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Choreography by Lucinda Childs
List of Premieres

for the Lucinda Childs Dance Company unless otherwise indicated (*)

Date Work Theatre
Sept 3,2021 “BACH 6 SOLO”
Music: J. S. Bach
Violin: Jennifer Koh
Direction: Robert Wilson
Lighting: John Torres
La Chapelle St Louis de La Salpetrière
Paris, France
Oct 17, 2019 DRIFT MULTIPLY
*for Codarts/ Big Idea
Music: Tristan Perich
RDM Submarine Wharf
Rotterdam, Netherlands
July 31, 2019 THE DAY
Music: David Lang
*for Islandiia Music Inc
Jacob’s Pillow
Doris Duke Theatre
Lee, Massachsetts
Sept 14, 2018 PETRICOR
*for Introdans
Music: Ludivico Einaudi
Décor & Lighting: Dominique Drillot
Stadstheatre
Arnhem, Netherlands
Nov 17, 2016 GRANDE FUGUE
*Lyon Opéra Ballet
Music: Beethoven
Décor & Costumes: Dominique Drillot
Opéra Nationale de Lyon
Lyon, France
Nov 5, 2016 INTO VIEW
Music: Colin Stetson
Lighting: John Torres
Royce Hall UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Sept 5, 2016 ENSEMBLE FOR NINE DRESSES
Dress design: Nadege Vanhee-Cybulski for Hermés
Video: Etienne Guiol
Beijing Minsheng Art Museum
Beijing, China
Feb 6, 2015 CANTO OSTINATO
*for Introdans
Music Simeon Ten Holt
Décor & Costumes: Dominique Drillot
Schouwburg
Arnhem, Netherlands
Feb 8, 2013 KILAR
*for Introdans
Music: Wojciech Kilar
Décor & Costumes: Dominique Drillot
Schouwburg
Arnhem, Netherlands
Oct 18, 2011 OCEANA
*for Ballet de Nice
Music: Osvaldo Golijov
Décor & Costumes: Dominique Drillot
Opera de Nice
Nice, France
Dec 9, 2010 LOLLAPALOOZA
*for Second Avenue Dance Company
Music: John Adams
Tisch Auditorium, NYU
New York, New York
Oct 23, 2009 SONGS FROM BEFORE
*For Ballet du L’Opera du Rhin
Music: Max Richter
Décor & Costumes: Bruno de Lavenère
Theatre de Sinne
Mulhouse, France
May 27, 2009 TEMPO VICINO
*For Ballet National de Marseille
Music: John Adams
Ballet National de Marseille
Marseille, France
May 20, 2007 SYMPHONY OF PSALMS
*For Maggio Danza
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Décor: Roland Aeschlimann
Stazione Leopolda
Fabbrica Europa
Florence, Italy
Mar 17, 2005 TEN PART SUITE
*For Boston Ballet
Music: Arcangelo Corelli
Wang Center
Boston, Massachsetts
Mar 10, 2005 FIREBIRD
*For Maggio Danza
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Décor: Dominique Drillot
Costumes: Jean Michel Lainé
Teatro Goldoni
Florence, Italy
Jan 16, 2004

