Step Into the Future: The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College 2018 Spring Brochure

2018 Step The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College

into the future

S R A E Y Y T R O F

Step into the future

We’re forty, and we are stepping into the future.

The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College has been at the forefront of the performing arts scene in Westchester County for four decades, and we have no intention of slowing down.

Last season we introduced a new artistic vision, one that would transform The PAC into a true incubator for the performing arts.

This season we continue that vision, commissioning innovative new work, hosting residency activities, creating opportunities for community connection, and nurturing the artists of the future.

Our spring season features many of these cutting-edge artists.

Some of them are long-established, some are just getting started.

What they share is a drive to explore, to challenge established norms, and to push their art forms into the future.

We invite you to join them, and us, on this journey forward, exploring the arts on the cutting edge.

You won’t be disappointed.

Seth Soloway Interim Director, The PAC

Kronos Quartet

Saturday January 20 @8pm Kronos Quartet © Jay Blakesberg

San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet has re-imagined the string quartet experience.

Known for its spirit of fearless exploration, dedication to experimentation, and championing of new and under-heard music, Kronos has collaborated with many of the world’s most eclectic composers and performers, and commissioned more than 900 works and arrangements for string quartet.

Kronos is David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello).

Tickets $62.50 / $52.50 / $42.50

Program to include music by: Terry Riley Philip Glass * Laurie Anderson Omar Souleyman Konono No1 Pete Townshend Tanya Tagaq * Sigur Rós * Works composed for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire.

The PAC is proud to be a Legacy Partner on this educational & commissioning initiative.

Learn more at kronosquartet.org/fifty-for-the-future.

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The New Golden Age of Latin Music

Orkesta Mendoza & Las Cafeteras

Friday February 2 @8pm

Music knows no boundaries.

The Mexican-American communities of Arizona and California are hotbeds of creativity, merging styles that reflect changing borders and shared cultural identities.

Classy and enormous fun, the infectious indie-mambo band Orkesta Mendoza update the Latin big band tradition, merging styles like cumbia, merengue, and ranchera with electronica, strings, and unexpected bursts of Western pop.

Two of today’s hottest bands, taking the fabled Latin sound in inspiring new directions.

Las Cafeteras recreate traditional Afro-Caribbean Son Jarocho music in a wildly vibrant style; they mix Afro-Mexican beats, rhythms, and rhymes to deliver inspiring lyrics about a community seeking love and justice in the concrete jungle of East L.A. GlobalFEST on the Road brings them both to our newly renovated PepsiCo Theatre.

Be there.

Tickets $55 / $42.50 / $32.50

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wild Up future folk

Saturday February 10 @8pm wild Up © Stephanie Berger

We make music.

New music. Old music.

We’ll play it, as long as we love it. wild Up is a modern music collective; an adventurous chamber orchestra; a group of Los Angeles-based musicians committed to creating visceral, thought-provoking happenings.

With future folk, wild Up creates a communal concert of sound/noise/experience that celebrates old-world ways of living in the modern era.

Together we will explore the music from Ancient India, modern California, post-war New York, and from American composers that envision a future form of music rooted in folk ethos.

Art Jarvinen Endless Bummer Moondog My Tiny Butterfly Julius Eastman Stay On It arr. Rountree & Kallmyer Meredith Monk Panda Chant II Frederic Rzewski Coming Together - Attica Tom Johnson Naryana’s Cows Scriabin Mysterium Tickets $47.50 / $37.50 / $27.50

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Velvet Caravan

Saturday February 17 @8pm Velvet Caravan Š Jon Waits

Gypsy Swing / European redneck music? Why not!

Velvet Caravan mix Gypsy, Honky-Tonk, Swing, and Latin, playing with thunderous virtuosity and a relentless sense of humor.

This Savannah-based, unorthodox, high-energy, acoustic-based quintet of guitar, violin, standup bass, percussion, and keyboards (including accordion) will make you want to get up and dance — and you’ll be able to, as this event will feature nightclub seating — think Joe’s Pub — with dinner, drinks available at the bar, and, yes, a dance floor!

Tickets: $87.50 Includes dinner!

The three-course menu

by Fresh will feature locally sourced ingredients. Beer, wine, and beverages will be available for sale.

See our Black Box Theatre transformed: nightclub seating, three-course dinner, cash bar, and a dance floor!

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L.A. Dance Project

March 2 & 3 @8pm L.A. Dance Project © Laurent Philippe

“A defining artistic vision for our time.”

Los Angeles Times Fans of dance, and film, and films about dance will know Benjamin Millepied as the star of Black Swan. The dancer and choreographer is also the founder of the L.A. Dance Project.

Along with co-founders composer Nico Muhly, art consultant Matthieu Humery, founding producer Charles Fabius, and composer Nicholas Britell, Millepied has built a company that has made its mark on the dance world with a contemporary approach to movement and art.

LADP’s original works are multi-disciplinary collaborations with emerging and established artists, contributing to intriguing new platforms for dance.

Orpheus Highway Benjamin Millepied Second Quartet Noe Soulier YAG Ohad Naharin This piece includes nudity

Tickets $62.50 / $55 / $35 The PAC, in partnership with Joyce Theater Productions, served as Technical Development home for Orpheus Highway and YAG.

