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William Kentridge Philip Miller Dada Masilo Catherine Meyburgh Peter Galison REFUSE THE HOUR A Holland Festival, Festival d’Avignon, RomaEuropa Festival, Teatro di Roma, Onassis Cultural Center, Marian Goodman Gallery, Lia rumma Gallery and Goodman Gallery co-production Supported by 11 Feb–6 Mar 2016 | perthfestival.com.au William Kentridge Philip Miller Dada Masilo Catherine Meyburgh Peter Galison SOUTH AFRICA REFUSE THE HOUR AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE PERTH CONCERT HALL Fri 12–Sun 14 Feb This performance runs for 80 minutes, no interval CREATIVE TEAM Conception and libretto William Kentridge Music composition Philip Miller Choreography Dada Masilo Dramaturgy Peter Galison Video design Catherine Meyburgh William Kentridge Musical conductor, trumpet and flugel horn Adam Howard Percussion Tlale Makhene Violin Waldo Alexander Trombone Dan Selsick Piano Vincenzo Pasquariello Tuba Thobeka Thukane Scenic design Sabine Theunissen Movement Luc de Wit Costume design Greta Goiris Machine design Christoff Wolmarans Louis Olivier Jonas Lundquist Lighting design Felice Ross Sound design Gavan Eckhart Video orchestration Kim Gunning Music direction Adam Howard Music arrangement and orchestration Philip Miller Adam Howard Refuse the Hour was co-commissioned by the Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Festival d’Avignon, RomaEuropa Festival/Teatro di Roma (Rome) and Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), with additional support provided by Marian Goodman Gallery (New York, Paris & London), Lia Rumma Gallery (Naples & Milan) and Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg & Cape Town). William Kentridge Refuse the Hour was first performed in June 2012 at the Frascati Theatre in Amsterdam as part of the Holland Festival. Dancer Dada Masilo Vocalist Ann Masina Vocalist Joanna Dudley Actor Thato Motlhaolwa PERFORMERS TECHNICAL TEAM ON TOUR Technical direction Richard Pierre Lighting operation Marine Deballon Sound engineering Gavan Eckhart Video control Kim Gunning Technical support from William Kentridge Studio Chris-Waldo de Wet Refuse the Hour is represented by Quaternaire/Sarah Ford. Cover image: John Hodgkiss Image: John Hodgkiss REFUSE THE HOUR THINKING ALOUD IN EIGHT MOVEMENTS A projection on a ceiling. Audience members can see the images by leaning their heads back, looking up; or looking down into the small mirrors they each hold. The archive of images held in the air can be brought down to the private view. This is the starting point for our project. The ceiling projection was abandoned (we did not find the right ceiling). The idea was consigned to ‘the room of failures’ – yet to be constructed. Another starting point. An invitation by the Paris institution, Le Laboratoire, to do a project with a scientist. A series of conversations with Peter Galison commenced (ongoing). The project changed from the pre-history of relativity to a general consideration of time. A third alternative starting point. An invitation and a beautiful bombed shell of a theatre from dOCUMENTA. It was the right place to expand the consideration and making of the project on time. (The beautiful bombed theatre disappeared – to hold the air-conditioning unit of a new hotel). A fourth starting point. An interest in working with the dancer, Dada Masilo. The desire and the intention needed a subject. A particle collision. The conversation with the scientist became a duet or movement and voice. A fifth starting point. From the conversations with Peter Galison, a series of ideas and metaphors erupted, each idea needing to become materialised. Synchronicity into projected metronomes. Time into sound. A need to follow the metaphors and make them visible, audible. A sixth starting point. A team assembled. Philip Miller (composer) to turn time into sound. Catherine Meyburgh (video editor) to orchestrate the projected images. Jonas Lundquist to make mechanical (a bellows and a bicycle wheel) the principles of relativity. Christoff Wolmarans and Louis Olivier to do the same (a bicycle wheel and a megaphone). Sabine Theunissen (scenic designer) to make the context for the machines, the dance, the music, the projections. Greta Goiris (costume designer) to find the language in cloth and clothes for what had become an opera. Luc de Wit to find the orchestration of the stage movements of the actors and musicians. And then, an ancillary team of musicians, singers and organisers. Until there was more team than project – and then the project filled the gaps. William Kentridge Conception and libretto William Kentridge Conception and libretto Since the 1990s, William Kentridge’s work has been seen in museums and galleries around the world, including dOCUMENTA in Kassel, Germany; the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Albertina in Vienna; and