Paul Liu, and Zack Weiss

Storytelling by Darlene Kascak of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation

Soundscape by Ben Sollee

Costumes by Valerie St. Pierre Smith

Lighting by Brian Tovar

Props by Yannick Godts

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, QUINCY ELLIS, MARLON FELIZ, HANNAH KLINKMAN, AND ZACK WEISS

The Ballad is commissioned by the American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/ SHS Foundations Award for New Works. Additional support provided by the Institute of American Indian Studies and The Ballet Foundation.

Branches

Created by Renée Jaworski and Matt Kent in collaboration with Itamar Kubovy, Mark Fucik and Antoine Banks-Sullivan, Nathaniel Buchsbaum, Krystal Butler, Isabella Diaz, Heather Jean Favretto, and Jacob Michael Warren Music by David Van Tieghem, David Darling, Riley Lee, Olivier Messiaen, Stuart Bogie Sound Design by David Van Tieghem

Costumes by Liz Prince

Lighting by Thom Weaver

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, QUINCY ELLIS, MARLON FELIZ, HANNAH KLINKMAN, DERION LOMAN, AND ZACK WEISS

BRANCHES premiered at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Inside/Out Series (June 21, 2017) and was commissioned by Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes a great nation deserves great art.

Program B

(7/18 - 7/21, 7/22eve, 7/23mat, 7/27, 7/28, 7/30mat)

On The Nature Of Things

Created by Robby Barnett, Renée Jaworski, Matt Kent, and Itamar Kubovy in collaboration with Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Benjamin Coalter, Matt Del Rosario, Eriko Jimbo, Jordan Kriston, Jun Kuribayashi, Derion Loman, Nile Russell, and Mike Tyus Music by Vivaldi; Michelle DiBucci and Edward Bilous; Mezzo Soprano - Clare McNamara; Violin Solo - Krystof Witek

Lighting and Set Design by Neil Peter Jampolis

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, QUINCY ELLIS, AND MARLON FELIZ OR

HANNAH KLINKMAN, DERION LOMAN, AND ZACK WEISS

On The Nature Of Things was commissioned by The Dau Family Foundation in honor of Elizabeth Hoffman and David Mechlin; Treacy and Darcy Beyer; The American Dance Festival with support from the SHS Foundation and the Charles L. and Stephanie Reinhart Fund; and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Walklyndon

Choreographed by Robby Barnett, Lee Harris, Moses Pendleton, and Jonathan Wolken

Costumes by Kitty Daly

Lighting by Neil Peter Jampolis

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, QUINCY ELLIS, MARLON FELIZ, HANNAH KLINKMAN, DERION LOMAN, AND ZACK WEISS

Awaken Heart

NEW YORK PREMIERE

Created by Gaspard Louis, Renée Jaworski, and Matt Kent in collaboration with Nathaniel Buchsbaum, Marlon Feliz, Hannah Klinkman, and Zack Weiss

Music by Michael Wall

Costumes by Valerie St. Pierre Smith

Lighting by Diane Ferry Williams

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, MARLON FELIZ , HANNAH KLINKMAN, AND ZACK WEISS OR

NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, QUINCY ELLIS, MARLON FELIZ, AND HANNAH KLINKMAN

Awaken Heart was created with support from The Ballet Foundation.

Untitled

Choreographed by Robby Barnett, Alison Chase, Martha Clarke, Moses Pendleton, Michael Tracy, and Jonathan Wolken

Music by Robert Dennis

Costumes by Kitty Daly and Malcolm McCormick

Lighting by Neil Peter Jampolis

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, QUINCY ELLIS, MARLON FELIZ, HANNAH KLINKMAN, DERION LOMAN, AND ZACK WEISS

Commission from the American Dance Festival at Connecticut College Project Music and Dance.

- INTERMISSIONBEHIND THE SHADOWS

Created by Renée Jaworski, Matt Kent in collaboration with Nathaniel Buchsbaum, Quincy Ellis, Marlon Feliz, Hannah Klinkman, Paul Liu, and Zack Weiss

Music by David Poe

Lighting by Yannick Godts

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, QUINCY ELLIS, MARLON FELIZ, HANNAH KLINKMAN, DERION LOMAN, AND ZACK WEISS

Behind the Shadows is inspired by work from Shadowland (2009), and the contributions of Steve Banks, David Poe, Robby Barnett, Renée Jaworski, Matt Kent, Michael Tracy, Neil Peter Jampolis, Neil Patel, Liz Prince, and the original cast of Shadowland.

Sweet Purgatory

Choreographed by Robby Barnett, Alison Chase, Jonathan Wolken, and Michael Tracy in collaboration with Adam Battelstein, Rebecca Jung, Kent Lindemer, Vernon Scott, John-Mario Sevilla, and Jude Woodcock

Music by Chamber Symphony, Opus 110a, by Dimitri Shostakovich, orchestral arrangement by Rudolf Barshai

Costume Design by Lawrence Casey

Costume Painting by Martin Izquierdo Studios

Costume Construction by Kitty Daly

Lighting by Stephen Strawbridge

PERFORMED BY NATHANIEL BUCHSBAUM, QUINCY ELLIS, MARLON FELIZ, HANNAH KLINKMAN, DERION LOMAN, AND ZACK WEISS