Merce Cunningham Dance Companylegacy tour

September 9–11, 2011

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for the performing arts at bard college

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Chair Jeanne Donovan Fisher

President Leon Botstein

Merce Cunningham Dance CompanyLegacy Tour

Suite for Five (1956–58)Choreography Merce CunninghamMusic John Cage, from Music for PianoCostumes Robert Rauschenberg

Antic Meet (1958)

Choreography Merce CunninghamMusic John Cage, Concert for Piano and OrchestraDécor and Costumes Robert Rauschenberg

Sounddance (1975)

Choreography Merce CunninghamMusic David Tudor, Untitled (1975/1994)Décor and Costumes Mark Lancaster

Sosnoff TheaterSeptember 9 at 8 pmSeptember 10 at 8 pmSeptember 11 at 2 pm

The revival and preservation of Antic Meet are made possible through the generoussupport of Jeanne Donovan Fisher and the National Endowment for the Arts, and co-commissioned by the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center andthe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Special thanks to the ThendaraFoundation for its support of these performances.

September 9–11, 2011

Bard CollegeAnnandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Suite for Five, Antic Meet, Sounddance

MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY

LEGACY TOUR

Dancers Brandon Collwes, Dylan Crossman, Emma Desjardins,Jennifer Goggans, John Hinrichs, Daniel Madoff, Rashaun Mitchell, Marcie Munnerlyn,

Krista Nelson, Silas Riener, Jamie Scott, Robert Swinston, Melissa Toogood, Andrea Weber

Choreography Merce Cunningham (1919–2009)Founding Music Director John Cage (1912–1992)

Music Director Takehisa KosugiDirector of Choreography Robert Swinston

Executive Director Trevor CarlsonChief Financial Officer Lynn Wichern

Director of Institutional Advancement Tambra Dillon

Director of Production Davison ScandrettCompany Manager Kevin Taylor

Sound Engineer and Music Coordinator Jesse Stiles Lighting Director Christine Shallenberg

Wardrobe Supervisor Anna FinkeProduction Assistant and Carpenter Pepper Fajans

Archivist David VaughanAssistant to the Director of Choreography Jennifer Goggans

Music Committee David Behrman, John King, Takehisa Kosugi, Christian Wolff

The use of any recording device is strictly prohibited.

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Lead support for the Cunningham Dance Foundation’s Legacy Plan and the Legacy Tour provided by Leading for the Future, a program of Nonprofit Finance Fund, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon

Foundation, and an anonymous donor.

Major support provided by American Express; Candace and Frederick Beinecke;Bloomberg; Jill F. & Sheldon M. Bonovitz; Centre des Développement Chorégraphique;

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; Sage & John Cowles; Anthony & Mary Creamer; Molly Davies; The Gladys Krieble

Delmas Foundation; Jeanne Donovan Fisher; Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman; the MarshallFranklin Foundation; Fund for the City of New York–Open Society Foundations; Agnes Gund; the Hayes Fund of HRK Foundation; Pamela & Richard Kramlich;

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation; Jacqueline Mattise Monnier; The New York CommunityTrust; The Prospect Hill Foundation; Liz Gerring Radke and Kirk Radke; The Robert

Rauschenberg Foundation; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Mark Rudkin; The Fan Fox & LeslieR. Samuels Foundation; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation; The SHS Foundation;

The Shubert Foundation; Allan G. & Ferne Goldberg Sperling; Sutton & ChristianStracke; Miralles Tagliabue EMBT; Trust for Mutual Understanding; Paul L. Wattis

Foundation; and Friends of MCDC.

Public funds provided by National Endowment for the Arts,New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs,

U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

Suite for Five (1956–58)

ChoreographyMerce Cunningham

MusicJohn Cage, from Music for Piano

CostumesRobert Rauschenberg

LightingBeverly Emmons

DancersDaniel Madoff, Rashaun Mitchell,

Marcie Munnerlyn, Jamie Scott, Andrea Weber

MusicianJoseph Kubera

Solo .........................At RandomSolo .........................A MeanderTrio .........................Transition

Solo .........................StillnessDuet .........................Extended Movement

Quintet .........................Meetings

The events and sounds of this dance revolve around a quiet center, which,though silent and unmoving, is the source from which they happen.

First performance: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, May 18, 1956; revised version, Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana, July 1, 1958.

Restaged by Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham, Robert Swinston (2002).

Music for Piano by John Cage. Published by Henmar Press Inc. Used by kind permission of C. F. Peters Corporation.

Intermission

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Antic Meet (1958)

ChoreographyMerce Cunningham

MusicJohn Cage, Concert for Piano and Orchestra

Décor and CostumesRobert Rauschenberg

Dancers

Friday and SundayEmma Desjardins, Rashaun Mitchell, Marcie Munnerlyn,

Silas Riener, Jamie Scott, Andrea Weber

SaturdayDylan Crossman, Emma Desjardins, Jennifer Goggans,

Daniel Madoff, Krista Nelson, Melissa Toogood

MusiciansJoseph Kubera, piano; David Behrman, violin; John King, viola;

Christopher McIntyre, trombone

“Let me tell you that the absurd isonly too necessary on earth.”

—Ivan Karamazov

OpenerRoom For Two

MockgameSports and Diversions #1

Sports and Diversions #2

SocialBacchus and Cohorts

Sports and Diversions #3

A SingleExodus

First performance: American Dance Festival,Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, August 14, 1958.

Reconstruction and staging by Sandra Neels with the assistance of Robert Swinston (2010).

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Artistic Consultant: Carolyn Brown (2010).Lighting design by Christine Shallenberg (2010).

The revival and preservation of Antic Meet are made possible through the generoussupport of Jeanne Donovan Fisher and the National Endowment for the Arts

and co-commissioned by the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter and the Kennedy Center.

Special thanks to the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

Reconstruction of costume and scenic elements realized with the generous assistanceof Lawrence Voytek for the Robert Rauschenberg Studio.

Reconstruction of the four-armed sweater generously realized by Judith R. Fishman.

Intermission

Sounddance (1975)

ChoreographyMerce Cunningham

MusicDavid Tudor, Untitled (1975/1994)

Décor and CostumesMark Lancaster

DancersBrandon Collwes, Jennifer Goggans, Daniel Madoff,

Rashaun Mitchell, Marcie Munnerlyn, Silas Riener, Jamie Scott,Robert Swinston, Melissa Toogood, Andrea Weber

MusicianJohn King

The title is from Finnegans Wake.

First performance: Music Hall, Detroit, Michigan, March 8, 1975.

Restaging by Meg Harper (2003).Lighting reconstruction by Megan Byrne (2004).

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Notes on the Dances

Suite for Five (1956–58)

Noted for its classicism and tranquility, Suite for Five adds a trio, a duet, and a quintet totwo solos from Cunningham’s earlier Solo Suite in Space and Time (1956). The solos areremarkable for the virtuosity of their slow, sustained movements, while ensemble sec-tions demonstrate a serene, sculptural quality. Speaking of Cunningham’s choreographyfor Suite for Five, John Cage remarked, “The dancers are often alone or independent, evenwhen several are on the stage at the same time. Out of this solitude, meetings take placebetween them, brief or extended.” The isolated sounds of Cage’s score—struck on thewoodwork of the piano, or plucked on its strings—make for a calm, pellucid atmospherein which the movements can be seen with perfect clarity. Rauschenberg designed thedancers’ bold-toned leotards.

“Suite for Five is one of [Cunningham’s] most beautiful works, a complex, fluid distillationof time and space.”—Jennifer Dunning, New York Times

“One sees each action, unfolding like brush strokes on a scroll. It is spare, clean move-ment, exposing Cunningham’s detailed exploration of the body’s architecture and itsmovement capabilities.”—Hilary Crampton, The Age

Antic Meet (1958)

Antic Meet captures the exuberant and collaborative spirit that existed between MerceCunningham and Robert Rauschenberg for nearly 60 years. Rauschenberg referred to theMerce Cunningham Dance Company as his “largest canvas,” and described his relation-ship with Cunningham as a “compulsive desire to make and share. . . . All of us workedtotally committed, shared every intense emotion and, I think, performed miracles, forlove only.” Structured like a series of vaudeville scenes, Antic Meet consists of ten playfuland comedic numbers. John Cage provided the music, using a version of Concert forPiano and Orchestra, and Rauschenberg’s witty costumes include fur coats, parachutedresses and, famously, a chair strapped to Cunningham’s back. Prior to its revival for theLegacy Tour, Antic Meet was last performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1969.

