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Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s)

SWEPT AWAY: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s)
by Warren Neidich

Join us at Main Beach on September 10, 17, 24 from 7-10PM and October 30 from 6-9PM for a series of unmissable happenings!

September 17 artists include Toni Ross, Dalton Portella, Candace Hill Montgomery, Carlos Lama, Alice Hope, Katrina Del Mar with Chris Jones, and more.

Bring your own chairs!

Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s) will take place at the water’s edge in front of the Pavilion at Main Beach in East Hampton. Attendees can watch or be an active participant and enjoy the evening’s festivities.

Warren Neidich notes “Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate is a community oriented artistic project that aims to create a transcontinental heartbeat across America. It is hoped that through its combined gestures and performances, a sense of solidarity, so desperately missing today, will emerge with which to confront the ecological catastrophe at our doorstep.”

The syncopated sound of the surf will provide the background acousmatic. This poetic project in some ways harkens back to the Happenings staged by Allan Kaprow in 1966 all through the South Fork: https://alastairgordonwalltowall.com/2018/02/07/gas-i-am-a-happener-1966-east-hampton/

Artist Warren Neidich who created the successful Drive by Art event in 2020. The project is co-curated and co-coordinated by Christina Strassfield, Museum Director/Chief Curator of Guild Hall, Anuradha Vikram, Los Angeles based independent curator, and Los Angeles based conceptual artist Renee Petropoulos, plus administrative coordination by Julie McKim. 65 artists living in on the East End and 65 west coast artists are participating in this community and family-based Art Happening. In the spring the reverse will occur; with East End artists writing love letters to LA artists to be executed at Will Rogers State Beach, Santa Monica in conjunction with the 18th Street Arts Center.

At Main Beach, artists will create ephemeral performative gestures of immateriality or time-based works on the beach. This could be making a sandcastle, singing a song, reciting poetry, dancing, make a sculpture that interacts with the tide, collecting shells, doing a light projection on Main Beach pavilion, picking up garbage on the beach, etc. The works could be political and deal with global warming and its effects on the water level or could be apolitical and talk about the natural beauty of the real in opposition to the digital and virtual.

The importance of biodegradable, non-toxic materials will be essential as well as leaving the beach pristine after the work. Each artist has been linked up to a west coast artist who will email instructions – a love letter – for a work of art that the local artist will incorporate into their performative piece, acting as a surrogate.

The list of East End and West Coast artist pairings is as follows:

EAST END ARTISTS >> LOS ANGELES ARTISTS

Suzanne Anker > > Margarethe Drexel
Elena Bajo > > Jasmine Orpilla
Lillian Ball > > Dana Berman Duff
Monica Banks > > Jamie Ross
Dianne Blell > > Lisa Anne Auerbach
Scott Bluedorn > > Robby Herbst
Megan Chaskey > > Lionel Popkin
Scott Chaskey > > Kathryn Andrews
Philippe Cheng > > David Horvitz
Andrea Cote > > Nina Waisman
Ivana Dama > > Rodrigo Arruda
Peter Dayton > > Anita Pace
Katrina Del Mar + Chris Jones > > Taisha Paggett + Meital Yaniv
Jeremy Dennis + Beau Bree Rhee > > Debra Disman
Sabra Moon Elliot > > Rochelle Fabb
Carol Edwards > > Pamela Hudson
Eva Faye > > Patty Chang + David Kelley
Saskia Friedrich > > Fran Siegel
Margaret Garrett > > Susan Kleinberg
Veronica Gonzalez Peña > > Cassandra Marketo
Kimberly Goff > > Cheri Gaulke + Xochi Maberry-Gaulke
Jeremy Grosvenor > > Vincent Johnson
Jerelyn Hanrahan + Laura Ross White > > Andrew Berardini
Candace Hill Montgomery > > Anna Joy Springer
Virva Hinnemo > > Sam Shoemaker
Alice Hope > > Krysten Cunningham
Erica-Lynn Huberty > > Sandeep Mukherjee
Terri Hyland > > Joseph Mosconi
Ruby Jackson > > Alice Könit
No Partner > > Carolyn Castano
Nishan Kazazian > > Beatriz Cortez
Carlos Lama >> No Partner
No Partner > > Badly Licked Bear
Christine Lidrbauch > > Sterling Wells
Donald Lipski > > Raul Baltazar
Sutton Lynch > > Yrneh Gabon Brown
No Partner > > Jiayun Chen
Tanya Minhas > > Allison Wyper
Richard Mothes > > Kristin Calabrese
Michelle Murphy > > Sarah Beadle
Jill Musnicki > > Victoria Vesna
Lois Nesbitt > > Lucia Santini Ribisi
Eileen O’Kane Kornreich > > Iman Person
Jaanika Peerna > > Marcus Kuiland Nazario
Dalton Portella > > Ryat Yezbick
Toni Ross > > Sharon Barnes
David Rothenberg > > May Sun
Will Ryan > > Jody Zellen
Sara Salaway > > Melinda Altshuler
Matthew Satz > > Katie Grinnan
Bastienne Schmidt > > Jisoo Chung
Barry Schwabsky > > David Schafer
Christine Sciulli > > Karen Lofgren
Arlene Slavin > > Jenny Yurshansky
Janice Stanton > > Kearra Gopee
Christina Sun > > Catherine Scott
Carol Szymanski with David Adewomi > > Xiouping (Whitworth)
Sara VanDerBeek > > Alicia Serling
Ryan Wallace > > Joshua Aster
Ross Watts > > Justine Harari
Allan Wexler > > Dan Kwong
Nina Yankowitz > > Francesca Gabbiani
Darius Yektai > > Barbara McCarren + Jud Fine
Almond Zigmund > > Marissa Mandler

Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s)

SWEPT AWAY: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s)
by Warren Neidich

Join us at Main Beach on September 10, 17, 24 from 7-10PM and October 30 from 6-9PM for a series of unmissable happenings!

9/24 Presenter Schedule:

Scott Bluedorn (in collaboration with Robby Herbst)
Circle A – 8:15-8:45pm

Sabra Moon Elliot (in collaboration with Rochelle Fabb)
Circle B – 9:15-9:45pm

Erica-Lynn Huberty (in collaboration with Sandeep Mukherjee)
Circle E – 7- 7:30pm

Ruby Jackson (in collaboration with Alice Könitz)
Circle D – 8:30-9pm

Nishan Kazazian (in collaboration with Beatriz Cortez)
Circle A – 7-7:30pm

Tanya Minhas (in collaboration with Allison Wyper)
Circle D –7:30-8pm

Will Ryan (in collaboration with Jody Zellen)
Circle E – 9:15-9:45pm

Matthew Satz (in collaboration with Katie Grinnan)
Circle D – 9:30-10pm

Christine Sciulli (in collaboration with Karen Lofgren)
Circle D – 7-7:30pm

Arlene Slavin (in collaboration with Jenny Yurshansky)
Circle C – 7-7:30pm

Sara VanDerBeek (in collaboration with Alicia Serling)
Circle D – 8:15-8:45pm

Allan Wexler (in collaboration with Dan Kwong)
Circle E – 8-8:30pm

Nina Yankowitz (in collaboration with Francesca Gabbiani)
Circle C – 7-7:30pm

Almond Zigmund (in collaboration with Marissa Mandler)
Circle B – 8-8:30pm

Bring your own chairs!

The list of East End and West Coast artist pairings is as follows:

EAST END ARTISTS > LOS ANGELES ARTISTS

Guild Hall & The Clubhouse Present Choir! Choir! Choir! in TRUE COLORS: An Epic Pride Sing-Along!

Choir! Choir! Choir! returns to the Hamptons! They couldn’t be more excited to be back in the Hamptons, this time in an OFFSITE collaboration between Guild Hall and The Clubhouse in a program titled, True Colors: An Epic Pride Sing-Along! The program will include hits from LGBTQ+ artists and icons like George Michael, Cher, Madonna, Queen, Dolly Parton, Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, Abba, and more. Get ready to fill the Clubhouse with over 200 voices singing along with Canada’s famed singing group.

The bar at The Clubhouse will be open for drinks only.

Choir! Choir! Choir! is a Toronto-based singing group led by creative directors Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman. The duo takes a non-traditional approach; there are no auditions, and the audience is the choir. Show up and they’ll teach you an original arrangement to a song you love. Founded in 2011, Choir! Choir! Choir! has amassed a dedicated and passionate community of singers and a thriving international fan base on YouTube amassing 10s of millions of views on some of their videos.

The group has performed with renowned artists such as Patti Smith, David Byrne, Rick Astley, Tegan and Sara, and Rufus Wainwright, and onstage at New York’s Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall with the likes of Debbie Harry and The Flaming Lips. They’ve created content for NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar with Hamilton’s Brandon Victor Dixon. And they they’ve performed at the MET in New York for New York Pride and hosted their own float in Toronto Pride. They remembered Canadian music hero, Gord Downie, by performing Grace Too with the surviving members of the Tragically Hip to 10,000 fans in Toronto.