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RUBBERBAN Group

Saturday, March 31 @8pm RUBBERBANDance Group © Bill Hebert

Dance

Choreographer Victor Quijada founded RUBBERBANDance Group as a vehicle to manifest his unique choreographic identity; the company reconciles the spontaneity, fearlessness, and risk-taking of hip-hop culture with the refinement and choreographic maturity of the ballet.

Beating with the fresh pulse of street attitude and an acute understanding of theatrical staging, Quijada’s choreographies explore human relationships by harnessing the ardor of obsession, the shock of violence, and the delicate nature of tenderness, comedy, and tragedy with a great deal of honesty and courage.

On the program, Vic’s Mix. Sometimes humorous, at times emotional, Vic’s Mix spans the immense creative territory of Victor Quijada, extracting a number of jewels from the choreographer’s repertoire.

Tickets $57.50 / $55 / $35

“...exquisite control of space and matter, explosive yet tender movement and a defining grasp on the contemporary “ Bachtrack

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Jessica Lang Dance

Saturday, May 5 @8pm Jessica Lang Dance © Todd Rosenberg

“In Lang’s choreography, less is more, and movement evolves naturally out of relationships.”

Boston Globe Former Twyla Tharp dancer and choreographer Jessica Lang and her company aim to make their performances full sensory experiences into which onlookers, whether they be balletomanes or dance novices, can completely submerge themselves.

Her work blends the fluidity and grounded quality of contemporary dance and the beautiful lines of traditional ballet to great modern effect.

On this very special evening, Lang will present the world premiere of a brand new work, developed here on campus and set to the music of Tony Bennett, as we celebrate The PAC’s own 40th anniversary.

Tickets $87.50 / $70 / $57.50 / $32.50

F O R T Y Y E A R S O F P A C

Upgrade your ticket and join us for The PAC Gala, or for the after party and meet-theartists dessert reception.

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But wait... there’s more For those with more traditional tastes, fear not - we haven’t forgotten you!

Orchestras, soloists, chamber music, and jazz are still a big part of what we do so well here at The Purchase PAC. Take a look!

Kelly Hall-Tompkins © Gregory Routt

January 27 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Brahms & Dvorห รกk 4:15pm Artist Talk 5pm Concert

February 11 Westchester Philharmonic Friends & Family Concert Ted Sperling, conducting Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin 2pm Instrument Petting Zoo 3pm Concert 24 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Vienna to Hollywood 4:15pm Artist Talk 5pm Concert 25 American Rhapsody The Gershwin Songbook 3pm

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“Mr. Denk, clearly, is a pianist you want to hear ...for his penetrating intellectual engagement with the music and for the generosity of his playing.“ – The New York Times

Jeremy Denk © Michael Wilson

March 10 Sarah Chang, violin Viva Piazzolla!

8pm 23 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra The Courage to Create Lisa Batiashvili, violin 7:15pm Artist Talk 8pm Concert

April 8 Westchester Philharmonic Eternal Spring Edgar Meyer, double bass 3pm 15 Jeremy Denk, piano 3pm 21 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Classical Evolution 4:15pm Artist Talk 5pm Concert 28 Big Band Dance Party Purchase Jazz Orchestra Jon Faddis, conducting 7pm Artist Talk 8pm Concert

June 17 Westchester Philharmonic Keys, Kegs & ‘Que Jaime Laredo, conducting Anna Polonsky, piano Orion Weiss, piano 3pm

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Tickets Online www.artscenter.org

By Phone 914-251-6200 In Person 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase NY The box office is located in the lobby of The Performing Arts Center, just inside the main entrance.

Box office hours of operation are Wednesday-Friday from noon to 6pm, and on evenings and weekends before performances.

Create Your Own Subscription 15% to 20% off the regular ticket price, plus reduced fees!

Select any three or four events from this brochure to create your own package, and you’ll get 15% off the regular ticket price.

Or go all out and pick 5 or more for a 20% savings.

PLUS pay just one $8 handing fee for the whole order, a significant savings!

“Create Your Own” packages cannot be ordered on line. Please call the box office at 914-251-6200 and our operators will be happy to help you put your package together and place your order.

More Discounts

Groups 15 or more save 15% off the regular ticket price. Call Tania Mather at 914-251-6200 to reserve tickets for your group.

Youth Children 16 and under and students with a valid school ID save 50% off the regular ticket price.

Seniors Age 65 and over save10% off the regular price.

Veterans Save 20% off the regular price.

Purchase College Alumni Save15% off the regular price.

Must have a valid alumni ID.

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Purchase College alumni receive 15% off the reg price with a valid alumni ID.

Student Rush!

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rforming Arts Center Accessibility The orchestra levels of all of our theatres are wheelchair accessible; the Grand Tier and Second Tier of the Concert Hall and the balcony of the PepsiCo Theatre are only accessible by stairs. Please mention your needs when ordering so that an appropriate seat can be chosen for you.

Single Ticket Fees • All prices include a $2.50 college administrative fee per ticket • Tickets are subject to handling fees

Phone, mail, fax, or in person orders: $5 per ticket Online orders: $2 per ticket

• Tickets are subject to delivery method fees Will Call: $2 per order Shipping: $1.50 per order.

No delivery fee for print-at-home tickets.

• All fees are non-refundable. In the event of cancellation, only the face value of the ticket will be refunded.

Thank You

Lucille Werlinich

Chair of Purchase College Foundation

S R A E Y Y T R O F

735 Anderson Hill Road Purchase, NY 10577