In The Beginnings
Hailey (in black) surrounded by dancers Garcia-Lorca, Wright, Rinker and Wiener during a performance.
Company dancers in a performance excerpt.
Premiere
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Composed and Live Music by
Jeffrey Moss
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Lighting Designer
Jennifer Tipton
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Costume Designer
Kermit Love
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Actress
Marian Hailey
Dancers
Isabel Garcia-Lorca, Tom Rawe, Kenneth Rinker, Sara Rudner, Twyla Tharp, Nina Wiener, Rose Marie Wright
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Number of Dancers
7
Dance Sections
I. Morning Song
Moss with Rudner, Wright, Garcia-Lorca, Rinker, Wiener and Rawe
II. First Assumption
Hailey
III. Egg Stories
Hailey and Wright
IV. Beginnings
Moss with Rudner, Wright, Garcia-Lorca, Rinker, Wiener and Rawe
V. Second Assumption
Hailey
VI. Which Came First
Hailey with Wright, Garcia-Lorca, Rinker, Wiener and Rawe
VII. Two and Two
Moss with Tharp, Rudner, Wright, Garcia-Lorca, Rinker, Wiener and Rawe
VIII. Third Assumption
Hailey
IX. Eggs
Garcia-Lorca and Wiener
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Runtime
00:16:30
Description
In The Beginnings was billed as a collaboration between Tharp, the dancers, Jeffrey Moss (composer / writer), Jennifer Tipton (lighting designer) and Marian Hailey (actress). The theatrical elements came together to form an absurdist play. The loose-limbed, free-swinging choreography is accompanied alternately by music and monologues.
From the original program: “Morning Song, Beginnings, Two and Two, Eggs, The Egg Stories and Which Came First by Jeffrey Moss. The line “Eggs don’t bounce,” is from Mr. John Percival’s review of Twyla Tharp’s piece Re-Moves (Dance and Dancers, May 1967).
The premiere of In The Beginnings was made possible by the good spirits of Suzanne Weil.”
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Commissioned by
The Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Past Performances
Twyla Tharp Dance
In The Beginnings (premiere) – The Fugue – Eight Jelly Rolls | Twyla Tharp Dance
Minneapolis, MN
January 26 1974 Premiere
- 1974