Announcing Baryshnikov Arts Center's Fall 18 Season

Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) announces the Fall 2018 BAC Presents season of music and dance presentations, which runs September 19 through December 5 . Tickets for performances at BAC (450 W. 37th Street, New York, NY) are on sale now, and can be purchased at bacnyc.org and 866 811 4111. Also this fall, BAC Residencies will provide support for the development of new works in theater, dance, music, and multimedia by artists from Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and New York City.

BAC's Fall 2018 dance offerings include a new work from Lucy Guerin: the N.Y. Premiere of Split, a duet for two female dancers, one clothed and one naked, who negotiate ever-diminishing dimensions of space and time. "Ruminative, poignant and provocative," (The Australian) Split revels in the sharp, elegant choreographic investigations by one of Melbourne's leading dance-makers. This presentation marks Guerin's return to BAC, following the premiere of Corridor in 2009; her last New York season was in 2012.

On November 1-2 in the Jerome Robbins Theater, BAC and Lincoln Center's White Light Festival co-present the World Premiere of Framing Time. This interdisciplinary collaboration of music, movement, and light set to Morton Feldman's spare, mystical composition Triadic Memories is performed by "adventurous, intelligent pianist" (Threepenny Review) Pedja Muzijevic and choreographer/dancer Cesc Gelabert-"a cascade of pure dance invention" (The Guardian)-with set and lighting design by Burke Brown.

Fall 2018 music concerts include BAC Salon: Szymanowski, Berio + Debussy featuring the Tesla Quartet and Canadian soprano Alexandra Smither in her first New York appearance September 19 in the Howard Gilman Performance Space. In the Jerome Robbins Theater, on October 15 celebrated chamber group yMusic will play the N.Y. Premiere of a new album-length work by Bryce Dessner (commissioned through BAC's Cage Cunningham Fellowship), and on December 5, Quodlibet Ensemble will perform music spanning five centuries, including a U.S. Premiere by composer Yevgeniy Sharlat.

BAC Residencies

At the core of BAC's mission is the Residency Program, which provides time, space, and resources for creative experimentation and artistic freedom. This season, BAC hosts BAC Space, a residency format designed to encourage peer exchange, during which artists will work concurrently in all of BAC's studios. BAC Space Fall 2018 artists will be in residence for three weeks from October 29 to November 17. A series of public Studio Showings will be held on November 15. (Details to be announced by October 15.)

BAC Space Fall 2018 Resident Artists include:

Morgan Green and Milo Cramer (Theater; NYC)
Ashwini Ramaswamy (Dance/Music; Minneapolis, MN)
Sally Silvers (Dance; NYC) Martha Duffy Resident Artist
James Sprang (Performance Art/Multimedia; Philadelphia, PA)
Minor Theater (Theater; NYC)

Tickets for BAC Presents can be purchased online or by phone:
BACNYC.ORG / 866 811 4111. A complete schedule of BAC Fall 2018 Presentations follows.

FALL 2018 BAC PRESENTS

[MUSIC]
BAC Salon: Szymanowski, Berio + Debussy
Tesla Quartet
Alexandra Smither, soprano

September 19, Wednesday at 7:30PM
Howard Gilman Performance Space
Tickets: $25
Running Time: 60 Minutes

Program:
K. Szymanowski String Quartet no. 1, op. 37 (1917)
L. Berio Sequenza III for solo voice (1966)
C. Debussy String Quartet (1893)

A program of sumptuous, turn of the 20th century masterworks for string quartet by Karol Szymanowski and Claude Debussy, and Luciano Berio's Sequenza III, which incorporates coughing, laughing, whispering, speaking and singing into one of the great modern feats for solo voice. Performed by the refined Tesla Quartet and Canadian rising star Alexandra Smither in her first New York appearance.

Leadership support for music programming provided by the Anne and Chris Flowers Foundation and the Thompson Family Foundation.