“Funny, touching, and mad.”—Clive Barnes, New York Times

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Sounddance (1975)

In the fall of 1973, Cunningham spent nine weeks working with the Ballet of the ParisOpéra, for which he choreographed Un jour ou deux. When he returned to his own com-pany, he “felt like doing something vigorous, fast, complex.” The piece he made,Sounddance, takes its title from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake: "In the buginning is thewoid, in the muddle is the sound-dance, and thereinofter you're in the unbewised again,vund vulsyvolsy." Dancers emerge one after the other from a tent-like structure, andremain onstage until they are swept back in, as though in a wind tunnel. In the words ofAnna Kisselgoff, “Dawn to dusk, even the entire cycle of mortality, is evoked by the furi-ous agitation that begins with [the first dancer’s] eruption from a curtained structureand ends with the entire cast’s disappearance into the same draped folds.” Tudor’s pow-erful score provides a charged environment for Cunningham’s fast-paced choreography.

“An exhilarating rush—like bobbing in the ocean, being swept by wave after wave, get-ting sucked under and tumbled around from all directions.”—Sarah Kaufman,Washington Post

The Legacy Plan

The first of its kind in the dance world, the Cunningham Dance Foundation’s precedent-setting Legacy Plan delineates the future of Merce Cunningham Dance Company(MCDC) and ensures the preservation of Merce Cunningham’s artistic legacy. The multi-faceted plan includes the celebratory two-year Legacy Tour, which offers audiences afinal opportunity to see the company Cunningham personally trained before it disbandsat the end of 2011. The plan also supports career transition for the dancers, musicians,and staff who have invested their time and creative efforts into the realization ofCunningham’s vision, and provides for the creation of digital “Dance Capsules” to pre-serve his work and bring it to life for future generations.

The Legacy Plan is supported by an $8-million capital campaign. For more information orto learn how you can help, go to www.merce.org.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company has had a profound impact on American art andthe avant-garde since its founding in 1953. Guided by Merce Cunningham’s radicalapproach to space, time, and technology, the Company has forged a distinctive style,reflecting Cunningham’s technique and illuminating the near-limitless possibility forhuman movement. For more than 50 years, MCDC’s collaborations with groundbreakingartists from all disciplines have redefined the way audiences experience the visual andperforming arts.

MCDC was formed at Black Mountain College, and included dancers Carolyn Brown, ViolaFarber, Paul Taylor, and Remy Charlip, and musicians John Cage and David Tudor. In its earlyyears, the Company famously toured in a Volkswagen bus driven by Cage with just enoughroom for six dancers, the two musicians, and a stage manager, who was often RobertRauschenberg. MCDC’s first international tour in 1964—which included performances inWestern and Eastern Europe, India, Thailand, and Japan—marked a turning point for theCompany and initiated a constant stream of national and international engagements. Inthe years since, MCDC has inspired artists and audiences with innovative performances,serving as an ambassador for contemporary American culture around the world.

In addition to its influence in the world of dance, MCDC has cultivated a body of newmusic, commissioning more work from contemporary composers than any other dancecompany. Its repertory includes works by musicians ranging from Cage and ChristianWolff to Gavin Bryars and Radiohead. Cage’s association with the Company as musicaladvisor since its inception continued until his death in 1992, when he was succeeded byDavid Tudor. Since 1995, MCDC has been under the music direction of Takehisa Kosugi.

The Company has also collaborated with an array of visual artists and designers.Rauschenberg, whose famous “Combines” reflect the approach he used to create décorfor a number of MCDC’s early works, served as the Company’s resident designer from

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1954 through 1964. Jasper Johns followed as artistic advisor from 1967 until 1980, andMark Lancaster from 1980 through 1984. The last advisors to be appointed were WilliamAnastasi and Dove Bradshaw in 1984. Other artists who have collaborated with MCDCinclude Daniel Arsham, Tacita Dean, Rei Kawakubo, Roy Lichtenstein, Bruce Nauman,Ernesto Neto, Frank Stella, Benedetta Tagliabue, and Andy Warhol.

MCDC has been featured extensively in film and video choreographed by Cunningham,first with Charles Atlas and later in collaboration with Elliot Caplan. With support fromThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Atlas filmed Cunningham’s epic work Ocean (1994) inthe fall of 2008 at Minnesota’s Rainbow Quarry, 100 feet below the surface of the earth,surrounded by the 150-member St. Cloud Orchestra. Atlas’s film of Split Sides, which pre-miered on the 50th anniversary of the Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)in 2003, was released on DVD by ARTPIX. More recently, ARTPIX has released a boxed set ofAtlas films highlighting three of Cunningham’s significant collaborations with RobertRauschenberg: Suite for Five (1956–58), Summerspace (1958), and Interscape (2000).

With Merce Cunningham’s passing in 2009, MCDC embarked on its final, two-year worldtour. Launched in February 2010 at the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, the Legacy Touris a celebration of Cunningham’s lifetime of artistic achievement, showcasing 18 seminalworks from throughout his career—including the revival of seven historic dances. TheTour offers audiences around the world a final opportunity to see Cunningham’s chore-ography performed by the company he personally trained. Currently encompassing over50 destinations, the Tour will culminate in New York City—MCDC’s home since it wasfounded in 1953—in December 2011, with tickets priced at $10 as Cunningham requested.Please go to www.merce.org for a complete Legacy Tour performance schedule.

Directors

Merce Cunningham (Artistic Director) was a leader of the American avant-gardethroughout his 70-year career and is considered one of the most important choreogra-phers of our time. During his career, he was also one of the greatest American dancers.With an artistic career distinguished by constant innovation, Cunningham expanded thefrontiers not only of dance, but also of contemporary visual and performing arts. His col-laborations with artistic innovators from every creative discipline have yielded an unpar-alleled body of American dance, music, and visual art.

Of all his collaborations, Cunningham’s work with John Cage, his life partner from the1940s until Cage’s death in 1992, had the greatest influence on his practice. Together,Cunningham and Cage proposed a number of radical innovations. The most famous andcontroversial of these concerned the relationship between dance and music, which theyconcluded may occur in the same time and space, but should be created independently

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of one another. The two also made extensive use of chance procedures, abandoning notonly musical forms, but narrative and other conventional elements of dance composi-tion—such as cause and effect, and climax and anticlimax. For Cunningham the subjectof his dances was always dance itself.

Born in Centralia, Washington, on April 16, 1919, Cunningham attended the CornishSchool in Seattle, where he met John Cage. After leaving Washington for New York, hebegan his professional modern dance career at 20 with a six-year tenure as a soloist inthe Martha Graham Dance Company. In 1944 he presented his first solo show and in 1953

formed Merce Cunningham Dance Company as a forum to explore his groundbreakingideas. Over the course of his career, Cunningham choreographed more than 150 dancesand over 800 “Events.” Dancers who trained with Cunningham and have gone on to formtheir own companies include Paul Taylor, Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, Karole Armitage,Foofwa d’Imobilité, and Jonah Bokaer.

Cunningham’s lifelong passion for exploration and innovation made him a leader inapplying new technologies to the arts. He began investigating dance on film in the1970s, and choreographed using the computer program DanceForms during the latterpart of his career. He explored motion capture technology to create décor for BIPED(1999), and his interest in new media led to the creation of the pioneering web seriesMondays with Merce: www.merce.org/mondayswithmerce.html.

Cunningham passed away in his New York City home on July 26, 2009. An active chore-ographer and mentor to the arts world until his death, he earned some of the highesthonors bestowed in the arts. Among his many awards are the National Medal of Arts(1990) and the MacArthur Fellowship (1985). He also received the Jacob’s Pillow DanceAward in 2009, Japan’s Praemium Imperiale in 2005, the British Laurence Olivier Awardin 1985, and he was named Officier of the Legion d’Honneur in France in 2004.Cunningham’s life and artistic vision have been the subject of four books and threemajor exhibitions, and his works have been presented by groups including the Ballet ofthe Paris Opéra, Ballet de Lorraine, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, WhiteOak Dance Project, and London’s Rambert Dance Company.

John Cage (Founding Music Director) was born in Los Angeles in 1912. He studied withRichard Buhlig, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, and Arnold Schoenberg. In 1952, at BlackMountain College, he presented a theatrical event considered by many to be the first“Happening.” He was associated with Merce Cunningham from the early 1940s, and wasMusic Director of Merce Cunningham Dance Company until his death in 1992. Cage andCunningham were responsible for a number of radical innovations in musical and chore-ographic composition, such as the use of chance operations and the independence ofdance and music. His last work for MCDC was FOUR3, the score for Beach Birds (1991), pre-sented at the James Joyce/John Cage Festival in Zürich in 1991, though Cunningham con-tinued to use existing scores by Cage as accompaniment for his choreographies until his

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penultimate work, XOVER, in 2007. Cage’s radical compositions, from the Sonatas andInterludes for Prepared Piano through Water Music, Fontana Mix, Cartridge Music, AtlasEclipticalis, to 4’33”, are milestones in the history of contemporary music. He was theauthor of many books, among them Silence (1961), A Year from Monday (1968), M (1973),Empty Words (1979), and X (1983), all published by Wesleyan University Press. I–VI (theCharles Eliot Norton Lectures delivered at Harvard University in 1988–89) was publishedby Harvard University Press in 1990. Cage’s music is published by the Henmar Press of C. F. Peters Corporation and has been recorded on many labels. He died in New York Cityon August 12, 1992.

