Photo by Cyril Marcilhacy
WALLYCARDONA
withJONATHANBEPLER
aplumpsingle-colorbulb,oradance
NOV 14-16,2024
Theseperformancesof aplumpsingle-colorbulb,oradance arededicatedtoGeorgianaPickett.
Dance,setting&performance:WallyCardona
Music&performance:JonathanBepler
Lighting:ThomasDunn
November 15 Stay Late Conversation moderatedby Matthew Barney Lifeistenuous. Butbeautiful. Andpredictable. Yetnot.
Runtime:55minutes
SPECIALTHANKS
MuchgratitudetoBillT.Jones,JanetWong,KyleMaudeandeachand everypersonatNewYorkLiveArtsforbeingsopleasantand supportivethroughouttheprocess,andIsabellaAchenbach,Matthew Barney,DDDorvillier,DaqiFang,CarlaFazio,FondationCartier,Jade Archuleta-Gans,ColinGee,BlakeHiltunen,Jett3D,JulianHenriLouie, FinnMcMurray,IsabelP.Roberts,PamTanowitz,DavidThomson, RahelVonmoos,CathyWeis,ChikakoYamauchiandAinGordon.
FUNDING
WallyCardonaisa2023-2025LiveFeedResidencyArtistatNew YorkLiveArts.
aplumpsingle-colorbulb,oradance
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BIOGRAPHIES
WallyCardona
Aftermanyyearsofcreating worksthatdemandedhighly controlledconditionsinorderto bemade,choreographerWally Cardona’scurrentprocessisone ofsoftlyundoing,initiating intimatecollaborationswhere waysofdoingcanmutatein proximitytoothers.
Choreographicworksrangefrom TheSetUp:IslandGhostSleep PrincessTimeStoryShow,a7partdancemadeoverthecourse ofsixyearswithdanceartists fromFrance,Bali,Java, Cambodia,Myanmar,Okinawa, FranceandIndia;toTOOLIS LOOT,resultingfromgamesof aestheticdisorientation,made withJenniferLaceyandJonathan Bepler;Interventions1-7,made fromencountersbetween Cardonaandtherequestsand opinionsofasommelier, astrophysicist,architect,social activist,amongothers;Really Real,a“peoplepiece”for100 individuals,includingnewmusic byPhilKlineperformedbythe fullBrooklynYouthChorus;A LightConversation,aphysical dialogueonaestheticsvs.ethics, love,commitmentandsacrifice, madewithchoreographerRahel Vonmoos;Site,acraft-workfor wood,paper,tapeandthe CapitalHighSchoolBandof Helena,MT;andEverywhere,a workforfivedancers,400 columnsand50boomboxes.
HonorsincludeaBessie Award,aGuggenheim Fellowship,aNYFA Fellowship,anAsianCultural CouncilFellowship,aCreative CapitalAward,aninaugural DorisDukeArtistAward,a six-yearLMCCExtendedLife Residency,aDanspace Project/RobertRauschenberg CaptivaProjectResidency, andaKrannertCenter ReflectiveTimeResidency. Asaperformer,hehas appearedinmultipleworksby RalphLemon,DavidGordon andDeborahHayandin MatthewBarney’sfilm, Secondary.Currentworkin developmentincludesTIMES FOUR/DavidGordon:asseen, readandimagined,a renderingofGordon’sTimes Four,madein1975.Bornin CaliforniaandraisedinNew Mexico,Cardonalivesand worksinNewYorkCity. @wallycardonax JonathanBeplerisacomposer whocollaboratesoftenwith artists,choreographersand filmmakers,andenjoysworking acrossdisciplines,aswellas makingimprovisedandprecomposedmusic.Muchofhis workhasbeeninthecontextof closecollaborationswithartist MatthewBarney,includingmany filmsandperformances,from 1994to2024.
Hisconcertmusicincludes
JonathanBepler
worksfortheEnsembleModern, theGlennBrancaEnsemble,the BaselSinfonietta,andthe OrchestrePhilharmoniquede RadioFrance.
Hehascollaboratedwith choreographersincludingDD Dorvillier,JohnJasperse (California,WithinBetween), SashaWaltz(S,Gezeiten), JenniferLacey(ThisisanEpic, Mhmmm,andLesAssistantes), andWallyCardona(ToolisLoot, GIVENinTheBlackBox).
CollaborationswithCardona alsoincludeseveralextensive workingperiodsinSoutheast AsiaforthemakingofTheSet Up:IslandGhostSleepPrincess TimeStoryShow.
ThomasDunn
ThomasDunndesignslighting throughouttheUSandabroad.
Thomas’approachtolighting stemsfromyearsof investigativeworkwithlight, treatingitasbothasculptural mediumandafacetofstage design.Selecteddesigncredits includeworkswithJoAnne Akalaitis,JonathanBepler,Wally Cardona,SteveCosson,Annie Dorsen,DDDorvillier,Daniel Fish,BethGill,TrajalHarrell,Ted Hearne,JenniferLacey,Noémie Lafrance,DavidLevine,Molly Lieber,OngKengSen,Zeena Parkins,TinaSatter,JayScheib, EleanorSmithandMunaTseng.
Thomasistherecipientofa KevinKlineAwardfor OutstandingLightingDesign, TheLittleDogLaughed,The RepertoryTheatreofSt.Louis, aswellasaBessieDesign Award,NottthingIsImportanttt, DDDorvillier/humanfuture dancecorps.Thomasteaches scenicandlightingdesignat AuburnUniversity.
MatthewBarney
MatthewBarneyisaglobally celebratedartistknownforhis broad-rangingpractice encompassingfilm, performance,sculpture, photography,anddrawing.
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