Choir! Choir! Choir! exists to celebrate music and push the boundaries between practice and performance, artist and audience, offering therapeutic benefits with the ultimate side effect: a powerful community

“Choir! Choir! Choir! has fashioned a profound way for people to connect and interact” – The New Yorker

“Choir! Choir! Choir! has grown into a national phenomenon by tapping into a need that people share – and have few opportunities to actually do – joining together, opening their hearts and raising their voices in song.” – CBC

COVID-19 Protocol: For indoor programs, all guests over the age of 12 must provide proof of full vaccination.

KidFEST OUTDOORS @CMEE: Charlotte Blake Alston – Stories & Songs in the Oral Tradition

Recommended for ages 4+

4:30PM: Pre-show workshop
5-6:15PM: Performance

This program will take place outdoors.
RAIN DATE: Thursday, July 7

Whether or not she accompanies a story with a thumb piano, djembe, or 21-string kora, Charlotte Blake Alston’s most powerful instrument is her melodic and mesmerizing voice. It is with that primary instrument that she breathes life into ancient and contemporary tales. In this electronic age, Charlotte does what stories have achieved for thousands of years and engage the imagination, underscore human commonalities, and reiterate life lessons gained from centuries of human experience.

In her one-women production, Stories & Songs in the Oral Tradition, Charlotte weaves together stories from the West African countries of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea and Mali for our youngest audiences. Exploring the lessons learned from and relationships between humans, animals, and our natural environments, Stories & Songs in the Oral Tradition is filled with moments of audience participation. Come ready to clap, sing, and help tell the stories!

A ticket to Guild Hall’s KidFEST @CMEE provides entry into a free pre-show workshop beginning at 4:30pm. Designed and led by educators at both Guild Hall & CMEE, this workshop will have audience members create hand puppets of the characters and symbols explored in Charlotte Blake Alston’s, Stories & Songs in the Oral Tradition. A pre-show workshop designed and led by educators from both Guild Hall & CMEE will have participants creating hand puppets of the characters and symbols explored in Charlotte Blake Alston’s Stories & Songs in the Oral Tradition. Audience members will also receive a take-home kit with activities, reading recommendations, and an event-themed cookie from Citarella to continue and strengthen the lessons shared in Charlotte’s stories.

Click HERE for CMEE COVID-19 protocol.

ABOUT KidFEST

Guild Hall’s KidFEST returns for the 2022 Summer Season. Designed specifically for our youngest audiences and their families, KidFEST connects our Hamptons communities to new cultures, new artists, and new stories through playful, participatory, and tailor-made performances.

The Summer 2022 KidFEST series is in collaboration with our sister organization, the Children’s Museum of the East End (CMEE). All performances will be held outdoors in the CMEE Amphitheater, 376 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton.

Hamptons Dance Project IV

This program will take place outdoors.

Jose Sebastian and Hamptons Dance Project (HDP) return to Guild Hall for their fourth summer season. Set on a stunning 20-acre farm overlooking Gardiner’s Bay, this annual event honors the East End’s legacy as a creative hotbed and artistic haven to promote dance as a pillar of the area’s rich cultural landscape. The Hamptons Dance Project pairs dancers from American Ballet Theatre and beyond with master choreographers in fresh, dynamic works—including world premieres—that explore a wide spectrum of dance from contemporary to classical.

Hamptons Dance Project IV will feature world premiere performances by Houston Thomas and Luke Hickey along with pieces by Adriana Pierce and Jorma Elo. Sebastian is especially happy to also have choreographers Christopher Wheeldon and Justin Peck returning this year. “We explored Justin’s ballet, ‘CHUTES AND LADDERS’ through Guild Hall‘s William P. Rayner Residency earlier this year. We are looking forward to coming full circle as we present it as part of our 2022 season,” said Sebastian.

This year’s company of dancers includes Jose Sebastian along with ABT dancers Skylar Brandt, Catherine Hurlin, Isadora Loyola, Lauren Bonfiglio, Ingrid Thoms, Sierra Armstrong, and Michael de la Nuez*.

Jose Sebastian & Hamptons Dance Project are the Inaugural Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artists-in-Residence.

