Lincoln Center Festival 2005, Music, Dance, Poetry, & Theater
In New York and worldwide, thousands await the summers when the Lincoln Center Festival presents a performances of dance, theater, music, opera, and circus invited to perform in Lincoln Center after ariving from across the globe. Highlights mentioned in the recent announcement of this summer’s event include:Highlights include:
U.S. premiere of Indonesian epic I La Galigo directed by Robert Wilson
U.S. premiere of Le Theatre du Soleil’s Le Dernier Caravanserail (Odyssees) dramatizing the plight of refugees, directed by Ariane Mnouchkine, in Damrosch Park
A night of hip-hop teams Wyclef Jean with Senegal’s Daara J
World premiere of My Life As A Fairy Tale conceived and directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, music by Stephin Merritt, libretto by Erik Ehn, with Blair Brown
U.S. premiere of Brian Ferneyhough and Charles Bernstein opera Shadowtime
World premiere of a new work by Shen Wei Dance Arts
Piccolo Teatro di Milano’s acclaimed Arlecchino, Servant of Two Masters directed by Giorgio Strehler and starring Ferruccio Soleri
N.Y. premiere of Basil Twist’s version of Respighi puppet opera
Two of Mishima’s Modern Noh Plays directed by Yukio Ninagawa with rising young star Tatsuya Fujiwara
Revival of Merce Cunningham’s spectacular, Ocean; U.S.Premiere of Wayne McGregor’s AtaXia by Random Dance