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Thu. Apr. 25, 2024 8p.m.

Sydney Dance Company in Impermanence. Photo by Pedro Greig.

Eisenhower Theater

  • Runtime

    60 mins (approx.)

  • Presenting Sponsor

    Bank of America

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Sydney Dance Company: Impermanence

Choreographer
Rafael Bonachela

Composer
Bryce Dessner

Lighting Designer
Damien Cooper

Stage Designer
David Fleischer

Costume Designer
Aleisa Jelbart

Australian String Quartet
Dale Barltrop – Violin
Francesca Hiew – Violin
Chris Cartlidge – Viola
Michael Dahlenburg – Cello

Composition for String Quartet and Electronics
Bryce Dessner

Music 

Before
Alarms
Disintegration
Alarms 2
Urgences
Embers
Shards
Emergency
Impermanence
Pulsing
Requiem – Ashes
Another World

Additional Electronics David Chalmin

Another World – song by Anohni with arrangement for live quartet by Bryce Dessner. Use of Anohni’s Another World is with kind permission of Kobalt Music Publishing. Another World is written by Anohni and administered by Kobalt Music Publishing. Recording produced by Anohni, Antony and The Johnsons, Rough Trade 2008, Remote Control Records.

Impermanence, a work by Rafael Bonachela, featuring Bryce Dessner’s composition, Impermanence, commissioned by Sydney Dance Company and Australian String Quartet (by arrangement with Chester Music Ltd, Wise Music Group).

Impermanence, composed by Bryce Dessner, is presented under license from G.Schirmer, Inc. o/b/o Chester Music Litd., copyright owners.

Impermanence is presented in association with the Australian String Quartet. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Creative Australia (formerly Australia Council for the Arts), its arts funding and advisory body.

The Australian String Quartet acknowledges musicians Sharon Grigoryan – cello, Rachael Tobin – cello and Stephen King – viola who have been part of the development and recording of this work.

Patrons are requested to silence cell phones and other electronic devices during performances.

The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in this venue.

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Dancers

Timmy Blankenship, Anika Boet, Dean Elliott, Riley Fitzgerald, Tayla Gartner, Liam Green, Luke Hayward, Morgan Hurrell, Ngaere Jenkins, Sophie Jones, Naiara de Matos, Connor McMahon, Ryan Pearson, Piran Scott, Emily Seymour, Coco Wood, Chloe Young

Management and Production

Artistic Director — Rafael Bonachela

Executive Director  Lou Oppenheim

Australian String Quartet Chief Executive Angelina Zucco

Technical Director  Guy Harding

Company and Resident Stage Manager  Simon Turner

Production Coordinator  Tony McCoy

Head of Wardrobe  Annie Robinson

Rehearsal Director  Richard Cilli

Rehearsal Associate  Charmene Yap

Production Technician  Jenn Ryan

Acknowledgements

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Sydney Dance Company has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

Acknowledgement of Country

Sydney Dance Company is based in the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct in Sydney, Australia. Our studios are situated on the lands and over the waters of the Gadigal. The Australian String Quartet is based on the lands of the Kaurna people, in Adelaide, Australia.

Sydney Dance Company acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of these lands and the lands on which we will be touring and performing throughout our tour, paying our respects to their Elders and Cultural Custodians and all First Nations People.

Choreographer’s Note
by Rafael Bonachela, Artistic Director

What a journey it has been to get to this moment. In 2020, as we were in the theater in technical rehearsal for the original iteration of Impermanence, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic became apparent. A matter of days before opening night, the curtain came down before it had ever been raised.

Four years later I am so thrilled to be presenting Impermanence at the Kennedy Center for its U.S. premiere as part of our 2024 international tour. After the challenges we have all faced, it is an enormous privilege to be able to present this work to Washington, D.C. audiences.

About the Company

Dance changes people. It’s more than simply witnessing something beautiful or engaging with culture. To experience dance is to be positively altered. In performances at venues ranging from the Joyce Theater in New York, to the Shanghai Grand Theatre, the The虂a虃tre National de Chaillot in Paris, and at home at the Roslyn Packer Theatre and Sydney Opera House, Sydney Dance Company has proved that there are no passive observers in a contemporary dance audience.

Creative Team

  • Artistic Director and Choreographer, Impermanence

    Rafael Bonachela

    Rafael Bonachela is a choreographer, artistic director, and curator whose career has seen him successfully span high art and popular culture, working across a range of art forms, including contemporary dance, art installations, pop concerts, musicals, film, commercials, and fashion.

  • Composer, Impermanence

    Bryce Dessner

    Bryce Dessner is a vital and rare force in new music. He has won Grammy Awards® as a classical composer and with the band The National, of which he is founding member, guitarist, arranger, and co-principal song-writer. He is commissioned to write for the world’s leading ensembles, from Orchestre de Paris to the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

  • Lighting Designer, Impermanence

    Damien Cooper

    Damien Cooper’s career highlights include Neil Armfield’s production of The Ring Cycle for Opera Australia; Exit the King on Broadway starring Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon; Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake for The Australian Ballet, which was presented in New York, London, Paris and Tokyo; Keating! The Musical, Australia’s most successful subsidised theater show; and Australian Dance Theatre’s Birdbrain, which played over 60 venues around the world.

