Preludes and Fugues
The company in Preludes and Fugues. Photo by Sharon Bradford.
Dancers perform in Preludes and Fugues.
Baker, Kelley, Coppula, Trapp in Preludes and Fugues. Photo by Ruven Afanador.
Premiere
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Date
18 September 2015
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Company
Twyla Tharp Dance
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Location
Dallas, TX
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (The Well-Tempered Clavier selections from Book I, 1722 and Book II, 1742)
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Lighting Designer
James F. Ingalls
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Costume and Scenic Designer
Santo Loquasto
Dancers
John Selya, Rika Okamoto, Matthew Dibble, Ron Todorowski, Daniel Baker, Amy Ruggiero, Ramona Kelley, Nicholas Coppula, Eva Trapp, Savannah Lowery, Reed Tankersley, Kaitlyn Gilliland, Eric Otto (understudy)
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Number of Dancers
12
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Runtime
00:43:00
Description
“Simply put, Preludes and Fugues is the world as it ought to be, Yowzie as it is.” -Twyla Tharp, 2015
This work was commissioned by The Joyce Theater, New York, with funds from the Estate of John L. Klebanoff, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (lead commissioners); Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (made possible by Phillip and Marsha Dowd) & Ravinia Festival Association, Chicago; TITAS Presents in association with AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas; and The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills. This work was also made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Past Performances
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Dallas, TX
September 18 2015 Premiere
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Denver, CO
September 24 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Boulder, CO
September 27 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Beverly Hills, CA
October 1 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Davis, CA
October 6 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Santa Barbara, CA
October 9 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Portland, OR
October 14 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Berkeley, CA
October 16 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Austin, TX
October 20 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
New Orleans, LA
October 24 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Bloomington, IN
October 28 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
East Lansing, MI
November 3 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Chicago, IL
November 5 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
Washington, D.C.
November 11 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
50th Tour – Preludes And Fugues – Yowzie | Twyla Tharp Dance
New York, NY
November 17 2015 50th Event
Twyla Tharp Dance
Preludes And Fugues – Nine Sinatra Songs | Twyla Tharp Dance (Tour)
Key West, FL
February 6 2017 TTD Performance
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