Gibney Company
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Bliss
(2016 / Company Premiere 2022)
Choreography: Johan Inger
Staging by Yvan Dubreuil
Scenery Design by Johan Inger
Costume Design by Johan Inger & Francesca Messori
Costume Construction by Victoria Bek
Lighting Design by Peter Lundin
Lighting Adaptation by Tsubasa Kamei
Set Design by Johan Inger
Music by Keith Jarett – The Köln Concert, Part 1
Scott Autry, Alicia Delgadillo, Graham Feeny,
Miriam Gittens, Zui Gomez, Eddieomar Gonzalez-Castillo,
Eleni Loving, Jesse Obremski, Kevin Pajarillaga,
Jordan Powell (apprentice), Jie-Hung Connie Shiau,
Jacob Thoman, Jake Tribus
World Premiere: Commissioned and premiered by Aterballeto
on March 2016 in Modena, Italy
Run Time: 27 minutes
For this large-scale ensemble piece, Swedish choreographer Johan Inger uses the legendary "Köln Concert" by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett; music that many consider to be the epitome of virtuoso improvisation. Rather than translating the music one-to-one into movement, it is more the feeling of Jarrett's iconic music—free, soaring and ecstatic—that Inger translates into beautifully crafted dance, sending not only listeners, but audience members into a state of bliss.
A Measurable Existence
(World Premiere 2022)
Choreography by Yue Yin
Original Score by Rutger Zuydervelt
Lighting Design by Asami Morita
Lighting Adaptation by Tsubasa Kamei
Costume Design by Christine Darch
Jake Tribus and Jesse Obremski
Run Time: 16 minutes
Our existence is often measured, remembered, shared and felt by our interactions with space, time and each other. In A Measurable Existence, Yue Yin delves into how we discover aspects of ourselves by discovering others. The moment we realize our journeys parallel, intersect, repel or collide with others’ experiences, we begin a new understanding of our own existence that may frighten, challenge and, at the same time, sustain us.
SARA
(Company Premiere 2022)
SARA, co-produced with MART Foundation
Company Premiere March 2023/Suzanne Dellal Centre Tel Aviv
Choreography: Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar
Assistant and Stager: Keren Lurie-Pardes
Costume Design by Odelia Arnold and Maayan Goldman
Costume Construction by Victoria Bek
Lighting Design by Alon Cohen
Sound Artist by Ori Lichtik
Music by “From Off To On" by The Knife; “Saratan" by Ori Lichtik
Mixed arranged by Ori Lichtik
Alicia Delgadillo, Eddieomar Gonzalez-Castillo,
Jordan Powell, Scott Autry, Jake Tribus,
Jacob Thoman, and Jie-Hung Connie Shiau
Run Time: 13 minutes
SARA is like a pearl in a treasure, a box of jewels that smells ancient with the feeling of a new. The box cannot be opened all the way, its charm will fade. White pearl, transparent, leaking colors but always remains a pearl. SARA is minimalist, gentle, emotional, and sensitive, hardcore, and old fashioned at the same time. There’s a sense of restraint and taking advantage of the minimum and the maximum. She is not allowing distance and is getting closer to the heart. She comes from there and leaves into the world as a cloud crumble into the dust of love.
Gibney Company is grateful for leadership support from Andrew A. Davis and the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund.
GIBNEY COMPANY
Gibney Company, led by Artistic Director Gina Gibney and Director Gilbert T Small II, commissions and performs works by renowned and emerging choreographers from New York and around the world who are committed to exploring connections between the rigorous, often superhuman physicality of contemporary dance alongside responsive, humanistic storytelling. Presenting a broad range of aesthetics and techniques, Gibney Company has an unrelenting focus on artistic excellence and social integrity.
In January 2020, Gibney received a generous lead gift to support the transformation of its professional dance company. In the 2020-2021 season, the Company doubled in size and made its debut at The Joyce Theater. The Company recently performed as part of New York City Center’s Fall for Dance 2022 and is in the midst of its first national tour to nine cities across the country. Since its expansion, the Company has commissioned eight new works from a wide range of choreographers including Rena Butler, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Sonya Tayeh, and Yue Yin; and performed acclaimed repertory Johan Inger and Ohad Naharin.
Gibney Company’s model for a 21st century dance company supports sustainable careers for dancers and healthy working relationships for artists and collaborators. The company members, known as Artistic Associates, advance the quality of the organization’s artistry through performance and deepen its community engagement through Moving Toward Justice Fellowships designed to address social issues and inequities in the dance field.
Gina Gibney
Artistic Director, Founder & CEO
Gilbert T Small II
Company Director
Asami Morita
Director of Production
Artistic Associates
Scott Autry, Alicia Delgadillo, Graham Feeny, Miriam Gittens,
Zui Gomez, Eddieomar Gonzalez-Castillo, Eleni Loving, Jesse Obremski,
Kevin Pajarillaga, Jordan Powell (apprentice), Jie-Hung Connie Shiau, Jacob Thoman, Jake Tribus
Technical Director
Tsubasa Kamei
Stage Manager
Madison Ellis
Deputy General Manager
Thuy Wyckoff
Company Manager
Chelsea Hilding