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The Humans
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BAM 2013 Next Wave Festival sponsor
Support for The Humans provided by Agnes Gund and Toby Devan Lewis
Major support for theater at BAM provided by:The Morris and Alma Schapiro FundThe SHS FoundationThe Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
Written and directed by
Alexandre Singh
DATES: Nov 13—16 at 7:30pm Nov 17 at 3pm LOCATION: BAM Fisher (Fishman Space)
RUN TIME: 3hrs with one intermission
ARTIST TALK: On Truth (and Lies) in Greek Comedy with Alexandre Singh, Sam Crane, Liebseth Levy, and Simon Critchley Sun, Nov 17 at 12:30pm $15; $7.50 for Friends of BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Hillman Attic Studio
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Alan H. Fishman, Chairman of the Board
William I. Campbell, Vice Chairman of the Board
Adam E. Max, Vice Chairman of the Board
Karen Brooks Hopkins, President
Joseph V. Melillo, Executive Producer
#TheHumans
2013 Next Wave Festival
BAM and PERFORMA present
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED ByAlexandre Singh
CHOREOGRAPHy ANDASSISTANT DIRECTION ByFlora Sans
MUSIC By Gerry Arling, Rik Elstgeest, and Bo Koek (in collaboration with Robbert Klein, Annelinde Bruijs, Amir Vahidi)
COSTUME DESIGN By Holly Waddington
LIGHTING DESIGN By Guus van Geffen
MASK DESIGN ByAlexandre Singh
SET DESIGN By
Alexandre Singh and Jessica Tankard
MAKE UP AND WIG DESIGN By
Susanna Peretz
PRODUCED ByMaaike Gouwenberg (A.P.E. — art projects era)
The Humans is commissioned by Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art and Performa. The Humans is co-produced by Preromanbritain LLC, Witte de With, Productiehuis Rotterdam, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, and Performa 13. It is presented in partnership with Festival De Keuze and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) as part of Performa 13.
The Humans FUNDING & SUPPORTFonds de dotation Famille Moulin, Le Meurice, Sprüth Magers Berlin London, lnstitut Français, Codarts Rotterdam, A.P.E. (art projects era), Stichting Niemeijer Fonds, AGI Verona Col-lection, Private Collection Asiago, Gemeente Rotterdam Dienst Kunst en Cultuur, Monitor (Rome), Perform-ing Arts Fund (NL), and Art:Concept (Paris).
The Humans by Alexandre Singh
US Premiere(World Premiere: September 28, 2013, Rotterdam)
The Humans tells the story of two spirits named Tophole and Pantalin-gua who would rather see Earth not created. The work is modeled on the comic writings of Aristophanes and set during the dawn of time and space. In a battle against the egomaniacal cre-ator, Tophole and Pantalingua conspire their way to an accidental Paradise Lost, ultimately corrupting the eponymous humans—portrayed as a vast, songful, and statuesque Greek chorus—into the flawed mortals we are today.
Alexandre Singh was invited by Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art todevelop The Humans at Witte de With from April 2012 to January 2013, after which he continued to work on the play in Rotterdam. Singh shared and developed his research and production through public presenta-tions of his work-in-progress centered
around thematic monthly public events at Witte de With, titled Causeries. Dur-ing these public conversations, Singh looked at topics ranging from cosmol-ogy and cosmogony to satire, theatrical costumes, and scatology as well as key inspirational figures such as Aristo-phanes, Alexander Pope, P.G. Wode-house, William Hogarth, John Ruskin, South Park, and Woody Allen, resulting in this full-fledged theatrical account of the universe’s creation.
Alexandre SinghWriter-Director
Alexandre Singh (b1980, Bordeaux) is a writer and visual artist. In his texts, performances, plays, and instal-lations, Singh utilizes multiple sources and heterogeneous tales, often includ-ing eclectic mass cultural references. His work is in the collections of the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Frac des Pays de Ia Loire, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art, among others.
