The principles of uncertainty was cocommissioned by jacobs pillow dance festival and the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and was created during residencies at the banff centre, jacobs pillow dance festival, the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and the nyu center for ballet and the arts. Inspired by the various walks the two acclaimed artists took together over many months, the principles of uncertainty is a meditation on the objects, memories, friends. The principles of uncertainty brooklynbased choreographer john heginbotham hails from anchorage, alaska, and he first came to jacobs pillow as a student in bessie schonbergs choreography workshop in 1990. Jacobs pillow dance awardwinner john heginbotham and acclaimed illustrator maira kalman join forces for the world premiere of the principles of uncertainty. Aug 25, 2017 carolyns principle of uncertainty number 3. Her book the principles of uncertainty, which began as a new york times column, is a pictorial journal, reflecting her delight in the curious and the mundane. The principles of uncertainty is a new eveninglength dance theater work created by collaborators john heginbotham choreographer and maira kalman visual artistdesigner. Baryshnikov arts center presents the world premiere of. Between birth and death, some dancing and a little mystery. Dance heginbotham dancer courtney lopes guides a group of students at ncsd through a routine from the principles of uncertainty. Principles of uncertainty maira kalman and john heginbotham dance by dh music by the knights fisher theater bam commissioned by jacobs pillow and others brooklyn, new york september 29, 2017. In this dance theater collaboration, choreographer john heginbotham brings author and illustrator maira kalmans candycolored musings on travel, beauty, and mortality to life.
Text and illustrations by maira kalman produced by dance heginbotham. Their roughly hourlong piece will have its premiere at jacobs pillow on wednesday. Following the world premiere at jacobs pillow and before the new york premiere at the brooklyn academy of music, dance heginbotham and. Principles of uncertainty carnegie mellon university. The principles of uncertainty book portland public. The work draws inspiration from the highly detailed, intimate worlds created in mairas paintings and illustrations, particularly from her book, the principles of uncertainty 2009. We survey various mathematical aspects of the uncertainty principle, including heisenbergs inequality and its variants, local uncertainty inequalities, logarithmic uncertainty inequalities, results relating to wigner distributions, qualitative uncertainty principles, theorems on approximate concentration, and decompositions of phase space. The principles of uncertainty was cocommissioned by jacobs pillow dance festival and the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and was created during residencies at bam fisher. It is a calm, funny, hourlong evening filled with words, wonderful and quirky line drawings, a fake. Contents list of figures xix list of tables xxi foreword xxiii preface xxv 1 probability 1 1. Maira kalmans facebook dance heginbotham, the acclaimed new yorkbased contemporary dance company known for its inventive and impactful collaborations, brings the principles of uncertainty, a new work based on the illustrations of maira kalman, to dukes reynolds industries theater on friday, march 23 and saturday, march 24. First, the choice of base e is a matter of popular convention in physics. In 1927, the german physicist werner heisenberg put forth what has become known as the heisenberg uncertainty principle or just uncertainty principle or, sometimes, heisenberg principle.
The seats in jacobs pillows doris duke studio theater havent paid much attention to me until now, when im about to sit in one to watch the world premiere of the principles of uncertainty by choreographerdirector john heginbotham and writerillustratorguest artist maira kalman. If you like your stories tied up in a neat bow at the end, uncertainty principles probably wont be your cup of tea. Imaginative set design meets whimsical dance theatre, promising a delightful evening full of wit and charm. Principles of uncertainty and the search for honest. Access annies in this collection of mindboggling short stories, things arent always what they appear to be. In the summer of 2017, kalman collaborated with choreographer john heginbotham to produce a theatrical and dance interpretation of kalmans blog, the principles of uncertainty. The result is a book that is part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all kalman. Sep 28, 2017 john cage liked to say i have nothing to say and im saying it. In the new dance piece, the principles of uncertainty, illustrator and painter maira kalman collaborates with choreographer john heginbotham and his company to explore the strange wonder, humor, and sadness of life. A dancetheater collaboration between the choreographer john heginbotham and the writerdesigner maira kalman, this is an inconsequential collage of history, travel, memory, objects.
Nov 10, 20 t he uncertainty principle is one of the most famous and probably misunderstood ideas in physics. In this dancetheater collaboration, choreographer john heginbotham brings kalmans candycolored musings on travel. Creative development residencies, the principles of uncertainty is an eveninglength dance theatre work choreographed and directed by heginbotham, designed by kalman and inspired by her written and visual art, and set to a score composed, arranged, and curated by brooklyn rider and silk road ensembles colin jacobsen. The principles of uncertainty jacobs pillow dance festival.
In the new dance piece, the principles of uncertainty, illustrator and painter maira kalman collaborates with choreographer john heginbotham and his company to. Photo gallery of images taken by christopher duggan, courtesy of jacobs pillow dance can be seen below. Sep 25, 2017 the principles of maira kalman the new york times kalman and paul holdengraber of the new york public library talk about aging, donuts, and kalmans process. It can turn into the incredible lightness of being in the hands of uncertain artists like maira kalman and john.
Uncertainty principle, also called heisenberg uncertainty principle or indeterminacy principle, statement, articulated 1927 by the german physicist werner heisenberg, that the position and the velocity of an object cannot both be measured exactly, at the same time, even in theory. Dance heginbotham is a contemporary dance company committed to moving people through dance. In other words, the heisenberg uncertainty principle, is a consequence of the quantum entropic uncertainty principle, but not vice versa. Creative development residencies, the principles of uncertainty is an eveninglength dance theatre work choreographed and directed by heginbotham, designed by kalman and inspired by her written and visual art, and set to a score composed, arranged, and curated by. A collaboration between john heginbotham and maira kalman dance heginbotham. Heisenbergs insight is that the electron is a particle that. Ah, the sweet uncertainties of life at jacobs pillow.
In other words, kalman speaks what many of us feel, including the choreographer john heginbotham, with whom she has collaborated to create a dance theater piece. Part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all kalman, these brilliant, whimsical paintings, ideas, and images which initially appear random ultimately form an intricately interconnected worldview, an. Brooklynbased choreographer john heginbotham hails from anchorage, alaska, and he. Finally, after the box with maira and the young man was rolled off the stage and out the theater door, the dancers returned to the stage. The principles of uncertainty jacobs pillow dance awardwinner john heginbotham and acclaimed illustrator maira kalman join forces for the world premiere of t he principles of uncertainty. Mar 21, 2017 jacobs pillow dance awardwinner john heginbotham and acclaimed illustrator maira kalman join forces for the world premiere of the principles of uncertainty.
Oct 18, 2007 maira kalman paints her highly personal worldview in this inimitable combination of image and text an irresistible invitation to experience life through a beloved artists psyche, the principles of uncertainty is a compilation of maira kalmans new york times columns. The principles of uncertainty at bam wickham boyle. Dance heginbotham premiered principles of uncertainty, a collaboration with illustrator and painter maira kalman at jacobs pillow last. The principles of uncertainty is almost nothingbut decidedly everything. It debuted in late august at jacobs pillow, and had its new york premier at.
The principles of uncertainty was cocommissioned by jacobs pillow dance festival and the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and was created during residencies at. In that positive sense, the principles of uncertainty feels nothingy. While attempting to build an intuitive model of quantum physics, heisenberg had uncovered that there were certain fundamental relationships which put. The principles of uncertainty was cocommissioned by jacobs pillow dance festival and the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and was created during residencies at bam fisher, the banff centre, jacobs pillow dance festival, the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and the nyu center for ballet and the arts. With an emphasis on collaboration, dh enriches national and international communities with its unique blend of inventive, thoughtful, and rigorous dance theater works.
