THE new York Society for Ethical Culture
welcomes you to
Arbor & Other Dances about Nature
Friday, November 17, 2023 at 7pm
Choreography: Jody Sperling
Music: Matthew Burtner
Lighting: David Ferri
Dramaturge: Andrea Trager
Plastic Harvest (excerpt)
Dancers: Frances Barker, Maki Kitahara, Nicole Lemelin, Sarah Tracy, Rathi Varma
Costumes: Lauren Gaston
Elegy (from Muir Glacier, 1889-2009)
for string quartet and glacier ecoacoustics
Composer: Matthew Burtner
Musicians: Kari Jane Docter (cello), Bruno Eicher (violin), Mary Hammann (viola), Sarah Crocker Vonsattel (violin)
Wind Rose
Dancers: Frances Barker, Anika Hunter, Maki Kitahara, Nicole Lemelin, Sarah Tracy
Costumes: Mary Jo Mecca
Arbor (premiere)
Choreography: Jody Sperling in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers: Frances Barker, Anika Hunter, Maki Kitahara, Nicole Lemelin, Sarah Tracy, Rathi Varma
Costume Construction: Mary Jo Mecca; Textile Painting: Gina Nagy-Burns
Piece for a Northern Sky
Performed by Jody Sperling
TIME LAPSE DANCE BIOGRAPHIES
Gina Nagy Burns (Textile Artist)
Mary Jo Mecca (Costume Designer)
Lauren Gaston (Costume Designer)
MET ORCHESTRA MUSICIAN BIOS
Kari Jane Docter (cellist) has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2002. Previously, she was a member of the Minnesota Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the New World Symphony. As a chamber musician, she has participated in the Marlboro, Tanglewood, and Grand Teton Festivals, and has performed with the MET Chamber Ensemble in Carnegie Hall. She can be seen on Wynton Marsalis’ PBS series, “Marsalis on Music” performing with Yo-Yo Ma. She has been a guest coach at New World Symphony and coaches students privately in preparation for orchestral auditions. A native of Minneapolis, Kari studied at the University of Southern California, Rice University (B.M., magna cum laude), and the Juilliard School (M.M.) Her primary teachers were Eleanore Schoenfeld, Norman Fischer, and Joel Krosnick.
Bruno Eicher (violinist), is Assistant Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, which he joined in 2001, after serving for four years as Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony and the previous four years as Assistant Concertmaster of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. His wide-ranging orchestral experience includes performing with the Vienna Philharmonic and State Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, under the baton of conductors such as Solti, Levine, Gergiev, Barenboim, Maazel, Thielemann, Mehta, and Rattle. From 2009 to 2013, he was a coach of orchestral repertoire at the Verbier Music Festival. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Eicher has performed extensively throughout Europe and the US, as well as South Korea. In New York, as a member of the Met Chamber Ensemble from 2002 to 2014, he performed regularly at Carnegie Hall. A native of Burgundy, France, Mr. Eicher is a graduate of the Paris Conservatoire where he studied with Pierre Amoyal and Jean Hubeau. In the US, he was a student of Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang at the Juilliard School, from which he holds both bachelor's and master's degrees. In 1992, he was the 2nd prize winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition.
Mary Hammann (violist), an active soloist, chamber musician and orchestral performer, has been heard extensively in North America, Europe and the Far East. One of five musical sisters growing up near Gettysburg, PA, Mary graduated from the Curtis Institute and Mannes College of Music, studying with Michael Tree, Karen Tuttle and Walter Trampler. Ms. Hammann has appeared in numerous chamber music festivals, including Marlboro Music and The Grand Canyon Festival. She has toured and recorded with Orpheus, Philomusica, Solisti, the Brandenburg Ensemble and the Metropolitan Opera. A member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, since 1992, she has recorded on Sony Classics and Deutsche Grammaphon. Mary and Auréole, her award-winning flute-viola-harp trio, heard on the Koch label, have made eight recordings – one of which was shortlisted for the Grammy nominations. As a concerto soloist, she has performed at Lincoln Center with Solisti New York for Mostly Mozart and with the Jupiter Symphony. In addition to her recordings, she has performed live on many public radio programs, including Performance Today and St. Paul Sunday Morning.
Sarah Crocker Vonsattel (violinist) resides in New York City where she is a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. She leads an active life as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. She has appeared as concerto soloist with the Classical Tahoe Orchestra, Symphoria of Syracuse, the Coastal Symphony of Georgia, the musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Ms. Vonsattel has appeared at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Weill Recital Hall, Parlance Chamber Concerts, the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, Classical Tahoe, and Bargemusic. As a founding member of the Verklärte Quartet, Ms. Vonsattel was a Grand Prize Winner of the 2003 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, leading to concert tours in the U.S. and Italy with this ensemble. Also a proponent of new music, she can be heard on the Bridge Records label performing the music of Poul Ruders and Tod Machover. Ms. Vonsattel has served as a faculty member at student festivals including the Orfeo International Music Festival (Italy), the Wellesley Composers Conference (Massachusetts), and the Musical Friends Academy (Tunisia). She has previously held positions in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony. Ms. Vonsattel holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Juilliard School.
SPECIAL THANKS
Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance would like to express deep gratitude to the leadership, entire Staff, and Board of The New York Society for Ethical Culture, especially Barbara Carlsen, Audrey Kindred, and Marlene Williamson, who have been involved with the planning committee, for hosting this performance and for the ongoing eco-artist residency. The residency is creating a home for TLD as we deepen our practice and develop ecological and ethical ways of dancemaking. To learn more about Ethical NYC, visit www.nysec.org.
Arbor & Other Works is supported, in part, with a generous award from the Peck Stacpoole Foundation, as well as by a residency with the New York Society for Ethical Culture, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council.
OUR SUPPORTERS (July 1, 2022-Present)
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Canopy ($1,000+)
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