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Thank You!

We want to extend a huge thank you to those who contributed to the upcoming performances of NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM! None of this would be possible without the generosity and support of friends and family.

$10 or more

Maureen McVeigh, Lindsey Pogson, Clement Gomes, Kathryn Appleton, Rick Fudge, Claudia Gutierrez, Kate Gazzaniga, Evan Watkins, Alicia, Andrea Marks, William Vaughn, Cyndi, Cassie, Meghana, Rachel, Kate, Elizabeth Spano, Jake Millgard, Connie L. Wussow, Sean Tiemey, Mary Catherine Moore, Susan Marks, Kelly Preski, Judy Berger, Katie Dragon, Amanda Robbins, Chad Larson.

$50 or more

Kathy Durham, Janice E. Robbins, Christopher Kenendy, Jerry & Mary, Trisha and George Dagon, Zack Wussow, Ramona Krapp, Diana Bosse, Tammy Nelson-Matthews, Debra Kresch, Agnes Arquilla, Berdadette Heffern.

$100 or more

Phyllis Delahoyde, Eve and Bill Appleton, Bessie Taliaferro, Justin Gilmore, Tom Leonard, David Palmer, Linda Benichak, Lynn Kohrn, Sharlene Bedard.

$500 or more

Marilyn Lawson

We would also like to thank Playgarden for their continuing support and generous donation of space!

- The NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM Production Team

A Workshop, a Goodbye and a Space!

On August 19th, 2010 NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM was presented in workshop form to an audience of 23 people in lower Manhattan. The night was a great success and garnered wonderful feedback that we are now hard at work on implementing. In the audience was a mix of dancers, directors, friends, roommates and a few friends-of-friends that served as an essential outside perspective to the work. About an hour of material was presented with an hourlong discussion immediately following. The night was ended with a cocktail party on Katie Palmer's (choreographer) roof. The night was delightful and we look forward to the further development of the piece!

In other news, we are sad to say that Makha Mthembu (our stage manager) has returned to Iowa for school. She has been endlessly helpful and mood-lifting throughout the summer and we hate to see her go. Thank you so much to Makha for the hard work, love and humor! We now look to Kathryn Appleton, a Columbia graduate and friend of our producer, to take the reins and carry us to the end.

And last but certainly not least, we are proud to announce that we have booked a performance venue!! NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM will be presented at Steps on Broadway in the Upper West Side in just one short month! We will be performing:

Saturday, September 25th @ 9 PM

Sunday, September 26th @ 9 PM

Saturday, October 2nd @ 9 PM

Sunday, October 3rd @ 9 PM

Ticket information coming soon!

Also, we are in our last few days of fundraising with Kickstarter. If you haven't seen our page, please check it out. We depend on your support and would so much appreciate any help you are able to give us! Click HERE to see the page!

- Paul Bedard

Director, NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM

Fundraising for NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM

Hello friends,

We are in the thick of it now! Rehearsals have been underway for a month and we now begin looking towards our August 19th workshop in a few weeks. The cast and crew have been working very hard and are charging full speed ahead.

As we approach the halfway point in our process we are planning out the September production and gauging its demands. As with most things, producing theater is very expensive. We have just launched a site with Kickstarter to raise the funds needed for the production. If you are at all able to donate, we would appreciate it so much. Every little bit puts us that much closer to our dream production.

Thank you so much, everyone, for all the support you have given us thus far. I hope you'll check out our Kickstarter and keep following our blog as we approach our production in September.

Paul Bedard

Director of NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM

nijinskytheater@gmail.com

ANNOUNCING THE CAST OF NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM

NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM

Conceived and directed by Paul Bedard

Choreographed by Katie Palmer

Arranged and musically directed by Randall Benichak

Performed by (in order of appearance):

Nijinsky - Inna Yureneva

Mama Nijinska & The Baron - Annie Chang

Sonia, Nijinsky's First Encounter - Ally Goodbaum

Prince Lvov - Katie Polin

Diaghilev - Aleks Krutanis

Pulszky - Arielle Hader

Papa Diaghilev & Papa Pulszky - Len Shaffer

Yelena & Cecchetti - Ashley Marinelli

Ensemble - Andrea Marks

In addition Matt Polacek will be assisting the generation of character and choreography.

AUDITIONS

NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM

conceived & directed by Paul Bedard
choreographed by Katie Palmer
arranged & musically directed by Randall Benichak

NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM is a dance-theater piece depicting the passions and struggles of Russian dancer Vaslov Nijinsky and his two significant others – producer Sergei Diaghilev and wife Romola Pulszky. Drawing on classics of the time, this narrative and dance spectacle triumphs instinct over reason, emotion over thought and, for Nijinsky, art over the self. NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM performs September 2010 with 15 performers accompanied by a live orchestra.


AUDITION INFORMATION

Location:
440 Lafayette, 4th Floor

Dates & Times:
Please attend one of the two following 2-hour calls-
Sunday, June 27th, 8:30-10:30 PM
Wednesday, June 30th, 8:30-10:30 PM

Callbacks will be held by appointment as necessary.

Details:
Please provide headshot and resume
A series of short dance combinations will be taught
Dancing en pointe a plus

Roles:
6 male and 9 female dancers
Looking for collaborative dancers excited to generate material

Characters:

Vaslav Nijinsky
Sergei Diaghilev
Romola Pulszky

Mama Nijinsky
Prince Lvov
Leonide Massine

Papa Diaghilev
Yelena Diaghileva
Dmitry “Dima” Filosofov

Papa Pulszky
The Baron
Enrico Cecchetti

an Ensemble


For more information please email nijinskytheater@gmail.com

NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM

"People think that life depends on the sun. I know that life depends on people"

- V. Nijinsky

NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM is a dance-theater piece telling the life and struggles of Russian dancer Vaslov Nijinsky and his two significant others: producer Sergei Diaghilev and wife Romola Pulszky. The work combines the theatricality and styles of classical ballet, modern dance and visual narrative theater while collaging the work of the choreographers and composers of the time. Choreographically and musically, the piece pulls from such classics as Afternoon of the Faun and The Rite of Spring, both choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, as well as Giselle, Petrouschka, The Firebird and others. The embodied and orchestrated collage uses the styles and mood of each piece to tell the biographies of our three central characters: Nijinsky, Diaghilev and Pulszky. With acore cast of 5 and an ensemble cast of 10, NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM fills the stage with narrative and dance spectacle to provide an experience that triumphs instinct over reason, emotion over thought and, for Nijinsky, art over the self.

Conceived and Directed by Paul Bedard

Choreographed by Katie Palmer

Musical Directed by Randall Benichak

Coming Fall 2010

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NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM plans to workshop August 2010 and perform Fall 2010.
This production builds on a December 2009 workshop production at Playwrights Horizons Theater School with design and dramaturgy by Meghan Kennedy, Katie Key, Julia Locascio, Lindsey Sikes and Dan Stearns. The December 2009 workshop featured:
Nijinsky: Tripp Fountain
Pulszky / Women: Rachel Sussman
Mother / Doctor Frenkel: Theresa Burns

Diaghilev / First Doctor: Aleks Krutainis
Prince Lvov / Massine: Matt Polacek