Music details
World premiere date
Premiere company
Twyla Tharp Dance
Premiere location venue
Premiere location place
New York, NY
Composer
Live music by
Gordon Bush (Organ)
Andree Briere (Double bass)
Stephen McGee (Cello)
Costume designer
Lighting designer
Commissioner
Dancers
Kenneth Rinker, Rose Marie Wright
Total number of dancers
2
Runtime
00:06:00
Originally included in All About Eggs, The Bach Duet grounds the ethereal music of Bach's 78th Cantata in tangible action. The dance begins when one dancer spits on the floor, a common action for dancers looking to get more traction.
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Wright and Rinker perform in St. Paul in 1975.
<p>©Tom Berthiaume</p> -
Wright and Rinker with musicians.
<p>©Tom Rawe</p>
Videos
Video Description
Wright and Rinker in the premiere performance.
Full music program
Jesu, Der Du Meine Seele, Cantata, BWV 78
Composed by J.S. Bach – 1724
Music details
Give and Take - The Rags Suite - Sue's Leg - Bach Duet | Twyla Tharp Dance
Royal Lyceum Theatre
Edinburgh, Scotland
Give and Take - The Rags Suite - Bach Duet - Sue's Leg | Twyla Tharp Dance
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY
The Rags Suite - Bach Duet - The Fugue - Eight Jelly Rolls | Twyla Tharp Dance
George Washington University Lisner Auditorium
Washington, DC
The Rags Suite - Bach Duet - The Fugue - Eight Jelly Rolls | Twyla Tharp Dance
Harvard University Loeb Drama Center
Cambridge, MA
Sues Leg - Bach Duet - The Rags Suite - Ocean's Motion - The Fugue | Twyla Tharp Dance
San Antonio Ballet Society
San Antonio, TX
Sues Leg - Bach Duet - The Rags Suite - Ocean's Motion - The Fugue | Twyla Tharp Dance
Fort Worth Art Museum
Fort Worth, TX
Sue's Leg - Bach Duet - The Rags Suite (premiere) - Ocean's Motion | Twyla Tharp Dance
Municipal Auditorium
Austin, TX
Sue's Leg - The One Hundreds - Bach Duet - Ocean's Motion | Twyla Tharp Dance
American Dance Festival at Connecticut College
New London, CT
Sue's Leg - The One Hundreds - Bach Duet - Ocean's Motion (premiere} | Twyla Tharp Dance
Teatro Nuovo
Spoleto, Italy
Sue's Leg - Double Cross - Bach Duet | Twyla Tharp Dance
Town Hall
New York, NY
Bach Duet (premiere) | Twyla Tharp Dance
Delacorte Theater of Central Park
New York, NY