Paul Taylor Dance Company

Repertoire

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HOUSE OF JOY

Opus Number: 
136
Choreography: 
Paul Taylor
Music: 
Donald York
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
March 17, 2012

Gossamer Gallants

Opus Number: 
135
Choreography: 
Paul Taylor
Music: 
Bedřich Smetana
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
November 19, 2011

Photos by Tom Caravaglia and (on stage) Paul B. Goode

Audio: 

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The Uncommitted

Opus Number: 
134
Music: 
Arvo Pärt
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
July 21, 2011


Photos by Rick McCullough (top) and Paul B. Goode

Audio: 

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Three Dubious Memories

Opus Number: 
133
Music: 
Peter Elyakim Taussig
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 30, 2010

Photos by Paul B. Goode

Audio: 

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Phantasmagoria

Opus Number: 
132
Music: 
Anonymous Renaissance Composers
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
July 15, 2010

Photos by Scott Suchman

Brief Encounters

Opus Number: 
131
Music: 
Claude Debussy
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
James F. Ingalls
Date First Performed: 
November 6, 2009

Photos: Paul B. Goode

ALSO PLAYING

Opus Number: 
130
Music: 
Gaetano Donizetti
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 8, 2009

Photos: Paul B. Goode

Audio: 

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BELOVED RENEGADE

Opus Number: 
129
Music: 
Francis Poulenc
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
November 21, 2008
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Photos: Paul B. Goode

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CHANGES

Opus Number: 
128
Music: 
Songs sung by The Mamas & The Papas
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 22, 2008

Photos: Paul B. Goode

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DE SUEÑOS QUE SE REPITEN (OF RECURRING DREAMS)

Opus Number: 
127
Music: 
Ariel Guzik, Silvestre Revueltas, Margarita Lecuona, Robert Gómez Bolaños, Severiano Briseño
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
November 2, 2007
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DE SUEÑOS (OF DREAMS)

Opus Number: 
126
Music: 
Agustín Lara, Juan García Esquivel, Osvaldo Golijov, B. García de Jesús, J. Elizondo, Ariel Guzik, Chalino Sánchez
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer TIpton
Date First Performed: 
July 12, 2007

Photos: Paul B. Goode (left); Tom Caravaglia (right)

Audio: 

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LINES OF LOSS

Opus Number: 
125
Music: 
Guillaume de Machaut, Christopher Tye, Jack Body, John Cage, Arvo Pärt and Alfred Schnittke
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
March 2, 2007

Photos: Tom Caravaglia

Audio: 

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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA (REDUCED)

Opus Number: 
124
Music: 
Amilcare Ponchielli
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 15, 2006

Photos: Tom Caravaglia

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banquet of vultures

Opus Number: 
123
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 29, 2005

Photos: Tom Caravaglia

SPRING ROUNDS

Opus Number: 
122
Music: 
Richard Strauss after François Couperin
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
July 5, 2005

Photos © Lois Greenfield

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KLEZMERBLUEGRASS

Opus Number: 
121
Music: 
Traditional Klezmer and Bluegrass music, arranged by Margot Leverett
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 24, 2004

Photos: Lois Greenfield (left); Todd Rosenberg (right)

dante variations

Opus Number: 
120
Music: 
György Ligeti
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
March 24, 2004

Photos © Lois Greenfield

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LE GRAND PUPPETIER

Opus Number: 
119
Music: 
Igor Stravinsky played on pianola
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
March 2, 2004
Puppetier

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in the beginning

Opus Number: 
118
Music: 
Carl Orff, orchestrated by Freidrich K. Wanek
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 9, 2003

Photos: Paul B. Goode

dream girls

Opus Number: 
117
Music: 
Barbershop quartet songs sung by The Buffalo Bills
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 18, 2002

Photos: Paul B. Goode

PROMETHEAN FIRE

Opus Number: 
116
Music: 
J.S. Bach, orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
June 6, 2002
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Promethean

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ANTIQUE VALENTINE

Opus Number: 
115
Music: 
J.S. Bach, Carl Maria von Weber, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin and Felix Mendelssohn played on music boxes, player piano, and mechanical organ
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 26, 2001
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Photos: Paul B. Goode

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black tuesday

Opus Number: 
114
Music: 
Songs from the Great Depression
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 10, 2001

Photos: (left) © Lois Greenfield; (right) Paul B. Goode

DANDELION WINE

Opus Number: 
113
Music: 
Pietro Locatelli
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
November 16, 2000

Photos: Paul B. Goode

FIENDS ANGELICAL

Opus Number: 
112
Music: 
George Crumb
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
July 25, 2000
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Arabesque

Opus Number: 
111
Music: 
Claude Debussy
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 15, 1999

Photos: Paul B. Goode

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CASCADE

Opus Number: 
110
Music: 
Johann Sebastian Bach
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
July 22, 1999

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oh, you kid!

