February 25-26, Eighth Blackbird premieres David Lang’s composition as explanation at Duke Performances. The new work is a nod to Gertrude Stein’s candid and circular 1926 lecture. Lang integrates composition and innovative aspects of theater, performance, and choreography. To create actors out of Eighth Blackbird, Lang sought out director Anne Bogart, co-artistic director of SITI Company. With Bogart at the helm, Lang envisions a new kind of musical artist, one with the formal training of actors on stage…
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
David Lang
‘these broken wings’ performed by eighth blackbird in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
David Lang
‘these broken wings’ performed by eighth blackbird at Lincoln Center Atrium
Lincoln Center
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Frieda and Roy Furman Stage
New York, NY
New York, NY
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
David Lang
‘these broken wings’ performed by eighth blackbird in Columbia
concert hall
Bogota, Colombia
Bogota, Colombia
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Friday, April 28, 2017
David Lang
‘composition as explanation’ (excerpt) performed bv Eighth Blackbird
Barnes Hall
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY
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Saturday, March 3, 2018
David Lang
‘wed’ performed by eighth blackbird
Wisconsin Union Theater
Madison, WI
Madison, WI
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Saturday, May 12, 2018
David Lang
‘wed’ performed by eighth blackbird
Sheslow Auditorium
Des Moines, IA
Des Moines, IA
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Saturday, April 21, 2018
David Lang
‘learn to fly’ from ‘these broken wings’ performed by Eighth Blackbird
The Theatre at Ace Hotel
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 – 7:30pm
Julia Wolfe
‘Singing in the dead of night’ performed by Eighth Blackbird
Onstage Ogden
The Monarch
Ogden, UT
Ogden, UT
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Friday, February 25, 2022 – 8:00pm
David Lang
‘composition as explanation’ performed by Eighth Blackbird
Duke Performances
Rubenstein Arts Center - Von Der Heyden Studio
Durham, NC
Durham, NC