Second Duet
Harris and Gilmer performing at New York City Center. Photo by Paula Lobo.
Second Duet with Jacquelin Harris and James Gilmer.
Harris and Gilmer performing at New York City Center. Photo by Paula Lobo.
Harris and Gilmer performing at New York City Center. Photo by Paula Lobo.
Gilmer and Harris performing at New York City Center. Photo by Paula Lobo.
Harris and Gilmer performing with Ensemble dancers at New York City Center. Photo by Paula Lobo.
Premiere
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Composer
Thomas Larcher (Mumien, 2001), Cole Porter (Do I Love You?, 1939 performed by Aztec Camera)
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Live Musicians
Stephen Gosling (piano),
Gabriel Gabezas (cello)
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Lighting Designer
James F. Ingalls
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Costume Designer
Santo Loquasto
Dancers
Principals
James Gilmer, Jacquelin Harris
Ensemble
Brady Farrar, Savannah Kristich, Zoe Liebold, Jaiden Galan Roman, Alycia Williams, William Woodward
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Number of Dancers
2 (plus 6 ensemble dancers for crossover)
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Runtime
00:16:28
Description
Second Duet is a work composited from a series of never performed duets made in 1990.
Second Duet was the second piece of the Twyla Now program, which helped open New York City Center after its year-and-a-half COVID-19 shutdown.
From the original program: “‘The grounded, athletic Second Duet is adapted from a series of duets Tharp composed some thirty years ago but never performed. The work… is set to contemporary composer Thomas Larcher’s Mumien, an uneasy staccato piece for cello and prepared piano that opens like a four-alarm fire.’ – Written by Jamie Fisher
Support for new dance works at City Center is provided by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.”
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Commissioned by
Past Performances
TWYLA NOW
Twyla Now: Cornbread – Second Duet (premiere) – Pergolesi – All In (premiere) | Twyla Tharp Dance
New York, NY
November 17 2021 Dance
- 2021