Image: “View of the Studio,” Courtesy Art:Concept, Metro Pictures, Monitor, Sprüth Magers (Berlin, London)
2013 Next Wave Festival
Commission & Co-Production
WITTE DE WITH CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARy ART (ROTTERDAM)Commissioner: Defne Ayas (Director/Curator)
Project Manager: Amira Gad (Managing Curator)
Head Technician: Paul van Gennip (Deputy Director)
Technical Producers: Gé Beckman, Ties Ten Bosch, Carlo van Driel, Line Kramer, Chris van Mulligen, Hans Tutert, Jonathan den Breejen
Business Coordination: Sarah van der Tholen
Press: Josine Sibum Siderius, Angélique Kool
PRODUCTIEHUIS (ROTTERDAM)Director: Ellen Walraven
Coordinator: Tanja Elstgeest
PERFORMA (NEW yORK)
Founding Director and Curator: RoseLee Goldberg
Producing Director and International Affairs: Esa Nickle
Curator-at-Large: Defne Ayas
Curator: Mark Beasley
Associate Curator: Charles Aubin
Associate Curator, Performa Institute: Adrienne Edwards
Film and Dance Curator: Lana Wilson
Development and Special Events: Luisa Gui
Communications Manager: Jessica Massart
Communications Coordinator & Special Projects:Job Piston
Research and Archives: Marc Arthur
Performa Magazine: Jennifer Piejko, Editor
Production Assistant: Bret Tonelli
Membership and Special Events: Tali Wertheimer
Development Assistant: Anna Cline
Assistant Curator:Summer Guthery
Curatorial Fellow: Laura McLean-Ferris
Technical Director: Mike Skinner
Curatorial Fellow & Coordinator: for Norwegian Pavillion:Randi Grov Berger
Curatorial Fellow & Coordinator: for Polish Pavillion:Monika Rendzner
Lighting Designer: Robert Wuss
Production Manager: Elizabeth Feidelson
Curatorial Assistant & Artists’ Liaison:Cara Stewart
Who’sWho
2013 Next Wave Festival
Photo: Elizabeth Cadwallader, Ryan Kiggell by Sanne Peper
CASTMs.Chief Simona BitmatéHarry Foulbreech Jesse BritonPantalingua Elizabeth CadwalladerTophole Sam CraneCharles Ray Phillip EdgerleyVernon/31 Ryan KiggellN Flora Sans
CHORUSAnnelinde Bruijs, Sanna Elon Vrij, Folkert van Diggelen, Dook van Dijck, Loulou Hameleers, Lucia Kiel, Su-zanne Kipping, Robbert Klein, Gerty Van de Perre, Amir Vahidi, Sanne den Besten, Lucas Schilperoort
HUMANSDuchess Annelinde BruijsCrone Sanne den BestenSplingebottom Jesse BritonBullen Dook van DijckVermillion Phillip EdgerleyStrumpet Loulou HameleersFrau Lucia KielFingerer Ryan KiggellHag Suzanne KippingBertrand Robbert KleinDandy Lucas SchilperoortWife Gerty Van de PerreHusband Folkert van DiggelenMacaire Amir VahidiBray Sanna Elon Vrij
SONGS
WORK IS GOOD, WORK IS HOLy Lyrics by Alexandre Singh; Music by Annelinde Bruijs, Amir Vahidi; Ar-rangement by Gerry Arling
ODE TO HARUSPICATION Lyrics by Alexandre Singh; Music by Robbert Klein, Annelinde Bruijs, Amir Vahidi; Arrangement by Gerry Arling
SUN AND MOON Lyrics by Alexandre Singh; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, Gerry Arling, An-nelinde Bruijs; Arrangement by Gerry Arling, Annelinde Bruijs
THE TOILET SONG Lyrics by Alexandre Singh; Music by Gerry Arling, Robbert Klein, Amir Vahidi; Arrangement by Gerry Arling
WHO BE SHE THAT CREATURE Lyrics by Alexandre Singh; Music by Gerry Arling, Bo Koek; Arrangement by Gerry Arling
WE NEVER REALISED Lyrics by Alexandre Singh; Music by Alexandre Singh, Gerry Arling, Amir Vahidi, Annelinde Bruijs, Robbert Klein; Arrangement by Gerry Arling
BETTER TO BE A BEE Lyrics by Alexandre Singh; Music by Gerry Arling, Robbert Klein, Amir Vahidi; Arrangement by Gerry Arling
NO JOy WITHOUT TERROR Lyrics by Alexandre Singh; Music by Gerry Arling; Arrangement by Gerry Arling
MAN IS A WORM Lyrics by Alexandre Singh; Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau; Arrangement by Gerry Arling
Performa 13 Hub Coordinator: Kristina Valberg
