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INFORMANCES @ CSMA

Audiences of all ages are invited to attend free, interactive hour-long performances at the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View. Join us to experience the sights, sounds, and creative process of world-class artists, as they demonstrate and deconstruct their favorite selections.

Word for Word Performing Arts Company, Sonny’s Blues , October 9, 2008, 6:00–7:00 pm

Urban Bush Women, November 11, 2008, 6:00–7:00 pm

Rokia Traoré, February 3, 2009. 6:00–7:00 pm

Livia Sohn, violin February 13, 2009. 6:00–7:00 pm

Esperanza Spalding, bass February 26, 2009. 6:00–7:00 pm

Cut Circle, April 21, 2009. 6:00–7:00 pm

Limón Dance Company, April 24, 2009. 6:00–7:00 pm

HOW TO EXPERIENCE THE CONTEMPORARY PERFORMING ARTS

Stanford faculty and members of renowned music, dance and interdisciplinary ensembles join forces for a series of public lectures designed to reinvigorate the way audiences experience the contemporary performing arts. A perfect early evening for curious adults, “How To” events are free and open to the public..

How to Look at Modern Dance, Elizabeth Streb | January 22, 2009

How to Listen to New Music—the work of John Adams | April 2, 2009

LIVELY ARTS SPECIAL EVENTS AND COLLABORATIONS

All of these events are FREE and OPEN to the public.

“1. HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE”
“2. NO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ”
An evening with Robert Wilson
October 1, 2008 | Wednesday | 7:00 PM | Kresge Auditorium
In an exceptional performance, world-renowned director and artist Robert Wilson invites us into his astonishing aesthetic universe. Combining striking images from throughout his prolific career, Wilson will provide an intimate self-portrait of his creative process.

Presented in collaboration with the Stanford Institute for Creativity in the Arts, the Stanford Humanities Center, and the Department of Drama.

DANCE TALK WITH CHOREOGRAPHER ANN CARLSON
October 24, 2009 | Friday | 12:00 PM | Cantor Arts Center Audiorium
Ann Carlson, the celebrated New York-based choreographer, performer, director, and conceptual artist makes performance works that are interdisciplinary, blending movement, text, voice, music, and visual elements. Carlson will speak about some of her recent projects and show examples from new works. R ecipient of numerous awards, Carlson choreographs hauntingly beautiful ensemble dances and works collaboratively to build large-scale, site-specific works that address social, environmental and aesthetic issues.

Presented in collaboration with the Dance Division, Department of Drama, with support from the Stanford Institute for Creativity in the Arts and the Cantor Arts Center.

MESSIAEN AND BEYOND: STANFORD PIANISTS FROM THE STUDIO OF THOMAS SCHULTZ
February 18, 2009 | Wednesday | 8:00 PM | Campbell Recital Hall
Seven young pianists from the Stanford studio of Thomas Schultz perform in a concert centered around works from the oeuvre of Olivier Messiaen, including selections from the Catalogue d’Oiseaux and Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus. Also on the program are related works by Debussy, Scriabin, Takemitsu, and Kurtag. Pianists: Andrew Zhou, Jennifer Vogel, Mike Wei, Juliann Ma, Hotaik Sung, Jack Yang, Marc Evans.

Presented in collaoration with the Department of Music.

MARK APPLEBAUM’S CONCERTO FOR FLORIST AND ENSEMBLE
May 15, 2009 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Cantor Arts Center Audiorium
Stanford composer Mark Applebaum’s eccentric Concerto for Florist and Ensemble features performance florist James DelPrince, whose materials include artichokes, barbed wire, police crime scene tape, local prairie grasses, and skewered green apples alongside pretty flowers. While DelPrince works deftly with pruning shears and glue gun, an all-star ensemble of new music improvisers perform a mercurial and vibrant musical score, complete with idiosyncratic Dadaist rituals.

PRE- AND POST - PERFORMANCE DISCUSSIONS

Join us before the curtain goes up for unique pre-performance presentations led by national and Bay Area experts about the arts and artists featured in our series; stay a little longer for lively, interactive post-performance discussions with the artists. Please check the individual artists’ pages on our Web site for events featuring pre- and post opportunities.