[DANCE]
Lucy Guerin Inc
Split (N.Y. Premiere)

October 11-13 / Thursday - Saturday at 7:30PM
Jerome Robbins Theater
Tickets: $25
Running Time: 50 Minutes

A demanding dance work for two female performers, Split revels in Lucy Guerin's sharp, elegant choreographic investigations, reflecting the dilemmas of negotiating with oneself and others in a world of increased pressure and reduced resources. The work shifts between two bodies, reconciled and in conflict, and considers the female body as a site of commodification, exploitation, shame and shock. Featuring a musical score by UK composer Scanner, Split is a thought-provoking structural meditation rendered in movement and delivered by one of Australia's most expressive dance companies.

Lead support of dance programming at BAC is provided by the Rudolf Nureyev Endowment.

Major support for dance programming and activities provided by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Harkness Foundation for Dance.

[MUSIC]
yMusic
Featuring a N.Y. Premiere by Bryce Dessner

October 15 / Monday at 7:30PM
Jerome Robbins Theater
Tickets: $25
Running Time: 60 Minutes

yMusic applies its virtuosic execution and unique ensemble configuration (string trio, flute, clarinet, and trumpet) to its largest commissioned work to date: the N.Y. Premiere of a composition by Bryce Dessner, one of today's foremost composers.

This composition by Bryce Dessner was commissioned by Alexei Lubimov through BAC's inaugural Cage Cunningham Fellowship.

Leadership support for music programming provided by the Anne and Chris Flowers Foundation and the Thompson Family Foundation.

[MUSIC / DANCE]
Baryshnikov Arts Center and Lincoln Center's White Light Festival Co-present
Framing Time (World Premiere)

November 1 + 2 / Thursday and Friday at 8PM
Jerome Robbins Theater
Tickets: $30 Orchestra / $25 Balcony
Running Time: 60 Minutes

Framing Time is a quietly thrilling meditation on music, light, and movement centered on Morton Feldman's 1981 solo piano piece Triadic Memories. Feldman's spare, mystical piano piece-a work the composer described as the "biggest butterfly in captivity"-merges with an intricate color and light interplay, joined by dance and sculptural elements. Vividly rendered by pianist Pedja Muzijevic, the shifting colors and elastic tempos of Feldman's painterly music are transformed into acute, poetic movement by Spanish choreographer and dancer Cesc Gelabert, with set and lighting design by Burke Brown.

Lead support of dance programming at BAC is provided by the Rudolf Nureyev Endowment.

Major support for dance programming and activities provided by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Harkness Foundation for Dance.

[MUSIC]
Quodlibet Ensemble
Music by Biber, Martynov + Sharlat

December 5 / Wednesday at 7:30PM
Jerome Robbins Theater
Tickets: $25
Running Time: 60 Minutes

Program:
H. Biber Battalia (1673)
V. Martynov Come In! (1988)
Y. Sharlat Capriccio for 4 Violins and Strings (2010) - U.S. Premiere -

Quodlibet Ensemble, a string chamber orchestra comprised of some of today's most sought-after young players, performs an eclectic evening of classical music featuring Heinrich von Biber's 17th century evocative rendering of battle scenes, Vladimir Martynov's unabashedly romantic Come In!, and the U.S. Premiere of Yevgeniy Sharlat's jazzy, virtuosic homage to Bach's English Suite.

Leadership support for music programming provided by the Anne and Chris Flowers Foundation and the Thompson Family Foundation.

ABOUT BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER (BAC)

BAC is the realization of a long-held vision by artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov to build an arts center in Manhattan that would serve as a gathering place for artists from all disciplines. BAC's opening in 2005 heralded the launch of this mission, establishing a thriving creative laboratory and performance space for artists from around the world. BAC's activities encompass a robust residency program augmented by a range of professional services, including commissions of new work, as well as the presentation of performances by artists at varying stages of their careers. In tandem with its commitment to supporting artists, BAC is dedicated to building audiences for the arts by presenting contemporary, innovative work at affordable ticket prices. For more information, please visit www.bacnyc.org.