Robert Swinston (Director of Choreography) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, andattended Middlebury College and The Juilliard School, where he received a B.F.A. in dance.He danced with the Martha Graham Apprentice Group, the José Limón Dance Company,and with Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theatre. He joined MCDC in August 1980 and becameassistant to the choreographer in July 1992. Since Merce Cunningham’s death in July2009, Swinston has been the director of choreography, overseeing Merce CunninghamDance Company, the Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group, and the Company’s workwith the Cunningham Educational Outreach Program. Since 1998, Swinston has assistedin various Cunningham archival reconstructions, including Suite for Five (1956–58);Summerspace (1958); How to Pass, Kick, Fall, and Run (1965); RainForest (1968); CRWDSPCR(1993); and Ocean (1994); and the recent revivals of Squaregame (1976), Duets (1980), andRoaratorio (1983) for the Legacy Tour. He has assisted in the staging of Cunningham workson other companies, including Boston Ballet, White Oak Dance Project, Rambert DanceCompany, and New York City Ballet. In 2003, Swinston received a “Bessie” Award for hisperformance in the revival of Cunningham’s How to Pass, Kick, Fall, and Run. In 2009

Swinston was named a trustee for the Merce Cunningham Trust.  

Takehisa Kosugi (Music Director) was born in Tokyo in 1938. He studied musicology atTokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. In 1960 he cofounded the GroupOngaku, the first collective improvisation group in Tokyo. During this period his eventpieces were introduced by Fluxus in Europe and the United States. From 1965 to 1967 helived in New York, creating mixed-media performance works and performing with NamJune Paik and other Fluxus members. In 1967 he cofounded the Taj Mahal Travelers inTokyo, a collective improvisational group. As a composer he participated in Expo ’70 inOsaka. He has been a composer/performer with MCDC since 1977 and was appointedmusic director of the Company in 1995. He received grants from the JDR 3rd Fund in 1966

and 1977, a DAAD fellowship grant to reside in Berlin in 1981, and the John Cage Awardfor Music from the Foundation for Contemporary Art in 1994. He has performed in manyinternational festivals, including the Festival d’Automne à Paris, the AlmeidaInternational Festival of Contemporary Music in London, and the Sound and Nature in

Krems, Austria. His sound installations have been presented in various exhibitions,including FürAugen und Ohren, Berlin; Ecouter par les yeux, Paris; and Kunst alsGrenzbeschreitung: John Cage und die Moderne, Munich.

Trevor Carlson (Executive Director) began working at the Cunningham Dance Foundationin 1998 and later assumed the position of executive director in 2005 after serving as general manager, director of communications, and company manager of MCDC. Duringhis tenure, Trevor’s collaborative vision has fortified MCDC’s broad-reaching residency pro-grams for which he, in collaboration with Merce, developed a workshop for studentsbased on Cunningham’s use of DanceForms. He helped to increase the number of visualartist collaborations by developing the possibility for Merce to create Events in repertorytheater houses using different décors each evening. A total of 25 additional collaborationshave been staged in this manner. He also helped to forge new ventures such as the web-cast series Mondays with Merce, for which he serves as executive producer. With LynnWichern, CFO, and members of the Board, Trevor developed the Legacy Plan, including theLegacy Tour, Dance Capsules, and career transition. Prior to joining CDF, Trevor worked ascompany manager at The Joyce Theater, tour manager for P.S. 122 Field Trips, managingdirector of the Stephen Petronio Company, and fiscal associate for Pentacle/Dance Works.He has given lectures at numerous institutions including The Juilliard School, StanfordUniversity, multiple University of California campuses, and in various locations through-out South America, North America, Europe and the Middle East, and has served as a pan-elist for the Jerome Foundation and The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. In 2001, Trevorperformed in John Cage’s theater piece, James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: AnAlphabet, and in 2007 was featured in Tacita Dean’s first collaboration with MerceCunningham. A graduate of The Juilliard School with a B.F.A. in dance, Trevor cofoundedand has performed with the Stanley Love Performance Group.

Dancers

Brandon Collwes received his early dance training at the Pittsburgh CLO, PittsburghBallet Theater, and the Creative and Performing Arts High School in Pittsburgh. Heattended The Juilliard School and SUNY Purchase. Collwes studied as a scholarship stu-dent at the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance and twice at AmericanDance Festival. He became a member of the Cunningham Repertory Understudy Groupin October 2003 and joined MCDC in January 2006.

Dylan Crossman grew up in the south of France, where he started training at theConservatory of Montpellier in contemporary dance. Crossman has trained at Epsedansein Montpellier, France, and Burklyn Ballet Theatre in Vermont, and graduated from the

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Laban Center in London. In New York, he has worked with Sean Curran, Peter Kyle, PamTanowitz, and Christopher Williams. Dylan joined the Cunningham RepertoryUnderstudy Group in June 2007 and MCDC in June 2009.

Emma Desjardins grew up and began her dance training in Providence, Rhode Island. Shegraduated from Barnard College/Columbia University in 2003, where she trained andperformed with its Dance Department. Desjardins began dancing at the MerceCunningham Studio in 2002, became a member of the Cunningham RepertoryUnderstudy Group in 2004, and joined MCDC in January 2006. She is currently on facultyat the Merce Cunningham Studio.

Jennifer Goggans (Assistant to the Director of Choreography) began dancing in her home-town of Owensboro, Kentucky, and continued her studies at the Nutmeg Ballet inConnecticut. She received her B.F.A. in dance from SUNY Purchase in 2000, and joinedMCDC that same year. Goggans has been a faculty member of the Merce CunninghamStudio since 2005 and has taught master classes in the United States and across Europe. In addition, she has staged Cunningham’s Cross Currents (1964) for both the Augusta Balletand the Verb Ballet. Goggans has performed with the Louisville Ballet, MOMIX, ChantalYzermans, Christopher Williams, and has created costumes for Daniel Squire’s [sic], TereO’Connor’s Wrought Iron Fog, and RoseAnne Spradlin’s Survive Cycle and The Beginning of Something.

John Hinrichs was raised in Rochester, Illinois. He graduated with a B.S. in mathematics fromthe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he also studied dance. He has dancedfor Randy James Dance Works and Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theatre. He joined theCunningham Repertory Understudy Group in September 2007 and MCDC in October 2009.  

Daniel Madoff received his B.F.A. in dance from Purchase College in June 2006. He hasdanced for Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theatre, Nelly van Bommel, and Pam Tanowitz. Hebecame a member of the Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group in November 2005

and joined MCDC in August 2007.

Rashaun Mitchell was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Hestarted dancing at Concord Academy in Massachusetts and graduated from SarahLawrence College in 2000. He received the Viola Farber-Slayton Memorial Grant from theFoundation for Contemporary Performance Arts in 2000. Since then he has danced withPam Tanowitz, Chantal Yzermans, Donna Uchizono, Risa Jaroslow, Sara Rudner, and RichardColton. He joined MCDC in January 2004 and is currently on faculty at the MerceCunningham Studio. In 2007 he was the recipient of a Princess Grace Award: DanceFellowship. His own choreography has been presented in New York at the Skirball Center,the La Mama Theater, Mt. Tremper Arts, and The Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston.

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Marcie Munnerlyn is from Portland, Oregon. She trained at Jefferson High School, OregonBallet Theater, and the Cornish College of the Arts. She became a member of CunninghamRepertory Understudy Group in June 2002 and joined MCDC in January 2004.

Krista Nelson is from Champaign, Illinois. She received a B.F.A. in dance with high honorsfrom the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005. Krista completed the 92nd St. Y’s Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) program and later joined the dance faculty atthe Y. She also worked at the 92nd St. Y as production manager and cocurator of Fridaysat Noon. She joined the Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group in May 2008, andMCDC in 2010. She has also danced with Catherine Tharin since 2006.

Silas Riener grew up in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Princeton University with adegree in comparative literature and creative writing. He has worked with ChantalYzermans, Takehiro Ueyama, Christopher Williams, Jonah Bokaer, and Rebecca Lazier’sTERRAIN. He premiered NOX, a collaboration with writer Anne Carson and choreographerRashaun Mitchell, in 2010, and continues to develop new projects with them. He joinedMerce Cunningham Dance Company in November 2007. While performing with MCDC,Riener completed his M.F.A. in dance at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Jamie Scott began studying dance in her hometown of Great Falls, Virginia. She contin-ued training in the preprofessional division of the Washington School of Ballet andmoved to New York in 2001 to attend Barnard College. After graduating cum laude fromBarnard in May of 2005, she began her studies at the Merce Cunningham Studio. Shejoined the Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group in January 2007 and MCDC in July2009. Jamie is currently on faculty at Merce Cunningham Dance Studio. She also danceswith the Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company.