The principles of uncertainty was cocommissioned by jacobs pillow dance festival and the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and was created during residencies at the banff centre, jacobs pillow dance festival, the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbana. Knowledge is precise, but that precision is confined within a certain toleration of uncertainty. The principles of uncertainty the show part dance, part theater gets its inspiration from the highlydetailed intimate scenes in. The intention is that the principles of uncertainty behaves as a welcoming, nonlinear, occasionally absurd travelogue. John heginbotham and maira kalman will present their dance theater work the principles of uncertainty, sep 2730, at bam fisher fishman space, 321 ashland pl over the course of a year, author. Mar 23, 2018 the eveninglength adaptation of the principles of uncertainty arrives at duke performances following its premiere at the jacobs pillow dance festival in summer 2017. The principles of uncertainty plays at bam fishman, 321 ashland place, through september 30, 2017. The running time is 60 minutes with no intermission. The principles of uncertainty brooklynbased choreographer john heginbotham hails from anchorage, alaska, and he first came to jacobs pillow as a student in. Bronowski insisted that the principle of uncertainty was a misnomer, because it gives the impression that in science and outside of it we are always uncertain. Tibbs writing is solid and the science seems plausible. The principles of uncertainty was cocommissioned by jacobs pillow dance festival and the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and was created during residencies at bam fisher, the banff centre, dartmouth college, jacobs pillow dance festival, the krannert center for the performing arts. Aug 27, 2017 the curtain came down this past weekend in the doris duke theatre at jacobs pillow dance on the world premiere of the principles of uncertainty, a wild and wacky collaboration primarily between choreographer john heginbotham and illustrator and author maira kalman, with significant contributions from music director colin jacobsen. Dedication to my teachers, my colleagues and my students.
Following the duos debut collaboration the principles of uncertainty in 2017, this new dance play is based on the written work of early 20thcentury swiss author robert walser. Kalman and heginbotham describe the work as an absurdist travelogue that moves from intimate to global, from new york to tel aviv, from world famous to workaday. The principles of uncertainty is the result of a wish to work with an artist who moves me, says john heigenbotham, winner of the 2014 jacobs pillow dance award. The principles of uncertainty is an eveninglength dance theatre work choreographed and directed by heginbotham, inspired by kalmans written and visual art, set to an original score composed, arranged, and curated by brooklyn rider and silk road ensembles colin jacobsen. Andy weirs principles of uncertainty consists of nine unique pieces including one neverbeforeseen story that will tickle your space fancy. An irresistible invitation to experience life through a beloved artists psyche, the principles of uncertainty is a compilation of maira kalmans new york times columns. Sep 29, 2017 principles of uncertainty maira kalman and john heginbotham dance by dh music by the knights fisher theater bam commissioned by jacobs pillow and others brooklyn, new york september 29, 2017. Principles of uncertainty at bam berkshire fine arts. Composer and musician colin jacobsen composed, arranged, and curated music for the work and the cast features six members of dance heginbotham, the actor daniel pettrow, a quartet of musicians, and maira herself.
The principles of uncertainity nyc discount theatre tickets. It is demonstrated in practice every day in the physics laboratory. The principles of uncertainty dance heginbotham promo youtube. In this collection of mindboggling short stories, things. Dh premiered its new eveninglength dance theater work, the principles of uncertainty, created in collaboration with artistdesigner maira kalman, at jacobs pillow dance festival in august 2017, followed by the new york premiere at bams 2017 next wave festival. An irresistible invitation to experience life through a beloved artists psyche, the principles of uncertainty is a compilation of.
And then nico muhly and friends perform a little opera inspired by kalmans work. Dance heginbotham the principles of uncertainty brooklynbased choreographer john heginbotham hails from anchorage, alaska, and he first came to jacobs pillow as a student in bessie schonbergs choreography workshop in 1990. The very concepts of exact position and exact velocity. An entire chapter consists of photographs and gouaches of peoples backs as they walk down sidewalks or corridors, often weighed down by parcels and old age. The uncertainty principle is not just an exotic theoretical idea. The logarithm can alternatively be in any base, provided that it be consistent on both sides of. The principles of uncertainty by maira kalman, paperback. Measurements of subatomic particles are always limited by the heisenberg uncertainty equation. John heginbotham and maira kalman will present their dance theater work the principles of uncertainty, tonight, sep 27, through sep 30, at bam fisher fishman space, 321 ashland pl. If this onenightonly tribal event by miro dance theatre expounded on anything, it was on the power of percussion and performance to bring people together. The principles of uncertainty is an irresistible invitation to experience life through the psyche of maira kalman, one of this countrys most beloved artists. Approaching the venue, a lot at race and 2nd, just as the first of three 15minute shows finished, it seemed as though a thousand watchers were leaving or. The principles of uncertainty is a critically acclaimed eveninglength dance theatre work choreographed and directed by john heginbotham, inspired by maira kalmans written and visual art, set to an original score composed, arranged, and curated by brooklyn rider and silk road ensembles colin jacobsen.
