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chancellor Welcome! The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver is a vital source of culture, inspiration, and expression. Through the many events held at the Newman Center, the Denver community comes together for moving and transformative experiences—experiences that you are helping make possible through your attendance. Thank you. This season, the Newman Center will present musicians, dancers, artists, filmmakers, explorers, scientists, and more. In the second season of our partnership with National Geographic Live, the Newman Center will collaborate with DU’s own Lamont Symphony Orchestra for a presentation of the award-winning documentary, Jane, which tells the incredible life story of anthropologist and foremost expert on chimpanzees, Jane Goodall. The Newman Center has also partnered with the Denver Biennial of the Americas Festival to present Grammy-winning, genre-defying band Ozomatli, as well as their family-friendly performance, OzoKidz. In addition, we will host several outstanding musicians, dance troupes, comedic performances, and even acrobats! It’s going to be a truly phenomenal season. The University of Denver is proud of the Newman Center. Through these performances, our campus is made even more accessible to the entire Denver community. The artists and performances on Newman’s stages share with the audience their gifts, their big ideas, their voice, and perspectives. This is powerful. It’s important. Moreover, the Newman Center, like all of DU, is dedicated to supporting the public good through partnerships with Denver Public Schools to bring the arts to students across the city. Thank you for coming today, and I hope you find many events to attend this season. Enjoy the show. Sincerely,
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about the newman center The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver opened its doors in 2002 and has been acclaimed as one of the nation’s finest university performing arts centers. Unique in the region for its size, acoustic quality, and programming, the Newman Center is dedicated to showcasing cultural diversity, stretching the imagination, and stimulating dialogue through the performing arts. The Newman Center hosts nearly 500 events each year with 120,000 people in attendance. At the core of Newman Center’s programming is Newman Center Presents, a multidisciplinary professional performing arts series, showcasing renowned artists from around the world. Newman Center is home to DU’s Lamont School of Music and Department of Theatre and also hosts community and performing arts organizations such as The Denver Post’s Pen and Podium Series and the Friends of Chamber Music series. The Newman Center is also a regular venue for performances by some of Colorado's premier arts organizations, including Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Denver Brass, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and others. The Newman Center enriches Colorado audiences at the University of Denver through the performing arts by blurring the lines between campus and community, developing key community partnerships, and creating programming for families— introducing new generations to the arts.
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Ozomatli Fri Sep 27
OzoKidz Sat Sep 28 Family friendly Matinee
Christine Brewer, Soprano
Holidays with The 5 Browns
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Guangdong Modern Dance Company
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Ballet Folclórico Nacional de México de Silvia Lozano
Pilobolus Thu Mar 12
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Tue Apr 7
Fri Feb 7
JANE—In Concert
Kronos Quartet Tue Mar 17
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Mireya Mayor: Pink Boots and a Machete Mon Apr 27 Family friendly
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guangdong modern dance company beyond calligraphy
Friday, January 31, 2020 at 7:30 pm June Swaner Gates Concert Hall, University of Denver There will be an intermission. 唤醒沉在血液里的记忆 让淡去的印迹复现 在墨色中凝神 用身体诠释书法之精髓 以心灵面向无蔽之境界
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—刘琦 Awaken the lost memories deep in the soul Let the forgotten experience be re-animated Let the hues of ink gather your thoughts Let the spirit of calligraphy flow in your body Let your heart be shadeless and open to a boundless horizon – LIU Qi
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作品介绍 about the work
《临池舞墨》是广东现代舞团最受欢迎的保留剧目之一。 上阕《临池》提取出中国书法中甲骨、小篆、隶书、楷书、行草五种 书体的行笔特征、力道和神韵精髓，演化出各具特质的肢体动作。下 阕《山水》将中国山水画的精神追求移植到舞作中。以情致入微的体 悟将宁静、超然、坦荡呈现于舞台。释躁平矝而返观内心。 自2005年首演以后，舞团携作品巡演全球逾百场。刘琦和广东现代舞 团凭《临池舞墨》获得编舞、灯光设计、演出及制作的杰出奖项。 Beyond Calligraphy is one of the most popular repertoires of Guangdong Modern Dance Company. Upon Calligraphy, Episode 1, is a poem of movements, which are developed from the stylistic essence of different Chinese scripts. It comprises five dances named after the five different script styles in Chinese calligraphy. Since the debut performance in 2005, the work has had more than 100 performances all around the world. The work has also won awards for Liu Qi and the Guangdong Modern Dance Company for outstanding choreography, lighting design, and performance, as well as production. Episode 2, Ink Wash Landscape, pays homage to the spiritual essence of ink wash painting. The linear logic of development in the original work, which comments on the cold, emotionless mode of communication in the digital era, is resolved in balance and harmony between the water and ink. The Washington Post describes it as “full of meditative grace, sharp, cut-crystal physicality and languid dignity.”
