Performance
Four Quartets
With images by Brice Marden
July 6–8, 2018
Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
fishercenter.bard.edu
Brice Marden is collaborating with choreographer Pam Tanowitz and composer Kaija Saariaho to present the world premiere of Four Quartets, the first-ever authorized dance performance based on T. S. Eliot’s modernist masterpiece from 1943 as part of Bard SummerScape 2018. All three collaborators share Eliot’s gift for abstraction and furthermore, like the poet, all three artists combine a conceptual approach with a profound feel for the personal. To attend the event, purchase tickets at fishercenter.bard.edu.
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Brice Marden, Untitled (Hydra), 2018 © 2018 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Bill Jacobson
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Four Quartets
With images by Brice Marden
February 10–12, 2022
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
bam.org
Brice Marden is collaborating with choreographer Pam Tanowitz and composer Kaija Saariaho to present Four Quartets, a dance performance based on T. S. Eliot’s modernist masterpiece published in 1943. The evocative stage design centers on paintings by Marden, their exquisite colors and imagery making connections to the geographical locations of the poem cycle’s four individual parts. Containing piercing and unforgettable literary passages, this unprecedented collaborative performance is the first to be authorized by the T. S. Eliot Estate. This is the New York City debut of the dance, following its world premiere at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 2018. To attend the event, purchase tickets at tickets.bam.org.
To learn more about the collaboration read an interview with Marden about the canvases that form the set design on Gagosian Quarterly.
Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova
Screening
The Four Quartets Experience
With images by Brice Marden
October 30–November 1, 2020
Four Quartets, a dance performance based on T. S. Eliot’s modernist poem cycle, with stage design centered on paintings by Brice Marden, was scheduled to be performed at Lincoln Center in New York this fall; however, this and future engagements have been postponed due to the pandemic. To allow audiences around the world an opportunity to view the performance from their homes, the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College will be streaming a film of the Four Quartets world premiere from October 31 at 12am edt through November 1 at 11:59pm edt. To attend the event, purchase tickets at fishercenter.bard.edu.
Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova
Performance
Four Quartets
With images by Brice Marden
February 15–16, 2020
Center for the Art of Performance, University of California Los Angeles
cap.ucla.edu
Brice Marden is collaborating with choreographer Pam Tanowitz and composer Kaija Saariaho to present Four Quartets, a dance performance based on T. S. Eliot’s modernist masterpiece published in 1943. The evocative stage design centers on paintings by Marden, their exquisite colors and imagery making connections to the geographical locations of the poem cycle’s four individual parts. Containing piercing and unforgettable literary passages, this unprecedented collaborative performance is the first to be authorized by the T. S. Eliot Estate. To attend the event, purchase tickets at cap.ucla.edu.
To learn more about the collaboration read an interview with Marden about the canvases that form the set design on Gagosian Quarterly.
Premiere of Four Quartets at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 6–8, 2018. Artwork © 2022 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maria Baranova
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