Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover

Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover (By Paul Simon)

Tharp and Paul Simon performing in 1977. Photo by Johan Elbers.

Tharp performing in 1977. Photo by Lois Greenfield.

Premiere

  • Date

    12 May 1977

  • Company

    Twyla Tharp Dance

  • Location

    Brooklyn, NY

Production

  • Choreographer

    Twyla Tharp

  • Composer

    Paul Simon (Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover, 1975)

  • Live Music by

    Paul Simon

  • Lighting Designer

    Jennifer Tipton

  • Costume Designer

    Santo Loquasto

Dancers

Twyla Tharp

  • Number of Dancers

    1

  • Runtime

    00:03:40

Description

This short solo was presented as part of the compendium work The Hodge Podge (1977). Paul Simon played acoustic guitar and sang “Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover” live while Tharp performed. Simon Medley (1977) was presented immediately after.