Robert Swinston (See Directors)

Melissa Toogood joined MCDC in June 2008. She began working with Merce as a mem-ber of the Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group in November 2005. A faculty mem-ber at the Merce Cunningham Studio since 2007, she has taught repertory workshops inher native city of Sydney, Australia, and at the Cunningham studio in New York. Melissahas worked with Pam Tanowitz Dance and Miro Dance Theatre, was a founding memberof the Michael Uthoff Dance Theatre, and performed with writer Anne Carson. Melissaearned a B.F.A. in dance performance from New World School of the Arts, Miami, underDean Daniel Lewis.

Andrea Weber graduated with a B.F.A. from The Juilliard School, under the direction ofBenjamin Harkarvy. She has danced and taught for Canadian-based Coleman Lemieux &Compagnie, participating in the Manitoba and Gros Mourne Project. She has assisted and

staged Lila York’s works on ballet companies throughout the United States and inDenmark. She was a collaborator in Anne Carson’s Possessive Used As Drink (Me) and hasalso worked with Jessica Lang Dance, Jonah Bokaer, Charlotte Griffin, Sue Bernhard, andEllen Cornfield. Andrea appears as the Dancer in The Dancer Films, a series of very shortfilms based on the cartoons of Jules Feiffer, directed by Judy Dennis and produced by EllenDennis, with choreography by Susan Marshall and Larry Keigwin. Andrea joined MCDC inJanuary 2004 and is currently a faculty member of the Merce Cunningham Studio.

Collaborators

David Behrman has been active as a composer and artist since the 1960s. Over the yearshe has made sound and multimedia installations for gallery spaces as well as composi-tions for performance in concerts. My Dear Siegfried, Leapday Night, On the Other Ocean,Interspecies Smalltalk, and Long Throw are among his works for soloists and small ensem-bles. Among his sound and multimedia installations are Cloud Music (1977, a collaborationwith Robert Watts and Bob Diamond); Pen Light (2002); and View Finder (2005.) He wasalso music director for Terri Hanlon’s video Meringue Diplomacy (2010.) Together withRobert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, and Gordon Mumma, Behrman founded the Sonic Arts Unionin 1966. He has had a long association with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company ascomposer and performer and has created music for several of the Company’s repertorypieces. He has been a member of the faculty at the Milton Avery Graduate School of theArts at Bard College since 1998. Audio recordings of his works are on the XI, Pogus, andLovely Music labels.

John Cage (See Directors)

Beverly Emmons has designed for Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater, dance, andopera in the United States and abroad. Off-Broadway, she has worked with directorartists including Joseph Chaikin, Meredith Monk, and Robert Wilson in such works asQuarry and Einstein on the Beach. In regional theater, she lit productions of Tartuffe, TheWild Duck, The Cherry Orchard, and The Broken Jug at the Guthrie and Arena Stage withdirectors Lucian Pintilie and Liviu Ciulei. She worked with MCDC from 1965 to 1968, andlit the works of Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Trisha Brown, and Martha Graham, among others.Her Broadway credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Jekyll & Hyde, The Heiress, StephenSondheim’s Passion, The Elephant Man, and Amadeus. She has received seven Tony nom-inations, the 1976 Lumen Award, 1984 and 1986 “Bessies,” a 1986 Obie Award forDistinguished Lighting, and 31 Maharam Foundation/American Theater Wing Awards.

John King is a composer, guitarist, and violist. He has received commissions from the KronosQuartet, Ethel, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Mannheim Ballet, New York City Ballet/Diamond

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Project, Stuttgart Ballet, and Ballets de Monte Carlo, as well as three commissions fromMerce Cunningham Dance Company (Native Green, CRWSPCR, and Fluid Canvas). He wasmusic curator at The Kitchen in New York City from 1999 to 2003 and is currently a mem-ber of the Music Committee at MCDC. He has written three operas: Dice Thrown, based onthe Stéphane Mallarmé poem, premiered at CalArts in Los Angeles in April 2010; la bellecaptive, based on texts by Alain Robbe-Grillet, premiered at Teatro Colon/CETC in BuenosAires in 2003 and toured to London’s ICA (Fronteras Festival) in 2004 and The Kitchen in2005; and Herzstuck/heartpiece, based on the text of Heiner Müller, premiered at the 1999

Warsaw Autumn Festival and presented at The Kitchen in 2000. In 2009 he received theAlpert Award for music composition. He has three CD releases of music for string quartet:10 Mysteries and AllSteel (Tzadik) and Ethel (Cantaloupe).

Joseph Kubera has been a leading interpreter of contemporary music for the past threedecades. He recently performed at Monday Evening Concerts in L.A. and The Stone inNew York, and has been a soloist at such festivals as the Warsaw Autumn, BerlinInventionen and Prague Spring. He has worked closely with composers John Cage,Morton Feldman, La Monte Young, Robert Ashley, and others. Among the composers whohave written works for him are Michael Byron, Anthony Coleman, David First, Alvin Lucier,Roscoe Mitchell, and “Blue” Gene Tyranny. He has recorded Cage’s Music of Changes andConcert for Piano and Orchestra, and toured widely with the Cunningham DanceCompany in the 1970s and 1980s. Kubera has been awarded grants through the NationalEndowment for the Arts and the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts. He isa core member of S.E.M. Ensemble, the DownTown Ensemble, and Ostravska Banda, andhas performed with a wide range of New York ensembles and orchestras ranging fromSteve Reich and Musicians to the Brooklyn Philharmonic. He tours with new-music bari-tone Thomas Buckner, and luminaries such as Terry Riley and Ingram Marshall have writ-ten for his duo-piano team with Sarah Cahill. His playing may be heard on the Wergo,Albany, New Albion, New World, Lovely Music, O.O. Discs, Mutable Music, Cold Blue, andOpus One labels.

Mark Lancaster was born in Yorkshire, England, and educated at Bootham School, York,and the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was artist-in-residence at King’s College,Cambridge, from 1968 to 1970. He moved to New York in 1974, when he first designed forMCDC, having been Jasper Johns’s assistant for Un jour ou deux at the Paris Opéra in1973. He designed for the videodance Westbeth (1974), Sounddance (1975), Rebus (1975),Torse (1976), Squaregame (1976), Fractions (both video and stage versions, 1977), Tango(1978), Locale (1979), and Roadrunners (1979). In 1980 he was appointed artistic advisor toMCDC. From that point forward he designed Duets (1980) for American Ballet Theatre(1982); 10’s with Shoes (1981); Gallopade (1981); Trails (1982); Quartet (1982); and a new pro-duction of Rune (1982; originally designed by Robert Rauschenberg, 1959). He collabo-rated on Coast Zone (1983); Inlets 2 (1983); Roaratorio (1983); Pictures (1984); Doubles

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(1984); Five Stone Wind (1988), for which he received a “Bessie” Award; Neighbors (1991);Touchbase (1992); and CRWDSPCR (1993). His paintings have been exhibited widely andare in numerous public and private collections.

Christopher McIntyre has a multifaceted career as composer, performer, and curator-organizer. He interprets works and improvises on trombone and synthesizer, and com-poses for his own ensembles TILT Brass, 7X7 Trombone Band, and Ne(x)tworks, in additionto creating works that have been specifically commissioned. He has recorded for Tzadik, New World, and Mode Records. Curatorial experience includes projects at TheKitchen, Issue Project Room, and The Stone, and he has acted as artistic director of theMATA Festival.

Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) was resident designer (décor, costumes, lighting) forMerce Cunningham Dance Company from 1954 to 1964. His first work for the companywas the décor for Minutiae (1954), a free-standing object that became known as the firstof the artist’s “Combines” and was shown in the exhibition of those works at theMetropolitan Museum of Art from December 2005 to April 2006 (also at the Museum ofContemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Musée national d’art moderne, Centre GeorgesPompidou, Paris; and the Moderna Museet, Stockholm). He also designed Suite for Five(1956), Labyrinthian Dances (1957), Antic Meet (1958), Summerspace (1958), Rune (1959),Crises (1960), Æon (1961), Winterbranch (1964), and Story (1963), for which he famously con-structed a new set for each performance from materials he found in and around the the-ater. In later years he returned to collaborate with Merce Cunningham on Travelogue(1977) and Interscape (2000), both with music by John Cage. The painting Immerse (1994)was made to be used as a backdrop for Events. Rauschenberg’s costumes for Cunninghamare illustrated in Volume 9, No. 1 of the publication 2wice, 2006. For XOVER (2007),Rauschenberg created both the costumes and backdrop from his work Plank (2003).