Chairs will be available or you can bring your own beach chairs and blankets. It is recommended to bring sunscreen and insect repellant, and wear comfortable shoes, as guests will walk through the natural landscapes from the parking area to the stage. Transport will be available from the parking area to the stage for those who need assistance. Restrooms will be available.

The private address for the performance will be provided to ticket buyers upon confirmation of ticket purchase and again 24 hours prior to the performance date.

*Program and dancers subject to change.

Guild Hall & Calvary Baptist Church Present Resistance Revival Chorus

SOLD OUT: IN-PERSON WAITING LIST WILL BE TAKEN STARTING AT 6PM

Guild Hall & Calvary Baptist Church Present Resistance Revival Chorus
Friday, June 3, 7-8:30PM
$55 ($49.50 for Members)
Calvary Baptist Church, 60 Spinner Lane, East Hampton

The Resistance Revival Chorus is a collective of more than 60 womxn who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women’s voices. The great artist and activist Harry Belafonte once said, “when the movement is strong, the music is strong” and the RRC attempts to live up to that call. Chorus members are touring musicians, film and television actors, Broadway performers, solo recording artists, gospel singers, political activists, educators, filmmakers, artists, and more, representing a multitude of identities, professions, creative backgrounds, and activist causes. The RRC centers women in music and addresses how historically marginalized women have been in the music industry.

As part of their 2022 Tour, the Resistance Revival Chorus will present a concert featuring original anthems from their 2020 album, This Joy. The album features original compositions along with protest classics and was recorded in New York City with GRAMMY-nominated producer Tiffany Gouché. The album is 100% created by women, non-binary artists and features special guests Rhiannon Giddens, Valerie June, and Deva Mahal. Righteous Babe’s Ani DiFranco says of the Chorus “The RRC is like an antidote to silence and submission. In this age of division and hopelessness, let us listen to their collective voice and get lifted. Let us remember who we really are.”

A unique feature to the Resistance Revival Chorus’ program in East Hampton is a week-long residency with East Hampton High School (EHHS). During the week leading up to the concert, singer, songwriter, activist, and Resistance Revival Chorus Member, Meah Pace, will work with students from the EHHS Choir. Pace will lead the choir in the composition of their own original anthem and teach them repertoire from the Resistance Revival Chorus to be performed as part of the June 3 concert.

Singing Beautifully: The Roots and Fruits of Bel Canto Style

Singing Beautifully: The Roots and Fruits of Bel Canto Style
with Jack Swanson and Katherine Henly
Rachelle Jonck and Derrick Goff, pianists

Guild Hall and Bel Canto Boot Camp’s new Resident Artist Series kicks off with tenor Jack Swanson and soprano Katherine Henly, and BCBC’s Rachelle Jonck and Derrick Goff at the piano in a program of opera, film, musical theater, and song.

The recital features a solid dose of bel canto classics, including excerpts from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Don Pasquale, as well as songs by Rossini and Bellini. Gilbert and Sullivan afford us a stroll through bel canto in English with excerpts from their much beloved Pirates of Penzance. We explore the use of the classically trained voice in music from the 40s and 50s – we visit American opera (Kurt Weill’s Street Scene), music theater (Kiss Me, Kate and My Fair Lady) and cinema (The Toast of New Orleans).

With a wide range of repertoire, this program is sure to please lovers of coloratura and crooning alike, while emphasizing the application of the bel canto style of singing in various genres – encouraging us all to tune our ears to the finesse and power of the unamplified voice which the Italians aptly call “beautiful singing.”

ABOUT GUILD HALL & BEL CANTO BOOT CAMP RESIDENT ARTIST SERIES

The Guild Hall & Bel Canto Boot Camp Resident Artist Series is a collaboration between the Learning + Public Engagement department at Guild Hall of East Hampton and Bel Canto Boot Camp. With the shared values of creative authenticity, artistic development, and community engagement, the Series supports an emerging generation of opera singers. By providing individualized training from Bel Canto Boot Camp mentors and masterclasses with international artists, the series aims to support a new generation of emerging opera singers and to increase awareness and appreciation of the unamplified voice.

The 2022 Season will include intimate recitals with tenor Jack Swanson, a program of scenes and arias in collaboration with Cape Town Opera South Africa, and baritenor Michael Spyres in concert, featuring his favorite bel canto arias and songs. He invites Resident Artists who will be in training at Guild Hall to join him in operatic ensembles giving our audiences the opportunity to see the stars of today and tomorrow in performance together.

