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SUMMARY:Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!
DESCRIPTION:Free | September 10\, 12\, 13\, 7:30pm | Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park \nJoin us for the world premiere of a new work from visionary two-time Tony winner\, National Medal of the Arts and Kennedy Center Honoree\, Bill T. Jones. \nCurriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn! responds to a performance commissioned by LMCC that was originally scheduled to premiere on September 12\, 2001 on the plaza of the Twin Towers.  \nThis new work\, with original music from composer Samora Pinderhughes\, commemorates the 25th anniversary of that suspended moment—and all that has unfolded since. Jones\, in collaboration with Pinderhughes\, forges an intergenerational bridge as both artists search within themselves and their respective creative interests to meditate on loss and their distinct responses to the 25-year aftermath of 9/11 and other cataclysms spiralling into our era of loss of freedom\, speech\, movement\, and justice. Featuring performances from Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and live musicians\, Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn! brings dance back to Lower Manhattan\, shaped by resilience and the passage of time.\nMake a reservation \nPerformers:\nRyan Charles-Marc\, Barrington Hinds\, Camille Phelps\, Justin Rainey\, Babou Sanneh\, Hannah Seiden\, Philip Strom\, Mak Thornquest\, Wyeth Walker\, Rosa Allegra Wolff. \nCommissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority as part of the 2026 River To River Festival. \nPLEASE NOTE: Your reservation is not a ticket. General admission and no assigned seating. First come\, first served in the amphitheater seating. Lawn chairs and blankets are permitted on the Wagner lawn. Patrons may be asked to make room to allow for more guests. Food and beverage will be available for purchase\, picnics are allowed.\n\nBill T. Jones’s Curriculum series originated in reference to a quote from Cameroonian historian and political theorist Achille Mbembe in a 2018 interview\, in which he proposed an archive-expanding “planetary curriculum.” Taking inspiration from this idea\, Jones has created three previous Curriculum works colliding formal exploration with urgent contemporary questions. The multi-work pursuit takes a protean approach to asking\, as Jones describes\, “What does a contemporary progressive person have to know to live and work efficiently and morally in the world today?” \n  \nBill T. Jones (Artistic Director/Co-Founder/Choreographer: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company; Artistic Director: New York Live Arts)  is a multi-talented artist\, choreographer\, dancer\, theater director and writer. He was the Associate Artist of the 2020 Holland Festival and recipient of the 2014 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award; the 2013 National Medal of Arts; the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors; a 2010 Tony Award for Best Choreography of the critically acclaimed Fela!; a 2007 Tony Award\, 2007 Obie Award\, and 2006 Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Callaway Award for his choreography for Spring Awakening; the 2010 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award; 2007 USA Eileen Harris Norton Fellowship; 2006 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Choreography for The Seven; 2005 Wexner Prize; the 2005 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement; 2005 Harlem Renaissance Award; 2003 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize; and a 1994 MacArthur “Genius” Award. In 2010\, Jones was recognized as Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government\, and in 2000\, The Dance Heritage Coalition named Jones “An Irreplaceable Dance Treasure.” Jones was nominated for the 2022 Tony Awards for his work on Paradise Square. Jones choreographed and performed worldwide with his late partner\, Arnie Zane\, before forming the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in 1982. He has created more than 140 works for his company. Jones is Artistic Director of New York Live Arts\, an internationally recognized destination for performance\, artist services\, and live gathering. \nSamora Pinderhughes is a multidisciplinary artist\, composer\, pianist/vocalist and filmmaker known for striking vulnerability and carefully crafted\, radically honest art. He is also known for using his art to examine sociopolitical issues and fight for change.  \nPinderhughes is the first-ever Art for Justice + Soros Justice Fellow and a recipient of Chamber Music America’s 2020 Visionary Award. He has also been designated as a Creative Capital awardee\, a United States Artists Fellow\, and a Sundance Composers Lab fellow. He was the 2025 MoMA Adobe Creative Resident and was awarded the “Spark of Change” Award from APAP in 2026.  \nOver the past 44 years\, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company has shaped the evolution of contemporary dance through the creation and performance of over 140 works. Founded as a multicultural dance company in 1982\, the company was born of an 11-year artistic collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. Today\, the company is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the modern dance world. The company has performed its ever-enlarging repertoire worldwide in over 200 cities in 30 countries on every major continent. In 2011\, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company merged with Dance Theater Workshop to form New York Live Arts of which Bill T. Jones is the Artistic Director.\n \n\nThe creation of new work by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is made possible in part by the company’s Partners in Creation: Anne Delaney\, Zoe Eskin\, Eleanor Friedman\, Ruth & Stephen Hendel\, Suzanne Karpas\, Ellen M. Poss\, Jane Bovingdon Semel\, Rachel Shapiro in memory of Linda G. Shapiro\, and Slobodan Randjelović & Jon Stryker. \nPresented by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority. This work commemorates the 25th anniversary of September 11\, 2001. \nFunding for the River To River Festival is provided by The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs\, Howard Gilman Foundation\, Lily Auchincloss Foundation\, and The Robert Lehman Foundation. River To River is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional funding for the Bill T. Jones project is provided by Battery Park City Authority\, The National Endowment for the Arts\, and Harkness Foundation for Dance.
