Three Page Sonata For Four
The cast in a site-specific rehearsal in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Photo by Twyla Tharp.
Dickinson, Tupling, Tharp, and Rudner (left to right) rehearse in the Judson Gym. Photo by Robert Propper.
Dickinson, Rudner, Tharp and Tupling (left to right) in rehearsal at the Judson Gym. Photo by Robert Propper.
Rudner, Tharp and Dickinson (back to front) in rehearsal at the Judson Gym. Photo by Robert Propper.
Premiere
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Date
6 July 1967
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Company
Twyla Tharp with Sara Rudner, Theresa Dickinson, and Margery Tupling
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Location
Potsdam, NY
Production
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Choreography
Twyla Tharp
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Composer
Charles Ives (Three Page Sonata, 1949)
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Lighting Designer
Michael Davidson
Dancers
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Number of Dancers
4
Description
Three Page Sonata For Four is the first work by Tharp to integrate music as a foundational element of the choreography. Tharp used Charles Ives’ musical score as a map to determine each dancer’s pathways and the work’s structural patterns. A recording of the music plays in accompaniment.
Originally intended to premiere in an outdoor amphitheater on the Lower East Side, the performance was rained out and Three Page Sonata For Four premiered later that year during the SUNY Potsdam Summer Artist Series.
Past Performances
Twyla Tharp and Dancers
Disperse – Yancey Dance – Jam – One,Two, Three – Three Page Sonata For Four (premiere) | Twyla Tharp and Dancers
Potsdam, NY
July 6 1967 Premiere
- 1967