Galapagos Art Space, once a rebel outfit in Williamsburg, is now a cultural pace-setter." - The New Yorker
STRAVINSKY'S HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT FEATURING TIM FAIN, THE LAR LUBOVITCH DANCE COMPANY, AND RANSOM WILSON'S LE TRAIN BLEU
 One Night Only at Galapagos! Please join us for a star-studded new production of Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat. Violinist TIM FAIN, fresh from his on- and offscreen appearance in the film Black Swan, will perform the featured solo violin part. Dance legend LAR LUBOVITCH will choreograph the work for members of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. MacArthur Grant winner JENNIFER TIPTON will be the Lighting Designer, and New York City Opera stage director A. SCOTT PARRY will serve as Dramaturg. Additionally, the performance marks the debut of a new ensemble, LE TRAIN BLEU, conducted by renowned flutist and conductor RANSOM WILSON.
Histoire du Soldat is a 1918 theatrical work “to be read, played,and danced,” set to music by Igot Stravinsky. The libretto, based on a Russian folk tale, is by Swiss writer C.F. Ramuz and tells the story of a soldier who trades his fiddle to the devil for a book that predicts the future. The music is scored for violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trombone, and percussion, and the story is told by three actors: the soldier, the devil, and a narrator. In this production, dancers will portray non-speaking roles and serve to illuminate the story. The performance will be in English.
There will be two performances of Histoire Du Soldat, one at 7:30pm and another at 9:30pm.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
SHOW 1: Doors: 6:30 pm, Show: 7:30 pm | $20 Mezzanine, $25 Lakeside, $40 reserved Island Seating includes Open Bar (beer, wine, well drinks)
SHOW 2: Doors: 9:00 pm, Show: 9:30 pm | $20 Mezzanine, $25 Lakeside, $40 reserved Island Seating includes Open Bar (beer, wine, well drinks)
FLOATING KABARETTE
 Circus acrobatics special featuring Harvest Moon (formerly of Cirque du Soleil) and Joshua Dean (Suspended Cirque)!
Harvest Moon, also known as The Sultry Siren of Burlesque, began her career by founding the legendary dance troupe The Cantankerous Lollies in 1995. Miss Moon's troupe quickly became San Francisco's premiere showgirl act, known for their Montmartre-style cabarets, including rousing Can-Cans which would've made Toulouse Lautrec proud. Harvest has also performed with members of Cirque Du Soliel in the 2005 production of "The Love Show".
Joshua Dean, co-founder of Suspended Cirque, has danced around the world as a ballet, modern, and musical theater dancer. He has worked with Twyla Tharp and been in Cats, West Side Story, The Music Man, and many others.
Tonight’s awesome lineup also includes Sarah Louise Young, Miss Tickle, Maine Attraction, Freddy Malaboca, and your delightfully raunchy host Bastard Keith.
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Doors: 10:00 pm, Show: 10:30 pm | $15 General Admission, $20 Reserved VIP
OPERA GROWS IN BROOKLYN: LADIES' NIGHT!
 “I for one do not intend to miss another installment of this remarkable series!!!” …the eclectic and sometimes challenging musical offerings [are] beautifully framed by the contemporary space and the relaxed, social atmosphere.” - The Opera Insider
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Opera Grows in Brooklyn features scenes from contemporary operas by three of the fairer sex’s best composers:
- MIRANDA, a multi-media singspiel by Kamala Sankaram where the audience becomes detective, judge, and jury for an unsolved crime.
- PRAIRIE DOGS, the second in a triptych of operas that constitute The Wild Beast of the Bungalow. Inspired by the Gopher Hole Museum in Torrington, Alberta, PRAIRIE DOGS finds an eleven-year-old Girl in a town overrun by prairie dogs.
- PATIENCE & SARAH, the controversial opera that was the talk of the 1998 Lincoln Center Festival. Set in Connecticut in the winter of 1816, PATIENCE & SARAH tells the powerful story of two young women (soprano Adrienne Danrich and mezzo Rosalie Sullivan) who meet, fall in love, and resolve to devote their lives to each other.
