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PerformanceSpace 2008-2009 Season
There's a new space ... in a familiar place! The Y has inaugurated a full-year of theater, music, dance, film and more.
MUSIC
Broadway Under the Stars
September 7, at 7pm
PerformanceSpace is proud to announce our opening night gala and fundraiser, which will feature well known Broadway performers as well as performances by Riverdale Rising Stars, Junior Rising Stars and Riverdale Repertory Company. Our gala will set the stage for 2008-2009 theatrical season. You don't want to miss this exciting evening of song and dance!
Featured performers include:
John Dosset - GYPSY, RAGTIME
Michele Pawk - Tony Award winning actress from HAIRSPRAY, CRAZY FOR YOU and
Bob Walton - DROWSY CHAPERONE, CITY OF ANGELS, I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT
Joe Kolinski - LES MISERABLE, TITANIC
Alison Kolinski - FOSSE, 42ND STREET
Emily Walton - SAVED
Alicia Svigals - World famous Klezmer fiddler
And the award winning Richard Skipper as Carol Channing!
Also performances by January Akselrad, Ballet Neo, The Bronx Arts Ensemble, The Bronx Opera and the Flynn School of Irish Dance!
Judy Carmichael
October 25, at 8pm
Grammy nominated pianist Judy Carmichael is one of the world's leading interpreters of stride piano and swing. Count Basie nicknamed her "Stride", acknowledging the command with which she plays this technically and physically demanding jazz piano style.
Bronx Art Ensemble Chamber Music
October 26, 2pm
Featuring the music of Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, and Dvorak.
The Bronx Opera
November 8, at 8pm
The Bronx Opera presents an evening of well loved arias and broadway favorites. Directed by Michael Spearman
Ribs & Brisket Revue
January 10, 8pm
Paul Shapiro's irresistible RIBS AND BRISKET REVUE is coming to the Riverdale Y.featuring: Cilla Owens, Babi Floyd, Brian Mitchell, Booker King and Tony Lewis
TIME OUT NEW YORK writes: Tenor saxophonist Paul Shapiro, who's played alongside artists as far-flung as Michael Jackson, Lou Reed and the Microscopic Septet, leads a band of friends in '40's swing with a distinctly Yiddish accent .
Pharoah’s Daughter Concert
Feburary 28, 8pm
Blending a psychedelic sensibility and a Pan-Mediterranean sensuality, Basya Schechter leads her band, Pharaoh's Daughter, through swirling Hasidic chants, Mizrachi and Sephardi folk-rock, and spiritual stylings filtered through percussion, flute, strings and electronica. Their sound has been cultivated by Basya's Hasidic music background and a series of trips to the Middle East, Africa, Israel, Egypt, Central Africa, Turkey, Kurdistan and Greece. She began retuning her guitar to sound like a cross between an Arabic oud and a Turkish saz, with harmonic minor melodies, and odd time signatures. A concert not to be missed!
Carrick on the Hudson
March 7, at 8pm
Don't' miss our 2nd Annual Irish Heritage Celebartion "Carrick" is the Gaelic term for "Rock" and in Ireland it usually refers to a town on the banks of a river ( Carrick- on-Shannon, Carrick-on-Suir) Well, for one night, Riverdale will be an Irish town on the banks of the beautiful Hudson River!
The list of contributions that Irish immigrants have made to the Bronx and New York City is long, and tonight we pay tribute to that rich history with an Irish American lineup of music, comedy and dance.
Jazz Concert with Nikki Parrot, Derek Smith, and Randy Sandke
March 14, at 8:30pm
Jazz Bassist and vocalist Nikki Parrott returns to the Riverdale Y for an evening of jazz with Derek Smith (the world's most recorded jazz pianist) and
Randy Sandke (composer, arranger and
trumpet player who the Wall Street Journal
called "the best trumpet player you've every
heard").
BRONX JAZZ SERIES
The Bronx Jazz Series is a gateway to knowledge through an active understanding of the art of jazz, seen in three different perspectives. Each concert program is preceded by visits from the performers and a guest speaker. Concerts are open to students, parents and faculty; no admission fee is charged, but registration is requested www.RiverdaleY.org/events.
The Rhythm Road: Jazz Diplomacy
September 16, at 5pm pre-concert workshop September 17, at 7pm: Concert
The Chris Byars Ensemble will share the music and stories of their 2008 U.S. State Dept. tour of the Balkan region.
Modern Choices: The Teddy Charles Project October 6, at 5 pm: pre-concert workshop
October 7, at 7pm: Concert
Legendary vibraphonist/composer Teddy Charles joins with the Chris Byars Ensemble in a highly interactive workshop, the audience will become impromptu composers, discovering their own jazz creativity in the presence of a master.
Jazz Pictures at an Exhibition of Himalayan Art November 12, at 5pm: pre-concert workshop November 13, at 7pm: Concert
The Chris Byars Ensemble will perform to a slideshow of exotic paintings and sculptures from the collection of the Rubin Museum of Art. The performers and audience will examine how music and the visual arts can work well together, and how multi-media presentations affect the observer.