COVID-19 Protocol: All guests over the age of 12 must provide proof of full vaccination.

KidFEST OUTDOORS @CMEE: MUSIC FROM THE SOLE: Afro-Brazilian Funk & Dance

Recommended for ages 4+

4:30PM Pre-show workshop
5-6PM Performance

This program will take place outdoors.
RAIN DATE: Thursday, August 4

Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that celebrates tap’s Afro-diasporic roots, particularly its connections to Afro-Brazilian dance and music, and its lineage to forms like house dance and passinho (Brazilian funk). Led by Brazilian choreographer Leonardo Sandoval and by composer Gregory Richardson, their work embraces tap’s unique nature as a blend of sound and movement, incorporating wide-ranging influences like samba, passinho, Afro-Cuban, jazz, and house.

Specially curated for Guild Hall’s KidFEST@CMEE series, Music from the Sole artist directors, Leonardo Sandoval and Gregory Richardson have created a show that introduces our youngest listeners to the rhythms of Brazilian music. Throughout the performance, Music from the Sole will have audience members dancing and responding to rhythmic prompts, embracing the fact that in the realm of percussive dance, like tap, flamenco, body percussion, and more, the dancer is not just a mover, but a musician. Come ready to clap, shout, and move your body!

A ticket to Guild Hall’s KidFEST @CMEE provides entry into a free pre-show workshop beginning a half-hour before curtain. Designed and led by educators at both Guild Hall & CMEE, this workshop will have audience members create their own shakers and rhythm sticks to be used during the performance. Audience members will also receive a take-home kit with activities, listening recommendations, and an event-themed cookie from Citarella to bring the dancing home with them.

Click HERE for CMEE COVID-19 protocol.

ABOUT KidFEST

KidFEST OUTDOORS @CMEE: MUSIC FROM THE SOLE: Afro-Brazilian Funk & Dance

Recommended for ages 4+

12:30PM Pre-show workshop
1-2PM Performance

This program will take place outdoors.
RAIN DATE: Thursday, August 4

Click HERE for CMEE COVID-19 protocol.

ABOUT KidFEST

Guild Hall & LTV Present Works & Process OUT EAST: The Missing Element

Direct from their Guggenheim premiere – a Beatbox and Street Dance Collaboration!

BEATBOXING – BREAKING – FLEXN – KRUMPING
and an opening set by DJ FLY KAI!

Direct from the project’s premiere at Works & Process at the Guggenheim, The Missing Element, an immersive experience exploring the universal elements of earth, wind, fire, water, and space, arrives in the Hamptons fusing the virtuosic music-making of beatbox with awe-inspiring street dance.

World champion beatboxers of The Beatbox House and leading street dancers representing Krumping, FlexN, and Breakdancing will embark on an adventure of sound, music, and movement, where all sound featured is 100% human generated. The performance opens with a live DJ set by multi-media artist, musician, and East End native, FlyKai.

Leading up to the performance at LTV, The Missing Element will cause a stir at surprise pop-up performances throughout East Hampton, including the Main Beach Concert Series and Stephen Talkhouse. The company will also facilitate workshops with the Bridgehampton Childcare & Recreation Center.

Creative directors Chris Celiz, a world champion beatboxer, and b-boy Anthony Vito Rodriguez “Invertebrate” assemble a formidable cast that comprises Krumper Brian “Hallow Dreamz” Henry, flexers Joseph Carella “Klassic” and King Havoc, breakers Graham Reese “B-boy Kilo” and Rodriguez, and members of the Beatbox House, including Amit Bhowmick, Celiz, Neil Meadows “NaPoM,” Gene Shinozaki, and Kenny Urban. Dancer, host, filmmaker and co-founder of YAK Films, Kash Gaines, will join The Missing Element during their week in-residence.

The Beatbox House is a collective of world champion beatboxers. Beatboxing is growing into a global phenomenon branching out from its hip-hop roots. Through education, performance, and collaboration, the collective is rebranding the art as a new form of music, pushing the boundaries of the possibilities of the human voice.

The Missing Element was commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim and created at the peak of the pandemic in two Works & Process bubble residencies. Highlights from The Missing Element were performed throughout the pandemic at Little Island, the Guggenheim Museum rotunda, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and NY PopsUp performances opened by Amy Schumer.

COVID-19 Protocol: For indoor programs, all guests over the age of 12 must provide proof of full vaccination. WEARING FACE MASKS IS ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED.