Rags Suite Rags Suite

The Rags Suite

Way and Rawe perform at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1976. Photo by Lois Greenfield.

Way and Rawe in performance.

Way and Rawe perform at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1976. Photo by Lois Greenfield.

Premiere

  • Date

    10 September 1975

  • Company

    Twyla Tharp Dance

  • Venue

    Municipal Auditorium

  • Location

    Austin, TX

Production

  • Choreographer

    Twyla Tharp

  • Composers

    Scott Joplin (Fig Leaf Rag, 1908 and The Ragtime Dance, 1908),

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Ah, Vous Dirai-je, Maman / Variations in C major, KV 265, 1781)

  • Lighting Design

    Jennifer Tipton

  • Costume Designer

    Santo Loquasto

Dancers

Tom Rawe, Jennifer Way 

  • Number of Dancers

    2

Dance Sections

I. Fig Leaf Rag (Joplin)

II. Ah, Vous Dirai-je, Maman / Variations in C major, KV 265 (Mozart)

III. The Ragtime Dance (Joplin)

  • Runtime

    00:13:30

Description

Tharp excerpted three duets from The Raggedy Dances (1972) to create this short suite. Two ragtime recordings bookend the Mozart variations.

Past Performances

Twyla Tharp Dance

Sue's Leg – Bach Duet – The Rags Suite (premiere) – Ocean's Motion | Twyla Tharp Dance

Municipal Auditorium

Austin, TX

September 10 1975 Premiere

Twyla Tharp Dance

Sues Leg – Bach Duet – The Rags Suite – Ocean's Motion – The Fugue | Twyla Tharp Dance

Fort Worth Art Museum

Fort Worth, TX

September 13 1975 TTD Performance

Twyla Tharp Dance

Sues Leg – Bach Duet – The Rags Suite – Ocean's Motion – The Fugue | Twyla Tharp Dance

San Antonio Ballet Society

San Antonio, TX

September 20 1975 TTD Performance

Twyla Tharp Dance

The Rags Suite – Bach Duet – The Fugue – Eight Jelly Rolls | Twyla Tharp Dance

Harvard University Loeb Drama Center

Cambridge, MA

February 5 1976 TTD Performance

Twyla Tharp Dance

The Rags Suite – Bach Duet – The Fugue – Eight Jelly Rolls | Twyla Tharp Dance

George Washington University Lisner Auditorium

Washington, D.C.

February 12 1976 TTD Performance

Twyla Tharp Dance

Give and Take – The Rags Suite – Bach Duet – Sue's Leg | Twyla Tharp Dance

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn, NY

March 27 1976 TTD Performance

Twyla Tharp Dance

Give and Take – The Rags Suite – Sue's Leg – Bach Duet | Twyla Tharp Dance

Royal Lyceum Theatre

Edinburgh, Scotland

September 4 1976 TTD Performance

Twyla Tharp Dance

The Rags Suite – Assorted Quartets (premiere) – The Fugue – Oceans Motion | Twyla Tharp Dance

Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Saratoga Springs, NY

July 29 1980 Premiere

Twyla Tharp Dance

The Rags Suite – Short Stories (premiere) – The Fugue – Brahms Paganini | Twyla Tharp Dance

Murray Theater at Ravinia

Highland Park, IL

August 27 1980 Premiere

  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1980