PERFORMANCES AT HUDSON HALL

Stephen Petronio Company returns to Hudson Hall following our sold out engagement in 2018 to perform two classic Cunningham works, Tread (1970) and Signals (1970). The company will also present a new work by Stephen Petronio titled, American Landscapes (2019), featuring music by Jim Jarmusch & Jozef Van Wissem and images by Robert Longo.

This performance is a part of a 6 week celebration of the Merce Cunningham Centennial.

TREAD (1970)
Choreographer: Merce Cunningham
Music: For 1, 2, or 3 People by Christian Wolff, performed live by Composers Inside Electronics
Set: Bruce Nauman
Costumes: Merce Cunningham
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Staged by: Jennifer Goggans
Tread was first performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company on
January 5, 1970 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York.
© Merce Cunningham Trust. All rights reserved.

SIGNALS (1970)
Choreography: Merce Cunningham
Live music performed by Composers Inside Electronics
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Costumes: Merce Cunningham, recreated by Jeffrey Wirsing
Staged by: Rashaun Mitchell and Melissa Toogood
Signals was first performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
on June 5, 1970, at Théâtre de France in Paris, France.
© Merce Cunningham Trust. All rights reserved.

AMERICAN LANDSCAPES (2019)
Choreography: Stephen Petronio
Original Music: Jim Jarmusch & Jozef Van Wissem
Images: Robert Longo
Lighting: Ken Tabachnick
Curator: Jill Brienza

Photo by Ian Douglas of Stephen Petronio’s American Landscapes.