Opus Number: 
109
Music: 
Ragtime music (performed by the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
February 18, 1999

Photos: Paul B. Goode

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FIDDLERS GREEN

Opus Number: 
108
Music: 
John Adams
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
May 23, 1998

THE WORD

Opus Number: 
107
Music: 
David Israel (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
March 4, 1998

Photos, Paul B. Goode

PIAZZOLLA CALDERA

Opus Number: 
106
Music: 
Music by Astor Piazzolla and Jerzy Peterburshsky
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
June 12, 1997

Photos: Paul B. Goode

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EVENTIDE

Opus Number: 
105
Music: 
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
February 25, 1997
Eventide

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PRIME NUMBERS

Opus Number: 
104
Music: 
David Israel
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
January 10, 1997

Photo: Howard Schatz

OFFENBACH OVERTURES

Opus Number: 
103
Music: 
Jacques Offenbach
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 12, 1995
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MOONBINE

Opus Number: 
102
Music: 
Claude Debussy
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 13, 1994

FUNNY PAPERS

Opus Number: 
101
Choreography: 
Sandra Stone, Mary Cochran, Hernando Cortez, David Grenke, Andrew Asnes and Patrick Corbin. Amended and combined by Paul Taylor
Music: 
Novelty tunes
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 12, 1994
Funny Papers

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A FIELD OF GRASS

Opus Number: 
100
Music: 
Songs sung by Harry Nilsson
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 27, 1993

Photos: Paul B. Goode

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Spindrift

Opus Number: 
99
Music: 
Arnold Schoenberg
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
July 8, 1993

oz

Opus Number: 
98
Music: 
Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton

SPEAKING IN TONGUES for television

Opus Number: 
97
Date First Performed: 
September 26, 1991

Photos © Lois Greenfield, Paul B. Goode

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COMPANY B

Opus Number: 
96
Music: 
Songs sung by the Andrews Sisters
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
June 20, 1991

Photos: Paul B. Goode

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FACT & FANCY (3 EPITAPHS & ALL)

Opus Number: 
95
Music: 
Early New Orleans Jazz, and Reggae
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg (3 EPITAPHS) and George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
June 6, 1991

of bright & blue birds & the gala sun

Opus Number: 
94
Music: 
Donald York
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 25, 1990

THE SORCERER'S SOFA

Opus Number: 
93
Music: 
Paul Dukas
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
November 2, 1989
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minikin fair

Opus Number: 
92
Music: 
David Koblitz, Douglas Wieselman and Thaddeus Spae
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 15, 1989

speaking in tongues

Opus Number: 
91
Music: 
Matthew Patton
Set and Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
November 10, 1988

Photos: © Lois Greenfield

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DANBURY MIX

Opus Number: 
90
Music: 
Charles Ives
Set: 
David Gropman
Costumes: 
William Ivey Long
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
May 12, 1988
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COUNTERSWARM

Opus Number: 
89
Music: 
György Ligeti
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 28, 1988

Photos © Lois Greenfield

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BRANDENBURGS

Opus Number: 
88
Music: 
Johann Sebastian Bach
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 5, 1988

Photos: Paul B. Goode

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syzygy

Opus Number: 
87
Music: 
Donald York (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 21, 1987

Photos: Paul B. Goode

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KITH AND KIN

Opus Number: 
86
Music: 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Costumes: 
William Ivey Long
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 28, 1987

musical offering

Opus Number: 
85
Music: 
Johann Sebastian Bach, orchestrated by Anton Webern and Frank Michael Beyer
Set and Costumes: 
Gene Moore
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 8, 1986

Photos © Lois Greenfield (left); Jack Vartoogian (right)

ab ovo usque ad mala (from soup to nuts)

Opus Number: 
84
Music: 
P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele)
Set and Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 1, 1986

LAST LOOK

Opus Number: 
83
Music: 
Donald York
Set and Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 16, 1985
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Last Look

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ROSES

Opus Number: 
82
Music: 
Richard Wagner and Heinrich Baermann
Costumes: 
William Ivey Long
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 10, 1985