David Tudor (1926–96) was born in Philadelphia; his first professional activity was as anorganist. Later he became known as a leading avant-garde pianist, with his highlyacclaimed first performances of compositions by contemporary composers. From theearly fifties, he became John Cage’s closest musical associate, both with MCDC and withCage’s Project for Music for Electronic Tape. He gradually ended his active career as apianist, as he and Cage initiated a trend toward “live,” as distinct from taped, electronicmusic. His first score for Merce Cunningham was for RainForest in 1968, and was fol-lowed by those for Sounddance, Exchange, Channels/Inserts, Quartet, Phrases, Shards, FiveStone Wind (with Cage and Takehisa Kosugi), Polarity, and Enter. On the death of Cage inAugust 1992, Tudor succeeded him as musical director of MCDC. In the fall of that year,he returned to the acoustic piano again in concert performances of Cage’s Winter Musicwith Atlas Eclipticalis and (in 1993) Solo for Piano from Concert for Piano and Orchestra.His last work for Cunningham was Soundings: Ocean Diary (1994), the electronic compo-nent of the score for Ocean.

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CUNNINGHAM DANCE FOUNDATION STAFF

Nancy Bright Financial Aid AdministratorTrevor Carlson Executive DirectorKevin Carr Mondays with Merce Production Supervisor/Archival AssistantEmmy Carter Development and Marketing CoordinatorTambra Dillon Director of Institutional AdvancementJeff Donaldson-Forbes Contracts and Touring ManagerPepper Fajans Production Assistant and CarpenterAnna Finke Wardrobe SupervisorJean Freebury Studio Program ManagerRafael Gallegos Studio RegistrarRachel Gibbs Studio RegistrarJennifer Goggans Assistant to the Director of ChoreographyAlice Helpern International Program CoordinatorLayton Hower Office Manager/BookkeeperShanna Kudowitz Archival and Dance Capsules AssociatePatricia Lent Director of Repertory LicensingDavison Scandrett Director of ProductionChristine Shallenberg Lighting DirectorJesse Stiles Sound Engineer and Music CoordinatorRobert Swinston Director of ChoreographyKevin Taylor Company ManagerCarol Teitelbaum Faculty ChairDavid Vaughan ArchivistLynn Wichern Chief Financial OfficerCarrie Wood Assistant Production Manager

Mondays with Merce, a pioneering web-cast series, provides a never-before-seen look at MCDC, with footage of MCDC in rehearsal and performance, exclusive interviewswith Merce and artistic collaborators, and video from the Merce Cunningham Archives.Go behind the scenes and on the road with MCDC throughout the Legacy Tour,www.merce.org. Trevor Carlson: Executive Producer; Nancy Dalva: Producer/Writer;Kevin Carr, Production Supervisor.

European Administration for MCDC provided by Julie George, Paris, France. TEL: 33-1-4588-9020, 33-1-4588-0441; FAX: 33-1-4589-1393; julie-george@wanadoo.fr

North and South American Booking and Asian Booking provided by David LiebermanArtists Representative, TEL: 714-979-4700, FAX: 714-979-4740. Cell phone: 213-792-0600;contact David Lieberman, david@dlartists.com

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Legal Counsel: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP

Accounting Services: Lutz and Carr Certified Public Accountants, LLP

Insurance Broker: DeWitt Stern Group

The Media Repertory of MCDC includes programs from the Merce CunninghamArchives, videotapes and films choreographed specifically for the camera, documen-taries, and educational materials, which are distributed by ARTPIX, and theCunningham Dance Foundation, Inc. TEL: 212-255-8240, FAX: 212-633-2453, ext: 26

Merce Cunningham Studio holds regular classes in technique, elementary to advanced,which are supplemented at periodic intervals by workshops in composition, repertory,and film/video dance. Contact Rafael Gallegos TEL: 212-255-8240 x 32.Rafael@merce.org

Merce Cunningham Studio offers a rental program for emerging choreographers andperformance open to any company or individual artist on a self-producing basis. Theprogram features low rates, complete facilities, and a flexible performance space.Bookings will be accepted through January 2012. Contact Layton Hower TEL: 212-255-8240 x11. Layton@merce.org

Physical Therapy for Merce Cunningham Dance Company provided by SusanBlankensop & Christine Bratton. Orthopedist to Merce Cunningham Dance Company isDavid S. Weiss, M.D., NYU-HJD; Department of Orthopedic Surgery.

Public Relations and Strategic Communications provided by Resnicow Schroeder Associates.

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CUNNINGHAM DANCE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Judith R. Fishman, ChairmanAlvin Chereskin, Co-Vice ChairMolly Davies, Co-Vice ChairAnthony B. Creamer III, TreasurerDavid Vaughan, SecretaryJean Rigg, Associate Secretary

Simon BassCandace Krugman BeineckeSallie BlumenthalJill F. BonovitzCarolyn BrownFrank A. Cordasco, M.D.Sage F. CowlesGary GarrelsKatherine D. R. HayesRosalind G. JacobsPamela KramlichAlan M. KriegsmanHarriette LevineHarvey LichtensteinTimothy J. McClimonJacqueline Matisse MonnierBénédicte PesleBarbara PineJudith F. PisarKirk A. RadkeEileen RosenauNicholas RudenstineKristy Santimyer Melita Barbara S. SchwartzAllan G. SperlingSutton StrackePatricia TarrPaul L. Wattis IIISuzanne Weil

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Donors to the Fisher CenterLeadership SupportEmily H. Fisher and John AlexanderJeanne Donovan FisherMartin and Toni Sosnoff

FoundationRichard B. Fisher Endowment FundMartin T. and Toni SosnoffRobert W. Wilson

Golden CircleAnonymousThe Barbro Osher Pro Suecia

FoundationFalconwood Foundation, Inc.FMH FoundationLinda Hirshman and David ForkoshJane and Aatos Erkko FoundationMillbrook Tribute Garden, Inc.Thendara FoundationFelicitas S. ThorneTrue Love Productions

Friends of the Fisher CenterProducerFiona Angelini and Jamie WelchArtekArthur F. and Alice E. Adams

FoundationAssociation of Performing Arts

PresentersBioseutica USA, Inc.Carolyn Marks BlackwoodChartwells School and University

Dining ServicesConsulate General of Finland in

New YorkBarbara Ettinger and Sven HusebyThe Ettinger Foundation, Inc.Stefano Ferrari and Lilo ZinglersenAlexander Fisher MFA ’96

Catherine C. Fisher and Gregory A. Murphy

R. Britton and Melina FisherKey Bank FoundationHarvey and Phyllis LichtensteinChris Lipscomb and

Monique SegarraMansakenning LLCThe Marks Family FoundationThe Maurer Family Foundation, Inc.Mid Atlantic Arts FoundationMillbrook Vineyards and Winery

Ministry for Foreign Affairs ofFinland

National Endowment for the Arts(NEA)

New York State Council on the Arts(NYSCA)

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Drs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanIngrid RockefellerDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and

Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52

Bethany B. Winham

PatronHelen and Roger AlcalyAmerican-Scandinavian

FoundationKathleen and Roland AugustineMary I. Backlund and Virginia CorsiSandra and A. John Blair IIIAnne Donovan Bodnar and

James L. BodnarStuart Breslow and Anne MillerAnne and Harvey BrownBarbara and Richard DebsMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las HerasElizabeth de LimaTambra DillonDirt Road Realty, LLCInes Elskop and Christopher Scholz Elizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. GreenburgFinlandia FoundationAlan and Judith FishmanSusan Fowler-GallagherGE FoundationGideon and Sarah Gartner

Foundation of the FidelityCharitable Gift Fund

Bryanne and Thomas Hamill The Harkness Foundation for

Dance, Inc.HSBC Philanthropic ProgramsJohn Cage TrustDr. Harriette Kaley ’06

Mr. and Mrs. George A. KellnerDr. Barbara KennerRuth Ketay and Rene SchnetzlerLaura KuhnJane and Daniel LindauLow Road FoundationStephen Mazoh and Martin KlineElizabeth I. McCann

W. Patrick McMullan and Rachel McPherson

Alexandra OttawayPleasant Valley Animal HospitalQuality Printing CompanyDavid A. SchulzDenise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieira da Cunha Andrew Solomon and John HabichSarah and Howard SolomonDarcy StephensAllan and Ronnie StreichlerBarbara and Donald ToberIlliana van Meeteren and

Terence C. Boylan ’70

Margo and Anthony Viscusi Aida and Albert Wilder

SponsorSarah Botstein and Bryan DoerriesCaplan Family FoundationRichard D. CohenThe Eve Propp Family FoundationCarlos Gonzalez and