  • Stage Designer, Impermanence

    David Fleischer

    He has worked across Australia with leading theater, dance, and opera companies. His designs have been produced by Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Dance Company, Opera Australia, Sydney Chamber Opera, Pinchgut Opera, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre, Griffin Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Darlinghurst Theatre, The New Theatre, Milkcrate Theatre, Black Swan State Theatre Company, Dark MOFO, and Brisbane Festival, among others.

  • Costume Designer, Impermanence

    Aleisa Jelbart

    Aleisa Jelbart is an award-winning Sydney based production designer. She has worked with a number of Australian and international performing arts companies including Sydney Dance Company, Opera Australia, Singapore Dance Theatre, and the Komische Oper Berlin.

Australian String Quartet Musicians

  • VIOLIN

    Dale Barltrop

    Dale Barltrop has performed as a chamber and orchestral musician across the globe. In addition to his position with the ASQ, he serves as concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and has been concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Principal Second Violin of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared as soloist and director with all three orchestras. 

  • VIOLIN

    Francesca Hiew

    A musician of diverse interests and influences, Francesca Hiew has maintained a multifaceted career. Prior to joining the Australian String Quartet, Hiew was a member of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She enjoys teaching and coaching chamber ensembles, regularly tutoring for the Australian Youth Orchestra, Adelaide Youth Orchestra, and the University of Adelaide. A former student and fellow of the Australian National Academy of Music, Hiew is passionate about fostering the future of chamber music. 

  • Viola

    Christoper Cartlidge

    Christopher Cartlidge studied on a full scholarship at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music and the Australian National Academy of Music, and was the recipient of several awards including the UTas Director’s Prize, and the UTas Dean’s Roll of Excellence.

  • CELLO

    Michael Dahlenburg

    Michael Dahlenburg studied cello with Howard Penny at the Australian National Academy of Music and Molly Kadarauch at the University of Melbourne. He was principal cellist of Melbourne Chamber Orchestra until 2020, and has been guest principal with Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (NZ), and Orchestra Victoria. 

Dancers

  • Anika Boet

    Raised in Christchurch, New Zealand, Anika Boet is of South African and Dutch descent. Moving to Sydney in 2020, Boet completed two years of fulltime training at Brent Street School of Performing arts, receiving her Diploma of Dance (focusing on Contemporary) with Honours. In her time at Brent Street, she had the pleasure of training with and performing works by Jessica Hesketh, Billy Keohavong, Georgette Sofatzis, Holly Doyle, Cass Mortimer Eipper, Craig Barry, and Talia Fowler.

  • Chloe Young

    Chloe Young graduated from Queensland National Ballet’s Advanced Diploma in Elite Performance in 2016. Young performed with Queensland National Ballet School as Alice in Alice in Wonderland, a soloist in Mulan, and Phyrgia in Spartacus, as well as a special guest at the Alana Haines Australian Awards (2017) and the Press Freedom Dinner (2017).

  • Connor McMahon

    Connor McMahon began training at Planetdance in Sydney, Australia and continued his contemporary dance training at Ev & Bow, receiving his Diploma of Dance in 2021. During his final year, McMahon made his musical theater debut as Baby John in Opera Australia/GWB Entertainment’s production of West Side Story in Perth, WA, which toured nationally.

  • Dean Elliott

    Dean Elliott was born in Auckland, New Zealand and started dancing at Norris Studios in Papakura. He moved to Sydney in 2017 to further his dance studies at Ev and Bow under the direction of Sarah Boulter and Lisa Bowmer.

  • Emily Seymour

    Born and raised in Sydney, Emily Seymour embarked on her dance journey at the prestigious All Starz Performing Arts Studio and completed her full-time training under the esteemed direction of Tanya Pearson OAM.

  • Liam Green

    Having grown up in Perth, Liam Green trained with a range of local schools, including Dynamic Performing Arts and The Graduate College of Dance. At 15, Green was accepted into the Advanced Diploma of Dance at WAAPA, the youngest to enter the program.

  • Lucy Angel

    Born and raised in Wollongong, NSW, Lucy Angel began her training at Joanne Grace School of Dance at the age of eight. She began her full-time dance training in 2017 and completed her Certificate IV in dance, as well as being awarded her Solo Seal through the Royal Academy of Dance at age 15.

  • Luke Hayward

    From Alice Springs, Australia, Luke Hayward studied a Bachelor of Dance at Palucca Hochechule für tanz Dresden, Germany, graduating with Honours. Hayward was previously a Company dancer with Balet Moskva, Russia from 2016-2018, performing in both the Ballet and Contemporary Ensembles.

