Media
Release for Carolina Performing Arts 2012-2013 Season
May 17, 2012
Media
Release
Date:
May 17,
2012
Contact:
Ellen
James
Communications and Marketing
Manager
(919)
843-0516
Carolina Performing Arts Announces the 12/13 Performance
SeasonFeaturing
Commemoration of 100th Anniversary of The Rite of Spring Premiere
Commemoration of 100th Anniversary of The Rite of Spring Premiere
Single Tickets Go On Sale to the General Public June
19
New
Season Online at www.carolinaperformingarts.org
or www.theriteofspringat100.org
Chapel Hill, NC…Carolina Performing Arts announces its eighth season
featuring 46 performances and a very special centennial celebration of the
premiere of The Rite of Spring.
The 12/13 Season
presents several highly anticipated performances by renowned artists such as
indie-bluegrass
band the Punch Brothers (Oct. 16),
acclaimed violinist
Joshua Bell (Nov. 2), the celebrated
authentic performance pioneers Orchestre
Révolutionnaire et Romantique with conductor Sir John Eliot
Gardiner
(Nov. 14), Jazz at Lincoln Center with
Wynton Marsalis
(Feb. 10, 2013) and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
(Feb. 26–27,
2013).
The season also
features a celebration commemorating the centennial anniversary of the premiere
of The Rite of Spring’s, the
ground-breaking ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky to a score by Igor
Stravinsky and performed by
Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. This shockingly new artwork
debuted on May 29, 1913 and resulted in a riot at the Théâtre des
Champs-Élysées. The Rite
of Spring
premiere is considered a cultural milestone by ushering in the Modernist era.
Carolina Performing Arts’
100th anniversary celebration, entitled The Rite of Spring at 100 (Rite 100), is the most daring endeavor
ever undertaken by the organization. As part of Rite 100, Memorial Hall will host nine
world premieres and two U.S. premieres and 11 new works commissioned by Carolina
Performing Arts. The new works, created by world-renowned composers,
choreographers and performers, will
revisit, re-examine and respond to the Stravinsky-Nijinsky
masterpiece. In
addition to the new works, several dance companies will perform new
interpretations of The Rite of Spring
choreography that were created during the past
century.
The complete The Rite of Spring at
100 performance schedule:
- The Silk Road Ensemble with
Yo-Yo Ma,
performing a new work by Uzbek composer Dmitri
Yanov-Yanovsky, Sept. 30–Oct. 1
(World
Premiere)
- Compagnie Marie
Chouinard,
performing a reinterpretation of The Rite
of Spring choreography, Oct.
14
- Studio for New Music
Ensemble from
the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory performing Oct. 25 as part of the opening
celebration for the Reassessing The
Rite: A Centennial Conference
- The Mariinsky Orchestra of St.
Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev, will feature a new work by
Matthias Pintscher based on the two-trumpet theme of The Rite of Spring, Oct. 29–30 (U.S.
Premiere)
- Pierre-Laurent
Aimard, piano,
will launch his 2012-13 concert tour in Chapel Hill with an evening devoted to
“color in sound,” featuring Préludes,
Book II by Claude Debussy, Nov. 11
- Brooklyn Rider will present new works by Colin
Jacobsen and Shara Worden. The program also includes new compositions by
avant-garde experimental musician John Zorn and singer-songwriter Gabriel
Kahane, Nov. 16 (World
Premiere)
- Bill T. Jones and Anne
Bogart, in a
first-ever collaboration, have created A
Meditation on the Rite of Spring (working title) exploring the physiological
effects of music to be performed by the combined forces of their companies: Bill
T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SITI Company, Jan. 25–26, 2013 (World
Premiere)
- Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano,
and Yefim Bronfman, piano, will perform a new work
written for Rite 100 by Marc-André
Dalbavie, Feb. 20, 2013 (U.S.
Premiere)
- The Cleveland
Orchestra, with
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor, features a program exploring the
influence of Igor Stravinsky on Aaron Copland’s music, Mar.
