The Bix Pieces
Rudner and Tharp perform at the Roundhouse in London in 1974.
Tharp performs in Paris in 1971.
Garcia-Lorca, Tharp, Wright and Rudner perform at the Delacorte Theatre in 1972.
Premiere
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Composers
Bix Beiderbecke (In The Mist, 1927),
Willard Robinson (‘Tain’t So Honey, ‘Tain’t So, 1928),
Bud Green and Sam Stept (That’s My Weakness Now, 1928),
Walter Donaldson (Borneo, 1920, Because My Baby Don’t Mean Maybe Now, 1928),
Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar (I Want To Be Happy, 1925),
Joseph Haydn (Opus 76 no. 3 Adagio, 1796),
William Henry Monk and Henry Francis Lyte (Abide With Me, 1847)
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Music by
The Paul Whiteman Orchestra
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Lighting Designer
Jennifer Tipton
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Costume Designers
Kermit Love,
Courrèges
Dancers
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Number of Dancers
5
Dance Sections
Part One: The Bix Pieces
Part Two: Why They Were Made
Part Three: Once Again
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Runtime
00:28:00
Description
The Bix Pieces is Tharp’s first theatrical dance work combining dance, music and spoken dramatic text. The legato movement slips from section to section, building from solo to duet, trio to quartet. A speaker onstage delivers a scripted lecture-demonstration, written by Tharp, while the dancers perform the final section.
The piece was later developed for camera in The Bix Pieces on Camera 3 (1973).
The Bix Pieces was first previewed on November 11, 1971 in Paris under the title True Confessions by Twyla Tharp, Sara Rudner, Rose Marie Wright, Isabel Garcia-Lorca, Kenneth Rinker, Mary Curry and Naomi Cohn. It was then previewed in Los Angeles in April 1972 with its new name and 5 dancers.
Past Performances
Twyla Tharp and Dancers
The One Hundreds – The Bix Pieces (preview) | Twyla Tharp and Dancers
Paris, France
November 9 1971 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Torelli – The Bix Pieces (preview) – The Fugue | Twyla Tharp Dance
Los Angeles, CA
April 14 1972 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Bix Pieces (premiere) – The Raggedy Dances (preview) | Twyla Tharp Dance
New York, NY
September 12 1972 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Bix Pieces – The Raggedy Dances – The One Hundreds | Twyla Tharp Dance
Minneapolis, MN
November 22 1972 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Bix Pieces | Twyla Tharp Dance
Shubert Theatre
New Haven, CT
June 9 1973 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Bix Pieces – The Raggedy Dances | Twyla Tharp Dance
Becket, MA
July 7 1973 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Raggedy Dances – The One Hundreds – The Bix Pieces | Twyla Tharp Dance
Lisner Auditorium
Washington, D.C.
July 28 1973 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Eight Jelly Rolls – The One Hundreds – The Bix Pieces | Twyla Tharp Dance
Columbus, OH
January 10 1974 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Raggedy Dances – The Fugue – The Bix Pieces – Eight Jelly Rolls | Twyla Tharp Dance
Waltham, MA
January 31 1974 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Raggedy Dances – The Fugue – The Bix Pieces – Eight Jelly Rolls | Twyla Tharp Dance
Williamston, MA
March 8 1974 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Raggedy Dances – The One Hundreds – The Bix Pieces – Eight Jelly Rolls | Twyla Tharp Dance
Philadelphia, PA
April 5 1974 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Bix Pieces – Eight Jelly Rolls – The Fugue | Twyla Tharp Dance
London, United Kingdom
May 16 1974 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Hodge Podge (premiere) – Simon Medley (premiere) – Mud (premiere) – The Bix Pieces | Twyla Tharp Dance
Brooklyn, NY
May 12 1977 Dance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Mud – The Fugue – The Bix Pieces | Twyla Tharp Dance
Brooklyn, NY
May 20 1977 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Hodge Podge – Mud – The Bix Pieces | Twyla Tharp Dance
Minneapolis, MN
May 27 1977 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Bix Pieces – Assorted Quartets – Short Stories – Baker's Dozen | Twyla Tharp Dance
New York, NY
September 24 1981 TTD Performance
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