Photo: © Lois Greenfield

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...BYZANTIUM

Opus Number: 
81
Music: 
Edgard Varèse
Set: 
David Gropman
Costumes: 
William Ivey Long
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
March 20, 1984
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EQUINOX

Opus Number: 
80
Music: 
Johannes Brahms
Costumes: 
William Ivey Long
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
December 1, 1983

Photo: Paul B. Goode

SNOW WHITE

Opus Number: 
79
Music: 
Donald York (commissioned score)
Set: 
David Gropman
Costumes: 
Cynthia O'Neal
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 13, 1983

SUNSET

Opus Number: 
78
Music: 
Edward Elgar (and recorded loon calls)
Set and Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 6, 1983
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MUSETTE

Opus Number: 
77
Music: 
George Frideric Handel
Costumes: 
Gene Moore
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 5, 1983

MERCURIC TIDINGS

Opus Number: 
76
Music: 
Franz Schubert
Costumes: 
Santo Loquasto
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 20, 1982
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Mercuric

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LOST, FOUND AND LOST

Opus Number: 
75
Music: 
"Elevator" music arranged by Donald York (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 14, 1982

HOUSE OF CARDS

Opus Number: 
74
Music: 
Darius Milhaud
Set: 
Mimi Gross
Costumes: 
Cynthia O'Neal
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 6, 1981

Photos: Tom Caravaglia (top) and Paul B. Goode

ARDEN COURT

Opus Number: 
73
Music: 
William Boyce
Set and Costumes: 
Gene Moore
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 15, 1981
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LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (THE REHEARSAL)

Opus Number: 
72
Music: 
Igor Stravinsky (arrangement for piano)
Set and Costumes: 
John Rawlings
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
January 15, 1980
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PROFILES

Opus Number: 
71
Music: 
Jan Radzynski (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Gene Moore
Lighting: 
Mark Litvin
Date First Performed: 
July 28, 1979

Photo © Lois Greenfield

NIGHTSHADE

Opus Number: 
70
Music: 
Alexander Scriabin
Costumes: 
Gene Moore
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 19, 1979

diggity

Opus Number: 
69
Music: 
Donald York (commissioned score)
Set and Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
Mark Litvin
Date First Performed: 
November 3, 1978

Photo: Johan Elbers

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AIRS

Opus Number: 
68
Music: 
G.F. Handel
Costumes: 
Gene Moore
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
May 30, 1978

Photos: Paul B. Goode

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aphrodisiamania

Opus Number: 
67
Music: 
Renaissance music re-orchestrated by Donald York
Set and Costumes: 
Gene Moore
Date First Performed: 
November 29, 1977

dust

Opus Number: 
66
Music: 
Francis Poulenc
Set and Costumes: 
Gene Moore
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
June 1, 1977

Photos: Tom Caravaglia, Paul B. Goode

IMAGES

Opus Number: 
65
Music: 
Claude Debussy
Costumes: 
Gene Moore
Lighting: 
Mark Litvin
Date First Performed: 
January 19, 1977
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polaris

Opus Number: 
64
Music: 
Donald York (commissioned score)
Set and Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
August 26, 1976

Photos: Paul B. Goode

CLOVEN KINGDOM

Opus Number: 
63
Music: 
Arcangelo Corelli, Henry Cowell, and Malloy Miller
Costumes: 
Women's Costumes by Scott Barrie, Headpieces by John Rawlings
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
June 9, 1976
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Cloven

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RUNES

Opus Number: 
62
Music: 
Gerald Busby
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
August 13, 1975
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ESPLANADE

Opus Number: 
61
Music: 
Johann Sebastian Bach
Costumes: 
John Rawlings
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
March 1, 1975

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SPORTS AND FOLLIES

Opus Number: 
60
Music: 
Erik Satie
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
August 7, 1974

UNTITLED QUARTET

Opus Number: 
59
Music: 
Igor Stravinsky
Costumes: 
Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
February 16, 1974

AMERICAN GENESIS

Opus Number: 
58
Music: 
J.S. Bach, Franz Josef Haydn, John Fahey, Bohuslav Martinů and Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 13, 1973

WEST OF EDEN

Opus Number: 
57
Music: 
Bohuslav Martinů
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 13, 1973

noah's minstrels

Opus Number: 
56
Music: 
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Set and Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
February 17, 1973

SO LONG EDEN

Opus Number: 
55
Music: 
John Fahey
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
May 17, 1972