THEATER AND DANCE
In the Land of Israel
based on the book by Amos Oz
Adapted and performed by TAMIR
October 19th, at 2pm
This award winning one-woman show portrays contemporary Israel through six diverse characters. A Zionist farmer, a religious zealot, a Catholic nun, an Israeli right-wing extremist, a Palestinian Arab, and a Rumanian immigrant. The actress takes the audience on a journey through Israel's human landscapes as she transforms onstage from one character to another. These characters present an unusually wide spectrum of political views and raise questions of universal human concern, more importantly they examine Jewish identity and the essence of life in Israel.
Carol Channing in Concert
Starring the Award Winning Richard Skipper
November 15, at 8pm
Carol Channing in Concert...is a LOVING TRIBUTE to one of Broadway's Greatest Treasures. Richard Skipper takes the audience back to a time of clean wholesome entertainment. It is a tribute to Carol Channing's Life and career featuring highlights from both GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES and HELLO, DOLLY! Special guest Star Becky Lillie Woods as Judy Garland!
Richard Skipper has won two MAC AWARDS and a BACK STAGE BISTRO AWARD for his dead-on tribute to Carol Channing. This show has traveled to the stages of Carnegie Hall, Atlantic City, casinos in Canada, The Signature Theatre in Washington, DC, and the Plush Room in San Francisco to sold out engagements.
In "Carol Channing In Concert," Skipper not only looks and sounds like the original star of Hello, Dolly! and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, but his knowledgeable and loving portrayal gives us a realistic glimpse at the woman's passion for performing and desire to make a personal connection with the strangers who flocked to see her."
-- Michael Dale, BroadwayWorld.com
Ballet Neo
March 1, at 7pm
Come experience this cutting edge ballet troupe, dedicated to creating new works on point. The Company consists of some of Manhattans finest classical dancers and is directed by Kate Thoma
FILM
Fälscher, Die (The Counterfeiters)
Saturday Night Films
September 20, at 8:30pm
Stefan Ruzowitzky Austria/Germany 2007 1hr.36min. This year's Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, The Counterfeiters is the story of Operation Bernhard, a little known World War II program engineered by the Nazis to use Jewish prisoners to subvert the currency of the U.S. and the U.K. through forgery. One of the biggest scams of the war, the operation printed over 130 million pounds sterling in its attempt to destabilize the Allied cause. This is a fascinating and thought-provoking film.
 Disability Film Festval
The General (1927)/Ben Model
Saturday Night Films
October 18, at 8pm
Starring: Buster Keaton,
Marion Mack
Director: Buster Keaton
Not only is it considered Buster Keaton's greatest film, it is also widely recognized as one of the true masterpieces of American cinema. The visually-stunning silent film is undoubtedly one of the greatest comedies ever made, with non-stop physical comedy and sight gags, shot almost entirely aboard moving trains. Keaton created this great comedy out of an authentic episode of American history during the Civil War - a story about a famous locomotive, though in real-life the locomotive was stolen by the Confederates. The two things devoted Confederate engineer Johnny Gray (Keaton) loves most in the world are his Southern belle sweetheart (Mack) and his beloved locomotive named The General. When Northern spies steal the latter (with his kidnapped girlfriend on board), the intrepid Confederate heroically risks his life. He hijacks another locomotive, pursues them, and single-handedly takes on the entire Union army in order to rescue both of his loves. Filmed against a backdrop of magnificently photographed Civil War battle scenes, it also contains one of the great chases in movie history.Live musical accompaniment for the film by Ben Model, silent film accompanist for the Museum of Modern Art; Model will also introduce the film and answer questions following the screening
Home for the Holidays
November 29, at 7:30pm
After losing her job, making out with her soon to be ex-boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson has to face spending the holiday with her family. She wonders if she can survive their crazy antics. Directed by Jodie Foster. With Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft.
FAMILY
Cinderella The Muiscal by Penny Prince.
Sept 28, at 2pm
This retelling of the classic fairytale just finished a successful run at Lehman college and is a perfect show for the entire family. Composed and directed by Riverdale resident and Lehman College Music Professor Penny Prince this special performance should not be missed. Will the shoe fit your foot?
Bronx Arts Ensemble
October 12, at 2pm
New York Children's International Film Festival at the Riverdale Y
My Neighbor Totoro
November 9, at 10:30am
JAPAN, HAYAO MIYAZAKI, 2006, 81 MIN
RECOMMENDED AGES: ALL AGES RATED: G
BEST OF NYICFF - A story of two sisters' encounter with a family of forest sprites called Totoros, gentle but powerful creatures who live in an ancient camphor tree and are seen only by children. Based on Miyazaki's own childhood imaginings, Totoros look like oversized pandas with bunny ears. They take the girls on spinning-top rides through the tree tops and introduce them to a furry Catbus--a nod to Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat. But beneath the film's playfulness and narrative simplicity lie depths of wisdom. My Neighbor Totoro is about humanity's relationship to the Earth. This dubbed English language version features the voices of Dakota and Elle Fanning, supervised by Pixar's John Lassetter.
Help! I'm a Fish
November 9, at 1pm
DENMARK, FJELDMARK/HEGNER, 2000, 72 MIN
RECOMMENDED AGES: 4 TO 10 RATED: UNRATED
From the Academy Award nominated director Stefan Fjeldmark comes this beautifully animated undersea adventure about three kids who stumble upon the hidden cave-laboratory of mad professor MacKrill and drink a potion that transforms them into sea creatures. When the only bottle of antidote falls into the hands (or fins!) of a lowly pilot fish, Joe, he acquires the power of speech and a tyrannical desire for world control-and it is up to the beflippered threesome to foil Joe, save the world, and turn themselves once more into humans. Action is propelled by a super-catchy Europop soundtrack and the mix of computer and cel animation includes stunning, hand-painted undersea backgrounds. Featuring the voices of Monty Python's Terry Jones as MacKrill and Alan Rickman as the devilishly campy villain, Joe.
Lotte From Gadgeville
November 16, at 10:30am
ESTONIA, ERNITS/POLDMA, 2006, 81 MIN
RECOMMENDED AGES: 3 TO 8 RATED: NR
This first feature-length animated film from Estonia is a gentle spirited film full of wacky contraptions, silly/happy songs, and a warm and refreshingly uncynical sense of humor. Lotte is a cheerful girl-dog who lives in Gadgetville, a village crazy about inventing Rube Goldberg-esque machines. Every year Lotte's father wins the competition of best homemade inventions. But this year, the town is abuzz about the Japanese bee Susumu, who introduces Gadgetville to the concept of judo. After the town becomes obsessed with the sport, Lotte and her three friends try to help Susumu get back to Japan, to test their new skills in an international judo contest.
Viva Cuba!
November 16, at 1pm
CUBA, JUAN CARLOS CREMATA MALBERTI, 2005, 80 MIN RECOMMENDED AGES: 8 TO 16 RATED: UNRATED
Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti's lightning-paced, road-movie, fairy-tale follows the adventures of two young runaways, Malu (Malu Tarrau Broche) and Jorgito (Jorgito Milo Avila), as they embark on a rollicking odyssey from the streets and schools of Havana across the length of the island by train, bus, car, motorcycle, oxcart, and on foot, in search of Malu's father. Filmed with Amelie-style whimsy and brimming with visual humor, Viva Cuba has charmed and captivated festival-goers from London to Toronto to Cannes, and was Cuba's official entry to the 2006 Academy Awards. But beneath the surface appeal of quick edits and stunning rural landscapes, the film resonates with warmth and sincerity and offers a rare window into the complex social and political landscape of Cuba as viewed through the eyes of a child.
Shri La La
December 21, at 4:30pm
Shira Kline and Shir La La long awaited Chanukah concert! The whole family will be dancing in the aisles! Price includes a Latke dinner after the show.
 Alana Llama Sunday Films
Bronx Arts Ensemble Beauty and the Beast
Sunday March 15, at 2pm
CAFE MA'AYAN
Café Ma'ayan*Come enjoy a coffee house/cabaret
atmosphere with small, candle-lit tables, kosher wine, coffees, delicious sweets and savories and
performances, salons, post-movie discussions -- or just a quiet spot to hang out with friends.
It's beautiful, it's stimulating, it's right
near home!
Neshama Carlebach
November 22, at 8pm
Enjoy the beautiful music of Neshama Carlebach in the intimate setting of Cafe Ma’ayan. Sip wine with friends and enjoy the magic of Neshama’s beautiful voice by candlelight. $25 per person, all inclusive.
A Salon Conversation on Loving, Learning and Leading: Navigating Relationships in All Spheres of Our Lives
December 13, at 8pm
For anyone who has ever experienced a tension between the demands of work and home. . . . A relaxing and inspiring evening featuring a panel of local spiritual leaders and scholars. Over wine, coffee and dessert we will consider the challenges and rewards of navigating relationships in all spheres of our lives and reflect on the things we care about most.
Our panel will include:
Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses, Scholar in Residence, UJA-Federation
Sarah Hurwitz, Madricha Ruchanit (spiritual counselor), Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
Rabbi Judith Lewis, Rabbi at Riverdale Temple
Devorah Zelochower, Rosh Beit Midrash, Drisha
Basya Schecter of Pharoah’s Daughter
December 20, 8pm
Returns with her interesting mix of cultural music and her new Heschel project.
Ethical Leadership: Visions for the Next Four Years with Rabbi Arthur Waskow
January 31, at 8pm
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph. D., founded (in 1983) and directs The Shalom Center , a prophetic voice in Jewish, multireligious, and American life that brings Jewish and other spiritual thought and practice to bear on seeking peace, pursuing justice, healing the earth, and celebrating community.
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