December 13, 2009
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FREE PERFORMANCES AT LINCOLN CENTER INSTITUTE
KENAN FELLOWS STUDYING ARTS AND EDUCATION PRESENT THEIR WORK
Six young performers, recent graduates of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, have been refining their skills as artists and working in classrooms side by side with staff and teaching artists of the Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education (LCI) this school year, through The William R. Kenan Jr. Performing Arts Fellowship at Lincoln Center Institute. The Fellowship is made possible by generous support from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for the Arts and the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and facilitated by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts.
LCI is the leading organization in developing skills of imagination, creativity, and innovation through guided encounters with the visual and performing arts. Its approach is rooted in imaginative teaching and learning through aesthetic education. The William R. Kenan Jr. Performing Arts Fellowship at Lincoln Center Institute seeks to provide emerging artists with practical knowledge and experience as educators in the field of arts and education and as artists embarking on careers in New York City.
The fellows, known as “Kenan Fellows,” are Emile Blondel (piano), Elisa Friedrich (violin), Laura Gutierrez (dance), Gregory Hoffman (music composition), Mari Meade Montoya (dance), and Rachel Perkins (violin).
Each Fellow is mentored by an LCI teaching artist of the same arts discipline. Mentors support and assist the Fellows through their learning and grasp of LCI’s teaching approach; guide the Fellows through the challenges and realities of what it means to be an artist in New York City; and introduce them to a network of professional artists in New York City. Additionally, the Fellowship supports time to pursue artistic studies, performances, and further development of networking in their professional fields. Fellows are also encouraged to apply to produce and develop their own performance project.
Now, as our six Kenan Fellows look forward to a future in the arts, they offer us a special gift: performances they’ve prepared, in their chosen fields of art, for a free presentation to the general public.
ALL PERFORMANCES TAKE PLACE IN
THE CLARK STUDIO THEATER AT LINCOLN CENTER INSTITUTE
70 Lincoln Center Plaza, Rose Building, 7th Floor
Friday, January 22 — Sunday, January 24 FREE ADMISSION
Folk Roots Remixed Emile Blondel
music
Folk Roots Remixed features solo piano music composed using folk melodies and rhythms of eastern Europe and South America as its source of inspiration. This program highlights the diverse textural possibilities that are unique to the modern piano and includes works by Béla Bartók and Alberto Ginastera.
Saturday, January 23, 7 pm and Sunday, January 24, 2 pm
The World Within
music & dance choreography: Laura Gutierrez
music: Elisa Friedrich
The World Within is a collaborative project shared between Elisa Friedrich and Laura Gutierrez. In combining both music and dance, this work is influenced by the artists’ experiences while traveling the world. In discovering new ways music and movement can affect each other, this journey is a deep exploration of the many means of travel through space, body, mind and sound.
Friday, January 22, 8 pm and Saturday, January 23, 3 pm
Community:Ratio
music & dance choreography: Mari Meade Montoya
music: Gregory Miles Hoffman
Community:Ratio is a dance work for six females and one male, which explores the tension between an individual’s obligation to the community and duty to oneself. It examines the notion of altruism within a super-organism, and asks where the primary responsibility lies when self-assertion is at odds with the interests of the group. What defines “self” in a society where the individuals themselves are replaceable or even expendable? Do hierarchal societies value new ideas from individuals who challenge the status quo? In an era when decisions with unprecedented impact on the well-being of us all are in the hands of the few with equally unprecedented power, these issues are more relevant than ever. How should we, as individuals, respond?
Saturday, January 23, 8 pm and Sunday, January 24, 3 pm
Postcards from Brazil
music Rachel Perkins with Mikael Darmanie, piano
Postcards from Brazil is an exploration of early twentieth-century Brazilian music for violin and piano. The program includes works by Brazilian composers Heitor Villa-Lobos and M. Camargo Guarnieri, and looks at how European visitors heard Brazilian music and what they brought to it in their reinterpretations of the original idiom. The French composer Darius Milhaud’s work is featured in the program: he lived in Brazil from 1917 to 1918 and drew heavily from the traditional rhythms found in Brazilian song and dance in his work, as can be heard in his Saudades do Brasil.
Friday, January 22, 7 pm and Saturday, January 23, 2 pm
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