GUESTS OF MAY

Opus Number: 
54
Music: 
Claude Debussy
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
March 11, 1972

FETES

Opus Number: 
53
Music: 
Claude Debussy
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 16, 1971

BOOK OF BEASTS

Opus Number: 
52
Music: 
Schubert, Weber, Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Beethoven, Boccherini, de Falla and Tchaikovsky, transcribed for harpsichord
Costumes: 
John Rawlings
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
July 2, 1971
Audio: 

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big bertha duet for television

Opus Number: 
51

big bertha

Opus Number: 
50
Music: 
Music from the St. Louis Melody Museum collection of band machines
Set and Costumes: 
Alec Sutherland
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
November 6, 1970

Photos: Paul B. Goode

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Opus Number: 
49
Music: 
Morton Subotnick
Set: 
Alex Katz
Costumes: 
Alec Sutherland
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
April 28, 1970

CHURCHYARD

Opus Number: 
48
Costumes: 
Alec Sutherland
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
December 10, 1969

Photo: Jack Mitchell

DUETS

Opus Number: 
47
Music: 
Anonymous Medival Composers
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Judith Daykin
Date First Performed: 
August 2, 1969

PRIVATE DOMAIN

Opus Number: 
46
Music: 
Iannis Xenakis
Set and Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
May 7, 1969
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Private Domain

Photos: Paul B. Goode

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Opus Number: 
45
Music: 
Music Collage by John Herbert McDowell (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
John Rawlings
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
October 8, 1968

Photos: Paul B. Goode

LENTO

Opus Number: 
44
Music: 
Franz Josef Haydn
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
August 12, 1967

AGATHE'S TALE

Opus Number: 
43
Music: 
Carlos Surinach (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Julian Tomchin
Date First Performed: 
August 12, 1967

Photo: Jack Mitchell

orbs

Opus Number: 
42
Music: 
Ludwig van Beethoven
Set and Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
July 4, 1966

Photos: Jack Mitchell, Paul B.Goode

POST MERIDIAN

Opus Number: 
41
Music: 
Evelyn Lohoeffer de Boeck (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
Thomas Skelton
Date First Performed: 
March 31, 1965

9 DANCES WITH MUSIC BY CORELLI

Opus Number: 
40
Music: 
Arcangelo Corelli
Costumes: 
Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Lighting: 
William Ritman
Date First Performed: 
March 31, 1965

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

Opus Number: 
39
Music: 
Charles Ives (later, commissioned score by John Herbert McDowell)
Costumes: 
John Rawlings
Lighting: 
Tom Skelton
Date First Performed: 
March 31, 1965

Photos: Jack Mitchell

DUET

Opus Number: 
38
Music: 
Franz Josef Haydn
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Thomas Skelton
Date First Performed: 
August 18, 1964

the red room

Opus Number: 
37
Music: 
Gunther Schuller
Set and Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Date First Performed: 
June 20, 1964

PARTY MIX

Opus Number: 
36
Music: 
Alexei Haieff
Costumes: 
Nancy Azara
Lighting: 
Thomas Skelton
Date First Performed: 
December 20, 1963

POETRY IN MOTION

Opus Number: 
35
Choreography: 
Co-choreographed with Katherine Litz
Music: 
Leopold Mozart
Costumes: 
Katherine Litz and George Tacet
Lighting: 
Thomas Skelton
Date First Performed: 
August 26, 1963

SCUDORAMA

Opus Number: 
34
Music: 
Clarence Jackson
Set and Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
Thomas Skelton
Date First Performed: 
August 10, 1963

Photos: Paul B. Goode

fibers

Opus Number: 
33
Date First Performed: 
May 20, 1963

la negra

Opus Number: 
32
Music: 
Mariachi music
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
George Tacet
Date First Performed: 
January 24, 1963

PIECE PERIOD

Opus Number: 
31
Music: 
Vivaldi, Telemann, Haydn, Scarlatti, Beethoven and Bonporti
Costumes: 
John Rawlings
Date First Performed: 
November 8, 1962

Photo: Jack Mitchell

AUREOLE

Opus Number: 
30
Music: 
George Frideric Handel
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Thomas Skelton
Date First Performed: 
August 4, 1962

Photos: Paul B. Goode

Audio: 

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tracer

Opus Number: 
29
Music: 
James Tenny (commissioned score)
Set and Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg (set piece and costumes)
Date First Performed: 
April 11, 1962

junction

Opus Number: 
28
Music: 
Johann Sebastian Bach
Set and Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Lighting: 
William Ritman
Date First Performed: 
November 24, 1961

