The Newman Center for Performing Arts at the University of Denver is continuing their tradition of bringing eclectic, unique and world class performers to the beautiful stage of June Swaner Gates Concert Hall.. The 2009-10 Season is sure not to disappoint!
The 2009-10 season will focus on bringing the community together, by using the arts to connect our neighbors and new friends from continents away. The arts give us confidence in our ability to create and to make sense of our complex world; this season will highlight the arts’ ability to strengthen bonds between people.
New Season Subscriptions are available May 15; please call the box office 303.871.7720 for more information. Single tickets go on sale June 15 and range from $18-$88 (including parking) and will be available at the Newman Center Box Office or Ticketmaster.com
Please feel free to post comments about our upcoming season.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Keigwin + Company “Bolero Colorado”
Keigwin + Company
“Bolero Colorado” (a collaboration with EcoArts Connections and the Denver School of the Arts)
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The professional dancers of Keigwin + Company from New York City and up to 50 members of the Colorado community will create “Bolero Colorado” under the direction of choreographer Larry Keigwin. This large-scale dance event will reflect the aspirations and visions of the community participants for the future of Colorado. What does an inclusive, sustainable future community in Colorado look like? If you would like to participate, please let us know!
In addition to “Bolero Colorado,” Keigwin + Company will perform several works from their amusing, provocative, and entertaining repertoire.
“The kinetic delight of Keigwin’s high-powered dancing is infectious, and he doesn’t shy away from the ‘e’ word: entertainment.” Gus Solomons, Dance Magazine
www.keigwinandcompany.com
www.ecoartsonline.org
http://dsa.dpsk12.org/
The Laramie Project, 10 Years Later… an Epilogue
The Laramie Project, 10 Years Later… an Epilogue
by Moises Kaufman
Tectonic Theater Project
Monday, October 12, 2009
On October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten and left tied to a fence in the outskirts of Laramie. He died in a Fort Collins hospital on October 12. A month after the murder, the members of the Tectonic Theater Project led by Moises Kaufman traveled to Laramie and interviewed people of the town. From those interviews they wrote the play “The Laramie Project,” which later became an HBO movie. In 2008, the Tectonic Theater Project returned to Laramie and re-interviewed the same people. Has the murder had a lasting effect on Laramie? Has Laramie changed as a result? Has America changed?
The Epilogue Project will be presented in scores of communities across America on the evening of the 11th anniversary of Shepard’s murder. By joining together this way, the participants in each separate community, and collectively across the nation, engage to consider the conditions which led to this tragic event and to raise awareness about matters of civil rights, violence and bigotry.
A member of the Tectonic Theater Project will work with the University’s Theater students in a two-day residency using Kaufman’s “Moment Work” process to prepare them for a public reading. The cast, including both students and others from the community, will present the reading of the Epilogue in Gates Concert Hall.
“In returning to Laramie, Wyo., 10 years after the murder of Matthew Shepard, the pressing question for all of us was: how has the town changed since 1998? But soon a different question arose: how do we measure that change?” Moises Kaufman, Newsweek
www.tectonictheaterproject.org
by Moises Kaufman
Tectonic Theater Project
Monday, October 12, 2009
On October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten and left tied to a fence in the outskirts of Laramie. He died in a Fort Collins hospital on October 12. A month after the murder, the members of the Tectonic Theater Project led by Moises Kaufman traveled to Laramie and interviewed people of the town. From those interviews they wrote the play “The Laramie Project,” which later became an HBO movie. In 2008, the Tectonic Theater Project returned to Laramie and re-interviewed the same people. Has the murder had a lasting effect on Laramie? Has Laramie changed as a result? Has America changed?
The Epilogue Project will be presented in scores of communities across America on the evening of the 11th anniversary of Shepard’s murder. By joining together this way, the participants in each separate community, and collectively across the nation, engage to consider the conditions which led to this tragic event and to raise awareness about matters of civil rights, violence and bigotry.
A member of the Tectonic Theater Project will work with the University’s Theater students in a two-day residency using Kaufman’s “Moment Work” process to prepare them for a public reading. The cast, including both students and others from the community, will present the reading of the Epilogue in Gates Concert Hall.