The plot resolves, but uncertainty plays a big part in everything that happens right through the epilogue, which features two separate interpretations of the final scene. Usa is generously supported by mid atlantic arts foundations usartists. The principles of uncertainty was cocommissioned by jacobs pillow dance festival and the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and was created during residencies at bam fisher, the banff centre, dartmouth college, jacobs pillow dance festival, the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, lower manhattan. The principles of uncertainty by john heginbotham and maira. In quantum mechanics, the uncertainty principle also known as heisenbergs uncertainty principle is any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which the values for certain pairs of physical quantities of a particle, known as complementary variables or canonically conjugate variables such as position x and momentum p, can be predicted. Imagine having privileged access to the mind of someone you admire and you can understand what its been like for me to collaborate with the glorious maira kalman. Daniel pettrow and maira kalman with dance heginbotham in the principles of uncertainty. The principles of uncertainty was cocommissioned by jacobs pillow dance festival and the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and was created during residencies at bam fisher, the banff centre, dartmouth college, jacobs pillow dance, the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, lower manhattan. The principles of uncertainty is a new eveninglength dance theater work created by collaborators john heginbotham choreographer and maira kalman. The principles of uncertainty premiered at jacobs pillow dance festival on august 23, 2017. Theatre the principles of uncertainty by wickham boyle edge media network contributor friday sep 29, 2017 the principles of uncertainty what is the dance theater work called the principles of uncertainty by john heginbotham and maira kalman.
Members of philadelphiabased miro dance theatre and collaborators nadia hironaka and eugene lew conceived, choreographed, and produced the work, principles of uncertainty, to show the intricate beauty of a subatomic particle collision and its aftermath. Oct 02, 2017 entertainment theatre the principles of uncertainty by wickham boyle edge media network contributor friday sep 29, 2017 the principles of uncertainty what is the dancetheater work called the principles of uncertainty by john heginbotham and maira kalman. The principles of uncertainty was cocommissioned by jacobs pillow dance festival and the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and was created during residencies at bam fisher, the banff centre, jacobs pillow dance festival, the krannert center for the performing arts, university of illinois at urbanachampaign, and the nyu center for ballet and the. The principles of uncertainty the show part dance, part theater gets its inspiration from the highlydetailed intimate scenes in maira kalmans illustrations, and the. Part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all kalman, these brilliant, whimsical paintings, ideas, and images which initially appear.
They will be performing the principles of uncertainty at the diana wortham theatre in asheville on friday and saturday at 8 p. Pillow dance awardwinner john heginbotham and acclaimed illustrator maira kalman join forces for the world premiere of the principles of uncertainty. Performance initiative black mountain college museum. Video the principles of uncertainty at jacobs pillow dance festival 2017 youtube.
John heginbotham and maira kalmans the principles of. In principles of uncertainty, talking and dancing about the. The artist maira kalman and the choreographer john heginbotham have made a diffuse, agreeable, evasive study. The backs of these chairs have been slipcovered and. The work draws inspiration from the highly detailed, intimate worlds created in mairas paintings and illustrations, particularly from her book, the principles of. Aug 21, 2017 it is upon these odds and ends that their dancetheater collaboration, the principles of uncertainty, is built. Bam the principles of uncertainty brooklyn academy of music. The principles of uncertainity nyc discount theatre. International dance company visits deaf school, empowers. It tells us that there is a fuzziness in nature, a fundamental limit to what we can know about. In terms of measuring position, the uncertainty principle implies an unavoidable fuzziness to the subatomic world. In the new dance piece, the principles of uncertainty, illustrator and painter maira kalman collaborates with choreographer john heginbotham.