Katherine StewartEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsRachel and Dr. Shalom Kalnicki Geraldine and

Lawrence LaybourneCynthia Hirsch Levy ’65

Barbara L. and Arthur MichaelsAndrea and Kenneth L. MironSamuel and Ellen PhelanCatherine M. and

Jonathan B. SmithTed SnowdonJohn TancockBeverley D. Zabriskie

SupporterHarriet Bloch and Evan SakellariosKay Brover and Arthur BennettAlfred M. Buff and Lenore Nemeth Dr. and Mrs. Bruce CuttlerLeslie and Doug DienelAmy K. and David DubinPatricia FalkMartha Jane FleischmanFrances A. and Rao GaddipatiHelena and Christopher GibbsGilberte Vansintejan Glaser and

William A. GlaserMiriam and Burton GoldNan and David GreenwoodAlexander Grey and David Cabrera

We honor the late Richard B. Fisher for his generosity and leadership in building and supporting this superb center that bears his name by offering outstanding arts experiences.We recognize and thank the following individuals, corporations, and foundations that shareDick’s and our belief in presenting and creating art for the enrichment of society. Help ussustain the Fisher Center and ensure that the performing arts are a part of our lives. Weencourage and need you to join our growing list of donors.

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Dr. Eva B. GrieppRosemary and Graham HansonDavid S. HartJanet and William HartLars Hedstrom and Barry JuddHedstrom and Judd, Inc.Mel and Phyllis HeikoDarren HenaultDr. Joan Hoffman and

Syd SilvermanSusan and Roger KennedyHarold KleinSeymour and Harriet KoenigRose and Josh KoplovitzDanielle Korwin and

Anthony DiGuiseppeJames KraftElissa Kramer and Jay H. NewmanRamone LascanoHelena LeeMimi LevittMr. and Mrs. David LondonerSusan LorenceCharles S. MaierMargrit and Albrecht PichlerTed Ruthizer and Jane DenkensohnWilliam SiegfriedElisabeth F. TurnauerSeymour Weingarten

FriendMorton AltermanAnonymousJoshua J. AronsonJohn J. Austrian ’91 and

Laura M. AustrianSybil BaldwinAlvin and Arlene BeckerHoward and Mary BellFrederick BerlinerJeanne and Homer ByingtonMaryAnn and Thomas CaseDaniel Chu and Lenore SchiffMr. and Mrs. John CioffiJean T. CookAbby H. and John B. DuxDavid Ebony and Bruce MundtElizabeth ElliottArthur FenaroliDr. Marta P. FlaumRaimond FlynnEdward ForlieAllan FreedmanMary and Harvey FreemanJoseph W. and Joyce GelbMarvin and Maxine GilbertNigel GillahLaurie GilmoreMr. and Mrs. Floyd GlinertG. Carson Glover and

Stephen MillikinJudy R. and Arthur GoldFayal Greene and David J. SharpeSheryl GriffithDavid A. Harris

Elise and Carl HartmanSue HartshornJames HaydenDorothy and Leo HellermanDelmar D. HendricksSky Pape and Alan HoughtonDavid HurvitzNeil IsabelleMark R. JoelsonEleanor C. KaneLinda L. KaumeyerMr. and Mrs. John W. KellyMartha Klein and David HurvitzRobert J. KurillaJames LackRobert la PorteGerald F. LewisSara F. Luther and John J. NeumaierJohn P. MackenzieHerbert MayoDr. Naomi MendelsohnEdie Michelson and

Sumner MilenderJanet C. MillsDavid T. MintzRoy MosesJoanne and Richard MrstikMartha NickelsDouglas Okerson and

William WilliamsElizabeth J. and Sevgin OktayRobert M. OsborneDavid Pozorski and Anna RomanskiSusan PriceGeorge and Gail Hunt ReekeSusan RegisRhinebeck Department StorePeter and Linda RubensteinHeinz and Klara SauerBarbara and Dick SchreiberMr. and Mrs. Edward T. ScottJames E. ScottDr. Alan M. SilbertPeter SipperleyDr. Sanford B. SternliebFrancis E. Storer Jr.Mark SuttonTaconic Foundation, Inc.Janeth L. ThoronTiffany & Co.Dr. Siri von ReisJoan E. WebermanRobert WeissWendy and Michael WestermanWilliams Lumber and

Home CentersAlbert L. YarashusMike and Kathy ZdebRena Zurofsky

Donors to the Bard Music FestivalEvents in this year’s Bard MusicFestival were underwritten in partby special gifts from

Helen and Roger AlcalyBettina Baruch Foundation Michelle R. ClaymanJeanne Donovan FisherMimi LevittJames H. Ottaway Jr.Denise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieira da CunhaAllan and Ronnie StreichlerFelicitas S. ThorneFestival Underwriters

James H. Ottaway Jr.Opening Concert

Mimi LevittPreconcert TalksGuest ArtistsFilms

Homeland FoundationBard Music Festival Preview at

Wethersfield

Helen and Roger AlcalyFestival BookFestival Program

Margo and Anthony ViscusiPreconcert Talks

Joanna M. MigdalPanel Discussions

Paula and Eliot HawkinsChristina A. Mohr and

Matthew GuerreiroBetween the Concerts Supper

National Endowment for the Arts(NEA)

New York State Council on the Arts(NYSCA)

Leadership SupportMimi LevittThe Mortimer Levitt FoundationMr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.

Golden CircleBettina Baruch FoundationJeanne Donovan FisherThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationJane W. Nuhn Charitable TrustDenise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieira da CunhaFelicitas S. ThorneMillie and Robert Wise

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Friends of the Bard Music FestivalBenefactorAmerican-Scandinavian

FoundationThe Ann and Gordon Getty

FoundationArtekBanco Santander S. A.Barclays Bank Leonie F. BatkinConsulate General of Finland in

New YorkJoan K. DavidsonMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las HerasJohn A. Dierdorff Elizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. Greenburg FMH Foundation Furthermore: A Program of the

J. M. Kaplan FundEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsLinda Hirshman and David Forkosh Homeland Foundation, Inc. HSBC Philanthropic ProgramsAnne E. Impellizzeri The J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.Susan and Roger KennedyBarbara KennerAmy and Thomas O. MaggsMarstrand FoundationMinistry for Foreign Affairs

of FinlandThe Mrs. Mortimer Levitt

Endowment Fund for thePerforming Arts

National Endowment for the Arts(NEA)

New York State Council on the Arts(NYSCA)

Dimitri B. and Rania PapadimitriouPeter Kenner Family Fund of the

Jewish Communal Fund Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc.Dr. Gabrielle Reem** and

Dr. Herbert J. KaydenDrs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and

Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52

H. Peter Stern and Helen Drutt English

Dr. Siri von ReisMerida Welles and

William Holman The Wise Family Charitable

Foundation Elaine and James WolfensohnBetsey and E. Lisk Wyckoff Jr.

PatronABC Foundation Constance Abrams and Ann VerberEdwin L. Artzt and

Marieluise Hessel

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald AtkinsKathleen and Roland Augustine Gale and Sheldon Baim Elizabeth Phillips Bellin ’00 and

Marco M. S. Bellin Dr. Miriam Roskin Berger ’56

Helen ’48 and Robert Bernstein Helen and Robert Bernstein

Philanthropic Fund of theJewish Communal Fund

Anne Donovan Bodnar and James L. Bodnar

Sarah Botstein and Bryan DoerriesLydia Chapin Constance and David C. Clapp J. T. Compton Jane Cottrell and Richard KortrightArnold J. ’44 and Seena Davis**Barbara and Richard DebsMichael Del Giudice and

Jaynne KeyesRt. Rev. Herbert A. and

Mary Donovan Amy Knoblauch Dubin and

David DubinRobert C. Edmonds ’68

Ines Elskop and Christopher Scholz John GellerHelena and Christopher Gibbs Kim Z. GoldenCarlos Gonzalez and

Katherine Stewart Barbara K. HoganJane and Robert HottensenFrederic K. and Elena Howard Joan and Julius JacobsonJasper JohnsDrs. Harriette and Gabor KaleyRachel and Dr. Shalom KalnickiHelene and Mark N. Kaplan Belinda and Stephen KayeMr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Keesee IIIMr. and Mrs. George A. Kellner Klavierhaus, Inc.Seymour and Harriet KoenigEdna and Gary LachmundAlison and John LankenauGlenda Fowler Law and Alfred LawBarbara and S Jay Levy Cynthia Hirsch Levy ’65