Photos: Paul B. Goode

Audio: 

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insects and heroes

Opus Number: 
27
Music: 
John Herbert McDowell (commissioned score)
Set and Costumes: 
Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Lighting: 
Louise Guthman
Date First Performed: 
August 18, 1961

fibers

Opus Number: 
26
Music: 
Arnold Schoenberg
Set and Costumes: 
Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Date First Performed: 
January 14, 1961

Photos: Jack Mitchell

THE WHITE SALAMANDER

Opus Number: 
25
Music: 
Joop Stokkermans (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Henk de Vries
Date First Performed: 
October 11, 1960

tablet

Opus Number: 
24
Music: 
David Hollister (commissioned score)
Set and Costumes: 
Ellsworth Kelly
Date First Performed: 
July 1, 1960

Photo: Helga Gilbert

MERIDIAN

Opus Number: 
23
Music: 
Morton Feldman
Costumes: 
Alex Katz
Date First Performed: 
June 10, 1960

(rechoreographed)

OPTION

Opus Number: 
22
Music: 
Richard Maxfield (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Louise Thompson
Date First Performed: 
February 13, 1960

MERIDIAN

Opus Number: 
21
Music: 
Pierre Boulez
Costumes: 
Louise Thompson
Date First Performed: 
February 13, 1960

images and reflections

Opus Number: 
20
Date First Performed: 
February 13, 1960

images and reflections

Opus Number: 
19
Music: 
Morton Feldman
Costumes: 
(and props) Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
Tharon Musser
Date First Performed: 
December 20, 1958

rebus

Opus Number: 
18
Music: 
David Hollister (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Date First Performed: 
March 18, 1958

may apple

Opus Number: 
17
Music: 
Performed in silence
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Date First Performed: 
March 18, 1958

seven new dances: opportunity

Opus Number: 
16
Music: 
"Noise"
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
Tharon Musser
Date First Performed: 
October 20, 1957

seven new dances: events II

Opus Number: 
15
Music: 
Rain sounds
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
Tharon Musser
Date First Performed: 
October 20, 1957

seven new dances: duet

Opus Number: 
14
Music: 
John Cage (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
Tharon Musser
Date First Performed: 
October 20, 1957

SEVEN NEW DANCES: PANORAMA

Opus Number: 
13
Music: 
Heartbeat sounds
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
Tharon Musser
Date First Performed: 
October 20, 1957

SEVEN NEW DANCES: RESEMBLANCE

Opus Number: 
12
Music: 
John Cage (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
Tharon Musser
Date First Performed: 
October 20, 1957

SEVEN NEW DANCES: Events I

Opus Number: 
11
Music: 
Wind sounds
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
Tharon Musser
Date First Performed: 
October 20, 1957

SEVEN NEW DANCES: EPIC

Opus Number: 
10
Music: 
Telephone time signal
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
Tharon Musser
Date First Performed: 
October 20, 1957

THE TOWER

Opus Number: 
9
Music: 
John Cooper (commissioned score)
Set: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Costumes: 
Jasper Johns

OBERTURA REPUBLICANA

Opus Number: 
8
Music: 
Carlos Chávez
Costumes: 
James Waring
Date First Performed: 
December 4, 1956

TROPES

Opus Number: 
7
Music: 
Folk music
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Date First Performed: 
December 4, 1956

UNTITLED DUET

Opus Number: 
6
Music: 
Done in silence
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Date First Performed: 
May 6, 1956

THE LEAST FLYCATCHER

Opus Number: 
5
Music: 
Robert Rauschenberg (commissioned score)
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Date First Performed: 
May 6, 1956

3 EPITAPHS

Opus Number: 
4
Music: 
Early New Orleans jazz
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
George Tacet
Date First Performed: 
March 27, 1956

Photo: Paul B. Goode

Audio: 

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LITTLE CIRCUS

Opus Number: 
3
Music: 
Igor Stravinsky
Set and Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
John Robertson
Date First Performed: 
June 6, 1955

CIRCUS POLKA

Opus Number: 
2
Music: 
Igor Stravinsky
Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
Marc May and John Robertson
Date First Performed: 
March 15, 1955

Photo: Stephan

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

Opus Number: 
1
Music: 
Hy Gubernick (commissioned score)
Set and Costumes: 
Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: 
Marc May
Date First Performed: 
May 30, 1954

Photo: Stephan