JULY 3 - Friday - 7:00 pm
SWING DANCES
Berkshire Bop Society
Lincoln Mayorga, Otto Gardner, Sheri Bauer-Mayorga, Sam Zucchini
Professional instruction to disks during the first half hour of each session provided
by Lorraine Fox Michaels or Susan Rollins. Live music from 7:30.
Individual admission: $10 / $8 members - Includes snacks & NA refreshments
Series: $50 / $42 members (Get two sessions free!)

JULY 7 - Tuesday - 8:30 pm
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
(USA) 1977
John Travolta stars as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend
visits to a local discothèque help him temporarily to forget the reality of his life. Credited with popularizing disco music around the world.
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

JULY 10, 11 & 12 - Friday, Saturday & Sunday - 8:30 pm
PARSONS DANCE
returns to the Tent for their fourth consecutive season! In addition to Parsons’s signature work, CAUGHT, described by one critic as one of the great pieces of recent times, the programs include an excerpt from a brand new work, Remember Me, and another work new to Chatham: Swing Shift to original music by Kenji Bunch.
One of the great movers of modern dance! Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
www.parsonsdance.org

JULY 13 - Monday - 7:30 pm
SUMMER SINGS
Fauré Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine
Gwen Gould, director / Michael Clement, piano - with vocal soloists TBA
Individual Admission: $10 / $8 members

JULY 14 - Tuesday - 8:30 pm
THE TURNING POINT
(USA) 1977
When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family. With Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft & Mikhail Baryshnikov. Herbert Ross, dir.
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

JULY 17 & 18 - Friday & Saturday - 8:30 pm
TAKE Dance Company
Artistic Director, Takehiro Ueyama
Footsteps in the Snow (work in progress) - Tilt - Love Stories - Orange
...fascinating, combining a smooth grace with impressive athleticism. New York Sun, January 9, 2008
www.takedanceny.com

JULY 20 - Monday - 7:30 pm
SUMMER SINGS
Brahms Requiem
Gwen Gould, director / Michael Clement, piano - with vocal soloists TBA
Individual Admission: $10 / $8 members

JULY 21 - Tuesday - 8:30 pm
TALES OF HOFFMAN
(UK) 1951
Film version of J. Offenbach’s 1881 opera about a poet’s doomed love affairs. A visually enthralling blend of opera, drama & ballet. With Robert Rounseville, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Pamela Brown & Léonide Massine. Dir. M. Powell & E. Pressburger. (The Red Shoes.)
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

JULY 24 - Friday - 7:00 pm
SWING DANCES
Alan Thomson’s Little Big Band
Professional instruction to disks during the first half hour of each session provided
by Lorraine Fox Michaels or Susan Rollins. Live music from 7:30.
Individual admission: $10 / $8 members - Includes snacks & NA refreshments
Series: $50 / $42 members (Get two sessions free!)

JULY 25 - Saturday - 6 pm
WALSH-DRUCKER-COOPER TRIO
plays Haydn, Mendelssohn & Shostakovich
The members of the W-D-C Trio, pianist Diane Walsh, violinist Eugene Drucker and cellist Roberta Cooper, have been performing together since 2001. The Trio has appeared in music festivals/concerts from Colorado to Vermont. Their concerts have been heard on NPR’s Performance Today as well as live on WNYC-FM in NYC. Both Ms. Cooper and Mr. Drucker appeared previously at PS/21 with Ken Cooper’s Berkshire Bach Ensemble.
walshdruckercoopertrio.com

JULY 27- Monday - 7:30 pm
SUMMER SINGS
Mozart Requiem & Ave Verum
Gwen Gould, director / Michael Clement, piano - with vocal soloists TBA
Individual Admission: $10 / $8 members

JULY 28 - Tuesday - 8:30 pm
GUYS & DOLLS
(USA) 1955
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra & Vivian Blaine star in the film version of Frank Loesser’s 1950 smash hit Broadway musical based on stories by Damon Runyon.
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

JULY 31 - Friday - 7:00 pm
SWING DANCES
Alan Thomson’s Little Big Band
Professional instruction to disks during the first half hour of each session provided
by Lorraine Fox Michaels or Susan Rollins. Live music from 7:30.
Individual admission: $10 / $8 members - Includes snacks & NA refreshments
Series: $50 / $42 members (Get two sessions free!)

AUGUST 1 - Saturday - 7 pm
THOSE TWO GUYS
return to the Tent for their 3rd season of outrageous physical feats!
Dave Cox fuses technical skill with wild imagination tto create mind-boggling pieces delivered with dry wit. Patrick Ferri provides deranged and unpredictable slapstick humor.
www.thosetwoguys.org

AUGUST 2 - Sunday - 3 pm
HUDSON VALLEY CHORAL SOCIETY
Fourth Annual Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert
Gretchen Rueckheim, Director, with chamber ensemble
Includes cantata Es Ist Ein Kind Geboren
www.bhsinging.info/cdata/hudsonv.html

AUGUST 4 - Tuesday - 8:00 pm
MAD HOT BALLROOM
(USA) 2005
Chronicles the experiences of 11-year-old students at three NYC schools (in Tribeca, Bensonhurst and Washington Heights) as they prepare to compete in the final, citywide, dance competition.
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

AUGUST 6 - AUGUST 30 - 8 pm
Walking the dog Theater’s
TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Adrian Locher (Theatre of the Word, UK)
Original Music Composed by Jonathan Talbott
Cast includes David Anderson, Benedicta Bertau & Melania Levitsky
After last year’s hit production of Under Milk Wood, Walking the dog Theater returns to PS/21 to share its special passion for Shakespeare. With its unmistakable style of ensemble theater, the Company will breathe new life into this beloved comedy.
www.wtdtheater.org

AUGUST 7 - Friday - 7:00 pm
SWING DANCES
Berkshire Bop Society
Lincoln Mayorga, Otto Gardner, Sheri Bauer-Mayorga, Sam Zucchini
Professional instruction to disks during the first half hour of each session provided
by Lorraine Fox Michaels or Susan Rollins. Live music from 7:30.
Individual admission: $10 / $8 members - Includes snacks & NA refreshments
Series: $50 / $42 members (Get two sessions free!)

AUGUST 11 - Tuesday - 8:00 pm
SONG OF LOVE
(USA) 1947
Clara Schumann’s battle to save husband Robert’s health & resist the romantic overtures of Johannes Brahms (MGM version.) Starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid & Robert Walker as Clara Wieck, Robert Schumann & Johannes Brahms, respectively. Directed by Clarence Brown.
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

AUGUST 14 - Friday - 7:00 pm
SWING DANCES
Alan Thomson’s Little Big Band
Professional instruction to disks during the first half hour of each session provided
by Lorraine Fox Michaels or Susan Rollins. Live music from 7:30.
Individual admission: $10 / $8 members - Includes snacks & NA refreshments
Series: $50 / $42 members (Get two sessions free!)

AUGUST 16 - Sunday - 3 pm
BRUCE MOLSKY
Guitar, fiddle, or banjo in hand, alone or with fellow musicians, Bruce has been exploring traditional music from an astonishingly broad range of cultures over the past two decades, synthesizing them and refracting them through his own evolving sensibilities to the point where the sources of his inspiration transform themselves into a sound that is uniquely his.
While most identified with traditional American old-time music, Molsky’s influences range from the Appalachian soul of Tommy Jarrell to Delta blues; from the haunting modal strains of Irish music to the rhythmically nimble music of Eastern Europe.
his summer, Bruce returns for his 2nd Tent appearance!
www.brucemolsky.com

AUGUST 18 - Tuesday - 8:00 pm
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
(UK) 1964
A ‘typical’ day in the life of the Beatles. Watching The Beatles getting their first taste of audience frenzy, you understandwhy the ‘60s had to happen. Richard Lester, director.
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

AUGUST 25 - Tuesday - 8:00 pm
CARMEN
(Argentina) 1983
Called one of the greatest dance movies ever made. A passionate mix of music, dance, fiction & reality. With Flamenco dancers Antonio Gades & Laura del Sol. Directed by Carlos Saura.
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

SEPTEMBER 1 - Tuesday - 8:00 pm
MOULIN ROUGE
(USA) 1952
Academy award-winning fictional, musical account of artist Henri de Toulouse-
Lautrec’s life in Paris. Starring José Ferrer (who spends quite alot of time walking
on his knees) with Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril. John Huston directed.
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

SEPTEMBER 4 - Friday - 7:00 pm
SWING DANCES
Berkshire Bop Society
Lincoln Mayorga, Otto Gardner, Sheri Bauer-Mayorga, Sam Zucchini
Professional instruction to disks during the first half hour of each session provided
by Lorraine Fox Michaels or Susan Rollins. Live music from 7:30.
Individual admission: $10 / $8 members - Includes snacks & NA refreshments
Series: $50 / $42 members (Get two sessions free!)

SEPTEMBER 6 - Sunday - 3 pm
THE GLEN, THE MILL & THE TRYSTING THORN
Jacqueline Schwab piano, Reinmar Seidler, cello
Scottish tunes, poems and stories around the theme of “Homecoming.” Homecoming after years of Exile...Longing...and War. (Any political or allegorical interpretation is left to the audience.)
Reinmar Seidler is active as soloist, chamber musician, and innovative teacher of both modern and period performance styles. He appears as continuo cellist and
soloist with period ensembles across the US, including the Handel & Haydn Society, Apollo’s Fire, ARTEK, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and American Classical Orchestra.
In addition to solo concerts of vintage American and traditional English and Scottish music, Jacqueline’s piano can be heard on the soundtracks of Ken Burns’s
award-winning documentaries Civil War, Baseball and Mark Twain, among others.
www.jacquelineschwab.com   www.renaissonics.com/h/Reinmar.html

SEPTEMBER 12 - Saturday - 6 pm
CHRISTINE LAVIN
A garrulous comic observer of contemporary manners. -The New York Times
Far more than a comedienne with a guitar, Ms. Lavin creates theatrical vignettes by utilizing hilarious spoken-word anecdotes and mini-skits, occasional sound effects, and an ever-broadening palette of arrangements.
www.christinelavin.com

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JUNE 13 - Saturday - 2 & 8 pm
MUTUAL STRANGERS
Henry Hudson & the River that Discovered Him
ARM OF THE SEA combines stunning visuals and live music to harness the transformational energy of mask and puppet theatre in this drama inspired by the 400th anniversary of Hudson’s voyage. Based on the ship’s log and the oral traditions of Lenape and Mohican peoples, Mutual Strangers tells the story of this world-changing voyage from many points of view. The early show is a shorter version suitable for younger audiences.
www.armofthesea.org

JUNE 16 - Tuesday - 8:30 pm
CAREFREE
(USA) 1938
Astaire’s & Roger’s 8th film together. Music by Irving Berlin. Possibly the first Hollywood film to spoof Freud & his theories of psychoanalysis.
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

JUNE 19, 20 & 21 - Friday, Saturday & Sunday - 8 pm
MOMBO
We’re back on the boards with the first full production of this hilarious comedy by Chatham writer Alan Gelb.
Recently published by the Dramatists Play Service, Mombo explores the mother-child relationship through a series of short plays that run the gamut from wildly farcical to tenderly poignant. (One of the plays is included in the anthology The Best Stage Scenes 2008.) Directed by Bernie Kukoff, producer of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Mombo features a marvelous cast romping through some of the most inventive antics you’ll ever see!

JUNE 23 - Tuesday - 8:30 pm
AMADEUS
(USA) 1984
An absolutely glorious—although almost entirely fictitious—account of Salieri’s obsessive envy of Mozart’s divine genius. The musical score, however, is completely genuine. The film received 8 Oscars (including Best Picture.)
Movie introduced by Frank Farnham, adj. professor of communications at FIT, NYC.
FREE

JUNE 26 - Friday - 7:00 pm
SWING DANCES
Berkshire Bop Society
Lincoln Mayorga, Otto Gardner, Sheri Bauer-Mayorga, Sam Zucchini
Professional instruction to disks during the first half hour of each session provided
by Lorraine Fox Michaels or Susan Rollins. Live music from 7:30.
Individual admission: $10 / $8 members - Includes snacks & NA refreshments
Series: $50 / $42 members (Get two sessions free!)

JUNE 28 - Sunday - 5 pm
ROD FERRONE
Entertainer! in “Feet 2 The Beat”
A one-man tour de force of song, dance, vaudeville schtick and a few pointers on the art of hat tricks. Kids, bring a chapeau! Actor, dancer and singer, Rod has received critical acclaim worldwide for his unique blend of tap dance, comedy, song and hat tricks.
He teaches master classes worldwide in both tap and the art of hat manipulation and has given lecture/demonstrations for the “Meet the Artist” program at Lincoln Center.
www.rodferrone.com

JUNE 30 - Tuesday - 8:30 pm
AN EVENING OF DANCE SHORTS
Introduced by Norton Owen, Director of Preservation for Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Norton programs the PillowTalks series and serves as curator for the Pillow’s exhibitions, in addition to directing the Jacob’s Pillow Archives. He is the Chair of Dance Heritage Coalition, a contributing author to numerous publications, and a recipient of Dance/USA’s Ernie Award for “unsung heroes who have led exemplary lives in dance.”

Dances of the Ages
(6 minutes, 1913) Ted Shawn conceived and directed this early silent film for the Edison Company, using trick photography to show miniature dancers.

Ballet Adagio
(10 minutes, 1971) A classic film by avant-garde Canadian director Norman McLaren, with Pillow faculty member Anna-Marie Holmes and David Holmes.

A Very Dangerous Pastime
(14 minutes, 2000) A humorous Canadian Dance Festival production that aims to reveal the “secret” of looking at contemporary dance.

Tap Heat
(14 minutes, 2004) This award-winning film features dynamic tapper Jason Samuels Smith, appearing this Pillow season, along with veteran hoofer Arthur Duncan.

Yes, She Said
(7 minutes, 2002) Stockbridge-based choreographer Laurie McLeod directed this comic pas de deux, photographed underwater in a local swimming pool.

A Year With Take Dance
(20 minutes?) Abridged version of the recently-premiered full length film by Damian Eckstein, much of which was shot at the PS/21 Tent!

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