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Darkness Is Your Candle, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
Darkness Is Your Candle, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
2013-2014 Raise the Bar
World music supergroup East of the River has a very different type of holiday concert in store this upcoming season. With a focus on the winter solstice, family, and new beginnings, Darkness Is Your Candle explores music of the Mediterranean, Balkans, Armenia, and the Middle East, presenting the earliest songs of those extraordinary cultures. Taking its name from the work of Persian poet Rumi, the program shifts from a lunar atmosphere in the first half of the program into rebirth and daylight in the second half, creating a unique and unforgettable musical journey for the New Year.
Tragedy Of A Friendship, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
Tragedy Of A Friendship, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
2013-2014 Raise the Bar
Inspired by Richard Wagner’s 13 operatic masterpieces, Jan Fabre is putting his own shocking spin on the composer’s 200th birthday, documenting the friendship and dramatic feud between Wagner and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Racing from humor to horror across the span of Wagner’s works, the piece features extremely graphic imagery and standout vocal performances from tenor Hans Peter Janssens and soprano Lies Vandeweghe. In collaboration with writer Stefan Hertmans and German composer Moritz Eggert, Jan Fabre has constructed a stunning piece of art that is part opera, part theater, and not for the faint of heart.
Motherland, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
Motherland, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
2013-2014 Raise the Bar
Winding its way through airbrushed beauty, boob jobs and Botox, victim blaming, slut shaming, the might of motherhood and the challenge of childlessness, Motherland is a funny, moving show about having it all. With universal appeal and a potent mix of live music, theater, and dance, Motherland is a call to arms: one that raises a finger (guess which one) at the shallow hypocrisies of our time and asks “where are we now?”
Shanghai Quartet With Miró Quartet, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
Shanghai Quartet With Miró Quartet, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
2013-2014 Raise the Bar
The Shanghai Quartet is celebrating their 30th anniversary with two concerts taking the group’s sound to new places. In the fall, the group joins forces with the Miró Quartet to become an octet supergroup, performing works by Shostakovich (Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11) and Mendelssohn (Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20). The highlight of the afternoon is the regional premiere of Dan Welcher’s Museon Polemos, described by the composer as “a ballet without dancers.”
Open City, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
Open City, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
2013-2014 Raise the Bar
Vijay Iyer, one of the most celebrated young jazz pianists and composers of his generation, is thinking big with this world premiere concert event. Featuring two dozen musicians and artists, OPEN CITY will include spoken text performed live by rap artist Himanshu Suri and Teju Cole, whose 2012 award-winning novel of the same name inspired this wide-ranging work.
Fold Here, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
Fold Here, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
2013-2014 Raise the Bar
Initially inspired by Raymond Carver’s short story Cathedral, in which a sightful man’s hand is guided by a blind man’s heart in drawing a cathedral, Fold Here unfolds in an implausible universe filled with empty cardboard boxes as the basic units of all existing matter. In pursuit of the boxes’ elusive essence, the performers explore the physical, sensorial, and spiritual properties of human beings–as parallel contents and containers of existence.
Glacier, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
Glacier, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University
2013-2014 Raise the Bar
Liz Gerring’s glacier, a new dance work featuring an ever-evolving 360-degree soundscape by composer Michael J. Schumacher, explores the nature inside nature and sheds light on a raw, elemental state of existence. Over the past few years, Gerring’s unfettered physicality has garnered attention from audiences and critics alike. Her company’s signature style – athletic, precise action with an ever-rising, unstoppable momentum – is on full display in this, her largest-scale work to date.