Must See: BAM's 2008 Next Wave Festival

I just received a phone call from BAM asking if I would be interested in purchasing a subscription to this years Next Wave Festival. I've regretfully missed the last few, but this years program is absolutely too good to pass up! Here's a list of the pieces I'm looking forward to, plus some video to give you a taste.

Urban Bush Women in collaboration with Compagnie JANT-BI, Les ecailles de la memoire. I was invited to rehearse as an apprentice with Urban Bush Women last fall. The apprenticeship ended just before the company left for Senegal where they collaborated with Compagnie Jant-Bi, an all-male contemporary West African dance troupe. I'm looking forward to seeing what they've created.

www.urbanbushwomen.org


La La La Human Steps,  Amjad. My obsession with the Canadian contemporary ballet company La La La Human Steps began when my sister put me on to the Company's dance film Amelia via youtube earlier this year. In Amjad, the Company will perform Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake the way Édourd Loch would like it done. I think this will be the highlight of my year!

www.lalalahumansteps.com

A Quarreling Pair, new work by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance. I've fell for this company at the very first annual City Center Fall for Dance Festival in 2004. The Company, along with a handful of invited guests (including former company member, Alexandra Beller, a woman I truly admire)  performed Continuous Replay. I've since been a devoted fan of the Company's work and I am always floored by the brilliance of the dancers.

www.billtjones.org

Pina Bausch Bamboo Blue Pina Bausch is a big deal in the modern dance world. She's like some sort of goddess to many dancers I know. I don't get what all the hype is about, so I'm really interested to see her latest work, Bamboo Blue.

Pina Bausch wiki

Hooray! In other news, I begin rehearsals for Harnasie in a few hours. I can't believe how beautiful it is up here. Annandale-on-Hudson. That's where I am. All this wilderness makes me kind of giddy... too giddy to sleep! More on being surrounded by nature and miles upon miles away from the city, plus rehearsing the opera (I still can't believe I got this gig!) in the next few days.

In the mean time, g'night :)

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