主创团队 about the team 编舞：刘琦 Choreography: LIU Qi 音乐：李劲松 Music: Dickson Dee 首演灯光设计：吴文安 Lighting Design (Original): Goh Boon Ann 重演灯光设计：刘诗豪 Lighting Design (Re-Run): Low Shee Hoe 服装设计：武冰 Costume Design: WU Bing 运营总监：刘忠磊 Operations Director: LIU Zhonglei 技术经理：陈穗中 Technical Manager: CHEN Shuizhong 舞台监督：邓永浩 Stage Manager: DENG Yonghao ii
舞者： 张楚晨、李嘉豪、李思雨、张妍、王美志、张雨婷、方苏颖 陈白宇、彭汨、张龙、郭凡、苗佳伟、刘喜超 Dancers: Belinda ZHANG, LI Jiahao, LI Siyu, ZHANG Yan, WANG Meizhi, ZHANG Yuting, FANG Suying, CHEN Baiyu, PENG Mi, ZHANG Long, GUO Fan, MIAO Jiawei, LIU Xichao 制作及演出：广东现代舞团 Production and Performance: Guangdong Modern Dance Company
编舞：刘琦
国家一级编导， 广东省舞蹈家协会副主席。1991年毕业于北京 舞蹈学院民族舞剧系，获文学学士学位，旋即留系任教，1995年 任北京舞蹈学院民族舞剧系讲师。1996年加盟广东实验现代舞 团，历任舞团演员、教师及艺术部主管，2004年至2009年任广东 现代舞团执行艺术总监。2006年获广东省“新世纪之星”荣誉称 号。2010-2016年任广东现代舞团驻团编舞。2017年起任广东现代 舞团团长。 刘琦的作品以冷峻的思考和纯粹的表达直击心灵，优雅中蕴藏千钧 之力，善于以不拘一格的创作理念自由穿梭于传统与现代之间，精 巧诗意的独特韵味又赋予作品鲜明的个人色彩，受到国际同行及评 论家的一致赞誉及欧美演出市场的青睐，多年来受邀五大洲20多 个国家及地区，为舞团赢得了荣誉。 代表作：《萋萋长亭》《暗战》《临池舞墨》《纹》《回声》《微 视界》《须弥芥子》，城市三部曲：《前进•前进进》《飙城》《 裸奔》等。 Choreographer: LIU Qi Certified as the state first level choreographer of China, LIU Qi is the Vice Chairman of Guangdong Dancers Association. In 1991, she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts from the Chinese Ethnic Dance Department, Beijing Dance Academy. Upon graduation, she took up a teaching post in the Chinese Ethnic Dance Department, Beijing Dance Academy and worked as a lecturer later in 1995. LIU Qi joined the Guangdong Modern Dance Company in 1996 and worked as dancer, teacher and head of the Arts Department. She was the Deputy Artistic Director of the Guangdong Modern Dance Company from 2004 to 2009. In 2006, she was acclaimed as Century Star of Guangdong Province for her outstanding achievements in arts. From 2010 to 2016, LIU Qi was the resident choreographer of the Guangdong Modern Dance Company. She was appointed as the Artistic Director in 2017. Her choreography is imparted with both elegance and strength, inspiring the audience with objective and solemn thinking, as well as exquisite physical movements. LIU Qi is skillful at adopting both traditional and modern elements naturally while weaving in her unique concept. The dance works are strongly embodied with her charm of delicateness and poetry. Acclaimed by both dance practitioners and critics internationally, LIU Qi’s dance pieces are extensively welcome in the US and Europe, and Newman Center Presents Guangdong Modern Dance Company
have been invited to more than 20 countries and regions in five continents over the years, gaining reputations for the Company. LIU Qi’s works include Pagoda, Fight Under the Table, Beyond Calligraphy, Grain, Voice After, Micro Visionary, Sumeru, Forward-For-Forward, City Race, and Sprint.
