My Favorite Things (Duet + Group)

Music “My Favorite Things” by Alice Coltrane

Dancers Zachary Gonder, Lindsey Jones with Kara Chan, Christine Flores, Maile Okamura

Archive Piece

Music “Once More With Feeling” composed by Caroline Shaw, commissioned by the Vail Dance Festival, Damian Woetzel, Director featuring performances by Johnny Gandelsman and Caroline Shaw

Projected Images by Suzanne Bocanegra

Dancers Kara Chan, Christine Flores, Zachary Gonder, Lindsey Jones, Brian Lawson, Maile Okamura, Melissa Toogood

Going Home

Music “Walk with me” and “Going Home” by Alice Coltrane

Recordings Lakecia Benjamin & Pursuance

Dancers Kara Chan, Christine Flores, Zachary Gonder, Lindsey Jones, Maile Okamura, Melissa Toogood

Penn Live Arts is the lead commissioner of “Going Home”. Pam Tanowitz Dance’s “Going Home” in the 22–23 season is made possible in part with support provided by the Penn Live Arts Accelerator Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Co-commissioning and development support was provided by Fisher Center LAB. The Fisher Center at Bard is Pam Tanowitz's artistic home.

Intermission (10 mins)

I was waiting for the echo of a better day (Film)

A companion film to the Summerscape 2021 Production of the same title.

A Film by Jeremy Jacob

Directed, Edited, Color, Sound Design, and Title Design by Jeremy Jacob

Choreography by Pam Tanowitz

Cinematography by Daniel Rampulla

Music by Jessie Montgomery and big dog little dog

Costume Design by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung

Starring Jason Collins, Brittany Engel-Adams, Christine Flores, Zachary Gonder, Lindsey Jones, Victor Lozano, Maile Okamura, and Melissa Toogood

Musicians: Jessie Montgomery and Jannina Norpoth (violins), Nathan Schram (viola), Gabriel Cabezas (cello), and Eleonore Oppenheim (bass)

Music Arrangements by Eleanore Oppenheim

Music Design and Mixing by Garth MacAleavey

Recording Engineering by Danny Blume

Produced by Caleb Hammons and Jeremy Jacob

Executive Producer Gideon Lester

Commissioning funds for I was waiting for the echo of a better day were provided by Jay Franke and David Herro. I was waiting for the echo of a better day was developed in part through Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Residency Program.

Kara Chan
Christine Flores
Zachary Gonder
Lindsey Jones
Brian Lawson
Maile Okamura
Melissa Toogood

Booker Stardrum, Video Operator

Duanne Lauginiger, Audio Engineer

Sara Sa, Wardrobe Head

Vivienne Potee, Dresser

Nick Hawrylko, Light Board Operator

Walter Daniels, Deck Electrician

Moe Szalla, Stage Hand
Gabo Moreno, Stage Hand

Sam Dickson, Flyperson

Pam Tanowitz (Choreographer) is quick-witted and rigorous. The New York–based choreographer and collaborator has steadily delineated her own dance language through decades of research and creation. The 2020 Doris Duke Artist redefines tradition through careful examination, subtly questioning those who came before her, yet never yielding to perceptions stuck in the past. And now, the world’s most respected dance companies—Martha Graham Dance Company, Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, among others—are proudly integrating Tanowitz’s poetic universe into their repertories. Tanowitz’s combination of intentional unpredictability, whimsical complexity, and natural drama evoke master dance makers from Cunningham to Balanchine through the clever weaving of movement, music, and space. Tanowitz holds degrees from Ohio State University and Sarah Lawrence College, where she clarified her creative voice under former Cunningham dancer and choreographer Viola Farber. After attaining her MFA, Tanowitz moved to New York City to begin her professional career. She immersed herself in dance by working in administration at New York City Center, splitting her time off studying the Center’s archived dance videos and developing her own work in their studios. In 2000 she founded Pam Tanowitz Dance (PTD) to explore dance-making with a consistent community of dancers. She has since been commissioned by Fisher Center at Bard, The Joyce Theater, The Kennedy Center, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Vail Dance Festival, and many other leading arts institutions. She has received numerous honors and fellowships from organizations ranging from the Bessie Awards, Guggenheim Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Princeton University, Herb Alpert Award, and most recently LMCC’s Liberty Award for Artistic Leadership. When awarding Tanowitz the 2017 BAC Cage Cunningham Fellowship, Mikhail Baryshnikov described her interrogative approach to choreography as “a distinct intellectual journey.” Her dances have been called a “rare achievement” (New York Times), and her 2018 work, Four Quartets, inspired by T. S. Eliot’s literary masterpiece, was called “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” (New York Times). Tanowitz is a visiting guest artist at Rutgers University and is the first-ever choreographer in residence at the Fisher Center at Bard.

