Evento

Zaubernacht Gala

Following our opening night premiere, we will celebrate art and music, dance and creation with a toast to Kurt Weill and all involved.

On March 14, 15 and 18, 2018, the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra (KCO) and Jody Oberfelder Projects (JOP) present Kurt Weills Zaubernacht(Magic Night), a dance and chamber music work that will appeal to children and adults alike. For this production, choreographer Jody Oberfelder will create compelling characters based on the dynamic score, and the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra will perform composer Kurt Weill'slong-lost orchestrationsthe first time the original orchestrations will be heard in New York City sinceZaubernacht's American premiere in 1925. A KCO chamber music ensemble will be joined by singer Hai-Ting Chinn, and the intrepid and whimsical veteran JOP members Emily Giovine,
Pierre Guilbault, Mary Madsen Lindsey Mandolini, Ned Malouf (on stilts!), Maya Orchin, Hannah Wendel, Mei Yamanaka, and introducing 11-year- old, Lyla Forest Butler! Lighting is by Savannah Bell, video design by Eric Siegel and costumes by Summer Lee Jack.

Jody Oberfelder is a director, choreographer, and filmmaker. She and her company have toured to internationally to NoD (Prague), Gallus Theater (Frankfurt), Guelph Dance Festival (Canada), Centre National de la Danse (Paris), The International Festival of Modern Dance in Seoul, The Belgrade Dance Festival, The Merchant House (Amsterdam) and nationally at Dance Place (Washington DC), Jacobs Pillow, MASSMoCA, The Yard, and many other spaces. In New York City, her most recent immersive heart-themed work 4Chambers was performed 86 times:in an historic home on Governors Island and in a former hospital in Brooklyn. Oberfelder has also presented work at Abrons Arts Center, Dixon Place (three commissions), Schimmel Center for the Arts, Symphony Space, The Jewish Museum, The Flea Theater, Joyce SoHo, and PS 122. Guest Artist residencies include the Lincoln Center Institute, University of Hawaii, Middlebury College, Wayne State University, Moravian College, NYU, and Alfred University. Jody has choreographed for Don Pasquale, directed by Anton Armendariz, Divaria Productions, and the Spanish opera company Rioja Lirica (April 2016) Shes reimagined Purcells Dido & Aeneas (commissioned by The Orchestra of St. Lukes, 2008). In an original production of Stravinskys Lhistoire du Soldat, in collaboration with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, Oberfelder adapted the original C.F. Ramuz text with the approval of Schirmer Publishing (commissioned by Brooklyn Philharmonic 2009).