2016-2017 season schedule

April 5
Wednesday 7:30 PM
Black Grace
DC9
Black Grace hails from New Zealand. With their distinctive
dynamism sparked by Samoan and New Zealand heritage,
Black Grace dancers take possession of the stage—and own
the audience—from the first moment. And they never let go.
Eloquent yet elemental, athletic yet spiritual, they mix their
cultural heritage with contemporary choreography.
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April 27
Thursday 7:30 PM
MOMIX, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Cecile McLorin Salvant,
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Edgar Meyer &
Christian McBride, Kodo, DakhaBrakha, Black Grace,
Branford Marsalis Quartet
NUDE MUSIC
Musica Nuda, Petra Magoni, voice & Ferruccio Spinetti,
double bass; Håkon Kornstad, tenor saxophone & voice
The boldest of artists sometimes express themselves by
stripping away all but the essential. Italy’s Musica Nuda is
a brave project, independent and free, a modern version of
voice with bass accompaniment in use since the Renaissance.
Norwegian tenor saxophonist and operatic tenor Håkon
Kornstad uses his imagination and a simple electronic device
to unite the lyricism of jazz saxophone with operatic aria to
realize in concert the symphonies he hears in his dreams.
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MOMIX, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Kodo, DakhaBrakha,
Branford Marsalis Quartet
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May 13
Saturday 7:30 PM
BRANFORD MarsALIS QUARTET With
Special Guest Kurt Elling
2016-2017
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DC9 & 5
Branford Marsalis, one of the most highly regarded jazz
saxophonists of his era, brings his quartet together
with world-renowned vocalist Kurt Elling. The Quartet
rarely invites other musicians into the folds of its nearly
telepathically cohesive unit, but Elling’s deep jazz
vocabulary, technical versatility, and outstanding
intonation make this a perfect fit.
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SEPTEMBER 29/30
November 30
Thurs/Fri 7:30 PM
MOMIX
February 14/15
Wednesday 7:30 PM
DC9 & 5
MOMIX, the whimsical hybrid of contemporary dance, circus
and multimedia visual spectacle returns with Opus Cactus.
Artistic director Moses Pendleton brings the American
Southwest to life through his signature illusionistic style to
create scenes and images that explode with a sense of
magic, danger, sensuality, humor, and grace.
CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT
DC9 & 5
2016 Grammy Award winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album,
Cecile McLorin Salvant has risen with lightning speed to
international acclaim. She sings with extraordinary soul,
intuition, and deep character, interpreting jazz and blues
standards, as well as composing her own music and lyrics.
OCTOBER 6
DC9
THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
OF LINCOLN CENTER
J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concertos
Since 1969, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
has been the nation’s premier repertory company for chamber
music. In this special program they perform all six of Bach’s
celebrated Brandenburg Concertos.
January 18
OCTOBER 20
DC9
The Grammy Award-winning LAGQ is comprised of four
uniquely accomplished musicians bringing a new energy to
the concert stage with programs ranging from bluegrass to
Bach. Their return to the Newman Center stage includes
the world premiere of a new work written for them by the
legendary Pat Metheny, co-commissioned by Newman
Center Presents.
February 25/26
Sat 7:30 PM Sun 2:00 PM
ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET
Newman Center Presents is again proud to welcome
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to the stage. The troupe’s virtuoso
dancers perform works of many choreographers from
around the world. These performances include a new
piece by Spaniard Alejandro Cerrudo.
Thursday 7:30 PM
ROOMFUL OF TEETH
DAKHABRAKHA
Featuring “Coloring Book,” a new work by
composer Ted Hearne
Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy-winning ensemble of eight
classically trained singers who mine the expressive potential of
the human voice. Their return to Newman Center Presents will
include a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and
member of the ensemble Caroline Shaw.
DakhaBrakha means “give-take” in old Slavonic. This
breathtaking and mesmerizing band from Ukraine draws
on folk melodies and rhythms, and combines voice, cello,
accordion, and drums in a refreshingly novel vision of
Eastern European roots music.
JANUARY 26
NOVEMBER 19
Thursday 7:30 PM
Saturday 7:30 PM
BRIDGMAN | PACKER DANCE
Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, Guggenheim Fellows
in choreography, are acclaimed for their innovative
integration of live dance and video capture technology,
expanding the partnering of dancers into a magically
populated stage where image and reality collide.
Co-Presented by the Sakura Foundation
Kodo celebrates its 35th Anniversary by bringing DADAN 2017
to North America. This latest work by Kodo’s renowned Artistic
Director Tamasaburo Bando offers a bold new exploration of
Japanese drumming traditions.
March 9
Wednesday 7:30 PM
LOS ANGELES
GUITAR QUARTET
DC9 & 5
Monday 7:30 PM
CAPITOL STEPS
Thursday 7:30 PM
KODO
December 12
Thursday 7:30 PM
If it’s a general election year, it must be Capitol Steps.
Pennsylvania Avenue meets Broadway in their satirical
revue set to the music of classic pop hits and show tunes.
They poke fun at all sides and are the one thing sure to earn
bipartisan support. Watch them take the governing class to
task with wit and glee.
Tues/Wed 7:30 PM
DC9
EDGAR MEYER AND
CHRIsTIAN MCBRIDE
2016 Grammy Award winning jazz bassist Christian McBride
has been likened to a force of nature on stage. Genre-defying
bassist Edgar Meyer has been called “the most remarkable
virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled history of his instrument”
(The New Yorker). They join forces for an evening of music not
to be missed, blending jazz, classical and bluegrass.
DC9 & 5
March 23
Thursday 7:30 PM
YMUSIC
Hailed by NPR’s Fred Child as “one of the groups that
has really helped to shape the future of classical music,”
yMusic is a group of six New York City instrumentalists
flourishing in the overlap between the pop and classical
worlds. Their performance will include new works by
Chris Thile and Pultizer Prize winner Caroline Shaw, cocommissioned by the Newman Center with Carnegie Hall.