Beethoven Opus 130
Gilliland and Dibble in performance at The Joyce Theater. Photo by Yi-Chun Wu.
Rehearsal footage of finale.
Twyla Tharp Dance performance in Florence, Italy. Photo by Graham ‘gramilano’ Spicer.
Twyla Tharp Dance performance in Florence, Italy. Photo by Graham ‘gramilano’ Spicer.
Dibble in performance at The Joyce Theater. Photo by Yi-Chun Wu.
Premiere
-
Date
30 June 2016
-
Company
Twyla Tharp Dance
-
Location
Saratoga Springs, NY
Production
-
Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
-
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
-
Lighting Designer
Stephen Terry
-
Costume Designer
Norma Kamali
Dancers
Matthew Dibble with Kaitlyn Gilliland
Daniel Baker, Ramona Kelley, Amy Ruggiero, Eva Trapp, Nicholas Coppula, Reed Tankersley
-
Number of Dancers
8
-
Runtime
00:18:52
Description
Beethoven Opus 130 is an octet set to Movements II and IV from Beethoven’s late string quartet “Opus 130” including the “Grosse Fuge”. Beethoven had used fugal techniques throughout his career, advancing the form along the way. He wrote, “In my student days I made dozens of fugues…but imagination also wishes to exert its privileges…and a new and really poetic element must be introduced into the traditional form.” Tharp, with reference to her seminal 1970 work The Fugue, also thought of the fugue form in more dramatic terms for this work.
Past Performances
Twyla Tharp Dance
Country Dances – Beethoven Opus 130 – Brahms Paganini | Twyla Tharp Dance (Residency)
Tannersville, NY
April 16 2016 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Country Dances – Beethoven Opus 130 – Brahms Paganini | Twyla Tharp Dance (NY Season)
New York, NY
July 11 2016 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Country Dances – Beethoven Opus 130 – Brahms Paganini | Twyla Tharp Dance (Tour)
Mesa, AZ
October 7 2016 TTD Performance
- 2016