Midtown Concerts: BALAM Dance Theatre

• Lisa Terry, viola da gamba
• Ryan Closs, theorbo
• Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
• Dongmyung Ahn, baroque violin
• Eugenia Forteza, mezzo-soprano

By popular demand, BALAM presents a sequel performance from "The Garden of Love." This version will reunite our winning artist team from the original work but add a new music trio to begin the show, as well as a third masked dance character. "Return to the Garden of Love" will begin with the Trio Sonata in D major by Georg Philipp Telemann performed by expert period musicians. Immediately following this piece will be BALAM's new 30-minute theatrical sequel entertainment showcasing a mezzo-soprano and masked Baroque dancers performing as masked fantasy characters to the "Entrée d'Apollon" by Jean Baptiste Lully, transcription for solo harpsichord by Jean Henri d'Anglebert; excerpts from Francois Couperin's Concert Royaux; and the aria Sans frayeur dans ce bois by Marc Antoine Charpentier. This magical and charming program suggests the Baroque opera entreact divertissement and combines all the performative arts: music, dance, costumes, and acted text.

About Midtown Concerts

https://www.gemsny.org/midtown-concerts

About Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS)

https://gemsny.org/

About Balinese American Dance Theatre (BALAM)

Balinese American Dance Theatre (BALAM) was founded in 1979 by choreographer and dance educator Islene Pinder and has performed throughout the United States, and internationally. Under the artistic direction of Carlos Fittante, a Baroque dance specialist, presently the company’s repertoire highlights Baroque, Balinese, Japanese Noh, and Spanish Escuela Bolera techniques. BALAM’s unique blend of historically and culturally informed innovative choreography, opulent costumes, striking masks, eclectic music, and fantasy characters enacting myths and tales presented at the grass-roots level, has broad audience appeal and is suitable for people of all ages and backgrounds.

About Lisa Terry, viola da gamba

https://parthenia.org/people/lisa-terry/

About Ryan Closs, theorbo

http://ryancloss.com/

About Dongsok Shin, harpsichord

Much in demand as a soloist and continuo player, Dongsok Shin has been a member of REBEL since 1997 and has appeared with the American Classical Orchestra, ARTEK, Concert Royal, Early Music New York, Carmel Bach Festival, Mark Morris Dance Group, The New York Philharmonic, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded for ATMA, Bridge, Dorian/Sono Luminus, Hänssler, Helicon, Lyrichord, and Newport Classic. Alongside performing, he tunes and maintains harpsichords in the New York area and is well known as a recording engineer, as well as a producer and editor of many early music recordings.

About Dongmyung Ahn, baroque violin

Dongmyung Ahn is a Baroque violinist and musicologist. She is a performer, educator, and scholar, and directs the Queens College Baroque Ensemble.

About Eugenia Forteza, mezzo-soprano

https://www.eugeniaforteza.com/