Patti and Murray LiebowitzMartin and Toni Sosnoff

FoundationStephen Mazoh and Martin KlineW. Patrick McMullan and

Rachel McPhersonDr. and Mrs. Arthur MenkenMetropolitan Life Foundation

Matching Gift ProgramAndrea and Kenneth L. MironChristina A. Mohr and

Matthew GuerreiroKen Mortenson

Martin L. Murray and Lucy Miller Murray

Alexandra OttawayEve ProppDrs. Morton and Shirley Rosenberg Blanche and Bruce RubinAndrew Solomon and

John Habich SolomonSarah and Howard Solomon Martin T. and Toni Sosnoff Edwin A. SteinbergDr. S. B. Sternlieb Stewart’s ShopsElizabeth Farran Tozer and

W. James Tozer Jr. Tozer Family Fund of the New York

Community TrustIlliana van MeeterenAida and Albert WilderIrene ZedlacherWilliam C. Zifchak and

Margaret Evans

SponsorAnonymousAna AzevedoMargaret and Alec BancroftEverett and Karen CookPhillip S. Cooke Blythe Danner ’65

Dasein FoundationWillem F. De Vogel and

Marion Davidson Cornelia Z. and Timothy Eland Timothy and Cornelia Eland

Fund of the Fidelity CharitableGift Fund

Shepard and Jane Ellenberg Ellenberg Asset Management

Corp. Field-Bay FoundationFrancis Finlay and Olivia J. FussellLaura FlaxMartha Jane FleischmanDeborah and Thomas Flexner Donald C. FresneLaura GeneroSamuel L. Gordon Jr. and

Marylou TapallaMr. and Mrs. Jay M. GwynneMarjorie HartNancy and David HathawayMartin Holub and Karen KidderLucas Hoogduin and

Adriana OnstwedderPamela HowardJohn R. and Joyce Hupper I.B.M. Matching Grants Program Susan JonasEdith Hamilton KeanFernanda Kellogg and

Kirk HenckelsClara F. and David J. LondonerJames and Purcell Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Payton

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Ellen and Eric PetersenJohn and Claire ReidAlfred J. and Deirdre RossDr. Paul H. Schwartz and

Lisa Barne-Schwartz James and Sara SheldonDavid and Sarah StackRichard C. Strain and Eva Van RijnBarbara and Donald ToberArete and William** Warren Jack and Jill WertheimRosalind Whitehead Serena H. WhitridgeJulia and Nigel WiddowsonPeter and Maria Wirth

SupporterMunir and Susan Abu-HaidarBarbara J. AgrenJames Akerberg and

Larry SimmonsLeora and Peter ArmstrongIrene and Jack BanningDidi and David Barrett Karen H. Bechtel Dr. Susan Krysiewicz and

Thomas Bell Carole and Gary Beller Mr. and Mrs. Andy BellinBeth and Jerry BierbaumMr. and Mrs. David Bova Mr. and Mrs. William B. BrannanKay Brover and Arthur Bennett Dan F. and Nancy BrownKate Buckley and Tony Pell Phyllis Busell and James KostellPeter Caldwell and Jane Waters Miriam and Philip CarrollFrederick and Jan CohenSeth Dubin and Barbara FieldJoan and Wolcott DunhamRuth EngIngrid and Gerald FieldsEmily Rutgers Fuller Donald Gellert and Elaine Koss Mims and Burton Gold Victoria and Max GoodwinJanine M. GordonMary and Kingdon Gould Jr. Nan and David GreenwoodMortimer and Penelope C. HallSally S. HamiltonJuliet HeyerSusan Hoehn and Allan BahrsWilliam HolmanDalya InhaberJay JollyKaren Bechtel Foundation of the

Advisor Charitable Gift FundRobert E. KausErica KiesewetterCharles and Katharine KingKaren KloppDr. and Mrs. Vincent KohLowell H. and Sandra A. Lamb

Debra I. and Jonathan LanmanE. Deane and Judith S. LeonardWalter LippincottLynn Favrot Nolan Family FundJeanette MacDonald and

Charles MorganPhilip and Tracey MactaggartCharles S. MaierClaire and Chris MannMarilyn MarinaccioElizabeth B. MavroleonCharles MelcherArthur and Barbara L. MichaelsSamuel C. MillerJohn E. Morrison IVMr. and Mrs. Alfred MudgeBernadette Murray and

Randy FertelKamilla and Donald NajdekJay H. Newman and Elissa KramerMr. and Mrs. William T. NolanMarta E. NottebohmElizabeth J. and Sergin OktayDr. Bernhard Fabricius and

Sylvia OwenDavid B. and Jane L. ParshallSusan Heath and Rodney PatersonJohn and Claire ReidBarbara ReisSusan F. RogersRosalie Rossi, Ph.D.John RoyallDagni and Martin SenzelDenise and Lawrence ShapiroNadine Bertin StearnsMim and Leonard SteinCarole TindallJohn Tuke and Leslie FarhangiDr. Elisabeth F. TurnauerMonica WamboldTaki and Donald WiseJohn and Mary Young

FriendRev. Albert R. AhlstromLorraine D. AlexanderArthur A. AndersonAnonymousZelda Aronstein and

Norman EisnerArtscope, Inc.John K. AylingPhebe and George BantaJames M. BartonMr. and Mrs. Francis D. BartonSaida BaxtRegina and David BeckmanDr. Howard BellinRichard L. BensonDr. Marge and Edward BlaineEric and Irene BrocksDavid and Jeannette T. BrownMr. and Mrs. John C. D. BrunoAlfred M. Buff and Lenore NemethIsobel and Robert Clark

Donald CooneyMillicent O. McKinley CoxLinda and Richard DainesDana and Brian DunnAbby and John DuxPeter EdelmanPeter Elebash and Jane RobinsonJim and Laurie Niles ErwinPatricia FalkHarold FarbermanArthur L. FenaroliDavid and Tracy FinnLuisa E. FlynnPatricia and John ForelleMary Ann FreeSamantha FreeStephen and Jane GarmeyAnne C. GillisMr. and Mrs. Harrison J. GoldinDr. Joel and Ellen GoldinStanley L. GordonThurston GreeneBen-Ali and Mimi HagginDavid A. HarrisSy HeldermanSharon and David HendlerCarol HenkenNancy H. HenzeGary HermanDavid Hurvitz and Martha KleinDr. and Mrs. Gerald ImberPatricia H. KeeseeMr. and Mrs. John W. KellyJoan Kend Diana Niles KingThea KlirosSharon Daniel KroegerRobert J. KurillaJeffrey LangProf. Edward C. LauferWayne LawsonBeth LedyLaurence and Michael LevinLongy School of MusicRuthie and Lincoln LymanM Group, LLCJohn P. MacKenzieHermes Mallea and Carey MaloneyAnnette S. and Paul N. MarcusHarvey MarekThe McGraw-Hill Companies

Matching Gift ProgramMarcus Mello ’04

Dr. Naomi MendelsohnPhilip MessingMillbrook Real Estate, LLCDeborah D. MontgomeryKelly Morgan Debbie Ann and

Christopher MorleySusan and Robert MurphyAnna Neverova ’07

Nancy R. NewhouseHugh and Marilyn Nissenson

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Harold J. and Helen C. NoahJames OlanderMarilyn and Peter OswaldGary S. PatrikSarah Payden ’09

Peter and Sally V. PettusLucas Pipes ’08

Dr. Alice R. PisciottoDavid Pozorski and Anna RomanskiD. Miles PriceStanley A. Reichel ’65 and

Elaine ReichelDr. Naomi F. Rothfield ’50 and

Lawrence RothfieldHarriet and Bernard SadowAntonia SalvatoSheila SandersDr. Thomas B. SandersHeinz and Klara SauerMolly SchaeferFrederick W. Schwerin Jr.Mary ScottDanny P. Shanahan and

Janet E. Stetson ’81

J. Kevin SmithPolly and LeRoy SwindellJessica and Peter TcherepnineGladys R. ThomasJaneth L. ThoronCynthia M. Tripp ’01

Laurie TuzoOlivia van Melle KampRonald VanVoorhiesAndrea A. WaltonJacqueline E. WarrenPeter WarwickRenee K. Weiss ’51

Barbara Jean WeyantAnne WhiteheadVictoria and Conrad WicherMr. and Mrs. John WinklerAmy WoodsRobert and Lynda Youmans

Major support for theFisher Center’s programshas been provided by:Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams

FoundationHelen and Roger Alcaly American-Scandinavian

FoundationThe Andrew W. Mellon FoundationFiona Angelini and Jamie WelchThe Ann & Gordon Getty

FoundationAnonymousArtekThe Barbro Osher Pro Suecia

FoundationBarclays BankLeonie F. Batkin

Bettina Baruch FoundationBioseutica USA, Inc.Carolyn Marks Blackwood and

Gregory QuinnChartwells School and University

Dining ServicesMichelle R. ClaymanConsulate General of Finland in

New YorkJoan K. DavidsonMr. and Mrs. Gonzalo de las HerasJohn A. DierdorffElizabeth W. Ely ’65 and