Davison Scandrett (Lighting Designer) is a Bessie award-winning lighting designer and production manager based in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to 10 designs for Pam Tanowitz, he has created lighting for works by Merce Cunningham, Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, Charles Atlas, Sonya Tayeh, Sarah Michelson, Netta Yerushalmy, Moriah Evans, Mina Nishimura, Dylan Crossman, Andrew Ondrejcak, Rebecca Lazier, Mike Birbiglia, and Neal Brennan. Production management credits include projects with Wendy Whelan, Marina Abramovic, Bill T. Jones, Benjamin Millepied, Kyle Abraham, BalletBoyz, Jennifer Monson, Brian Brooks, Silk Road Ensemble, Steve Reich, The Knights, Lincoln Center Festival, Park Avenue Armory, Lyon Opera Ballet, and Paris Opera Ballet. He served as Director of Production for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 2008-2012 and is currently the Design & Production Consultant for the Merce Cunningham Trust.

Kara Chan (Performer) is a NYC based freelance dancer, originally from Vancouver, Canada. She has danced lead roles with Twyla Tharp Dance and has assisted Ms. Tharp in the staging of Deuce Coupe and Ghostcatcher on American Ballet Theatre. Other performance credits include Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (Artemis in Athens), Mark Morris Dance Group (The Hard Nut), Janis Brenner & Dancers, Gleich Dances, Ballet Verité, Barkin/Selissen Project among many others. A BFA graduate from The Juilliard School, Kara was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2020. www.karachandance.com

Christine Flores (Performer) is originally from Toronto, Ontario and has been working with Pam Tanowitz since 2016. She graduated from New World School of the Arts (Miami) in 2015 with a BFA in Dance and received additional training at Springboard Danse Montreal, the Contemporary Program at Jacob's Pillow, and Cunningham Fellowship workshops. Named one of Dance Magazine’s 2021 “25 to Watch”, Christine is currently based out of New York City and also performing with Company XIV, Danielle Russo Performance Project, Dance Heginbotham, NVA & Guests, and Shinsa Collective.

Zachary Gonder (Performer) was born in Grayslake, IL, a small suburb north of Chicago. At the age of five, he started dancing at The Dance Connection, a local studio. He then trained at the Chicago Academy for the Arts High School under the tutelage of renowned choreographer Randy Duncan. He graduated from Juilliard in 2018, where he performed works by Austin McCormick, José Limón, Aszure Barton, Pam Tanowitz, Richard Alston, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano and Crystal Pite. Zachary has worked for BODYTRAFFIC in Los Angeles as well as the Barton Sisters’ Axis Connect Program. Along with Pam Tanowtiz Dance, he also works with Brian Brooks Moving Company and Zvi Dance.

Lindsey Jones (Performer) is a Brooklyn-based dance artist and educator. She has been a member of Pam Tanowitz Dance since 2013. Since graduating from SUNY Purchase in 2012, she has performed with Dance Heginbotham, Kimberly Bartosik/daela, Caleb Teicher & Co., Sally Silvers, Bill Young, and June Finch, among others. She has worked with the Merce Cunningham Trust on numerous projects, including Night of 100 Solos at BAM in 2019 and Alla Kovgan’s 3D film, Cunningham. Jones grew up in St. Louis, MO.

Brian Lawson (Performer) is a dance performer and educator who began dancing in Toronto, Canada. He earned his BFA in Dance at SUNY Purchase, and while studying performed with Douglas Dunn and Dancers and the Mark Morris Dance Group. He graduated summa cum laude in 2010 and went on to work with Pam Tanowitz Dance and Dance Heginbotham before joining the Mark Morris Dance Group from 2011 to 2018. Brian left MMDG to earn his M.F.A. from the University of Washington, graduating in 2020. He has been on faculty at Cornish College of the Arts and has given masterclasses at Purchase College, NYU Tisch, and the American Dance Festival among others. He continues to perform with MMDG and is very glad to be rejoining Pam Tanowitz Dance.

Maile Okamura (Performer and Costume Coordinator) studied with Lynda Yourth in San Diego, California, and at San Francisco Ballet School. She was a member of Boston Ballet II and Ballet Arizona. Since 1998, she has danced with Mark Morris Dance Group. Maile has been dancing with Pam Tanowitz Dance since 2016.

