Exodus Exodus

Four Zooms

Misty Copeland in Four Zooms.

Excerpt from the “Exodus” section with Gilliland and Neshyba-Hodges.

Excerpt from the section “Four Square”.

Excerpt from the section “Misty Walks” featuring Copeland.

Excerpt from the section “Two Men” featuring Cornejo and Neshyba-Hodges.

Misty Copeland in Four Zooms.

Premiere

  • Date

    28 August 2020

  • Company

    Twyla Tharp Dance

  • Location

    Los Angeles; Minneapolis; New York City; Copenhagen; St. Petersburg

Production

  • Choreographer

    Twyla Tharp

  • Music by

    Ausencia & Odessa Bulgarish,

    Louis Andriessen (Hout (Wood), 1991)

  • Music Performed by

    Klezmer Trio,

    Bang on a Can

Principals

Benjamin Buza, Misty Copeland, Herman Cornejo, Kaitlyn Gilliland, Maria Khoreva, Charlie Neshyba-Hodges

  • Number of Dancers

    6

Dance Sections

Exodus

Gilliland, Neshyba-Hodges

Four Square

Buza, Copeland, Cornejo, Khoreva, Neshyba-Hodges

Misty Walks

Copeland

Two Men

Cornejo, Neshyba-Hodges

  • Runtime

    00:18:34

Description

Four Zooms (2020) is a suite of four short dance films created during the COVID-19 shutdown, conceived as a way to keep dancers moving, collaborating, and artistically connected across distance. Developed specifically for the screen – never intended for live performance – the works utilized Zoom video conferencing, although “Misty Walks” also include in-person elements.

 

Created with support from the Twyla Moves (2021) program within the American Masters series on PBS, which premiered March 26, 2021, the project reflects a moment when dance artists were reimagining process, space, and presence. Of the four sections, only “Four Square” was featured in the broadcast. The complete cycle – Four Zooms in its entirety – has never been publicly screened.