URL:https://lmcc.net/events/curriculum-iv-spin-and-spin-turn-turn-turn/
LOCATION:Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park\, 20 Battery Place\, New York\, NY\, 10280\, United States
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SUMMARY:Climate Week Evening Celebration with the NYC premiere of "Songs of the Earth"
DESCRIPTION:Join Stony Brook University to celebrate the end of Climate Week 2026 with a concert\, panel\, and reception at LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island. \nFree and Open to All | September 25\, 6:15pm- 9:15pm | RSVP \n  \nConcert | Songs of the Earth \nThe New York City premiere of this original composition by Eugene Drucker. The piece will be performed by Eugene Drucker and Friends: Roberta Cooper\, Eugene Drucker\, Kevonna Shuford\, Susannah Woodruff \nSongs of the Earth is a group of seven musical settings of poetry by the visionary Denise Levertov (1923-97). The themes of the texts revolve around the poet’s passionate concern for the environment\, her close observation of physical phenomena — especially water — and her stark appraisal of humankind’s place in the natural and spiritual order of things. The “Songs” are set for mezzo-soprano and different combinations of stringed instruments; through tone painting and an effort to render the rhythms and pitch contours of the verse\, Eugene Drucker has created music that varies in mood from serenely contemplative to mournful and violent. Levertov was a political and environmental activist\, as well as a deeply religious person; the composer hopes that this small sampling of her work will convey some idea of the range and depth of her contribution to our cultural life. \n  \nPanel | “Our Health\, Our Climate\, Our World” \nA roundtable discussion moderatedby David Wrobel\, Dean of SBU’s College of Arts and Sciences and featuring a panel of environmental and climate academics. The panel will include: \n\n\n\nKaren Ingram\, NYC Artist\nAnn Kurth\, President\, New York Academy of Medicine\nSohl Lee\, Associate Professor\, Dept. of Art\, Stony Brook University\nAnais Reyes\, Deputy Director\, The Climate Museum\nSasha Pesci\, Assistant Professor\, Dept. of Geology\, Environment\, & Sustainability\, Hofstra University\nStephanie Wade\, Lecturer\, Dept. of Writing & Rhetoric\, Stony Brook University\n\n\n\n  \nReception | with light snacks and refreshments \nThe night caps off ends with a light reception\, including remarks from David Wrobel\, and Moe Yousuf\, LMCC’s CEO & Artistic Director. \n  \nThis evening is presented by Stony Brook University and LMCC \n\nAbout the participants \nRoberta Cooper (Musician)\, has been a member of the American Symphony\, the American Composers Orchestra\, and the Berkshire Bach Society\, and has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic. A graduate of The Juilliard School\, she performs chamber music at music festivals all over the world. Roberta has also performed and recorded with many pop artists including Billy Joel\, Linda Ronstadt\, Sting\, kd lang\, and Aretha Franklin. She was a winner of the Artists International Competition which sponsored her Carnegie Hall debut recital to wide acclaim. \nEugene Drucker (Composer and Musician) is a founding member of the multiple Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet\, is also a soloist\, author and composer\, and a faculty member at Stony Brook University. His first novel\, The Savior\, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2007 and later appeared in a German translation called Wintersonate. He has created musical settings of poetry by Shakespeare\, Denise Levertov\, and Emma Lazarus for voice and strings. A faculty member at Stony Brook University since 2002\, Mr. Drucker is also currently the Artistic Director of the Berkshire Bach Society. \nKaren Ingram (Panelist) is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher whose work traverses bioart\, biodesign\, and biotechnology\, using genetically modified yeast\, bacteria\, and adapted COVID testing robots to interrogate agency and multi-entity collaboration between human\, robot\, and microbe. She is an exhibiting artist and artist-in-residence at BioBAT Art Space and a 2026-27 Exhibition Fellow at the McColl Center\, and in 2025 she founded the BioArt Studio at Makerspace Charlotte. For this panel\, Karen will speak to how bioart’s multi-entity synergies offer a model for rethinking the entangled systems that shape both human health and planetary climate. \nDr. Ann Kurth (Panelist)\, epidemiologist\, nurse-midwife\, and president/CEO of New York Academy of Medicine\, believes in the power of science to support the health of people\, populations\, and the planet. Her work has focused on HIV\, reproductive health\, and health system strengthening. An elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine\, Ann is currently working on a book about climate-resilient health systems. She will talk about the benefits of taking action on climate and health\, and the ways we can all contribute to more resilient health systems and communities. \nSohl Lee (Panelist) is Associate Professor of Art History at Stony Brook University\, an educator\, avid cook\, and cultural historian. Her current research project\, “Seaweed as Method\,”  explores the cultural and ecological histories of seaweed across coastal communities\, asking how art\, foodways\, Indigenous knowledge\, and marine science offer different ways of understanding our relationships with changing oceans. She will discuss miyeokguk\, the Korean seaweed soup traditionally eaten after childbirth and on birthdays\, as a starting point for thinking about how food carries ideas of health\, care\, and cultural memory across generations—and how culinary traditions travel\, adapt\, and connect us to coastal environments. \nSasha Pesci (Panelist) is Assistant Professor of Sustainability Studies at Hofstra University\, where her teaching and research focus on sustainable agriculture and food systems. Her work centers on food justice and is driven by the idea that everyone should have access to healthy food. Recent projects include research on composting in Queens\, NY\, research on food access challenges in Roosevelt\, NY\, and the establishment of a community garden on Hofstra’s campus. During the panel\, she will discuss the value of using community-engaged research methods to ensure that research not only serves academic purposes but also creates real benefits for community partners. \nAnais Reyes (Panelist) is the Deputy Director at the Climate Museum\, whose programs combine art\, learning\, and action to help people feel empowered in the face of climate change. She has collaborated on interdisciplinary programs and presentations with Brooklyn Botanic Garden\, LaGuardia Community College\, the Cincinnati Museum of Art\, the Guggenheim Museum\, and many more. Anais will discuss the importance of arts and culture as a critical tool for building community\, inspiring collective action\, and bringing about climate transformation at the scale we need.  \nKevonna Shuford (Musician) is a vibrant violist who has a passion for collaborative projects. She has collaborated with ensembles such as Boston Philharmonic\, Erie Philharmonic\, Atlantic Symphony and Palaver Strings. Other collaborative efforts have led her to be an artist at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival\, St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar\, Encore Chamber Music Program and the Meadowmount School of Music. She has played with artists such as Clive Greensmith\, Janine Jansen\, Yura Lee\, Tai Murray\, Anton Nel\, Philip Setzer\, and Paul Watkins. \nStephanie Wade (Panelist) studies ecology and permaculture to develop teaching and research projects that center food justice and community writing. Currently a lecturer in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University\, formerly she served as director of writing and general education at Unity College and assistant director of writing at Bates College\, where her work garnered the Martinson Award for Innovation for the writing program. She will be discussing community gardening projects that allow participants engage in the cultural and material work that is necessary to build better futures. \nSusannah Woodruff (Musician) New York-based mezzo-soprano Susannah Woodruff is a versatile performer with a diverse repertoire\, ranging from baroque zarzuela to contemporary electro-chamber opera. Highlighted performances include engagements with The Dallas Opera\, Berkshire Symphony\, Opera Arlington\, Orpheus Chamber Singers\, Verdigris Ensemble\, Orchestra of New Spain\, ensemblenewSRQ\, Market Square Concerts\, and Miami Music Festival. Her debut album Turning Into Song: A Celebration of American Composers was released in 2023 by Musica Solis. \nDavid Wrobel (Moderator) is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University and a Professor in the Department of History. He is deeply committed to Stony Brook’s social mobility mission for students and to supporting faculty research and creative activity across the college’s 27 departments that range from the Fine Arts and Humanities\, to the Social and Behavioral\, and Natural and Physical Sciences. A historian of the American West\, David is currently working on a book on the writer John Steinbeck and the struggle to preserve democracy.
URL:https://lmcc.net/events/climate-week-evening-celebration/
LOCATION:LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island\, Building 110\, Governors Island\, New York\, NY\, United States
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