舞团介绍 about the company 舞团简介
广东现代舞团于1992年由广东省政府批准成立，是中国大陆第一 个现代舞专业表演团体，以精湛的创作及演出闻名海内外。广东现 代舞团的成立是中国舞蹈史上的一个里程碑，被美国《纽约时报》 形容为“国际舞蹈界的成功典范”。 舞团秉承前瞻、开放的思维观念和多元、包容的创作态度，演出足 迹遍及五大洲数十个国家和地区，多次获邀参加著名国际艺术节及 巡演，如英国爱丁堡艺术节、法国蒙贝利埃舞蹈节、荷兰国际舞蹈 节、台北艺术节、英国布莱顿艺术节、意大利罗费瓦多舞蹈节等。 所到之处，无不受到观众和媒体的高度赞赏和热烈评价。 Guangdong Modern Dance Company (GMDC), mainland China’s first professional modern dance company, was founded in 1992. It is internationally renowned for its exquisite and captivating performances. GMDC has been hailed by The New York Times as “one of the big success stories of international dance” and “a pacesetter with a difference.” With a forward-looking, diversified, open and inclusive vision, GMDC has been invited to numerous remarkable international festivals in dozens of countries and regions. Its works have won critical acclaim and overwhelming responses from audiences and critics around the world.
china arts and entertainment group ltd. China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd. (CAEG) was founded in April 2004, and its two major subsidiaries, China Performing Arts Agency (CPAA), and China International Exhibition Agency (CIEA), were established in 1957 and 1950, respectively. As China’s only central state-owned cultural enterprise that has performance and exhibition business worldwide, CAEG has developed a nationwide market network of international performing arts, art exhibitions, culture, tourism, and theater operation, and set up branches in major cities in China and some European and American countries. It initially established an integrative operating system under the guidance of “Starting from China and going global” and is expanding its presence at home and abroad. CAEG was elected one of the “Top 30 China Cultural Enterprises” for eight consecutive years since 2009. newmancenter.du.edu
As the largest importer of international performances and exhibitions in China and the world’s largest exporter of Chinese performances and exhibitions, CAEG stages on average over 4,000 different kinds of performances, exhibitions and other cultural activities in over 200 cities in dozens of countries and regions, attracting over 10 million attendees every year. Based in 14 theaters that are directly owned and managed by CPAA Theaters, CAEG has initiated and organized a league of domestic theaters with 70 CPAA allied-theaters across 27 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and the “Silk Road International League of Theatres” (SRILT) for countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. Founded in October 2016, the SRILT has now grown into an alliance of 107 large theaters and culture & art institutions around the world, 69 of which are from overseas. They serve as a platform for international cultural exchange and cooperation. Equipped with international perspective and professional teams, CAEG plays a pivotal role in planning and delivering largescale art festivals and State-level cultural events. Throughout the year, CAEG hosts or co-hosts many large festive events and major brand performances and exhibitions, including the ‘Meet in Beijing’ Arts Festival, the China International Chorus Festival, the China International Youth Festival, the ‘Image China’ performance series, the “Dances in China” brand projects,‘Happy Chinese New Year’ festival, the Venice Biennale-China Pavilion, the Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo, the China Art Industry Expo, the Culture Exhibition Area in the China International Import Expo, and the 6th Theatre Olympics. In addition, CAEG has undertaken a series of significant cultural exchange activities in recent years, among them the Beautiful China at the opening ceremony of 2013 Russia-China Tourism Year, the 27th Southeast Asian Games technology aid program in Myanmar in 2013, the art performances at the welcome banquet of the 2014 Beijing APEC Summit, the China-Africa Culture Performance at the closing ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation & the Year of China in South Africa in 2015, the Two Great Civilizations: Dialogue at the opening of the 2016 China-Egypt Cultural Year in Luxor Temple, the China-Latin America and Caribbean 2016 Year of Culture Exchange, the 2017 BRICS Cultural Festival, the theatrical performance at the welcome banquet of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the Culture Exhibition Area in the China International Import Expo in 2018, the artistic performance of the 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in 2019, and the art show of the Asian Cultural Carnival in 2019. CAEG’s productions include several multimedia shows such as ERA-Intersection of Time, Shaolin Warriors, Immortal Chi, and China Goes Pop, the original opera production Marco Polo, and the Chinese version of world classic musicals Mamma Mia! and Cats, which pool domestic and foreign resources and cater to both domestic and overseas markets. iii