  • Morgan Hurrell

    Born and raised in Mudgee NSW, Morgan Hurrell began her early training at age two and attended Dance Unlimited until 2019. Focusing on her passion for contemporary dance, at age 17, Hurrell had numerous offers for full-time placements. She accepted an offer to attend National College of Dance in Newcastle where she completed her Diploma of Dance.

  • Naiara de Matos

    Naiara de Matos was born in Salvador, Brazil. In 2007, she began full time training with the Bolshoi Ballet School in Joinville (Brazil). Following her graduation in 2011, Matos began working in the Young Company of Bolshoi Ballet Brazil until she was offered a position with the Salzburg Landestheater in 2013.

  • Ngaere Jenkins

    Born in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Ngaere Jenkins is of Te Arawa and Ng膩ti Kahungunu descent. She trained at the New Zealand School of Dance, graduating in 2018. During her studies, she worked with influential mentors including James O’Hara, Victoria (Tor) Colombus, Taiaroa Royal, and Tanemahuta Gray.

  • Piran Scott

    Born in Mackay, Australia, Piran Scott trained under Lynette Denny AM at Theatre Arts Mackay. He then completed the Professional Year program with the Queensland Ballet, before joining the company as a full member in 2010, under the artistic direction of Francois Klaus. In 2013, Scott received a soloist position with the Leipzig Ballet in Germany, under Mario Schroeder.

  • Riley Fitzgerald

    Riley Fitzgerald trained with the Anita Coutts School of Dance in regional Victoria before moving to Melbourne to attend the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School, making his professional debut in The White Prince by Stephen Agisilaou. Fitzgerald then completed his Level 6 Diploma of Dance Performance at the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington where he trained under James O’Hara and Tor Columbus.

  • Ryan Pearson

    Ryan Pearson is of Biripi and Worimi descent on his mother’s side and Minang, Goreng and Balardung on his father’s side. He was born and raised in Taree, New South Wales. He began his dance training at NAISDA at age 16, after taking part in the NSW Public Schools’ Aboriginal Dance Company, facilitated by Bangarra’s Youth Program Team in 2012.

  • Sophie Jones

    Sophie Jones grew up in Angourie NSW and trained with Adele Lewis School of Dance. At the age of 14, she moved to Burleigh Heads, Queensland to begin full-time ballet training and further her studies with Prudence Bowen Atelier. After extensive years of training, she received a traineeship with the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, where she worked with numerous choreographers and performed Etudes by Harald Lander, and George Balanchine’s Serenade.

  • Taylor Gartner

    Originally from Geelong, Tayla Gartner began her dance training at Infinite Dance Studios at a young age. Gartner commenced full-time training at Patrick Studios Australia Academy program in 2018 before undertaking the Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year in 2022, where she performed works by choreographers including Melanie Lane, Stephanie Lake, Jenni Large, Tobiah Booth-Remmers, and Rafael Bonachela.

  • Timmy Blankenship

    Originally from the U.S., Timmy Blankenship completed his early training in contemporary performance and choreography at artistic fusion in Thornton, Colorado and Dance Town in Miami, Florida, performing works by Loni Landon, Dana Foglia, and Emma Portner. He continued his training at the prestigious University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance on scholarship, graduating with a BFA in 2023. There, he performed works by William Forsythe, Ji艡í Kylián, Merce Cunningham, and Yin Yue.

Staff

Kennedy Center Dance Programming Staff

  • Director, Dance Programming
    Jane Raleigh
  • Assistant Manager, Dance Programming
    Malik Burnett
  • Assistant Manager, Dance Programming
    Mallory Miller
  • Senior Press Representative, Non-Classical
    Brittany Laeger
  • Public Relations Coordinator, Non-Classical
    Miles Newton
  • Vice President, Marketing
    Derek Johnson
  • Manager, Marketing
    Chenay Newton

Kennedy Center Executive Leadership

President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsDeborah F. Rutter

Vice President, Public RelationsEileen Andrews

Chief Information Officer Ralph Bellandi

Senior Vice President, MarketingKimberly J. Cooper

Executive Director, National Symphony OrchestraJean Davidson

Senior Vice President, Artistic PlanningMonica Holt

Chief Financial OfficerStacey Johnson

Vice President, EducationJordan LaSalle

Vice President, Government Relations and ProtocolLaurie McKay

Senior Vice President, DevelopmentLeslie Miller

General Director, Washington National OperaTimothy O’Leary

Chief Human Resources OfficerFrederick Owusu

Executive Vice President & General CounselAsh Zachariah

Staff for the Eisenhower Theater

  • Theater Manager
    J. Bret Burzio, Sr.*
  • Box Office Treasurer
    Ronald Payne
  • Head Carpenter
    Thomas M. Hewitt
  • Assistant Carpenter-Flies
    John P. Green
  • Head Electrician
    Thomas A. Benya
  • Assistant Electrician
    Michael Cassidy, Jr.
  • Head Usher
    Carol Anderson
  • Head Sound
    Matthew P. Snyder
  • Head Properties
    Matthew L. Roether
  • Head Wardrobe
    Rebecca A. Gessert
  • Assistant Property Manager
    Matthew M. Wooden

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