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PERFORMANCES AT HUDSON HALL
July 14, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
$40
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