THE new York Society for Ethical Culture
welcomes you to
Memories of Egypt
Friday, March 21, 2025 at 7pm
Choreography: Jody Sperling
Music: Matthew Burtner
Lighting: David Ferri
Rehearsal Director & Dramaturge: Andrea Trager
Serpentine Swells (US Premiere)
Ensemble movement improvisation directed by Jody Sperling
Dancers (in order of appearance): Jody Sperling, Anika Hunter, Sarah Tracy, Frances Barker, Nicole Lemelin, Maki Kitahara, Rathi Varma
Costumes: MaryJo Mecca
Arbor (2023)
Choreography: Jody Sperling, in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers (in order of appearance): Maki Kitahara, Sarah Tracy, Nicole Lemelin, Anika Hunter, Frances Barker, Rathi Varma
Costume Construction: Mary Jo Mecca; Textile Painting: Gina Nagy-Burns
Piece for a Northern Sky (2016)
Performed by Jody Sperling
Original costume from the film The Dancer (2016), designed by Sperling in collaboration with Anaïs Romand and Anne Blanchard
<< INTERMISSION >>
Fractal Memories (World Premiere)
Dancers (in order of appearance): Sarah Tracy, Frances Barker, Maki Kitahara, Rathi Varma, Nicole Lemelin, Anika Hunter, Jody Sperling
Ensemble costumes: MaryJo Mecca
Original costume from the film The Dancer (2016), designed by Sperling in collaboration with Anaïs Romand and Anne Blanchard
Video Artist: Cari Ann Shim Sham | Magic Stacks: Joey Zaza
Fractal Memories was originally commissioned by Between the Rivers Productions, LLC for the film “Obsessed with Light,” directed by Sabine Krayenbuhl and Zeva Oelbaum.
Please join us following the performance for a conversation moderated by Tom Phillips with choreographer Jody Sperling, composer Matthew Burtner, filmmakers Sabine Krayenbuhl and Zeva Oelbaum, and dancers Anika Hunter and Maki Kitahara.
TIME LAPSE DANCE BIOGRAPHIES
Andrea Trager (Rehearsal Director & Dramaturge)
Gina Nagy Burns (Textile Artist)
SPECIAL THANKS
Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance (TLD) would like to express deep gratitude to the leadership, staff, and Board of The New York Society for Ethical Culture, especially Audrey Kindred and Barbara Carlsen who have been deeply involved with program planning for the ongoing Eco-Artist Residency. The residency is creating a home for TLD as we deepen our practice and develop ecological and ethical ways of dancemaking. We also convey our deep thanks to the TLD Board of Directors and our many supporters that make this work possible.
To learn more about Ethical NYC, visit www.nysec.org.
This program is supported in part with an Eco-Artist Residency with The New York Society for Ethical Culture, the Society’s Marder Fund, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council.
OUR SUPPORTERS (July 1, 2024-Present)
Forest ($5,000+)
Anonymous
Iris Fodor
Peter Frishauf & KC Rice
Tom Phillips & Debra Given
Arbor ($2,500+)
Angela Hunter
Doug Marron
David Snyder
Canopy ($1,000+)
Anonymous (2)
Elizabeth Chandler
Melissa Elstein
Michael Grunebaum & Ruth Graver
Gail Papp
Janet Wolfe
Sapling ($500+)
Meeta Anand
Anonymous
Crawford-Doyle Charitable Foundation
Lynnel Garabedian
Karenna Gore
Julia Harrington Reddy & Sanjay G. Reddy
Branch ($200+)
Anonymous
James Battaglia
Terry Borton
Steven Caputo & Sasha Nicholas
Diane Duggan
Renee Epstein
Dina & Jean-Claude Falmagne
Jennifer Fisher
Barbara Fox & James Freund
Jack Gerard
Joan Greenfield
Jeanhie Hahn
Richard Koral
Ari Krantz & Margot Kushel
Rachel Mann & Josh Rosenblatt
Melissa Marks
Larry Pratt
Dominique Singer
Dorathea Thompson
Eleanor Worth
Leaf ($100+)
Anonymous
Ines Altemose
Judith Bernstein
Roslyn Bernstein & Shael Shapiro
Mary Bueno & James Tuller
Ginnine Cocuzza
Caroline Copeland
Will DeMull
Dan Donahue
Michelle Dortignac
Ellen Feldman
Christy Flaim
Allan Frei
Eleanor Fox
Susan Faulkner
Tony Giovannetti
Sabine Krayehbuhl
Sabrina Lawton
Sara Lind
Rachel List
Maja Lorkovic
Gary Maggio
Phyllis McCabe
Nicole McClam
Chrissy Nance
Lisa Orman
Douglass Post
Varun Rajan
Sean Redlitz
Nancy Reynolds
Susan Rizwani, in honor of Iris Fodor
Jon Rothstein
George Russell
Kathryn Savoie
Susanna Sloat & Donald Burmeister
Barbara Cohen Stratyner
Sarah Sutter
Stan Weber
Elizabeth Yng-Wong
Seed (50+)
Anonymous
Cynthia Adler
Judith Alpert
Caterina Bartha
Mark L. Bibi
Alexandra Bloch
Wendy Blum
Phillip Boroff
Lucy Brown
Barbara Carlsen
Joseph De Pace
Jeff Felmus
Betti Franceschi
Courtney Frisse
Catherine Gallant
Aviva Geismar
Elinore Kaplan
Harriet Klein
Amala Lane
Andre Lepecki
Miwa Nagura
Natasha Nesic
Naurie Nussdorfer
Rory O'Dea
Barbara Oliver
Nathan & Rochelle Parker
Jessica Rosen Shpall
Maxine Steinman
Garth Sunderland
Chris Tokar
Richard J. Velasco
Bethany Wall
Jennifer Weintraub
Laurie Weisman
Cynthia Williams
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