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Three Dances From The Film "Hair"

A still from Hair showing the Pershing Rifle company and dancers in “3-5-0-0.”

Premiere

  • Date

    15 February 1979

  • Company

    Twyla Tharp Dance

  • Location

    Brooklyn, NY

Production

  • Choreographer

    Twyla Tharp

  • Composer

    Galt MacDermot

  • Lyrics by

    Gerome Ragni and James Rado

  • Lighting Designer

    Jennifer Tipton

  • Costume Designer

    Ann Roth

Performers

Ensemble
Pershing Rifles Company H-8

 

Dancers
Sara Rudner, Twyla Tharp, Christine Uchida, Jennifer Way, Rose Marie Wright, Deborah Zalkind

with

Richard Caceres, John Carrafa, Richard Colton, Anthony Ferro, Raymond Kurshals, France Mayotte, Mark Morris, Tom Rawe, William Whitener

  • Number of Dancers

    15

Dance Sections

I. Electric Blues

Tharp with Rawe, Kurshals, Colton, Ferro

II. 3-5-0-0

Wright, Way, Uchida, Kurshals, Colton, Ferro, Whitener, Mayotte, Carrafa, Rudner, Zalkind, Caceres, Morris
Vocalists: Ronnie Dyson, Leata Galloway

III. What A Piece Of A Work Is Man

Rawe, with the Pershing Rifles Company H-8
Vocalists: Daniel Blinkoff, George James

Description

One month before Hair (1979) opened in movie theaters, Tharp presented three dance excerpts at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Pershing Rifles Company H-8 of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn joined the dancers live for this special event. The three pieces were performed in the abstract space of the proscenium stage, out of the cinematic and narrative context of the film production.

 

From the orginal program:  “Choreographed by Twyla Tharp for the film version of Hair, these dances are set to three songs from the original score by James Rado, Gerome Ragni, and Galt MacDermot. Hair is a Lester Persky and Michael Butler production; a Miloš Forman film released by United Artists.”

Past Performances

Twyla Tharp Dance

Baker's Dozen (premiere) – Three Dances From Hair (premiere) – 1903 – Chapters And Verses | Twyla Tharp Dance

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn, NY

February 15 1979 Premiere

Twyla Tharp Dance

Sue's Leg – The Fugue – Three Dances From The Film ""Hair" – Chapters And Verses |Twyla Tharp Dance

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn, NY

February 17 1979 TTD Performance

  • 1979