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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAMDIRECTED BY TIM ROBBINS
Academy Award winner Tim Robbins and his critically acclaimed LA-based theatre company, The Actors’ Gang,
illuminate the forest of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with original music and a fervent
approach to the language.
Relying on the bard’s extraordinary text and the creative imagination of fourteen talented and versatile actors,
Robbins’ irreverent and bawdy adaptation of this surreal world is expertly represented with minimal costumes,
props, and scenery.
Founded in 1981 by a group of renegade theatre artists led by Robbins, The Actors’ Gang creates bold, original
works and daring reinterpretations of the classics. In the last 31 years, the company has produced over 100 plays
in Los Angeles, in forty US states, and on five continents.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 20148PM (2HRS 30MIN / 15MIN INTERMISSION)
“This is the Midsummer Shakespeare dreamed…original, madcap and completely engaging…astonishing…you want to get up and dance in the aisles…a jovial evening has never been so well spent.” –The Huffington Post
photo: Atossa Soltani
BANDALOOP
LOOK UP NASHVILLE !A pioneer in vertical dance performance, BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality and intricate
choreography to create graceful weightlessness in dance.
As a precursor to full-length performances at OZ, BANDALOOP presents Look Up Nashville! - a one-of-a-kind
spectacle with the Nashville skyline as a backdrop. Take a picnic to work on October 6th and witness BANDALOOP
dancers’ stunning response to the architecture of a Music City skyscraper.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 20141PM (15MIN)Check oznashville.com/lookupnashville for location details
HARBORING BANDALOOP reimagines Harboring, their evening length work of sweeping drama and athletic grace, in three
surprising locations at OZ. Set to original music, dancers perform eight distinct scenes as a “chorus” of local
artists guide the audience from one performance site to another. Each vignette offers a different and breathtaking
perspective from the company’s signature, interactive, and unconventional approach to the art of dance.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 20147PM (60MIN, NO INTERMISSION)
Bandaloop.org Under the artistic direction of Amelia Rudolph.
“A new definition of freedom.” – SF Chronicle
VIJAY IYER: Music of TransformationMUSIC BY VIJAY IYER FILM BY PRASHANT BHARGAVAINTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE / Conducted by David Fulmer
Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer, recently awarded a 2013 MacArthur fellowship, a 2012 Doris Duke Performing
Artist Award and an unprecedented “quintuple crown” in the 2012 Down Beat International Critics Poll, is
known for his fresh, vitalizing approach to modern music. OZ Arts is proud to present a unique two-part program
celebrating Iyer’s collaborations with an extraordinary collection of world-class artists.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014, 8PMSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2014, 2PM(80MIN PLUS 15MIN INTERMISSION)
photo: Craig Marsden / Prashant Bhargava
“[one of] today’s most important pianists.” – The New Yorker
Mutations I-X Vijay Iyer, Piano and electronics; Miranda Cuckson and Michi Wiancko, Violins; Kyle Armbrust, Viola; Kivie Cahn-Lipman, Cello
Mutations I-X showcases Iyer’s unconventional style through a composition scored for piano, electronics, and
string quartet. Through the interweaving of acoustic and electronic sound-textures and decisive improvisational
interventions in notated music, Vijay Iyer has created a suite whose very subject is change.
RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi Music by Vijay Iyer / Film by Prashant Bhargava / With the International Contemporary Ensemble, Miranda Cuckson, Tyshawn Sorey and Michi Wiancko / Conducted by David Fulmer
Inspired by the Holi festival, known around the world as a joyful, chaotic, and colorful celebration of springtime in
India, RADHE RADHE: Rites of Holi was one of the most brilliant and exciting commemorations of last year’s 100th
anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. In collaboration with celebrated filmmaker Prashant Bhargava,
Iyer composed new music within the structural framework of the famed Russian composer – but from an entirely
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13 MOST BEAUTIFUL…SONGS FOR ANDY WARHOL’S SCREEN TESTSFEATURING DEAN & BRITTA
Andy Warhol is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century. His
Screen Tests are revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals—both famous and anonymous—who were
visitors to his studio, the Factory, between 1964 and 1966. Each subject was asked to pose, lit with a strong
keylight, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera. Each screen test lasted only as long as the
100-foot roll of film.
13 Most Beautiful is a selection of Warhol’s four-minute, silent film portraits set to music performed by Dean
Wareham and Britta Phillips, both formerly of the indie NYC downtown band, Luna. The multimedia performance
incorporates a large-scale video projection of Warhol’s Screen Tests above the musicians performing live on stage.
13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests is a project jointly commissioned by the Andy Warhol
Museum and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust for the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts 2008.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 20158PM (70MIN, NO INTERMISSION)
“[13 Most Beautiful] highlights yet another of Warhol’s artistic endeavours with just the right mix of reverence and charm.” – BBC UK
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THE LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURELAURIE ANDERSON
Laurie Anderson is one of America’s most renowned – and daring – creative pioneers. She is globally recognized
as a groundbreaking leader in the use of technology in the arts. While known primarily for her multimedia
presentations, Anderson has also cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer,
filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist.
The Language of the Future is a collection of songs and stories about contemporary culture and the latest chapter
in Anderson’s ongoing exploration of the American narrative. Anderson’s work continues to evolve as she strives
to reimagine and redefine the relationship between reality and dreams, sparking thoughtful discourse among her
audiences worldwide.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 8PM (70MIN, NO INTERMISSION)
“[Laurie Anderson] is the reigning performance artist of her time.” –The Boston Globe
thursday night thingsthursday night things
Thursday Night Things (TNT) is a curated series of unexpected collaborations by Nashville-based artists.
Every third Thursday of the month audience members will get a glimpse into the imagination and artistic
perspective of Nashville creators as they turn our non-traditional space into a unique visual expression.
OZ Arts is thrilled to be in discussion with diverse and multi-faceted artists and collectives, including: Cory Basil,
Brooke Waggoner, David Perry - The North Road, Stephanie Pruitt, William Tyler, Alex Lockwood, Bryce McCloud,
Joseph Hazelwood, Banning Bouldin - New Dialect, Michael Weintrob, and Tony Youngblood.
thursday night thingsthursday night things
PI DAY ROY WOOTEN, LAURIE ANDERSON, CANO OZGENER, BEN DAVIS (ISHKY), MARK HANF, BRYCE MCCLOUD AND MORE
On Pi Day 2015, OZ Arts brings together visual art, live performance, and discussion with a focus on the
connections of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. OZ Arts will showcase the conceptual artworks
of multiple visual artists including its founder, Cano Ozgener, whose Pi Synesthesia uses color to express the
mathematical constant. OZ Arts will also display photographs from Ben Davis’s Pi in the Sky, the world’s largest
ephemeral installation of pi. Five-time Grammy-winning percussionist Roy Wooten, with an ensemble, will perform
his score for the constant, and artists and scholars, including Laurie Anderson, will come to OZ Arts from across
the country to discuss the intersection of mathematics and art.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2015
“After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are artists as well.” –Albert Einstein
TNT
2014
AUGUST 21
SEPTEMBER 18
OCTOBER 16
NOVEMBER 20
2015
JANUARY 15
FEBRUARY 19
MARCH 14 (PI DAY)
APRIL 16
TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANYA RETROSPECTIVE IN THREE PARTS
Trisha Brown is recognized as an avant-garde and postmodernist choreographer whose more than forty-year
contribution to contemporary dance has made a significant impact on the field.
OZ Arts is proud to present two distinct evenings of performance by Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC), with
works from the late 1960’s to 2011. Program A features multiple, iconic works created for the proscenium theatre.
Program B employs the manicured grounds of OZ for a series of Brown’s “Early Works,” then moves into the Grand
Salon, which will be transformed into a performance space with seating on two sides of the stage.
In between these two main stage performance evenings, OZ Arts brings a live performance installation, Planes,
to Nashville in collaboration with local contemporary dance collective New Dialect and Zeitgeist Gallery. Zeitgeist
Gallery will host the multi-media installation from May 2 - 30, 2015, with weekly performances in the installation
by New Dialect. A special performance evening featuring both New Dialect and TBDC dancers takes place on
May 15, 2015.
“[Ms. Brown’s work] is unexpected, virtuosic, funny, arbitrary, subtle, detailed, poetic.” –The New York Times
OZ, INDOOR
- Newark (1987)
- Opal Loop (1980)
- Rogues (2011)
- Present Tense (2003)
OZ, INDOOR/OUTDOOR
- Early Works (1960s-1970s)
- You Can See Us (1994)
- Son of Gone Fishin’ (1981)
PROGRAM ATHURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015, 8PM
PROGRAM BSATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015, 7.30PM
PLANES (1968)FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015ZEITGEIST GALLERY
photo: Ian Douglas
photo: Babette Mangolte
MEMORY RINGSPHANTOM LIMB COMPANY
“Over the course of 65 minutes (not a one of which is wasted), this entrancing multimedia work creates a portrait of humanity locked in eternal struggle with nature…extraordinary.” - Boston Globe, 69° S. (The Shackleton Project)
Known for their unconventional approach to storytelling and use of marionette puppetry, New York City-based
Phantom Limb Company combines multi-media production design and installation to create a three-dimensional visual
landscape on stage.
In July 2014, Phantom Limb puppeteers, designers, composers, choreographers, and makers land in Nashville for a
two-week residency. Utilizing OZ’s 9,000-square-foot warehouse, the company begins the final phase of development
for Memory Rings, their second work in a three-part series focused on humanity’s relationship to the environment.
In June 2015, OZ is honored to present the WORLD PREMIERE of Phantom Limb Company’s Memory Rings. Told from
the perspective of the world’s oldest living tree, this theatrical presentation tells the story of 5,000 years of human and
environmental change.
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2015 – PREVIEWFRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 20157PM (75MIN, NO INTERMISSION)
photo: Pavel Antonov, 69° S, 2012
“[OZ is] securing its place among Nashville’s most
intriguing—and inspiring—cultural venues.”
–The Tennessean
“[OZ] bodes well for the artistic future.”
–ArtsNash
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING...
“Billed as ‘a destination for innovative contemporary
art experiences,’ OZ Nashville has not disappointed in its
inaugural season.”–Nashville Scene
“Imagine what this will do for the city’s art scene—
and let your imagination off the chain.”
–Nashville Scene
“Now the city is embracing modernism.”
–The New York Times
“OZ is filling a vital gap in our artistic landscape.”
–ArtsNash, Evans Donnell
“If Utopia had a creative arts center, it would be OZ.”
–Jaz Dorsey
MEMBERSHIP
TICKETS
Membership in OZ is designed to provide on-going operating support for Nashville’s new contemporary arts organization. OZ is committed to bringing the best contemporary arts possible to Nashville to serve as yet another example of our city’s national and international status. The creative spirit has given Nashville a place in the world’s cultural landscape. It is our belief that OZ will help to nurture, strengthen and elevate that spirit to meet the opportunities ahead for our city.
We welcome your support as a member. And, we invite you to be part of what we are doing—bring your energy and enthusiasm to experience Brave New Art.
THE ARTIST CIRCLE, $50,000
THE PRODUCER CIRCLE, $25,000
THE DIRECTOR CIRCLE, $10,000
THE VANGUARD, $5,000
THE CRITIC, $1,000 TAKE OZ, $100 (AGES 21-39)
THE CREATOR’S CIRCLE
FOR DETAILED INFORMATION, GO TO OZNASHVILLE.COM/MEMBERSHIP
FOR TICKET SALES GO TO OZNASHVILLE.COM/PROGRAMS
A discount on all performance tickets is available to working artists, educators, and students.For more information go to: oznashville.com/creatorscircle
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTOUTREACHOZ Arts has created partnerships with a wide-range of
institutions to deliver artistic opportunities to the greater
community. Partners receive educational content that
seeks to create unique learning experiences for the
lifelong learner.
BANDALOOP – Vertical dance workshopOct 4, 2014, 10am – 1pmOZ Arts, 6172 Cockrill Bend Circle, Nashville$25 per person
Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC) – MasterclassesMay 12 & 13, 2015 $25 per person
OZ SCHOOL DAYSOZ Arts is pleased to launch a new program created for
working families! OZ School Days are offered when Metro
Nashville Public Schools are out of session for public
holidays. Each full day session is focused on dance, drama,
music and/or visual art and is available for $50 per session
on the following dates from 9am – 4pm:
2014:Oct 13 Columbus DayNov 4 Parent-Teacher Work Day
2015:Jan 19 MLK, Jr Bday Feb 16 Washington’s BdayMarch 23-27 Spring Break campApril 3 Spring Holiday
SUMMER CAMPSave The Date for the 2015 Summer Arts Camp at OZ, Carnival of Culture, June 25 & 26, 2015
photo: W.O. Smith StringSmiths students performing with Ethel
For detailed information on all Community
Engagement Programs as well as Education
and Community Partners go to:
oznashville.com/education
STAFF AND CONSULTANTS
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS
STAFFCANO OZGENER Founder
TIM OZGENER Chief Executive Officer
LAUREN SNELLING Artistic Director
PAMELA JOHNSON SVP of Development & Marketing
ADAM SHEPARD Chief Financial Officer
ROBERT CAMPBELL Creative Cultivator
RUS SNELLING Production Manager
MICHAEL MAUREN Technical Director
SARA MOGGIO Director of Sales and Events
KATHERINE DAVIS Events Coordinator and Executive Assistant to the CEO
KATE ABRAMS Event Manager
SHANNON HARVEY Development Associate
KIM DALRYMPLE Marketing Associate
BRIAN SOMERVILLE Artist in Residence
JAMMIE WILLIAMS Artist in Residence
CONSULTANTSAMY ATKINSON Owner, Amy Atkinson Communications, Marketing & Communications Consultant
MIKE CONDER Finance & Operations, OZ and Principal, Crowned Heads Cigars
DELEVANTE CREATIVE Creative Direction & Brand Development
ARNITA OZGENER Development & Events
AYLIN OZGENER Philanthropy, Education & Development
AARON RAYBURN Brand Development Consultant
PATTERSON SIMSPresident of the Board at ICI, Former Curator at MoMA, The Whitney (NYC), Arts Consultant, OZ
NICHOLAS WOODS & BRYAN
ROBERTSON Fuzz Interactive, Website Design and Development
BLAKE ZIDELL Blake Zidell & Associates, Public Relations
4 Wall Entertainment
Accurate Staging
Elyse Adler
Advocate Marketing & Printing, Inc.
Dorothee Alemany
Laurie Anderson
Apollo Middle School
Cory Basil
BATCH Nashville
Belmont University
Best Brands
Prashant Bhargava
Emily Bills
Blackhawk Audio
Banning Bouldin
Bob Bradley
Trisha Brown
Linda Brumbach
Dorinda Carter
Thomas Cavanagh
Susie Clark
The Clay Lady’s Studio, Artist Co-Op
Steve Cohen
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Ben Davis
Amanda Dillingham
Dina Dusko
Kristy Edmunds
Spenser Fritz
Julia Glawe
Good Food for Good People
Jessica Grindstaff
Dameon Guess
AC Bill Gupton
Simon Hanna
Pacer Harp
Ben Harrison
Hip-Hues
Lou Hockett
Dr. Gary Hughes
Brian Hull
Irem Ikizler
Mara Isaacs
Vijay Iyer
John Early Museum Magnet Middle School
John Trotwood Moore Middle School
Bob Kucher
LEAD Academy
Clarissa Lega
Lipscomb University
Alex Lockwood
Carolyn Lucas
Anne Stewart Lynde
Dianne Madden
Made First
Bryce McCloud
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Moves and Grooves
Nashville School of the Arts
Nashville Shakespeare Festival
National Museum of African
American Music
New Dialect
Oasis Center
Playing by Air
Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing
Jairo Prado
Printers Press
Stephanie Pruitt
Alisa Regas
ReMake Art
Tim Robbins
Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary School
Mark Rowan
Josh Rubin
Andee Rudloff
Amelia Rudolph
Erik Sanko
Commissioner Derrick Schofield
Rena Shagan
Patterson Sims
Brian Somerville
Star Education
Casey Summar
Tennessee Board of Regents
Tennessee Department of Corrections
Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts
Tennessee Puppetry Guild
Tennessee State University
William Tyler
Michael Weintrob
Jammie Williams
Sabra Williams
Wising Chair Productions
Roy Wooten
Lain York
Your Heart on Art
Janice Zeitlin
Manuel Zeitlin
OZ SUPPORTS THE CREATION, DEVELOPMENT AND
PRESENTATION OF SIGNIFICANT PERFORMING AND VISUAL
ART WORKS BY LEADING ARTISTS WHOSE CONTRIBUTION
INFLUENCES THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR FIELD.
Amy Atkinson - Owner, Amy Atkinson Communications
Anne Brown - Owner, The Arts Company
Libby Callaway - Writer, Media Consultant
Chase Cole - Partner, Waller Law
Jen Cole - Executive Director, Metro Arts Commission
Stephanie Conner - Tennessee Arts Commission
Gavin Duke - Principal, Page Duke Landscape Architecture
Kristy Edmunds - Artistic & Executive Director, Center for the Art of Performance, UCLA
Karen Elson - Model, Singer-Songwriter, Guitarist
Karen Hayes - Co-owner, Parnassus Bookstore
Gavin Ivester - Partner, FLO Thinkery, Creative Leader, Nike, Puma
Keith Meacham - Education and Learning Consultant at Homer Learning, Inc.
Ellen Meyer - President, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film
Dave Pittman - Editor, NATIVE Magazine
Paul Polycarpou - CEO and Editor, Nashville Arts Magazine
Anne Pope - Executive Director, Tennessee Arts Commission
Jill Robinson - Director of Executive Learning and Marketing, Belmont University
Patterson Sims - President of the Board at ICI, Former Curator at MoMA, The Whitney (NYC)
Mike Smith - Group Publisher – Nashville, SouthComm
Ronnie Steine - At-Large 2, Council Member, Metro Council
Joseph Sulkowski - Artist
Stacy Widelitz - Composer
Betsy Wills - Founder at YouScience, ArtStormer Blog
Mel Ziegler - Professor of Art, Chair, Department of Art, Vanderbilt University
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