Guild Hall Presents Robert Wilson World Premiere: Kool - Dancing In My Mind

Saturday August 8 and Sunday August 9 / 8pm A multimedia performance portrait of dancer and choreographer Suzushi Hanayagi. Working with Carla Blank, Wilson pays homage to their long time friend and collaborator who is unique in the international art world, in her mastery of both classical Japanese dance traditions and non-Asian dance and theater forms. Kool combines live dance performances by a company of six dancers, including excerpts from over thirty collaborations by Hanayagi with Blank and Wilson, new dances performed by Jonah Bokaer and Illenk Gentile, with archival and newly filmed material by Richard Rutkowski. Offered as a tribute, establishing Ms. Hanayagi’s place in art history, Kool was first presented on the Guggenheim’s Works & Process series April 17 & 18, 2009, in conjunction with the museum’s The Third Mind: American Arts Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989 and is revisited and revised through this Guild Hall production. There will be an introductory talk by Robert Wilson and Alexandra Munroe, Ph.D., Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum What critics are saying about KOOL “Kool is indeed a cool experience…” --Linda Yablonsky, The Art Forum “…austerely beautiful and poetic.” --Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice “…a fascinating tribute” --Susan Yung, www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/blog/performance/robert-wilson-mastering-time “At Guild Hall in East Hampton on Aug. 8 and 9th….KOOL should achieve its goal of becoming a Masterpiece.” --Ishmael Reed, citybrights@SFGate.com $75/$70 members Sat Only: $250 private Post-Show Garden Reception with Cast and Front Orchestra Seating