Minimalism & Me
Dancers, Supernumeraries and Ms. Tharp.
Twyla, John and Matt in performance.
Dancers, Supernumeraries and Ms. Tharp.
Dancers performing in front of projected notes from Generation (1968) in 2018 at The Joyce Theatre in NYC.
Dancers and Supernumeraries performing in front of projected footage of Medley (1969) in 2018 at The Joyce.
Dancers, Supernumeraries and Ms. Tharp in front of projected notes from Medley (1969) in 2018 at The Joyce.
Supernumeraries before the performance.
Load-in/Bunch of Broads.
Premiere
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Date
7 December 2017
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Company
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Location
Chicago, Illinois
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Music by
Various
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Lighting Designer
Jennifer Tipton
Dancers
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Number of Dancers
5
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Number of Supernumeraries
20
Dance Sections
Featuring excerpts from:
Tank Dive, premiered April 1965
Re-Moves, premiered October 1966
Disperse, premiered April 1967
Generation, premiered February 1968
After ‘Suite’, premiered February 1969
Medley, premiered July 1969
Dancing in the Streets of London and Paris, Continued in Stockholm and Sometimes Madrid, premiered November 1969
The Fugue, premiered August 1970
The History of Up and Down, premiered January 1971
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Runtime
01:05:00
Description
Using five dancers and a group of supernumeraries, Minimalism & Me is Tharp’s account of her early forays into the art of making dances.
Excerpts of works created from 1965-70 are accompanied by a commentary delivered by Ms. Tharp and are illustrated by vignettes re-enacting the era in which the dances were first presented.
The evening concludes with Tharp choreographing a new phrase each performance for two dancers.
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Commissioned by
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago
Past Performances
Museum of Contemporary Art
Minimalism & Me | Museum of Contemporary Art
Chicago, IL
December 7 2017 Dance
Institute of Contemporary Art
Minimalism & Me | Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA
December 13 2018 Dance
- 2017
- 2018