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PEAK PERFORMANCES AND WNET’S ALL ARTS ANNOUNCE FIRST SEASON OF PEAK HD BROADCASTS, FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST GROUNDBREAKING ARTISTS, FILMED AT THE TECHNICALLY OPTIMIZED ALEXANDER KASSER THEATER AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

 The ALL ARTS Broadcast Channel and Digital Platform Will Offer Dynamic, Up-Close Experiences of PEAK Programming from the 2019-20 Season.i Juggling

 As Broadcasts of These Previously-Filmed Performances Begin This Fall, PEAK Will Continue Staging New Works at The Kasser, Capturing Them for Broadcast and, When Safe, Phasing in In-Person Audiences.

Appalachian Spring

Music by Aaron Copland

Set by Isamu Noguchi

Choreography by Martha Graham

 The Auditions

Music by Augusta Read Thomas

Choreography by Troy Schumacher

Music performed by International Contemporary Ensemble Conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni

Performances (surrounding the 75th Anniversary of Appalachian Spring and marking the World Premiere of The Auditions, commissioned by PEAK Performances) took place November 14-17, 2019 at The Alexander Kasser Theater 

Comprising the “most skilled and powerful dancers you can ever hope to see” (The Washington Post), Martha Graham Dance Company performs the iconic dance maker’s most celebrated work, Appalachian Spring, in concert with a PEAK Performances commission, The Auditions by choreographer Troy Schumacher and composer Augusta Read Thomas. This new work has been designed to resonate with Graham’s classic, which turned 75 in 2019. “America’s foremost new-music group” (Alex Ross), the International Contemporary Ensemble joins the Graham Company for these world-class renditions of new music by Augusta Read Thomas and the original Pulitzer Prize–winning score for Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland.