Sunrise/Noon/Sundown
Wright, Rudner and Tharp in Fort Tryon Park performing “Sunrise.” Photo by Herbert Migdoll.
Tharp warming up for “Sunrise” in Fort Tryon Park. Photo by Herbert Migdoll.
Rudner, Tharp and Wright preparing for “Sunrise” in Fort Tryon Park. Photo by Herbert Migdoll.
Premiere
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Date
28 March 1971
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Company
Twyla Tharp with Sara Rudner and Rose Marie Wright
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Venue
Fort Tryon Park, Battery Park and City Hall
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Location
New York, NY
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Composer
Guiseppe Torelli (Violin Concerto Opus 8 n.7 in D Minor, For Solo Violin, String & Continuo, 1956)
Dancers
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Number of Dancers
3
Dance Sections
I. Sunrise: Fort Tryon Park
Tharp, Rudner, Wright
II. Midday March: Battery Park
Tharp, Rudner, Wright, and 14 additional dancers
III. Evening Raga: City Hall
Tharp, Rudner, Wright
Description
Sunrise/Noon/Sundown was a day-long event and performed only once in its entirety. Starting at 5 a.m., three dancers performed to a recording of Giuseppi Torelli’s Concerto in D minor in Fort Tryon Park in Harlem. At noon, the trio, a forty-piece Brooklyn high school marching band and fourteen student dancers, convened at Battery Park in downtown Manhattan to perform a series of drills. The nighttime event took place in the City Council Chamber at City Hall. The intended accompaniment was to be rag music on a player piano alongside a group of sitar players. Due to a security issue, only the sitar players were allowed inside the building. The result was an evening of dances to ragas, not rags.
“Sunrise” would later be performed independently as Torelli.
Sunrise/Noon/Sundown was the closing piece of the American Dance Marathon 1971, sponsored by New York City Center.
Past Performances
Twyla Tharp and Dancers
Sunrise/Noon/Sundown (premiere) | Twyla Tharp and Dancers
Fort Tryon Park, Battery Park and City Hall
New York, NY
May 28 1971 Premiere
- 1971