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Twyla Tharp: Oppositions

Jacobsson and Brown in a dress rehearsal at Riverside Studios in 1994. Photo by Kevin Fitzimmons.

Excerpt from Twyla Tharp: Oppositions.

From left to right: Irving, Michael, Melnick, Roberts, O’Brien, and Bishton while filming Twyla Tharp: Oppositions. 

Premiere

  • Date

    24 April 1996

  • Company

    Twyla Tharp Dance

Production

  • Choreographer

    Twyla Tharp

  • Director

    Derek Bailey

  • Producer

    Fiona Morris,
    Margaret Selby

  • Composer

    Philip Glass

  • Lighting Designer

    Jennifer Tipton

  • Costume Designer

    Norma Kamali

  • Director of Photography

    Alan Adelman

  • Manager for Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation

    Pennie Curry

Dancers

Jamie Bishton, Shawn Black, Allison Brown, Stacey Caddell, Daniel Chait, Fabrice Herrault, Kevin Irving, Petter Jacobsson, Jodi Melnick, Julie Michael, Amy O’Brien, Daniel Otevrel, Victoria Pasquale, Geoffrey Rhue, Keith Roberts, Shawn Stevens, Twyla Tharp

  • Number of Dancers

    17

  • Runtime

    00:51:23

Description

Twyla Tharp: Oppositions is a television special produced for the WNET series “Dance in America.” It features a brief introductory documentary followed by a performance of In The Upper Room (1986). The dancers wear solid white costumes, rather than the traditional black-and-white striped jumpers, which caused an interline twitter in the recorded image.

 

With grateful thanks to Mrs. Carloline Newhouse.