donor acknowledgement 12 months ending january 17, 2020 Lifetime ($1,000,000+) Morley C. Ballantine* Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Joy S. Burns Ruth S. Byron* Adolph Coors Foundation June Swaner Gates* Jane M. and Frederic C.* Hamilton The Frederic C. Hamilton Family Foundation Kresge Foundation Robert and Judi Newman Robert and Judi Newman Family Foundation Virginia E. Trevorrow* Carl M. Williams* Lifetime ($500,000+) Anonymous Patrick D. and Joan A. Bowlen William K. and Rita Bass* Coors Devonshire Charitable Trust Margot Gilbert Frank and M Allan Frank* partially in honor of The Honorable Robert P. Fullerton and Mrs. Beverlee B. Henry, partially in honor of Stephen Seifert’s birthday Lewis D. and John J. Gilbert Foundation The Grynberg Family partially in memory of Gloria Kubel Ronald L* and Carol L.* Moore Scott J. and Virginia L. Reiman Reiman Foundation Daniel L. Ritchie Lifetime ($100,000+) Anonymous Raphael Levy Memorial Foundation Jordon* and Essie Perlmutter Porter Adventist Hospital Richard C. and Jeanne P. Saunders Galen and Ada Belle Spencer Foundation Judith M. and Marvin E. Wolf Lifetime ($50,000+) Fine Arts Foundation Gareth D. Flora LaRetta M. Flora Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado Mary Lou Hansen Beverlee B. Henry and Robert P. Fullerton partially in honor of Sue Anschutz-Rodgers, partially in honor of Margot Gilbert Frank and M Allan Frank* L. Roger and Meredith Hutson Kern Family Foundation Mary L. Rossick and Jerome H. Kern The Kenneth King Foundation Antonia and Vladimer Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund J. K. Mullen Foundation Anna and John J. Sie John W. and Marilyn Johnson Stoddard Lifetime ($25,000+) Friends of Chamber Music
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Pioneer Legacy Society Donors who have included the Newman Center in their estate plans Anonymous Mary Lou Hansen Sally G. Plummer Annual Giving Circles Director ($25,000+) Anonymous Bonfils-Stanton Foundation The Grynberg Family Gold ($10,000+) Antonia and Vladimer Kulaev Cultural Heritage Fund Centura Health L. Rodger and Meredith Hutson Colorado Creative Industries Robert and Judi Newman Encore ($5,000+) Hon. Robert P. Fullerton & Beverlee B. Henry Nancy and Samuel Gary Denver Post Community Foundation Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Family Foundation New England Foundation for the Arts Benefactor ($2,500+) Carolyn A. Agosta and William Rauschert Margot Gilbert Frank and M Allan Frank* Carolyn M. Strand City and County of Denver Western States Arts Federation Ovation ($1,000+) Anonymous Harley L. Connor and Joni S. Connor Thomas and Brenda Douglis partially in honor of Robert and Judi Newman Kendra Whitlock Ingram and Benjamin Ingram Alice Kaderlan Mike and Diana Kinsey Gregg Kvistad and Amy R. Oaks Paula Meadows Victoria and Trygve Myhren in honor of Robert and Judi Newman Andrew E. and Kristin E. Powers Rebecca Chopp and Frederick Thibodeau partially in honor of Robert and Judi Newman Tina A. Walls
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robert and judi newman These avid philanthropists, and winners of the 2014 Colorado Business Committee for the Arts’ John Madden Jr. Leadership Award, smile when they remember becoming involved in the campaign to create an outstanding center for the performing arts at the University of Denver. Daniel L. Ritchie, then chancellor, invited Judi to head the effort when the Center was only a dream. Later, the Center was named in the couple’s honor. The couple’s passion for performing arts and education harmoniously intersected with the Newman Center, which is home to exceptional performance venues and DU’s Lamont School of Music and Department of Theatre. Former DU Chancellor Dan Ritchie has often said that “love is the principal ingredient in any successful building,” says Judi. “The Newman Center, as well as the University’s many other buildings, show just how true that is.” The Newmans appreciated the masterful collaboration between Ritchie and DU Architect Emeritus Cabell Childress, and the expertise of Joseph Docksey, then director of the Lamont School, and William Temple Newman Center Presents 2019-2020 Season
Above: this photo of Robert and Judi Newman was presented in Joy Burns Plaza in January 2018. It was taken to commemmorate their support and commitment to the Newman Center on its fifteenth anniversary. Photo by Wayne Armstrong.
Davis, then chairman of DU’s Department of Theatre. They delight in the superb array of Newman Center Presents’ programs presented over the years by Executive Directors Stephen Seifert and Kendra Whitlock Ingram. Prominent in Denver’s cultural community, the Newmans serve on many boards. Among those, Bob is a Trustee of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the Denver Art Museum. He is a former member of DU’s Board of Trustees and currently serves on the Daniels School executive Advisory Council. Judi is a Trustee of the Denver Botanic Gardens and sits on the Visiting Committee for the Frost School of Music and the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami. She is also a former Trustee and Treasurer of the Colorado Symphony Association. “Each year brings more recognition to this venue and its world-class programs,” says Bob. “Judi and I are delighted to be part of this University of Denver community.” newmancenter.du.edu
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