Westerly Round
Bowman, Selya, Parkinson and Brady perform. Photo by Mike Van Sleen.
Company dancers Charlie Neshyba-Hodges, Emily Coates, Jason McDole and Dario Vaccaro perform Westerly Round in 2003.
Brady, Parkinson, Bowman and Selya in performance. Photo by Mike Van Sleen.
Parkinson, Brady, Selya and Bowman perform. Photo by Mike Van Sleen.
Premiere
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Composer
Mark O’Connor (Call Of The Mockingbird, 1994)
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Lighting Designer
Jennifer Tipton
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Costume Designer
Santo Loquasto
Dancers
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Number of Dancers
4
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Runtime
00:11:48
Description
As Tharp discusses in her book The Creative Habit (2003), the inspiration for Westerly Round came from a news article about a piece of ancient pottery bearing one of the earliest known representations of tribal migration. This primitive image of people linking hands is woven together with folk dance references in Tharp’s work. The four dancers are high-spirited and playful as they leap, spin and do-si-do in a display of the American frontier spirit: a blend of individualism and partnership.
Past Performances
Twyla Tharp Dance
Hammerklavier (premiere) – Junk Duet – Westerly Round (premiere) | Twyla Tharp Dance
Los Angeles, CA
June 23 2001 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
The One Hundreds – Junk Duet – Westerly Round | Twyla Tharp Dance
Becket, MA
June 30 2001 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Mozart Clarinet Quintet K.581 – Sinatra Suite (excerpts) – Westerly Round | Twyla Tharp Dance
World Trade Center
New York, NY
September 8 2001 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Westerly Round – Even the King (premiere) – Surfer At The River Styx | Twyla Tharp Dance
Scottsdale, AZ
January 11 2003 Premiere
Twyla Tharp Dance
Westerly Round – Even the King – Surfer At The River Styx | Twyla Tharp Dance
Houston, TX
January 24 2003 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Westerly Round – Even the King – Surfer At The River Styx | Twyla Tharp Dance
Albany, NY
February 15 2003 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Westerly Round – Even the King – Surfer At The River Styx | Twyla Tharp Dance
Kalamazoo, MI
March 26 2003 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Junk Duet – The Fugue – Westerly Round – Surfer At The River Styx |Twyla Tharp Dance
Becket, MA
June 18 2003 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Westerly Round – Even the King – Surfer At The River Styx | Twyla Tharp Dance
Durham, NC
June 26 2003 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Junk Duet – The Fugue – Westerly Round – Surfer At The River Styx |Twyla Tharp Dance
London, United Kingdom
July 3 2003 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Junk Duet – The Fugue – Westerly Round – Surfer At The River Styx |Twyla Tharp Dance
New York, NY
July 28 2003 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Junk Duet – The Fugue – Westerly Round – Surfer At The River Styx |Twyla Tharp Dance
Princeton, NJ
September 25 2003 TTD Performance
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- 2003