PAST PERFORMANCES
THE WAY OF THE RAIN | VOICES OF HOPE
CARNEGIE HALL BENEFIT CONCERT
STERN AUDITORIUM - PERELMAN STAGE | 2017 December 1
Sibylle Szaggars Redford | Artistic Director
Tim Janis | Composer | Music Director & Producer
Floyd Thomas McBee | “Mother Earth” Film Research & Editing
The Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra Julien Benichou | Conductor
The Way of the Rain – Voices of Hope Youth Choir Matt Vanzini | Choir Master | Conductor
The Broadway Youth Ensemble Joseph Baker | Artistic Director
Alex Boye | Vocalist | Water
Laura Dias | Vocalist | Moon
Lynn Hillary | Vocalist | Air
Loreena McKennitt | Vocalist | Piano | Mother Earth
SPECIAL GUESTS
Vice – President Al Gore | Hope Speech
Robert Redford | Earth Narration
N. Scott Momaday | Earth Narration | Written By
Robert Mirabal | Vocalist | Flute | Drum
Aspen Dawn Mirabal | Voice of Hope | Vocalist | Dance
Kona Sunrise Mirabal | Voice of Hope | Vocalist | Dance
Masa Rain Mirabal | Voice of Hope | Vocalist | Dance
Evan Trujillo | Voice of Hope | Dance | Dance of Hope
Mairead Nesbitt | Violin
Joseph Schumann | Irish Bagpipes | Tinwhistle & Flute
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THE WAY OF THE RAIN | VOICES OF HOPE
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES | 2017 NOVEMBER 17
Sibylle Szaggars Redford | Artistic Director
Tim Janis | Composer | Music Director & Producer
Floyd Thomas McBee | “Mother Earth” Film Research & Editing
Gregory Leon Baird | Design | Production Coordinator
Elizabeth Demmer | Producer
Karsten Staiger | Documentarian
Laura Dias | Vocalist | Moon
Lynn Hillary | Vocalist | Air & Mother Earth
SPECIAL GUESTS
Robert Redford | Earth Narration
N. Scott Momaday | Earth Narration | Written By
Robert Mirabal | Vocalist | Flute | Drum
Aspen Dawn Mirabal | Voice of Hope | Vocalist | Dance
Kona Sunrise Mirabal | Voice of Hope | Vocalist | Dance
Masa Rain Mirabal | Voice of Hope | Vocalist | Dance
Evan Trujillo | Voice of Hope | Dance | Dance of Hope
Mairead Nesbitt | Violin
Joseph Schumann | Irish Bagpipes | Tinwhistle & Flute
Celka Ojakangas | Second Violin
Xi Yang | Cello




















PRESS
Saving the Environment Through Art
By Barrett Wissman | Forbes Nov 26, 2017
THE WAY OF THE RAIN | ABU DHABI
2017 April 13
Sibylle Szaggars Redford - Artistic Director
Chris Bamonte - Associate Director
Gregory Leon Baird - Associate Producer |Stage Design | Art Consultant
Cecile Lipworth - Producer
Will Calhoun , Dave Eggar , Chuck Palmer - Composers | Music Directors
Natalie Fisher - Choreography and Dance
Kiori Sherwood-Kawai - Dance
David Nelson - Dance
Karsten Staiger - Documentarian | Projections
Special Guests - Carla Dirlikov Canales - David Rothkopf - Falu Shah












THE WAY OF THE RAIN | kimball ART CENTER
2016 August 4
Sibylle Szaggars Redford - Artistic Director
Gregory Leon Baird - Producer| Art Consultant
Julie Dalley - Associate Producer
Will Calhoun, Dave Eggar, Chuck Palmer - Composers | Music Directors
Andrew Nemr - Dance
Kim Holmes - Dance
James Luk - Dance
Karsten Staiger - Documentarian
Special Guest - Robert Redford
















PRESS
Kimball Art Center gala honors Earth with Szaggars Redford’s ‘Way of the Rain’
Because It Rains Words by Sarah Betts. Big Life Magazine
Passport Park City | Summer - Fall 2016
The Way of the Rain | Sundance | Special Event for the Americans for the Arts Round Table
2015 September 17
Sibylle Szaggars Redford - Artistic Director
Gregory Leon Baird - Producer
Julie Dalley - Associate Produce
Will Calhoun , Dave Eggar . Chuck Palmer - Composers | Music Directors
Andrew Nemr - Choreography and Dance
Karsten Staiger - Documentarian
Special Guest - Robert Redford
















THE WAY OF THE RAIN | SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2015
2015 January, 26-27
Sibylle Szaggars Redford - Artistic Director
Sara Shives - Producer
Gregory Leon Baird - Associate Producer |Stage Design | Art Consultant
Will Calhoun , Dave Eggar ,Chuck Palmer - Composers / Music Directors
Desmond Richardson - Choreography and Dance
Ron Saint Germain - Sound Design
Steve Cohen - Director of Lighting and Projection Design
Thomas McBee III - Art Film Camera
Karsten Staiger - Documentarian
Special Guests - Sussan Deyhim , Marc Roberge , Richard On , Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Robert Redford


















PRESS
SUNDANCE INSTITUDE www.sundance.org
Sibylle Szaggars Redford’s ‘Rain’ unleashes a flood of creativity at Sundance |
By SEAN P. MEANS | The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Jan 25 2015
Sundance scene: Sibylle Szaggars Redford’s love letter to the Earth
By KATHY STEPHENSON | The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Jan 27 2015
FILM MUSIC MAGAZINE Way of the Rain (Sun)Dance
By Michael Rogers March 30, 2015
SALT LAKE MAGAZINE Sundance Review: The Way of the Rain
By Jaime Winston Jan 28th 2015
THE WAY OF THE RAIN | MIAMI | NATIONAL YOUNG ARTS FOUNDATION
2014 February 12
Sibylle Szaggars Redford - Artistic Director
Esther Park - Producer
Will Calhoun , Dave Eggar , Chuck Palmer - Composers / Music Director
Desmond Richardson - Choreography
Thomas McBee III - Art Film Camera
Gregory Leon Baird - Associate Director | Art Consultant
Steve Cohen - Director of Lighting and Projection Design
Ron Saint Germain - Sound Design
Karsten Staiger - Documentarian
Special Guest - Robert Redford











Sibylle Szaggars Redford Debuts 'The Way of the Rain Miami'
March 14, 2014
2013 THE WAY OF THE RAIN | ALBUQUERQUE | AFME FESTIVAL
Sibylle Szaggars Redford - Artistic Director
Ivan Wiener - Producer
Gregory Leon Baird - Stage Design
David Thor Jonsson - Composer / Music Director
Catherine Oppenheimer - Choreographer and National Dance Institute NM founding Artistic Director
Ian Rosenkranz - Lighting Design
Thomas McBee III - Art Film Camera and Projections
Specials Guests :
Dance Company of the National Dance Institute New Mexico
61 Children of the National Dance Institute New Mexico
and Robert Redford


