BAM Announces The 2009 Next Wave Festival With Dance, Theater & More 9/15-12/19

Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM) announces 2009 Next Wave Festival, featuring fourteen dance, theater, music, opera, and nouveau cirque engagements from Sept 15-Dec 19

Also at BAM this winter: a previously announced special presentation of Sydney Theatre Company's A Streetcar Named Desire-directed by Liv Ullmann and featuring Cate Blanchett-from Nov 27-Dec 20

BAM 2009 Next Wave Festival is part of New Works and Diverse Voices at BAM presented by Time Warner Inc.

Six dynamic dance productions:

In-I, a collaboration conceived, directed, and performed by Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche and award-winning British choreographer Akram Khan

The return of acclaimed choreographer William Forsythe with Decreation-a work inspired by the writing of poet/essayist Anne Carson-presented in its U.S. premiere and performed by The Forsythe Company

Itutu-featuring Armitage Gone! Dance-melds the exciting contemporary choreography of Karole Armitage with the music of composer Lukas Ligeti and West African electronica band Burkina Electric

Really Real, by N.Y.-based choreographer Wally Cardona, examines the landscapes of people in motion-with a musical score by Phil Kline featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Australia's Chunky Move returns to BAM with Mortal Engine-a multimedia dance work featuring movement- and sound-responsive visual projections in an exploration of the body

Reggie Wilson's Fist & Heel Performance Group makes its BAM debut with The Good Dance-dakar/brooklyn, a work drawn from the cultures of the Mississippi Delta and Congo-a collaboration with Congolese choreographer Andréya Ouamba and his Senegal-based Compagnie 1er Temps

Two captivating theatrical experiences:

Renowned Canadian theater director Robert Lepage returns to BAM with Lipsynch-a production of Ex Machina and Théâtre sans Frontières-an epic drama exploring manifestations of modern vocal expression, presented in its U.S. premiere

Robert Wilson's Quartett-a production of Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe based on Heiner Müller's play-features acclaimed French actress Isabelle Huppert and music by Michael Galasso

Four singular music events:

Brooklyn-based percussion ensemble S? Percussion's Imaginary City is a meditation on urban environments featuring music, film, and installation-a Next Wave Festival commission

Songs of Ascension-a multimedia work on the theme of spiritual attainment-reunites the talents of Meredith Monk and visual artist Ann Hamilton

Bryce and Aaron Dessner (of The National) and renowned visual artist Matthew Ritchie create an immersive multimedia experience with The Long Count, featuring guest vocalists Kim and Kelley Deal, Shara Worden, and Matt Berninger

DJ Spooky (aka Paul D. Miller) addresses environmental issues of climate change with Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica-featuring live music from the International Contemporary Ensemble with Miller's sample-infused soundscape

An opera/concert staging, in its U.S. premiere:

Iconic composer Philip Glass and conductor Dennis Russell Davies present the U.S. premiere of Kepler, a concert staging of an opera inspired by the discoveries of 17th-century astronomer Johannes Kepler-performed by Bruckner Orchestra Linz and chorus of the Upper Austrian State Theatre, Linz

An enthralling nouveau cirque engagement:

Sweden's Cirkus Cirkör makes its BAM debut with Inside Out-an outlandish mix of highly skilled acrobatics, musical theater, and spectacle-featuring live music by Irya's Playground

The 2009 Next Wave Festival is complemented by film, humanities, music, and visual arts events.

 

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