Melissa Toogood (Performer and Rehearsal Director) is a Bessie Award winning performer who began dancing with Pam 16 years ago. She has assisted Tanowitz on numerous creations including works for the Australian Ballet, Ballet Austin, Martha Graham Dance Company, Juilliard, Paul Taylor American Modern Dance, Vail Dance Festival and others. Melissa was a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and is an official Stager for the Merce Cunningham Trust. She has taught Cunningham Technique internationally since 2007, and is a 2013 and 2015 Merce Cunningham Fellow. She has performed with Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, Kimberly Bartosik, Wally Cardona, Rosie Herrera Dance Theater, Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, Miro Dance Theater, Stephen Petronio Company, Sally Silvers, Christopher Williams, Michael Uthoff Dance Theater, The Bang Group: Tap Lab, and more. Her own work has been commissioned by the Boston Ballet and New York Theater Ballet, and presented by The Space Dance & Arts Center, Melbourne, Australia. She has been in residence at Dance Initiative, Carbondale, CO and on faculty at Bard College, Barnard College, and New York Theater Ballet School. She is a frequent artist at the Vail Dance Festival. Melissa is a native of Sydney, Australia and earned a BFA in Dance Performance from New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL.

Laura Hirschberg (Production & Stage Manager) is a NYC-based stage manager/playwright/director. Favorite stage management credits include: The Mountaintop (Arc Stages), Gavin Creel: Walk on Through (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Babes in Toyland (Lincoln Center), Peter and the Wolf (BAM), Magic & Mayhem (Workshop Theater), and several seasons as the resident stage manager of the Spiegeltent, part of Bard Summerscape. Laura has just returned from stage managing Black Grace Dance Company's United States and New Zealand tours. Proud member of AEA.

Pam Tanowitz Dance (PTD) unites critically acclaimed choreographer Pam Tanowitz with a company of world-class dance artists and renowned collaborators in all disciplines. As a choreographer, Tanowitz is known for her abstract treatment of classical and contemporary movement ideas. The work is deeply rooted in formal structures, manipulated and abstracted by Tanowitz until the viewer sees through to the heart of the dance. The juxtapositions and tensions that Tanowitz creates draw upon the virtuosic skill, musical dexterity, and artistic integrity of the PTD dancers. Since its founding in 2000, PTD has received commissions and residencies at Fisher Center at Bard, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Chicago Dancing Festival, Danspace Project, Dance Theater Workshop, Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the Joyce Theater, ICA Boston, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, MANCC, New York Live Arts, Penn Live Arts, and Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA. Pam Tanowitz Dance was selected by the New York Times as Best of Dance 2013–21. Pamtanowitzdance.org

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Barbara Kenner

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Gideon Lester

Anthony Napoli

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Millbrook Tribute Garden

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National Endowment for the Arts

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Donors to the Bard Music Festival

Leadership Support

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Bettina Baruch Foundation

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Felicitas S. Thorne

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Golden Circle

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Jeanne Donovan Fisher

New York State Council on the Arts

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Director

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Fisher Center

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Liza Parker, Executive Director*

Artistic Director
Gideon Lester, Artistic Director

Administration
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Theater & Performance and Dance Programs
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Bard Music Festival

Executive Director

Irene Zedlacher

Artistic Directors

Leon Botstein

Christopher H. Gibbs

Associate Director

Raissa St. Pierre ’87

Scholars in Residence 2023

Byron Adams

Daniel Grimley

Program Committee 2023

Byron Adams

Leon Botstein

Christopher H. Gibbs

Daniel Grimley

Richard Wilson

Irene Zedlacher

Director of Choruses

James Bagwell

Vocal Casting

Joshua Winograde

Producer, Staged Concerts

Nunally Kersh

ABOUT FISHER CENTER

Fisher Center at Bard develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire. The Center’s relationship with Tanowitz began with the presentation of three works for Bard SummerScape Festival 2015 and continued with the 2018 commission, premiere, and touring of Four Quartets, which has been lauded as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” (The New York Times). Following the success of Four Quartets, Tanowitz became the Center’s first choreographer-in-residence. This 3-year fellowship supported by Jay Franke and David Herro included four film commissions, comprehensive administrative and touring support, creation residencies and rehearsal space, professional development, and three large-scale proscenium commissions- the last of which, Song of Songs, premiered in summer 2022.

With the success of Tanowitz’s fellowship, and connected to a 20-year record of developing ambitious productions, the Fisher Center is making its unique brand of long-term, personalized, and holistic support of artists the guiding force of its organizational development into the future. This commitment to American artists like Tanowitz is central to the Center’s mission as a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that develops, produces, and presents productions and context-rich offerings that challenge and inspire. It is a priority to nurture artists at all stages of their careers. As such, the Fisher Center serves as Tanowitz’s ongoing artistic home. For more information visit fishercenter.bard.edu

ABOUT FISHER CENTER LAB

​​Fisher Center LAB is the Fisher Center’s artist residency and commissioning program, providing custom-made and meaningful support for innovative artists across disciplines. Since its launch in 2012, Fisher Center LAB has supported residencies, workshops, and performances for hundreds of artists, incubating new projects and engaging audiences, students, faculty and staff in the process of creating contemporary performance.

ABOUT BARD COLLEGE

Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the adjoining Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 parklike acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs; graduate degrees in 11 programs; nine early colleges; and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 162-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at the main campus in the Hudson Valley has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.