Armitage Gone! Dance: The Elegant Universe
Armitage Gone! Dance: The Elegant Universe
As part of the Guggenheim Museum's Works & Process series, director/choreographer Karole Armitage presents a new work inspired by physicist Brian Greene's bestselling book, The Elegant Universe. This dynamic performance blends music, dance, text, and projected imagery to create a vibrant portrait of the universe as revealed by cutting-edge physics, incorporating wondrous insights from the realm of string theory.
The performances will include a discussion between Armitage, Brian Greene and composer Lukas Ligeti about the rich and challenging process of transforming scientific concepts into aesthetic expression. Lukas Ligeti's score will be performed live by the Composer with Marco Cappelli on guitar, and by Ha-Yang Kim on cello.
Tickets: $30.00
Student Tickets: $10.00
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Karole Armitage
Karole Armitage is a dancer and choreographer widely known for combining disparate styles and themes with the discipline and techniques of classical ballet. She is the artistic director of Armitage Gone! Dance, a company based in New York City.
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Brian Greene
Brian Greene, whose books The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos each spent six months on the New York Times bestseller list, has been described by the Washington Post as “the single best explainer of abstruse ideas in the world today.” He is professor of physics and of mathematics at Columbia University, and was host of the Peabody- and Emmy award-winning NOVA adaptation of The Elegant Universe.
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Lukas Ligeti
Lukas Ligeti is a composer whose works combine downtown New York experimentalism with contemporary classical music, jazz, electronica, and world music.
