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Diamonds can scratch a hard substance like glass, but there’s no conflict in Hardness 10  between walking and the more complex activities. Each has its own facets, its own ways of shining.” – Deborah Jowitt for DanceBeat, March 25, 2018

Hardness 10 (2018)

Choreography: Stephen Petronio
Music: Nico Muhly
Musician (for Joyce 2018 performances): Liam Byrne
Costumes: Patricia Field ARTFASHION, hand-painted by Iris Bonner/These Pink Lips
Lighting: Ken Tabachnick
Performed by: The Company

Music by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc. publisher and copyright owner.
Hardness 10 has been made possible by a commissioning grant from The O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation.

THE PREMIERE OF HARDNESS 10 WAS PERFORMED MARCH 20-25, 2018 AT THE JOYCE THEATER IN NYC ALONGSIDE STEPHEN PETRONIO’S WILD WILD WORLD, EXCERPT FROM UNDERLAND AND MERCE CUNNINGHAM’S SIGNALS (1970) FOR THE FOURTH SEASON OF BLOODLINES.