WINTER 2025
Kaatsbaan’s programs are made possible thanks to the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Thursday
March 6
new work preview: gibney company
6:00 PM
$5 – $10, Suggested donation
Free for all Members
55 minutes
Black Box Theater
Gibney Company shows a new commission by choreographer Peter Chu, who is working with the company during their residency at Kaatsbaan. Chu's creative process is holistic and mindful, incorporating qi gong and taiji principles to enhance movement quality and imagery. He guides dancers to connect with their environment, surrender to the intangible, and let their inner sensations direct their movements. A captivating soundscape immerses the audience in a space where pulse and rhythm intertwine. After the performance, audience members are part of a Q&A with the artists. Premiers at The Joyce Theater in NYC in May 2025.
Gibney Company is a contemporary creation-based repertory company based in New York City. They perform works by renowned and emerging choreographers who are committed to exploring connections between the rigorous, often superhuman physicality of contemporary dance alongside responsive, humanistic storytelling.
Photo by Whitney Browne
Saturday
March 22
Chamber Music America + Kaatsbaan present:
Ivalas Quartet
7:00 PM
80 minutes
$35 General Admission
$17 Students with ID
Black Box Theater
With Chamber Music America, Kaatsbaan presents Ivalas Quartet and their program First Light, featuring works by Osvaldo Golijov, Eleanor Alberga, and Ludvig van Beethoven. First Light brings the listener on a journey through the cosmos with works by composers who muse on the origins of our universe and the experience of existing beyond our world. The program closes with Beethoven’s Opus 130, a piece deemed so timeless that a recording was included in the 1977 Voyager craft as a gift to any otherworldly beings it might encounter. First Light premiered at Carnegie Hall.
The program includes:
Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae
Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Pedro Sánchez, cello; Tiani Butts, violin; Reuben Kebede, violin, Marcus Stevenson, viola. Photo by Rachel Papo.
Hailed by The Strad for playing with “tremendous heart and beauty,” the Ivalas Quartet has been changing the face of classical music since its inception in 2017. With its mission to enrich the classical music world by spotlighting past and present BIPOC composers alongside the standard repertory, the Ivalas Quartet is comprised of violinists Rueben Kebede and Tiani Butts, violist Marcus Stevenson, and cellist Pedro Sánchez. The Quartet is the 2024–2025 Curator/Performing Ensemble of the Schneider Concerts at The New School and were in residence at the University of Colorado-Boulder under the mentorship of the Takács Quartet. They performed in Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City series and, in collaboration with New Latin Wave, the FUTUROS - New Ideas in Composition series.