“In returning to Laramie, Wyo., 10 years after the murder of Matthew Shepard, the pressing question for all of us was: how has the town changed since 1998? But soon a different question arose: how do we measure that change?” Moises Kaufman, Newsweek
www.tectonictheaterproject.org
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Critically acclaimed for its exuberant and athletic dancers, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presents challenging and engaging performances drawn from an eclectic and continually evolving repertory by master American and international choreographers. In its 30 plus years of performing, the company has appeared in celebrated dance venues in 44 states and 19 countries. As Chicago’s leading contemporary dance company, Hubbard Street Dance serves as an emblem of the city’s international cultural profile. HSDC’s program for Denver is scheduled to include “Lickety-Split” by Alejandro Cerrudo, “Gimme,” by Lucas Crandall, a new work by Jorma Elo and “Gnawa” by Nacho Duato.
www.hubbardstreetdance.com
Mariza
Mariza
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Mariza sings the Portuguese soul. Mariza has in a few short years gone from singing in the backroom of a Lisbon bar to being recognized the world over as the queen of the Portuguese musical style know as fado. “I fell in love with the sound of the Portuguese guitar coming up through the floor of our family tavern and I started to sing fado when I was five years old,” Mariza recalls. From those early roots, her dedication to this musical heritage of her country took her to international awards, including being elected the Best European Artist by BBC Radio 3 in 2001, 2005, and 2006, and being named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2005. In 2006, the Portuguese President awarded Mariza the Order of Henry the Navigator.
“Fado is the traditional music of Portugal - proud, austere and deeply melancholic. Mariza is the music's biggest star for a reason: She sings it not as musty nostalgia but as exuberant twenty-first-century pop, with a low, mesmerizing alto that's as commanding as any pop singer today...remaking fado's ancient sadness into a majestic modern sound." Rolling Stone
www.mariza.com
Rebel, Ensemble for Baroque Music
Rebel, Ensemble for Baroque Music
Special guests:
Marta Almajano, Soprano
Richard Savino, Spanish guitar
“Kingdoms and Viceroys: Music of Spain and its Dominions”
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, Spain ruled over a vast region that stretched from Italy, across the Mediterranean and Atlantic, to Central and South America. In its territories, cathedrals and courtly life demanded an active musical scene, and in the case of the Americas, indigenous peoples were drawn into the arts. The musical result was an intoxicating style that bears the imprint of folk music. Rebel and its Special Guests will perform vocal and instrumental works by Durón, Falconieri, Castellanos, Nebra, Orejón y Aparicio, de Salazar, and Vivaldi.
Hailed by The New York Times as “sophisticated and beguiling” and praised by the
Los Angeles Times for their “astonishingly vital music-making,” the New York-based Baroque ensemble Rebel (named after a French Baroque composer and pronounced “Re-BEL”) has earned an impressive international reputation, enchanting audiences with their virtuosic, highly expressive and provocative approach to the Baroque and Classical repertoire. Rebel is currently in residence at historic Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York City.
www.rebelbaroque.com
Special guests:
Marta Almajano, Soprano
Richard Savino, Spanish guitar
“Kingdoms and Viceroys: Music of Spain and its Dominions”
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, Spain ruled over a vast region that stretched from Italy, across the Mediterranean and Atlantic, to Central and South America. In its territories, cathedrals and courtly life demanded an active musical scene, and in the case of the Americas, indigenous peoples were drawn into the arts. The musical result was an intoxicating style that bears the imprint of folk music. Rebel and its Special Guests will perform vocal and instrumental works by Durón, Falconieri, Castellanos, Nebra, Orejón y Aparicio, de Salazar, and Vivaldi.
Hailed by The New York Times as “sophisticated and beguiling” and praised by the
Los Angeles Times for their “astonishingly vital music-making,” the New York-based Baroque ensemble Rebel (named after a French Baroque composer and pronounced “Re-BEL”) has earned an impressive international reputation, enchanting audiences with their virtuosic, highly expressive and provocative approach to the Baroque and Classical repertoire. Rebel is currently in residence at historic Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York City.
www.rebelbaroque.com
Cantus
Cantus
“All Is Calm”
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Cantus, which appeared in Newman Center Presents’ first season, returns with a program inspired by actual historical events during the First World War on Christmas, 1914. Out of the violence came a silence, then a song. A young German soldier stepped into No Man’s Land singing Stille Nacht (Silent Night). Thus began an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music, and brief peace. Re-live this remarkable true story through the words and songs of the men who lived it. This collaboration between Cantus and Theater Latté Da is done in the style of a radio musical drama. After intermission, Cantus will sing traditional holiday fare.
Recognized as one of America's finest professional male vocal ensembles, Cantus enjoys a vigorous schedule of national tours, concerts in its home of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, educational outreach programs, and recording. The Washington Post hails the ensemble's sound as having both "exalting finesse" and "expressive power," and refers to their music-making as "spontaneous grace." The ensemble is known for adventurous programming spanning many periods and genres, including chant, Renaissance music, contemporary works, art song, folk, spirituals, world music, and pop.
www.cantusonline.org
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