Pam Tanowitz | Artists at the Center

Dates

Nov 9 – 11, 2023

Time

7:30pm

Price

Tickets from $35

Run Time

Approximately one hour

About

Song of Songs
Pam Tanowitz
David Lang

Breathtakingly beautiful

—The New York Times

The singing throughout…is gorgeously clear

—The New York Times

A rigorous, independent mind at work

—The New Yorker

One of the most sought-after choreographers working today got her start at City Center, booking studio space for others and using it herself in her off-hours. Now, Pam Tanowitz returns as the third featured creator in our Artists at the Center series, after creating Four Quartets, hailed by The New York Times as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century.” Tanowitz has been commissioned by London’s Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and countless other renowned ensembles in addition to her own performance work.

In its New York City premiere, the “breathtakingly beautiful” (NYT) Song of Songs fuses Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang’s “gorgeously clear” (NYT) choral settings of the Biblical love poem, performed live by six musicians, with movement mined and abstracted from Jewish folk dance. A reflection on the intimate bonds of romance and community alike, Tanowitz’s intricate assemblage of style, form, and emotion is also her first evening-length work at City Center, and a return to her one-time home.

Dates

Nov 9 – 11, 2023

Time

7:30pm

Price

Tickets from $35

Run Time

Approximately one hour

Program

Video & Photos

  • Song of Songs; photo by Maria Baranova

  • Song of Songs; photo by Maria Baranova

Sponsors

Leadership Support
Lynne and Richard Pasculano Fund for Programming and Education

Major Support for dance at New York City Center
Howard Gilman Foundation logo
Ford Foundation logo

Support provided by
Arlene Shuler Artistic Innovation Fund

The Fisher Center at Bard is Pam Tanowitz’s artistic home. Song of Songs is a co-commission of the Fisher Center, Barbican London, UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.

Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

Commissioning funds for Song of Songs were provided by Jay Franke and David Herro, with additional support received from the O'Donnell Green Music and Dance Foundation, Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman, Amy and Ronald Guttman, Lizbeth and George Krupp, Virginia and Timothy Millhiser, and King’s Fountain. The Fisher Center on behalf of Pam Tanowitz Dance received a 2020 NDP Finalist Grant Award for Song of Songs, made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to address sustainability needs during COVID-19. Co-commissioning support for the music of Song of Songs was provided by Flagey (Brussels), The Los Angeles Opera, Company of Music (Vienna), and The Crossing (Philadelphia).

Key art: Photo by Sara Kerens

Performance photos by Maria Baranova

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