Member New York Shows

This is a list of productions/performances/showcases in which ISPA members are involved around the time of our NY06 Congress.

Davide Cabassi
2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition finalist
January 23, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.; free admission
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
154 West 57th Street
This charismatic Italian pianist will perform a short program featuring works by Debussy, Soler, and Stravinsky as part of a showcase sponsored by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters to advance the careers of young performers. Admission is free. More information on Mr. Cabassi on-line.

STARS OF THE BOLSHOI OPERA
Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern Auditorium
January 21, 2006, 7 pm
Starring
MAKVALA KASRASHVILI, Soprano
BADRI MAISURADZE, Tenor
MIKHAIL KAZAKOV, Bass
ELENA MANISTINA, Mezzo
LARISA RUDAKOVA, Sop
VALERY GERASIMOV, Music Director
Ticket prices $35, $50, $70, $75, $80'
Call Carnegie Charge 212-247-7800
Buy online at WWW.TicketsR.com
For groups of 10 or more, 20% discount to ISPA members
Call 212-594-1839
Today's leading stars of the Bolshoi Opera Theatre present a program of operatic highlights from the Russian and Italian Repertoire. Music by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovski, Rimsky – Korsakov, Verdi, Cilea, Boito, Donizetti. A Premiere Performance in the United States except Kasrashvili, who regularly Appears with the Metropolitan Opera. Kasrashvili, Gold Medal Artist of Russia, is also manager of The Bolshoi Theatre, and is presenting the exciting new stars of the theatre. Kazakov is hailed as One of the world's great new basses, and is now the leading Boris Gudonov at the Bolshoi. Kazakov And Rudakova were launched internationally when they won the Placido Domingo International Operalia Competition. Maisuradze was termed one of the finest tenors of the century and Rudakova Received a review from the BBC that called her one of the world's five best coloraturas. One time Event presenting the above star singers on stage together in an exclusive appearance.

Focus on Africa: Bongani Ndodana
Friday, January 20, 8:00pm
7:00pm preconcert discussion
with Bongani Ndodana
Miller Theatre, Columbia University
2960 Broadway (at 116th St.) MC 1801
212-854-1633
Box Office: 212-854-7799
Tickets: $20
Hailing from Queenstown, Bongani Ndodana (b. 1975) is the most prominent young South African composer on the scene. His remarkable music combines a post-modern eclecticism with the sounds of his African childhood and heritage. Sons of the Great Tree refers to Ndodana's ancestral "totem name" Mthikhulu (Great Tree). Rainmaking remembers Queen Nodjadji V (1936-2001), the beloved Rain Queen of the Bantu-speaking Lovedu tribe, and heir to a 400-year-old matriarchal monarchy invested with magical rainmaking powers. The Hintsa of Hintsa's Dances was a Xhosa chief who fought against the British army as they swept through South Africa in the early 1800's: he was finally captured and imprisoned in a penal island just off Cape Town (the same one later occupied by Nelson Mandela.) When he first heard the sound of British bagpipes from his cell, it is said that he thought they were the wailing cries of babies.
Yellow (world premiere) | Sons of the Great Tree | Rainmaking | Lalelani | Hintsa's Dances | Miniatures on Motherhood | Threnody, Part 5
Dawn Padmore, soprano
Ensemble Noir (New York debut)
Bongani Ndodana, conductor

Imani Winds
at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Tuesday, Jan 17, 7:30 pm
Details on-line
Since 1997, Imani Winds has been expanding the bounds of the traditional wind quintet. This young ensemble of African/Latin American heritage has quickly established a distinct presence in the classical music scene and indeed in the contemporary music and jazz world as well. The name Imani, which means "faith" in Swahili, embodies the spirit of the ensemble--a spirit evident in their dynamic playing, critically-acclaimed recordings, innovative programming, and outreach programs which have inspired communities throughout the country. The first of their two recordings on Koch International Classics, The Classical Underground, received a 2005 Grammy Award nomination.
[ read the complete bio on-line ]
Contact: Rob Robbins, Vice President, Herbert Barrett Management
(212) 245-3530

Elsie Management Showcases
at City Center, Studio 4, Black Box
130 West 56th Street, btwn 6&7Aves
Fri&Sat, Jan 20&21, 9-10pm
Presenting excerpts from new work:
Brian Brooks Moving Company
Jane Comfort and Company
Nicholasleichterdance
Spend one hour previewing NEW WORK from the ever-surprising Brian Brooks, iconoclast Jane Comfort, and soul-searching Nicholas Leichter as each present new choreographies and discuss their work.
Reservations: Meghan Dunne, Tel (718)797-4577, meghand@elsieman.org