the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris. His production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute was presented at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Festival d’Aix and La Scala in Milan. In 2010, he directed Shostakovich’s The Nose for the Met in New York and the Louvre in Paris presented Carnets d’egypte, a project conceived especially for its Egyptian room. Among Kentridge’s many honours are the Kyoto Prize, a doctor of literature ‘honoris causa’ degree from the University of London and an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Yale University. He has also been named a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. Philip Miller Music composition, arrangement and orchestration Philip Miller is a composer and sound artist from South Africa, working in different media, from live performance to film, video and sound installations. He has collaborated for more than 20 years with William Kentridge, including on The Refusal of Time (Metropolitan Museum of Art) and I am not me, the horse is not mine (Tate Modern, Sydney Biennale). His own performance of Rewind, a cantata for voice, tape and testimony, has toured internationally, including to the Venice Biennale. Miller composed the music for the SBS TV series, The First Australians, directed by Rachel Perkins, and he has an ongoing collaboration with Australian director, Phillip Noyce, which includes the films Catch a Fire, Mary and Martha and the upcoming US remake of the television series, Roots. Dada Masilo Choreography Dada Masilo trained at The Dance Factory and attended the National School of the Arts before spending a year at Jazzart Dance Theatre in Cape Town. She received the 2005 Gauteng MeC Award for most promising female dancer in a contemporary style and the 2008 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Dance. Masilo performed Romeo and Juliet at the 2008 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown and the Arts Alive International Festival in Johannesburg. In 2009, she performed Carmen at the same festivals. In 2010, she performed Swan Lake, which previewed at The Dance Factory before premiering at the National Arts Festival – five performances, five standing ovations. Peter Galison Dramaturgy Peter Galison is the Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the history of science and physics at Harvard University. His work explores the complex interaction between the three principal subcultures of physics – experimentation, instrumentation and theory, and their cultural and political surroundings. Galison’s books include How Experiments End, Image and Logic, Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s Maps and, with L Daston, Objectivity. Among other volumes, he co-edited The Architecture of Science; Picturing Science, Producing Art; Scientific Authorship; and Einstein for the 21st Century. Galison has co-directed two documentaries – Ultimate Weapon: The H-bomb Dilemma and Secrecy, with Robb Moss, about national security secrecy and democracy. Catherine Meyburgh Video design Catherine Meyburgh has worked in film as a director and editor since 1983. She has edited feature films, documentaries, multi-projection works in theatre, and experimental and short films. Recent work includes collaborations on The Refusal of Time with William Kentridge and Philip Miller; Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me, a feature documentary by director, Khalo Matabane; and Kentridge’s production of The Nose. Meyburgh directed Alan Paton’s Beloved Country, Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation and Viva Madiba: A Hero for All Seasons for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday celebration. Her work in collaborative installations has been exhibited at MoMA in New York and the Louvre in Paris. Image: John Hodgkiss Sabine Theunissen Scenic design Sabine Theunissen studied architecture in Brussels. She spent one year in the technical office of La Scala in Milan, then joined the Royal Théâter of la Monnaie in Brussels, where she worked with many set designers and directors. In 2003, she met William Kentridge and collaborated with him on The Magic Flute. Since then, she has designed the sets for The Nose, Refuse the Hour, The Refusal of Time, Winterreise and Lulu. She also designed Kentridge’s major exhibition, Notes Towards an Opera, and is preparing the design for the exhibition, 1000m2 of Desire (CCCB, Barcelona, September 2016). Luc De Wit Movement Luc De Wit is an actor, stage director, drama teacher and Feldenkrais practitioner. Since 1995, he has directed operas by Mozart, Poulenc, Milhaud and Kagel, and since 2005, he has collaborated with William Kentridge. He often directs Kentridge’s productions all over the world – Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Monteverdi’s Il ritorno di Ulisse and