Production Assistant & Website Coordinator:Debbie Huang
Website Coordinator: Melissa Negro
Curatorial Assistant: Amanda Ryan
Archival Photographer: Paula Court
Director Performa TV: Pierce Jackson
PRODUCTION TEAMAssistants to the director: Elly Scheele, Alice Walter
Choreography Assistant:Nina Boas
Script Editor: Ella Christopherson
Stage Manager: Siemen van der Werf
Backstage Manager: Samantha Santos
Production Assistant: yoeri Guepin
Sound Engineer: Guido Langendoen
Sound Assistant: Margreet van der Helm
Light Technician: Jorg Schellekens
Stage Technician: André Goos
Set: Gé Beckman, Paul van Gennip, Case Miller (Sun and Moon), Geert Schuurmans, Hans Borggreven, Niels Vis
Prop Supervisors: Tyler Considine, Merel van ‘t Hullenaar
Props:Christian Hansen, Thoomas van den Oever, Renée Staal, Niels Vis
Stagehands: Annie MacDonald, Maren Lord
Masks:Ronald Schinkelshoek
Costume Supervisor & Head of Wardrobe: Merel van ‘t Hillenaar
Wardrobe Assistants: Bo Mulder, Elisa Santiago, Sarah Jean, Becky Vanderway, Bunny Lampert, Alexandra Eastburn
Costume Assistants: Malin Anderson, Thera Hillenaar
Make up Assistants:Cherry Lee, Anny Chow
Set Construction: Anthony Taylor, Brandon Ndife
Runners: Libby Rothfeld, yuko Sobrin
Set Assistants: Libby Rothfeld, yuko Sobrin
Casting Director: Hancock Stevenson, London
FILM
Director of Production: Sal Kroonenberg
Sound: Frank van der Weij
Editing:Alexandre Singh
Production: Judith Hulsbosch
ARTIST STUDIO
Studio Manager: Laura Turcan
Studio Assistants: Jessica Tankard, Thomas van den Oever, Renée Staal
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSSpecial thanks to Jan Zoet, RoseLee Goldberg, Esa Nickle, David Harper, Joseph V. Melilo, the participants of the Causeries public event series, Jessica Frazier, Andrew Jaffe, Berna-dette Leclercq-Neveu, Bénédicte Lem-melijn, Alexander Verpoorte, Francis Wolf, Brian Dunphy, Pascal Dupuy, Martin Myrone, Alan Cummings, Amy Kenny, Valeria de Lucca, Edith Hall, James Robson, Alexa Piqueux, Adriaan Rademaker, Philip Small-wood, Kathleen Burk, Gareth Long, Graham Ley, Claudio Vellutini, Peter de Graeve, Adam Kleinman, Liesbeth Levy, Nick Lowe, David Inglis, Iki Freud; Jack Bakker, Ashendene, Josh-ua Thies, Meg Turner, Caroline Dose, Athena Gronti, yoeri Guepin, Fabrique Urbaiine, Maria Elettra Esteri, Char-lotte ten Raa, Daphne de Sonneville, Samuel Saelemakers, Gerda Brust, Wendy Bos, Angélique Kool, Emmelie Mijs, APFEL, and Kristin Metho.
ABOUT WITTE DE WITH CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARy ART
Witte de With Center for Contem-porary Art is an international public institution with Rotterdam as its home base. Established in 1990, Witte de With explores developments in contemporary art worldwide. Witte de With has been commenting on the social and political predicament since its inception through the presentation of curated exhibitions, symposia, live events, educational programs, and a bold publishing arm.
ABOUT PERFORMA
Founded in 2004 by art historian and curator RoseLee Goldberg, Performa isthe leading organization dedicated to exploring the critical role of liveperformance in the history of twen-tieth-century art and to encouraging new directions in performance for the twenty-first century. Its biennial isthe only one dedicated to commis-sioning, presenting and exploring newvisual art performance across disciplines. For three weeks, Novem-ber 1—24, 2013, Performa and a consortium of innovative organizations will band together to transform New york City into an international platform for celebrating live art. More informa-tion at performa-arts.org.
2013 Next Wave Festival
Who’sWho
Photo: Ryan Kiggell, Simona Bitmaté by Sanne Peper
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