Melbourne’s BalletLab, Amplification
at PS 122 in association with The Joyce Theater
150 First Ave, at corner of East 9th Street, East Village
50 minute performance
Thurs, Jan 19, 10pm
Fri, Jan 20, 5pm
Sat, Jan 21, 7:30pm
Sun, Jan 22, 10pm
Mon, Jan 23, 5pm
Tues, Jan 24, 7:30pm
One of Australia’s foremost contemporary dance companies, Artistic Director Phillip Adams’ work is an exhilarating spectacle of twisted humor and sensational dancing set in a rich, yet eerie visual and aural landscape. BalletLab presents their signature award-winning work featuring six dancers, live turntable composition and stark visual set design. Skidding, sliding, and crashing into a world of body bags, pain, healing, reality and unreality, Amplification examines the thresholds of the human body’s response to sound, light, and physical impact.
Reservations: Meghan Dunne, Tel (718)797-4577, meghand@elsieman.org

Lingo dancetheater, Relatively Real
at Joyce Soho
155 Mercer Street, btwn Houston & Prince, Soho
70 minute performance
Open Dress Rehearsal: Th, Jan 19, 8pm
Performances: Fri, Jan 20, 7pm
Sat, Jan 21, 9pm
Sun, Jan 22, 4pm
Mobile white walls create a mysterious, ever-metamorphosing labyrinth that is lit by a bombardment of adventuresome images. Accompanied by full-throttle, tumbling dancetheater, Relatively Real is permeated with fantasy and unexpected wit.
Reservations: Meghan Dunne, Tel (718)797-4577, meghand@elsieman.org

Roxane Butterfly’s Worldbeats, Djellabah Groove
at globalFEST at the Public Theater
425 Lafayette St, btwn Astor Place and East 4th Street, East Village
Sat&Sun, Jan 21&22, 7:50pm
40 minute performance
Worldbeats previews Djellabah Groove, a spirited, percussive coupling of music and dance: three tap artists and a four piece band directed by Graham Haynes. This multi-cultural ensemble highlights the improvisational dynamic of each form in a communal celebration of flamenco, tap, and North African musical genres. Mediterranean-born Butterfly’s spoken word (in French and English) ponders a rootless troubadour’s identity in our contemporary age.
Reservations: Meghan Dunne, Tel (718)797-4577, meghand@elsieman.org

Seán Curran Company (international representation)
at Danspace Project
Second Ave at East 11th Street, East Village
One hour shared showcase with Urban Bush Women
Poetically pairing the classical with the contemporary, Aria is choreographed to the opera music of Handel and the recorded confessional apologies of anonymous individuals. A response to the lush ornamental, romantic music, Aria is a choreographic exploration of formality, classicism, and architecture as metaphors for regret, longing, and sorrow.
Sun, Jan 22, 11pm-MIDNIGHT
Reservations: Meghan Dunne, Tel (718)797-4577, meghand@elsieman.org

The Fab Faux
at the Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey Street between Elizabeth and Bowery in Nolita
120 minute performance with intermission
Unlike the endless supply of costumed, pretty-boy cover bands, it’s all about the music with The Fab Faux. Come hear what recent coverage in Rolling Stone and on the Howard Stern Show are talking about!
Mon, Jan 23, doors open 9:00pm, show begins 9:45pm
Reservations: Meghan Dunne, Tel (718)797-4577, meghand@elsieman.org

ANYTOWN: Stories of America
at The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street, Chelsea
90 minute performance with intermission
Dance by Shapiro & Smith
Music by Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, and Soozie Tyrell
Open Dress Rehearsal: Mon, Jan 23, 8pm
Performances: Tues, Jan 24, 7pm
Wed-Fri, Jan 25-27, 8pm
Sat, Jan 28, 2&8pm
Sun, Jan 29, 2&7:30pm
Poignant story telling, tough-yet-tender dancing, staged within a theatrical set performed by a multi-generational cast of eleven, ANYTOWN reflects on a time when communities were broken and wealth was measured in human spirit.
Reservations: Meghan Dunne, Tel (718)797-4577, meghand@elsieman.org