allarts.org\/everywhere<\/a>, will continue with Martha Graham Dance Company and the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Richard Alston Dance Company, Gandini Juggling and Alexander Whitley, and the Grand Band piano ensemble.<\/p>\n\u201cPEAK HD reaches back to the Golden Age of Television when broadcasts of live symphonies, operas, and plays were fundamental to the newly invented craft of TV,\u201d says ALL ARTS Artistic Director J\u00f6rn Weisbrodt. \u201cPEAK Performances is one of the very few arts presenters on the East Coast commissioning new productions. I am proud that in our first year of collaboration we can bring an entire season of programming to our audiences during times when the live experience is sadly not available to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even after the pandemic recedes, PEAK HD and PEAK Performances will continue to \u201cwiden and deepen tastes for highly inexplicable works\u201d to a local and global audience, says Wheeler, while phasing audiences back in and assiduously assessing the safety needs of the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese performances will live forever, and be open to anyone who wishes to discover them as exhilarating filmed works.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nFALLING & LOVING<\/h2>\n
Co-directed by Anne Bogart and Elizabeth Streb
\nAdapted from the plays of Charles Mee
\nCreated and Performed by SITI Company & STREB Extreme Action<\/p>\n
October 11, 2020, at 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\nWorld Premiere Performances Took Place at The Alexander Kasser Theater September 24-30, 2019<\/p>\n
Two titans of the avant-garde \u2013 director Anne Bogart and choreographer Elizabeth Streb \u2013 join forces with the playwright Charles Mee in an original production at the Alexander Kasser Theater. Actors and dancers slam the stage to tell intimate tales while being slimed by a merciless Guck Machine and dodging life-threatening projectiles. Artists, ideas and objects collide in this radical lovefest.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMartha Graham Dance Company<\/h2>\n
Janet Eilber, Artistic Director<\/p>\n
Sunday, November 8, 2020, at 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\nAppalachian Spring
\n<\/em><\/strong>Music by Aaron Copland
\nSet by Isamu Noguchi
\nChoreography by Martha Graham<\/p>\nThe Auditions
\n<\/em><\/strong>Music by Augusta Read Thomas
\nChoreography by Troy Schumacher<\/p>\nMusic performed by International Contemporary Ensemble<\/strong> Conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni<\/strong><\/p>\nPerformances (surrounding the 75th Anniversary of Appalachian Spring and marking the World Premiere of The Auditions, commissioned by PEAK Performances) took place November 14-17, 2019 at The Alexander Kasser Theater.<\/p>\n
Martha Graham Dance Company performs the iconic dance maker\u2019s most celebrated work, Appalachian Spring, music by Aaron Copland, with the world premiere of PEAK Performances\u2019 commission The Auditions, choreographed by Troy Schumacher and composed by Augusta Read Thomas. Music performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble, conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSpring<\/strong><\/h2>\nGandini Juggling and Alexander Whitley
\nDirector: Sean Gandini
\nChoreographer: Alexander Whitley<\/p>\n
Sunday, December 13, 2020, at 8 p.m. <\/strong><\/p>\nU.S. Premiere performances took place at The Alexander Kasser Theater December 12-15, 2019<\/p>\n
The seismic juggling virtuoso Sean Gandini collaborates with visionary choreographer Alexander Whitley to create Spring. This production mixes mind-bending juggling and dance into a kaleidoscopic dreamscape propelled by an immersive score by Gabriel Prokofiev. This performance is a refreshing and entertaining production at the vanguard of contemporary circus.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGrand Band<\/strong><\/h2>\nPerformed by: Erika Dohl, David Friend, Paul Kerekes, Blair McMillen, Lisa Moore and Isabelle O\u2019Connell<\/p>\n
Sunday, January 10, 2021, at 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\nPerformances, marking Grand Band\u2019s PEAK debut, took place at The Alexander Kasser Theater February 14 & 15, 2020<\/p>\n
Sensitive Spot
\n<\/strong>Kate Moore <\/em><\/p>\nmy lips from speaking
\n<\/strong>Julia Wolfe <\/em><\/p>\nThree Fragile Systems
\n<\/strong>Missy Mazzoli <\/em>with Joshua Frankel\u2019s Emergent System, an animated film in collaboration with Faye Driscoll <\/em><\/p>\nGay Guerrilla
\n<\/strong>Julius Eastman <\/em><\/p>\nGrand Band is a six-piano musical ensemble composed of the finest contemporary-classical pianists. The sextet envelopes the audience in the sonic euphoria of contemporary compositions by Kate Moore, Julia Wolfe, Missy Mazzoli and Julius Eastman, in a tour de force combination of sight and sound. Three Fragile Systems is complemented by the debut of an animated film by Joshua Frankel.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nRichard Alston Dance Company<\/strong><\/h2>\nSunday, February 14, 2021, at 8 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\nVoices and Light Footsteps
\n<\/em><\/strong>Choreography Richard Alston
\nMusic Claudio Monteverdi<\/p>\nDetour (U.S. Premiere)<\/em><\/strong>
\nChoreography Martin Lawrance
\nMusic Michael Gordon from the album Timer Remixed<\/p>\nShine On (U.S. Premiere)
\n<\/em><\/strong>Choreography Richard Alston
\nMusic Benjamin Britten
\nPerformed live by pianist Jason Ridgway
\nFeaturing soprano Gelsey Bell<\/p>\nBrahms Hungarian (U.S. Premiere)
\n<\/em><\/strong>Choreography Richard Alston
\nMusic Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances for solo piano
\nPerformed live by pianist Jason Ridgway<\/p>\nPerformances, which included the U.S. Premieres of Detour, Shine On, and Brahms Hungarian, took place February 20-24, 2020 at The Alexander Kasser Theater<\/p>\n
Boasting a \u201crich, pliant, full-bodied\u201d style that transports audiences \u201cto the heart of dance itself\u201d Richard Alston Dance Company returned to the Alexander Kasser Theater for its final American engagement before the company closed its doors after more than 25 years. A selection of signature works including Brahms Hungarian, highlights the unflagging invention of this beloved group, led by Sir Richard Alston, one of the world\u2019s finest choreographers celebrating his 50th year of making dances.<\/em><\/p>\n