Wozzeck by Büchner. De Wit worked with Kentridge on Shostakovich’s The Nose for the Met, in co-production with the Festival of Aix-en-Provence and the Opera de Lyon, as well as on Alban Berg’s Lulu, also for the Met, in co-production with De Nederlandse Opera and English National Opera. Image: John Hodgkiss Greta Goiris Costume design Greta Goiris studied costume design at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Anvers, Belgium, and set design at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. As the assistant to Santiago del Corral, she worked on several Royal Flemish Theater, Brussels, productions, including Freule Julie and Freuds laatste droom. At Ro Theater of Rotterdam, she worked with Niek Kortekaas for the creation of Pinocchio. Recently, Goiris has designed costumes for acclaimed directors, Jacques Delcuvellerie, Johan Simons and Marc Liebens. Her many collaborations with South African visual artist, William Kentridge, include The Nose (the Met, 2010), The Refusal of Time (dOCUMENTA XIII, 2012), Winterreise (Vienna Festival, 2014), Lulu (the Met, 2015) and Refuse the Hour. Christoff Wolmarans Machine design Christoff Wolmarans was born in 1969 and, even as a child, liked to tinker in his father’s garage. He studied industrial design at Wits from 1990–93 and from 1994–2004, he worked in props and set-building for a Christian dance and drama company. During this time, he ran his own business, designing and manufacturing custom steel and wood furniture, as well as inventing and building all kinds of gadgets for private clients. Since 2008, he has been employed full-time in William Kentridge’s studio, building props to be filmed, as well as kinetic and static sculptures on Kentridge’s instructions. In 2010, he co-founded Workhorse Bronze Foundry with Louis Olivier and Hennie Bekker. Louis Olivier Machine design Louis Olivier is a sculptor, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He works in various media such as sculpture, drawing and installations. Olivier creates from the unknown depths of the heart and often uses cardboard with which to sculpt. He sees his position as an artist as that of a dragoman, an interpreter of the formless and the invisible, facilitating communication between the soul and matter. It is this process that contributes to his choice in materials. Olivier has completed several corporate commissions, including the Sandton Benchmark Project, which consists of two life-size bronze figures sitting on a public bench. Jonas Lundquist Machine design Jonas Lundquist has been collaborating with William Kentridge since 2004 on projects such as Black Box, The Refusal of Time and Refuse the Hour. He has held many positions in the theatrical/technical field since 1986, and has assisted artists like Brian Eno and Robert Wilson. ‘Ever since I sat beside my grandfather in his little studio, inventing his own digging machine or a powerful new type of porridge beater, I have been interested in mechanical solutions, movement and craftsmanship. To have the possibility to apply those interests to art and theatre is such a privilege and gives me great joy.’ Lundquist is currently head of workshops at the Royal Swedish Opera. Felice Ross Lighting design Felice Ross has designed the lights for many theatre, opera and dance productions, as well as art installations, in Europe, Israel, Korea, South Africa and the USA. She has designed lighting for the Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv; the National Opera, Warsaw; Washington National Opera, Washington DC; the Grand Opera, Poznań; Roma Musical Theatre, Warsaw; Royal Théâter of la Monnaie, Brussels; the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich; the Paris Opera; Teatro Real, Madrid; Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia; the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin; Welsh National Opera, Cardiff; National Opera, Prague; Savonlinna Opera Festival; and Third World Bunfight, Cape Town. Gavan Eckhart Sound design Gavan Eckhart is a sound engineer, producer and studio owner at Soul Fire Studios in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has been working with Philip Miller and William Kentridge for more than ten years, and has recorded and mixed the sound for most of their collaborative works, as well as Miller’s extensive film-score repertoire. His vast experience in theatre, television, film and music culminates in the creative utilisation of sound technology for visual arts and music production. Currently, he is installing sound systems for museums and venues, as well as producing and mixing for a variety of musical and visual artists, both in the studio and on the road. Kim Gunning Video orchestration Kim Gunning was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She began her career in theatre as a stage manager, eventually specialising in opera. In this capacity, she