MANDARIN MERVEILLEUX
*For Ballet du L’Opera du Rhin
Music: Bela Bartok
Décor & Costumes: Rudi Sabounghi
Théâtre National de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
May 22, 2003
OPUS ONE
*For Mikhail Baryshnikov
Music: Alban Berg
Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford, Connecticut
Feb 5, 2003
DAPHNIS ET CHLOE
* For Ballet de L’Opera de Geneve
Music: Maurice Ravel
Décor: Roland Aeschlimann
Opéra Nationale de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
May 3, 2002 CHACONY
*For White Oak Dance
Music: Benjamin Britten
Lisner Auditorium
Washington D.C.
Apr 3, 2002 UNDERWATER
Music: Philip Glass
The Kitchen
New York, New York
Jun 6, 2001 LARGO
Music: Arcangelo Corelli
Brooklyn Academy of music
Brooklyn, New York
Apr 6, 2001 HANDEL/CORELLI
*for the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Music: Georg Friedrich Handel & Arcangelo Corelli
Décor: Pierre Mendell
Lighting: Joop Caboort
Costumes: Monica Staykova
National Theatre
Munich, Germany
Dec 26, 2000 THE CHAIRMAN DANCES
*for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Music: John Adams
Décor & Lighting: Dominique Drillot
Costumes: Jean-Marc Lainé
Grimaldi Forum
Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Jun 26, 2000 DESCRIPTION (OF A DESCRIPTION)
Text: Susan Sontag
Décor & Music: Hans Peter Kuhn
Costume by Yeohlee
Le Corum
Montpelier, France
Apr 17, 2000 VARIETE DE VARIETE
Music: Mauricio Kagel
Lighting: Eric Wurtz
Costumes: Gabriel Berry
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Feb 9, 1999 HISTOIRE
*for the Martha Graham Dance Company
Music: Krzystof Knittel
Lighting: David Finley
Costumes: Ronaldus Shamask & Suzanne Gallo
Joyce Theater
New York, New York
Jan 16, 1998 MOTO PERPETUO
* For the Conservatoire de la Danse
"Amérique: Carte Blanche à Lucinda Childs"
Music: Elliot Carter
Lighting: Eric Wurtz
Costumes: Catherine Garnier
Cité de la Musique
Paris, France
Jan 16, 1998 SUNRISE OF THE PLANETARY DREAM
COLLECTOR
* For the Conservatoire de la Danse
"Amérique: Carte Blanche à Lucinda Childs"
Music: Terry Riley
Lighting: Eric Wurtz
Costumes: Catherine Garnier
Cité de la Musique
Paris, France
Jan 16, 1998 ON THE BALANCE OF THINGS
* For the Ensemble Intercontemporain
"Amerique: Carte Blanche à Lucinda Childs"
Music: Roger Reynolds
Lighting: Eric Wurtz
Costumes: Ronaldus Shamask & Catherine Garnier
Cité de la Musique
Paris, France
Mar 19, 1996 HAMMERKLAVIER
* For Bayerisches Staatsballett
Music: Moritz Eggert
Lighting: Johann Darchinger
Costumes: Silvia Strahammer
National Theater
Munich, Germany
Nov 21, 1995 FROM THE WHITE EDGE OF PHRYGIA
Music: Stephen Montague
Lighting: Pat Dignan
Costumes: Zinda Williams
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Jul 27, 1995 KENGIR
Music: Frangois-Bernard MAche
Lighting: Pat Dignan
Costumes: Suzanne Gallo
Cour d'Honneur du
Palais des Papes
Avignon, France
Mar 28, 1995 SOLSTICE
Music: Frangois-Bernard M5che
Lighting: Heather Carson
Costumes: Ronaldus Shamask
Théâtre Debussy
Cannes, France
Mar 28, 1995 COMMENCEMENT
Music: Zygmunt Krauze
Lighting: Heather Carson
Costumes: Ronaldus Shamask
Théâtre Debussy
Cannes, France
May 14, 1994 CHAMBER SYMPHONY
*For the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Music: John Adams
Lighting: Johann Darchinger
Décor & Costumes: Ronaldus Shamask
Nationaltheater
Munich, Germany
Jul 28, 1994 TRILOGIES
*For The Ohio Ballet
Music: Paul Schwartz
Lighting: Thomas R. Skelton
Costumes: A. Christina Giannini
Farthing Auditorium
Appalachian Summer Festival
Boone, North Carolina
Nov 27, 1993 IMPROMPTU
Music: Andrzej Kurylewicz
Lighting: Eric Cornwell
Costumes: Ronaldus Shamask
Théâtre Debussy
Cannes, France
Nov 9, 1993 ONE AND ONE
Reconstructed from 1992
OOPHAA NAAMA
Music: Iannis Xenakis
Décor & Lighting: Nan Hoover
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Sep 16, 1993 CONCERTO
Music: Henryk Gorecki
Lighting: Eric Cornwell
Costumes: Anne Masset
Grande Auditório
Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian
Lisbon, Portugal
Mar 26, 1992 OOPHAA NAAMA
*For Charleroi/Danses
Music: Iannis Xenakis
Décor & Lighting: Nan Hoover
Costumes: Anne Masset
Palais des Beaux Arts
Charleroi, Belgium
Sep 24, 1991 RHYTHM PLUS
Music: Gyorgy Ligeti &
Luc Ferrari
Lighting: Beverly Emmons
Costumes: Christophe de Menil
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Nov 16, 1990 FOUR ELEMENTS
*For Rambert Dance Company
Music: Gavin Bryars
Décor & Costumes: Jennifer Bartlett
Lighting: Howell Binkley
Apollo Theatre
Oxford, England
Sep 20, 1990 PERFECT STRANGER
*For the Lyon Opéra Ballet
Music: Frank Zappa
Lighting: Howell Binkley
Costumes: Jackie Winsor
Auditorium Maurice Ravel
Lyon, France