CONVERSATION SERIES: INTERROGATIONS OF FORM ARTIST TALK: THE DAMNED
Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 6:00pm Veterans Room Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory Featuring:
Ivo van Hove James C. Nicola
SEASON SPONSORS
The Damned is supported in part by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. Support for Park Avenue Armory’s artistic season has been generously provided by the Charina Endowment Fund, the Altman Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation, the Marc Haas Foundation, The Kaplen Brothers Fund, the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, the Leon Levy Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, the Richenthal Foundation, and the Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation. Cover image: Jan Versweyveld
MEET THE PARTICIPANTS IVO VAN HOVE JAMES C. NICOLA Ivo van Hove began his career as a theater director in 1981 with James C. Nicola has been the Artistic Director of New York his own productions Germs and Rumours. He went on to become the artistic leader of AKT, Akt/Vertikaal and Toneelproducties De Tijd, and from 1990 to 2000 was director of Zuidelijk Toneel. From 1998 to 2004, van Hove managed the Holland Festival, and he has been director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam since 2001. His notable credits include: Alban Berg’s Lulu, Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen (Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp); Janácek’s The Makropoulos Affair, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta (Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam); Brokeback Mountain (Teatro Real, Madrid); A View From The Bridge (Lyceum Theater, New York); The Crucible (Walter Kerr Theater, New York); Lazarus, David Bowie’s musical theater show (New York Theater Workshop). At Toneelgroep Amsterdam, van Hove directed: Angels in America by Tony Kushner; Roman Tragedies and Kings of War based on Shakespeare; Opening Night and Husbands by John Cassavetes; Rocco and his Brothers and Obsession by Luchino Visconti; Teorema based on Pier Paolo Pasolini; Antonioni Project by Michelangelo Antonioni, Cries and Whispers, Scenes from a Marriage, and After the Rehearsal / Persona by Ingmar Bergman; La Voix Humaine by Cocteau; Summer Trilogy by Carlo Goldoni; Children of the Sun by Maxim Gorky; The Miser by Molière; The Russians! by Tom Lanoye based on Anton Chekhov; The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand; Mary Stuart by Schiller; and The Hidden Force, The Things that Pass, and Small Souls by Louis Couperus.
Theatre Workshop (NYTW) since 1988. Under his guidance, NYTW has remained steadfast to its founding commitment of nurturing both established and emerging theater artists, promoting collaboration and bold experimentation with theatrical forms. Mr. Nicola initiated an extensive series of workshop opportunities including summer residencies and artists of color fellowships, and has forged a unique community of theater artists, the Usual Suspects, a group of writers, directors, designers, and actors, who form the core of NYTW’s artist development activities. As Artistic Director, Mr. Nicola has been instrumental in the development of many NYTW world premieres, including Ivo van Hove’s productions of The Little Foxes, Hedda Gabler, A Streetcar Named Desire, Sam Gold’s production of Othello, and Jonathan Larson’s Rent. Mr. Nicola is a graduate of Tufts University. He is a recipient of Tufts University’s P.T. Barnum Award, the Erwin Piscator Award, and most recently the 2015 Miss Lilly Award for supporting women in theater.
NEXT IN THE SERIES SUNDAY SALON: LITERATURE Sunday, September 23 at 3:00pm
Armory Artist-in-Residence and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins hosts an intimate afternoon of readings and conversation with a selection of thought-provoking poets, playwrights, and writers.
ARTIST TALK: THE SIX BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS Thursday, October 4 at 6:00pm
Choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and conductor Amandine Beyer discuss Bach’s influence on the creation of their latest work set to his masterful score.
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