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Mark Morris
Returns after 3
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ChoreograPher with a vast
movement range and
unrivaled musicality,
Mark Morris returns to
BAM with his dance group and
the MMDG Music Ensemble in a
richly textured program featuring a
New York premiere and three
long-anticipated revivals.
Set to a suite of Stephen Foster
songs, 1995's Somebody's
Coming to See Me Tonight both
echoes and comments upon the
pure, sweetly optimistic Americana
of Foster's music. One of the
" ... Morris is the most
important choreographer
since George Balanchine."
-The Boston Globe
work's lovely interludes centers on
three amorous couples, one of
them a pair of smitten men, and
inflects the Victorian-era lyrics
with a resounding modernity.
Richard Cumming's beautifully
modulated suite of five pieces for
solo piano inspired the eponymous
Silhouettes (1999), a duet that cap-
tures the delicate emotional push
and pull evoked in the music.
Volume 1000, No.1
ance Group
.ars with a BAM!
Performed before
Howard Hodgkin's
striking red-and-green
backdrop, 1997's
Rhymes with Silver
launches the full company
into movement as varied as Lou
Harrison's sumptuous commis-
sioned score. Swooping arms,
trance-like whirling, a delirious
foxtrot, and seemingly incidental
gestures that telegraph for miles
all come together in a dance that
captures Harrison's pan-cultural
mix. As in all of Morris's
dances-including his newest
work, Rock of Ages, set to a
Schubert piano trio-it's the ('
essential correspondence .
with the music that pro- {
pels the dancing.
Morris' fans will recognize his style - swooping arms,
trance-like whirling and the beautiful movements.
 Rhythm & BAM will warm body and soul
ur annual Rhythm & BAM The electrifying energy of

O series explores established

and emerging popular
music forms with three concerts
guaranteed to shake your body and
elevate your soul.
Winter Soul tears the roof
off BAM with the godfathers of
modem urban music: George
Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars.
These Rock & Roll Hall ofFamers
bring their entire "Funk Mob" of
unforgettable and outrageous per-
formers to push the limits of musi-
cal experimentation and their own
unstoppable conceptions of style
and attitude. The buzz you've
gospel powers Praise Music, fea-
turing two gospel wonders. "First
lady of gospel" Shirley Caesar
sings heart-stopping ballads and
soul-stirring songs of glory and
devotion in a very special evening
shared with the Brooklyn
Tabernacle Choir. Led by Carol
Cymbal a, the ethnically and
socially diverse choir carries its
message of hope and salvation
from Brooklyn to the world.
In a new addition to the series,
Danny Simmons and BAM present
Def Poetry Plugged In, a collabo- George Clinton, godfather of modern urban
rative evening fusing spoken word music reunites with the P-Funk All-Stars.

heard about TV on the Radio is and hip-hop that features poets,

true. This unique Brooklyn trio
mixes cosmic jazz, amp ed-up elec-
tronica, danceable beats, and treat-
ed guitar into endlessly surprising
folds of sound.
musicians, and street spirits shar-
ing their love for wordplay and
good grooves. Performers include
HBO "Def Poetry Jam" alumnus
Saul Williams, poet, lyricist, and
writer and star of the 1998 film
Slam; sophisticated and seductive
poetess Ursula Rucker; Nuyorican
artist Karen Gibson Roc and her
revolutionary band Fluid; and
poet, actor, and playwright Sydnee
Stewart.

Eat, Drink AND be Literary

An Unique Culinary and Literary Experience
resented in partnership with the National Book Foundation, Dinner

P & a Reading pairs two of New York's passions-food and litera-

Three birds in one stone
ture-by bringing a best-selling author to BAMcafe each month
for an unique culinary and literary experience.
Each event features dinner with wine and coffee followed by a
reading, interview session with the author and a special guest moderator,
audience questions, and book signing. Communal seating offers a casual
atmosphere for literary enthusiasts to meet, eat, and talk before each
reading.
Seating is first come, first seated. Doors open at 6:30pm. A lavish
buffet by our acclaimed Executive Chef Carlos Baca and wine service
will commence at 7pm and finish with coffee service. Tables will be
cleared at 8pm for the reading, interview, and book signing.