17,
2013
- Joffrey Ballet will present a literal
re-creation of the 1913 The Rite of
Spring, reconstructed in 1987 by dance historian and choreographer Millicent
Hodson, Mar. 23–24,
2013
- Vijay Iyer, jazz pianist will present his
new work HOLI: The Colors of Mathura,
performed by the Chicago-based International Contemporary Ensemble and
accompanied by multimedia footage created by filmmaker Prashant Bhargava, Mar. 26, 2013 (World
Premiere)
- Nederlands Dans Theater
I will perform
a work choreographed by Medhi Walerski
to music by Joby Talbot inspired by The Rite of Spring’s music and kinetic
energy, Apr. 3 & Apr. 5, 2013 (U.S.
Premiere)
- Basil Twist, master puppeteer, will stage
an abstract work entitled The Rite of
Spring and conceived as a “ballet without dancers” and accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Apr. 12–13, 2013 (World
Premiere)
- UNC School of the
Arts will
present The
World After The Rite featuring
performances of Stravinsky’s ballet, Pulcinella
(1920)
and Shen Wei’s interpretation of The
Rite of Spring (2003),
under the direction of Chancellor John Mauceri, Apr. 20–21,
2013
- Béjart Ballet
Lausanne will
perform one of the great mid-century reinterpretations of The Rite of Spring, featuring Maurice
Béjart’s choreography, April 26–27,
2013
Rite
100 also incorporates two major academic conferences in Moscow and
Chapel Hill, artist residencies, masterclasses, university courses and
multidisciplinary collaborations. To learn more about the performances and
special events, go to www.theriteofspringat100.org
The 12/13 Regular Season
The 12/13 Season
opens with the National Theatre of
Scotland returning to Chapel Hill and presenting David Greig’s award-winning
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia
Hart, staged at
Top of the Hill’s Back Bar (Sept. 16–20). The
performance is described as an evening
of “anarchic theater, live music and strange goings-on.”
In
October, Carolina Performing Arts presents the world premiere of Elsewhere, a “CelloOpera” by Maya Beiser, a virtuosic cellist and
diva of the avant-garde and featuring vocalist Helga Davis. This haunting new
multimedia performance stages two dramatic interpretations of apocalyptic
visions in a stunning showcase of postmodern collaboration. The work features an
assemblage of original video, choreography and stage environments under the
direction of Robert Woodruff.
In
addition to the premieres and new works, the 12/13 Season features eagerly
anticipated performances by artists returning to Memorial Hall. Carolina Performing Arts welcomes back
multi-Grammy
Award-winning Latin superstar and social activist Gilberto Gil
(Nov.
12) with a program that pays homage to baião music
pioneer Luiz Gonzaga.
Orchestre
Révolutionnaire et Romantique, with Sir John Eliot Gardiner
return to Memorial Hall, after selling out two concerts in 2011, will perform
Beethoven’s greatest masterpiece, the Ninth Symphony with the Monteverdi Choir in one of only three
stops on their U.S. tour.
Also
returning to Carolina Performing Arts is KODO (Feb. 25, 2013), the
world-renowned
Japanese ritual drumming ensemble known for their high-energy, speed, dexterity,
precision and muscular endurance.
The holiday season
features the enduring favorite, The Nutcracker (Dec. 1–2) by the Carolina Ballet.
Carolina Performing Arts, for the first time, will also present Jazz for the
Holidays
(Dec. 7) by the NC Jazz Repertory
Orchestra with
special guest jazz vocalist John
Pizzarelli, performing a
special selection of holiday favorites and classic tunes.
Later in the season,
Carolina
Performing Arts, in a partnership with the Center for Global Initiatives and the
Center for the Study of the American South, will host two performances as part
of the annual Global American South Conference. Ambassadors of African-American
string band music, The Carolina
Chocolate Drops will perform with fellow returning artist Vusi Mahlasela, known simply as “The
Voice” in his home country of South Africa (Feb. 8, 2013). The following
evening, Abigail Washburn,
clawhammer banjo player, will perform with Kai Welch alongside Wu Fei, an internationally acclaimed
guzheng master from China (Feb. 9, 2013).
