Jonah Bokaer and Daniel Arsham
With an original score by Pharrell Williams
Arranged and co-composed by David Campbell
Choreographer Jonah Bokaer’s (ECLIPSE, 2012 Next Wave) crisp, elegant movement aesthetic animates visual artist Daniel Arsham’s offbeat architectural environments in this evening of three works, celebrating a decade of collaboration. An original score by Pharrell Williams for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra sets the tone in Rules Of The Game (2016), a new work for eight dancers inspired by the absurdist antics of Luigi Pirandello’s play. In Why Patterns (2011), set to Morton Feldman’s eponymous 1978 score, four dancers play unpredictable games with 10,000 ping-pong balls. And in the sublimely simple RECESS (2010), Bokaer restages his signature solo specifically for the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House stage, featuring lighting by designer Aaron Copp.
RECESS (2010)
Choreography and performance by Jonah Bokaer
Scenography by Daniel Arsham
Music by Stavros Gasparatos
Lighting design by Aaron Copp
Costumes by Richard Chai
Why Patterns (2011)
Choreography and direction by Jonah Bokaer
Scenography by Snarkitecture (Daniel Arsham and Alex Mustonen)
Music by Morton Feldman and Alexis Georgopoulos / ARP
Lighting design by Aaron Copp
Costumes by Richard Chai
Rules Of The Game (2016)
Choreography and direction by Jonah Bokaer
Scenography by Daniel Arsham
Original score by Pharrell Williams
Arranged and conducted by David Campbell
Exclusive recording by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Lighting design by Aaron Copp
Costumes by Chris Stamp / STAMPD
Rules Of The Game is co-commissioned by SOLUNA International Music & Arts Festival of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, BAM, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, with major presentation support at La Biennale de la Danse de Lyon and the Brisbane Festival, Australia.
Choreographer Jonah Bokaer discusses the shifting dynamics of presenting dance with MoMA PS1 associate curator Jenny Schlenzka, addressing how the perception of performance changes from gallery to opera house.
Led by choreographer Jonah Bokaer, students explore phrases from his Rules Of The Game, incorporating ideas from dance, theater, architecture, and media to investigate movement through space.
Choreographer Zvi Gotheiner and his company retrace Jack Kerouac’s most infamous route in this evening-length work, a synthesis of sensuous movement, original music, and kaleidoscopic video footage.