has worked extensively in South Africa, the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia. Gunning spent three years as the production stage manager for Chicago Opera Theater, during which time she also worked with Handspring Puppet Company on their productions, Il ritorno d’Ulisse and Ubu and the Truth Commission, both of which were directed by William Kentridge. That was the start of a long collaboration with Kentridge and since then, she has worked on his productions of Die Zauberflöte, The Nose, Refuse the Hour, Winterreise and Lulu. Image: John Hodgkiss Adam Howard Music direction, arrangement and orchestration, trumpet and flugel horn Adam Howard was born in the UK and holds a classical music degree from the world-famous Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Until recently, he was principal trumpet player for the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Howard has directed, composed, arranged, produced and performed music for many of South Africa’s top artists. In 2010, he performed at the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert alongside Alicia Keys, John Legend, Hugh Masekela and Angelique Kidjo. In 2012, Howard was asked to be musical director for William Kentridge’s Refuse the Hour. He regularly works with composer Philip Miller, and orchestrated the film, White Lion, in 2010. Ann Masina Vocals Ann Masina started singing as a soloist in the Africa Sings Choral Society in 1994. In 1999, she joined Cape Town Opera House and performed in operas, such as Carmen and Aida, to great acclaim. In 2008, she completed a European Tour with the two-time Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir and performed at the 46664 Concert at Hyde Park in London for the late Nelson Mandela. In 2009, she took to the stage with the Bala Brothers at Gold Reef City and also performed at the FIFA Final Draw in Cape Town. Since 2012, she has been part of the William Kentridge Refusal of Time workshops and the cast of Refuse the Hour. Joanna Dudley Vocals Joanna Dudley works internationally as a director, performer and singer, creating music theatre, installation and choreography. She studied early and contemporary music at the Adelaide Conservatorium and the Sweelink Conservatorium in the Netherlands. In Berlin, she has worked as a guest director and performer at the Schaubuehne. Dudley participated in the creation of Refuse the Hour and is also working with William Kentridge on his direction of Alban Berg’s Lulu for the Metropolitan Opera. Other opera work includes the choreography of Eugene Onegin for the Vienna State Opera and Tokyo Opera Nomori. She also co-created and performed in Foi, directed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for Les Ballets C de la B. Thato Motlhaolwa Actor Thato Motlhaolwa is a Market Theatre Laboratory drama graduate of 2008. Since then, he has been working in the performing arts industry as a performer, writer, director and producer. In 2008, Motlhaolwa appeared in the German feature film, The Ambassador, by Sigi Rothemund. He also worked on William Kentridge’s The Nose and toured Europe with Kentridge’s Refuse the Hour. Motlhaolwa wrote and directed the play, This Church, which appeared at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in 2010. He also wrote and directed Membership. Motlhaolwa works frequently as a voice-over artist. Tlale Makhene Percussion Born in Soweto, Tlale Makhene moved to Swaziland at a young age and began drumming at four. Highly regarded by musicians and musical fans alike, he is a much sought-after teacher, session musician and performer. His debut album, The Ascension of the Enlightened, is a truly spiritual offering. Makhene has toured with Keiko Matsui and performed on her album, MOYO. He has also performed with Pharaoh Sanders, Corrine Bailey, Angelique Kidjo and Jamalia as part of the 46664 concerts. He recently performed with Yusef Lateef and Rufus Reid at the Gold Reef City Lyric Theatre. Makhene has been nominated for an MTN South African Music Award for best contemporary album. Waldo Alexander Violin In 2002, Waldo Alexander became a founding member of the Sontonga Quartet, which toured extensively throughout southern Africa, North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The quartet collaborated with many prominent South African artists, including William Kentridge, Kevin Volans, Philip Miller and Paul Hanmer. Alexander’s recent career highlights include the world premiere of Volans’ violin:piano at the 2012 Ultraschall Festival in Berlin, collaborations with sound artist Francisco Lopez, the South African premiere of Pierre Boulez’s Anthèmes 2 and numerous tours with William Kentridge’s Refuse the Hour. Alexander plays a fine Italian violin, which is on generous loan from the Lindbergh Arts Foundation in Cape Town. 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