Jonathan K. GreenburgBarbara Ettinger and Sven HusebyThe Ettinger Foundation, Inc.Stefano Ferrari and Lilo ZinglersenFinlandia FoundationAlexander D. Fisher MFA ’96

Catherine C. Fisher and Gregory A. Murphy

Emily H. Fisher and John AlexanderJeanne Donovan FisherR. Britton and Melina FisherFMH FoundationEliot D. and Paula K. HawkinsLinda Hirshman and David ForkoshHomeland Foundation, Inc.HSBC Philanthropic ProgramsAnne E. ImpellizzeriJane and Aatos Erkko FoundationJane’s Ice CreamJane W. Nuhn Charitable TrustThe J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.Belinda and Stephen KayeSusan and Roger KennedyBarbara KennerMimi Levitt Chris Lipscomb and

Monique SegarraAmy and Thomas O. MaggsMansakenning LLCThe Marks Family FoundationMarstrand FoundationMartin and Toni Sosnoff

FoundationThe Maurer Family Foundation, Inc.Mid Atlantic Arts FoundationJoanna M. MigdalThe Millbrook Tribute GardenMillbrook Vineyards & WineryMinistry for Foreign Affairs in

FinlandThe Mortimer Levitt

Foundation Inc.Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Endowment

Fund for the Performing ArtsNational Dance Project of the

New England Foundation for the Arts

National Endowment for the ArtsAmerican Masterpieces: Dance

National Endowment for the Arts(NEA)

New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA)

New York State Council on the Arts(NYSCA)

Ralph E. Ogden Foundation, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ottaway Jr.Dimitri B. and Rania PapadimitriouPeter Kenner Family Fund of the

Jewish Communal FundDr. Gabrielle H. Reem** and

Dr. Herbert J. KaydenRichard B. Fisher Endowment FundDrs. M. Susan and Irwin RichmanIngrid RockefellerDavid E. Schwab II ’52 and

Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52

The Schwab Charitable FundDenise S. Simon and

Paulo Vieira da CunhaMartin T. and Toni SosnoffH. Peter Stern and

Helen Drutt EnglishAllan and Ronnie StreichlerThendara FoundationFelicitas S. ThorneTrue Love ProductionsMargo and Anthony ViscusiDr. Siri von ReisBethany B. WinhamMillie and Robert WiseThe Wise Family Charitable

FoundationWolfensohn Family FoundationElizabeth and E. Lisk Wyckoff Jr.

** deceasedAll lists current as of July 18, 2011

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Boards and Administration

Bard CollegeBoard of TrusteesDavid E. Schwab II ’52,

Chair EmeritusCharles P. Stevenson Jr., ChairEmily H. Fisher, Vice ChairElizabeth Ely ’65, SecretaryStanley A. Reichel ’65, TreasurerFiona AngeliniRoland J. AugustineLeon Botstein,

President of the College+David C. ClappMarcelle Clements ’69*Asher B. Edelman ’61

Robert S. Epstein ’63

Barbara S. Grossman ’73*Sally HambrechtGeorge F. Hamel Jr.Ernest F. Henderson III, Life TrusteeMarieluise HesselCharles S. Johnson III ’70

Mark N. KaplanGeorge A. KellnerCynthia Hirsch Levy ’65

Murray LiebowitzMarc S. LipschultzPeter H. Maguire ’88

James H. Ottaway Jr., Life TrusteeMartin PeretzStewart ResnickRoger N. Scotland ’93*The Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk,

Honorary TrusteeMartin T. SosnoffSusan WeberPatricia Ross Weis ’52

AdministrationLeon BotsteinPresidentDimitri B. Papadimitriou Executive Vice PresidentMichèle D. Dominy Vice President and Dean of the CollegeRobert Martin Vice President for Academic Affairs;Director, The Bard CollegeConservatory of MusicJames Brudvig Vice President for AdministrationDebra Pemstein Vice President for Development andAlumni/ae AffairsMary Backlund Vice President for Student Affairs;Director of Admission

Norton Batkin Vice President and Dean ofGraduate StudiesJonathan BeckerVice President and Dean forInternational Affairs and CivicEngagementSusan H. GillespieVice President for Special GlobalInitiativesMax Kenner ’01

Vice President for InstitutionalInitiativesErin CannanDean of Student AffairsPeter GadsbyAssociate Vice President forEnrollment; RegistrarMary SmithDirector of PublicationsGinger ShoreConsultant to PublicationsMark PrimoffDirector of CommunicationsKevin ParkerControllerJeffrey KatzDean of Information Services;Director of Libraries

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Advisory BoardJeanne Donovan Fisher, ChairLeon Botstein+Stefano FerrariHarvey LichtensteinRobert Martin+James H. Ottaway Jr.Dimitri B. Papadimitriou+Martin T. SosnoffToni SosnoffFelicitas S. Thorne

AdministrationSusana MeyerAssociate DirectorRobert AirhartProduction ManagerDebra PemsteinVice President for Development andAlumni/ae AffairsMark PrimoffDirector of CommunicationsMary SmithDirector of PublicationsGinger ShoreConsultant to Publications

Kimberly Keeley-HenschelBudget DirectorBonnie Kate AnthonyAssistant Production ManagerPaul LaBarberaSound and Video EngineerStephen DeanStage Operations ManagerVincent RocaTechnical DirectorMark CrittendenFacilities ManagerJeannie SchneiderBusiness ManagerAustin Miller ’06

Events ManagerLesley DeMartin ’11,

House ManagerClaire Weber ’08

Box Office ManagerRay StegnerBuilding Operations ManagerDoug PitcherBuilding Operations CoordinatorDaniel DeFrancis, Staff AssistantRobyn Charter, Staff Assistant

The Bard Music FestivalBoard of DirectorsDenise S. Simon, ChairRoger AlcalyLeon Botstein+Michelle R. ClaymanJohn A. DierdorffRobert C. Edmonds ’68Jeanne Donovan FisherChristopher H. Gibbs+Jonathan K. GreenburgPaula K. HawkinsLinda HirshmanBarbara KennerMimi LevittThomas O. MaggsRobert Martin+Joanna M. MigdalKenneth L. MironChristina A. MohrJames H. Ottaway Jr.Allan StreichlerTucker TaylorFelicitas S. ThorneSiri von ReisE. Lisk Wyckoff Jr.

Artistic DirectorsLeon BotsteinChristopher H. GibbsRobert Martin

Executive DirectorIrene Zedlacher

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About Bard College

Founded in 1860, Bard is an independent, nonsectarian, residential, coeducational collegeoffering a four-year B.A. program in the liberal arts and sciences and a five-year B.S./B.A. degreein economics and finance. The Bard College Conservatory of Music offers a five-year programin which students pursue a dual degree—a B.Music and a B.A. in a field other than music—aswell as an M.Music in vocal arts and in conducting. Bard and its affiliated institutions alsogrant the following degrees: A.A. at Bard High School Early College, a New York City publicschool with two campuses; A.A. and B.A. at Bard College at Simon’s Rock: The Early College, inGreat Barrington, Massachusetts, and through the Bard Prison Initiative at five penal institu-tions in New York State; M.A. in curatorial studies, and M.S. in environmental policy and in cli-mate science and policy at the Annandale campus; M.F.A. and M.A.T. at multiple campuses;and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture at theBard Graduate Center in Manhattan. Internationally, Bard confers dual B.A. degrees at theFaculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Smolny College), St. Petersburg State University, Russia,and American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan; and dual B.A. and M.A.T. degrees at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem.

Bard offers academic programs in four divisions. Total enrollment for Bard College and its affil-iates is approximately 3,700 students. The undergraduate college has an enrollment of morethan 1,900 and a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1. For more information about Bard College, visitwww.bard.edu.

Associate DirectorRaissa St. Pierre ’87

Scholar in Residence 2011

Daniel M. Grimley

Program Committee 2011

Byron AdamsLeon BotsteinChristopher H. GibbsDaniel M. GrimleyRobert MartinRichard WilsonIrene Zedlacher

DevelopmentDebra PemsteinAndrea GuidoStephen Millikin

PublicationsMary SmithGinger Shore

Public RelationsMark PrimoffEleanor Davis21C Media

Director of ChorusesJames Bagwell

Vocal Casting ConsultantSusana Meyer

Stage ManagersStephen DeanMatthew Waldron

SupertitlesCeleste MontemaranoMelissa Wegner (operator)

Production InternsSean Colona '12

Liza Batkin '14

Sydney Menees '12

David Nagy '12

Amalie Wyrick-Flax '14

+ ex officio * alumni/ae trustee** Honorary

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