As
part of the season’s classical recitals, violinist Joshua Bell will perform a program of
Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Antonin Dvořák and Sergei
Prokofiev (Nov. 2). Radu Lupu, a
seminal pianist of his generation, will be performing compositions by César
Franck and Franz
Schubert (Jan. 19,
2013).
The jazz series
brings to Chapel Hill two Cuban jazz musicians, a living legend and a new force
on the scene. Chucho Valdés (Nov. 27), who
just won the 2011 Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album with Chucho’s Steps, is one of the legendary innovators
of Cuban jazz and hailed as one
of the greatest jazz pianists in the world. On Feb. 22, 2013, the Dafnis Prieto
Sextet takes
the Memorial Hall stage. A Cuban-born drummer and composer now living in New
York City, Prieto has had a major impact on the world of jazz, receiving a
MacArther “Genius” Fellowship just last year. His band will be appearing in
conjunction with Carolina
Jazz Festival. Also featured in the jazz series is vocalist Kurt Elling (Mar. 20, 2013), who will
bring his rich baritone and vocalese style to Chapel Hill.
Tickets
Tickets to the general public go on sale June
19 and can be ordered over the phone by calling (919) 843-3333,
going online at www.carolinaperformingarts.org
or visiting Memorial Hall Box Office on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
Subscription packages go on sale to the general public June 9.
This year, Carolina Performing Arts is offering a “choose your own” ticket
package with special discounts for packages of four, six, eight or more tickets
to different performances. As in every year, Carolina Performing Arts is
offering special discounts for pre-selected ticket packages including
Great Orchestras of the World; Recitals, Classically; American
Roots; Dance = Freedom of Movement; Jazz Masters, Global Connections and The
Complete Rite of Spring at 100
Experience. To learn more about subscription packages, go to www.carolinaperformingarts.org/tickets/
About
The Rite of Spring at 100
On May 29, 1913, Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes took to the stage in
Paris to give the first performance of The Rite of Spring, choreographed
by Vaslav Nijinsky to a score by Igor Stravinsky, with sets and costumes created
by artist Nicholas Roerich. The premiere set off a shock wave that is still
being felt today. In the centennial year of this famously scandalous premiere—an
epoch-making event in the arts and society alike—Carolina Performing Arts at The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will present The Rite of Spring
at 100, an unprecedented nine-month festival taking place from September
2012, through May 2013.
Through
partnerships with UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Institute for the
Arts and Humanities at UNC, the campus will engage in a year-long dialogue on
the impact of The Rite of Spring and its historical narrative through
artistic residencies, masterclasses and interdisciplinary courses. Through
partnerships with UNC’s Department of Music and the Institute for the Arts and
Humanities, Carolina Performing Arts is supporting the creation of 14 new
academic courses developed in conjunction with The Rite of Spring at
100 and two scholarly conferences in Chapel Hill, featuring eminent
musicologist Richard Taruskin, and in Moscow that will shed new light and
renewed reflections on this seminal work. For
more information, please visit www.theriteofspringat100.org
About Carolina Performing
Arts
The mission of
Carolina Performing Arts is to enrich lives by creating and presenting
exceptional arts experiences and connecting them to the UNC community and
beyond. Established in 2005 at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Carolina Performing Arts presents the very best from the full spectrum of the
performing arts: internationally renowned recitalists and orchestras; dance and
chamber ensembles; jazz, folk and world music performers; and opera and theatre
companies.
CPA strives
to nurture artistic innovation and the development of new works on and off
campus; to challenge and inspire audiences with powerful and transformative
performances; and to integrate the arts into the life of the University,
embracing its mission of teaching, research and public service. www.carolinaperformingarts.org