Opera Grows in Brooklyn is an ongoing collaboration between American Opera Projects, “known for bringing cutting-edge vocal production to the masses,” (New York), and Opera on Tap, “…raucous and sublime…un-elitist, imperfect, and fun…” (NY Sun), that presents 90 minutes of songs and scenes from contemporary composers in a hip, cabaret-style atmosphere. Audiences have a chance to meet the artists and composers after the performance.
SUNDAY, MARCH 27
Doors: 6:00 pm, Show: 7:00 pm | $15 Advance, $20 at door for fellas, $15 at door for ladies
Also coming up at Galapagos:
BAROQUE BURLESQUE
Tuesday, March 29
Doors: 7:00 pm - 8:00pm | $10
Let your imagination take a time machine back to our fantasy-filled take on a flourishing and powerful time. Our corsetted and bewigged ladies will conjure up the dynamic and erotic elements of the period. Our resident host, Bastard Keith, will lead you through this evocative and visceral experience.
SWISS MISS' CREATIVE MORNINGS
Thursday, March 31
Doors: 8:30 am - 10:00am | FREE
CreativeMornings is a monthly speaker series and morning gathering of creative types. Each event includes a 15-20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. Brought to you by Swiss Miss, a NYC-based design blog and studio. CreativeMornings are free of charge!
This morning’s speaker is Ji Lee, a graphic designer and artist, founder of the Bubble Project and the author of two books. Ji’s a frequent contributor for The New York Times. His work has been featured in the ABC World News, Newsweek, Wired, The Guardian, GQ, Huffington Post, Boing Boing, Gizmodo, among others. Ji works as a creative director at Google Creative Lab.
CHIARA QUARTET
Thursday, March 31
Doors: 7:00 pm, Show: 8:00 pm | $10 General Admission
“When the musicians put bows to strings, they delivered a nuanced performance that suggested that Webern’s 1909 score accommodates, and perhaps demands, conflicting points of view. They embraced the late Romanticism from which the music is mined, playing parts of the first movement with a lush, pulsing vibrato that made its turn-of-the-century Viennese origins unmistakable, and bathing the finale in an emotional, warm glow.” - The New York Times
Join us for the fourth volume in the year-long Creator/Curator series, featuring composer Daniel Ott. The Chiara Quartet will premiere Ott’s String Quartet No. 2, and perform Lutosawski’s String Quartet, chosen by the composer to accompany his new composition.
We'd like to tell you about this awesome event by PROUDgirls, an organization that donates prom dresses to high schoolers in need:
It's that time of year again! PROM 2011! GIVE BIG when you join us at Bloomingdale's Walt Whitman for THE WHITE HOT PROM PRE-PARTY! Saturday, March 26th, 2:00pm - 5:00pm. Teams of girls from high schools in Long Island, will walk the runway representing their personal Prom Styles. The panel of judges will be scoring each time to see who the "Style Squad" winner is.
SO HOW DO YOU GIVE BIG? Bring in new or gently worn and cleaned dresses to be donated to PROUDgirls "Team Copiague" Prom Dress Boutique. PROUDgirls will be giving your donated dresses to girls who want to feel special on their prom day too but don't have the luxury of buying a fancy new dress.
GIVE BIG. Give a dress, make a HUGE DIFFERENCE in a girl's life.
SATURDAY MARCH 26th 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Bloomies, Walt Whitman Mall | 160 Walt Whitman Rd. Suite 1101
(631) 271-1746
If you cannot attend the event but would like to donate a dress, please send in a new or gently worn and cleaned dress to:
PROUDgirls Inc.
PO Box 358
St. James, NY 11780
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ABOUT GALAPAGOS ART SPACE
Galapagos Art Space strives to cultivate and develop arts and culture while enabling audiences to engage in intellectual and social dialogue. It presents a range of unique and regular flagship productions that embrace the wonderful diversity of dance, music, design, science, technology, and thought. All of Galapagos' performances impart artists and audience members alike to meaningfully participate within New York City’s cultural ecosystem while also being entertained. Most of its activities take place within the Galapagos headquarters based in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
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