Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance & The New York Society for Ethical Culture
welcome you to
SOUND EARTH MOTION
Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 7pm
A First Dip in the Water
Improvisation by the Time Lapse Dance ensemble:
Frances Barker, Anika Hunter, Maki Kitahara, Nicole Lemelin, Sarah Tracy & Rathi Varma
Music by Matthew Burtner
Wind Rose
Choreography by Jody Sperling
Music by Matthew Burtner
Dancers: Frances Barker, Anika Hunter, Maki Kitahara, Nicole Lemelin, Jody Sperling & Sarah Tracy
Costumes: Mary Jo Mecca
Lighting: David Ferri
“Clair de lune” from Debussy Soirée
Choreographed & performed by Jody Sperling
Music: Claude Debussy
Piano: Jeffrey Middelton
Costume: Mary Jo Mecca
Arbor
Choreography by Jody Sperling, in collaboration with the dancers
Music Composed, Conducted, and Performed by Matthew Burtner
String Trio: Kari Jane Docter (cello), Bruno Eicher (violin), Sarah Crocker Vonsattel (violin)
Dancers: Frances Barker, Anika Hunter, Maki Kitahara, Nicole Lemelin, Sarah Tracy & Rathi Varma
Costumes Constructed by Mary Jo Mecca; Textile Painting by Gina Nagy Burns
Dramaturge: Andrea Trager
The performance will be followed by a reception in Ceremonial Hall on the Fourth Floor.
Gala tickets required and may be purchased at the door.
TIME LAPSE DANCE BIOGRAPHIES
Andrea Trager (Rehearsal Director)
Gina Nagy Burns (Textile Artist)
Mary Jo Mecca (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.
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 Audrey Kindred, Barbara Carlsen, and Marlene Williamson who have been involved with program planning 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. We also convey our deep thanks to the Time Lapse Dance Board of Directors and our many supporters that make this work possible.
To learn more about Ethical NYC, visit www.nysec.org.
This program 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, 2023-May 30, 2024)
Forest ($5,000+)
Anonymous
Iris Fodor
Peter Frishauf & KC Rice
Arbor ($2,500+)
Angela Hunter
Doug Marron
David Snyder
Canopy ($1,000+)
Phillips-Given Charitable Fund
Jody Walker
Janet Wolfe
Sapling ($500+)
Meeta Anand
Larissa Bailiff
Nicholas Sopkin
Dorathea Thompson
Branch ($250+)
Anonymous
Aon
Elizabeth Chandler
Will Demull
Barbara Dosher
Barbara Fox
Eleanor Fox
Lynnel Garabedian
Joan Greenfield
Heather Nesle
Mr. Stone and Ms. Vaidman Stone
Nancy Ruyter
Bethany Wall
Leaf ($100+)
John Antrobus
Victoria Azara
James Battaglia
Roslyn Bernstein
Melissa Elstein
Susan Faulkner
Audrey Kindred
Eric Koch
Yali & Peter LIncroft
Sara Lind
Maja Lorkovic
Karen Marisek
Surbhi Martin
Miwa Natura
Natasha Nesic
Larry Pratt
The Crawford-Doyle Charitable Foundation
Barbara Cohen Stratyner
James Tuller
Joel Wojnilower
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