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1903

Tharp in dress rehearsal for 1903 in France in 1979. Photo by Guy Delahaye.

Tharp in performance.

Tharp in dress rehearsal for 1903 in France in 1979. Photo by Guy Delahaye.

Premiere

  • Date

    2 February 1979

  • Company

    Twyla Tharp Dance

  • Location

    Hartford, CT

Production

  • Choreographer

    Twyla Tharp

  • Composer

    Randy Newman

  • Lighting Designer

    Jennifer Tipton

  • Costume Designer

    Santo Loquasto

Dancers

Twyla Tharp

  • Number of Dancers

    1

Dance Sections

I. Sail Away
II. Suzanne
III. Dayton, Ohio 1903

  • Runtime

    00:07:50

Description

1903 is a solo for Tharp, which sets her earlier work The One Hundreds (1970) to the music of Randy Newman. The music lends a dramatic element to the formerly abstract choreography.

Past Performances

Twyla Tharp Dance

Chapters And Verses (premiere) – 1903 (premier) – The Fugue – Sue's Leg | Twyla Tharp Dance

The Bushnell

Hartford, CT

February 2 1979 Premiere

Twyla Tharp Dance

Baker's Dozen (preview) – 1903 – Country Dances – Cacklin' Hen – Eight Jelly Rolls | Twyla Tharp Dance

The Bushnell

Hartford, CT

February 3 1979 TTD Performance

Twyla Tharp Dance

Baker's Dozen (premiere) – Three Dances From Hair (premiere) – 1903 – Chapters And Verses | Twyla Tharp Dance

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn, NY

February 15 1979 Premiere

Twyla Tharp Dance

Eight Jelly Rolls – Country Dances – Cacklin' Hen – 1903 – Baker's Dozen | Twyla Tharp Dance

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn, NY

February 16 1979 TTD Performance

  • 1979