Watermill Center | Past Programs

Past Programs

In the twelve seasons since its inception, the Watermill Center Summer Program has developed over 70 new works for the world's stages and museums.

Performing Arts Projects
Design Projects

The Program has hosted over 600 participants from 42 countries, introducing a new generation to Wilson's distinctive methods based on movement and design. Guest artists and speakers have included leading international figures in the fields of visual and performing arts, literature, philanthropy, science and business.

	Summer Program 2007 Summer 2007 celebrated the theme of VOOM ZOO, including exploration of animals through live and media performance pieces, residency from U-Theatre drummers from Taipei, nine design and performance workshops for new Robert Wilson works.

	Summer Program 2006 Summer 2006 celebrated the opening of the new building and performance and design workshops facilitated with Robert Wilson and emerging international artists.

	Summer Program 2005 The 12th annual Summer Program featured artists-in-residence from Brazil and workshops in theater, opera, design, and architecture.

	Summer Program 2004 The 11th annual Summer Program welcomed guest artists from China.

Performing Arts Projects
Projects that have been developed during the Watermill Center Summer Program for the world's finest stages include:

Aïda, Covent Garden, London
Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung, Salzburg Festival
Danton's Death, Berliner Ensemble
The Days Before, Lincoln Center Festival, New York
Der Ring der Nibelungen, Opernhaus Zurich
Dream Play, Stockholm Stadsteater
Four Saints in Three Acts, Houston Grand Opera
I La Galigo, Singapore Festival
Les Fables, Comédie Française, Paris
Lohengrin, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Madam Butterfly, La Fenice, Venice
Orlando, Edinburgh Festival
Orphée, Opera National/Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie, Brussels
Osud, National Theater, Prague
Parsifal, Los Angeles Opera
Prometheus, Megaron Athens Concert Hall
Scourge of Hyacinths, Festival Internacional de Cervantino, México
Temptation of St. Anthony, L'Opéra National de Paris
White Raven, Teatro Real, Madrid
Woyzeck, Betty Nansen Theater, Copenhagen

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Design Projects
Exhibitions, installations, and products designed at Watermill include:

In the Evening at Koi Pond, Expo 2005 Aichi, Nagoya
Fables exhibition, Fondation Pierré Bergé/Yves Saint Laurent, Paris
Giorgio Armani, the Guggenheim Museum, New York & Bilbao
Imagenes del Cuerpo, Museum Barbier Mueller, Barcelona
Louis Vuitton, stores and products worldwide
Paul Landowski: le temple de l'homme, Petit Palais, Paris
Sign of Light/Lightwall, Pittsburgh Cultural District
Russian Madness, Valencia Biennale
Memory/Loss, Venice Biennale
Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design, London Design Museum and Isamu Noguchi Museum, New York
Your Throne, City of Zaghreb

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