I Remember Clifford
Dancers of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in a promotional photo. Photo by Reudi Hofmann.
Excerpts featuring dancers of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
Gomez in a promotional photo. Photo by Reudi Hofmann.
Premiere
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Date
9 August 1995
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Company
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Location
Becket, MA
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Composers
Lee Morgan,
Roland Kirk,
Oliver Nelson,
Ornette Coleman,
Charles Mingus,
Benny Golson
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Lighting Designer
Jennifer Tipton
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Costume Designer
Santo Loquasto
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Ballet Mistress
Maria Simonetti
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Rehearsal Director for the Tharp Project
Dancers
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Sandi Cooksey, Jennita Russo, Shan Bai, Krista Swenson, Christine Carrillo, Rhonda Henriksen
Alberto J. Arias, David Gomez, Joe Mooradian, Joseph Pantaleon, Jo Patrick, Mario Alberto Zambrano
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Number of Dancers
13
Dance Sections
I. The Sidewinder
De Jesus and Arias, Bai, Carillo, Cooksey, Gomez, Henriksen, Mooradian, Pantaleon, Patrick, Russo, Swenson, Zambrano
II. Blue Rol
De Jesus with Swenson and Arias, Pantaleon, Patrick, Zambrano
III. Cascades
De Jesus with Cooksey, Gomes and Arias, Carrillo, Pantaleon, Russo
IV. Lonely Woman
De Jesus with Arias, Bai, Pantaleon and Carrillo, Gomez, Henriksen, Mooradian, Russo
V. Moanin’
De Jesus with Cooksey, Gomez, Henriksen, Mooradian and Arias, Bai, Caririllo, Pantaleon, Patrick, Russo, Swenson, Zambrano
VI. I Remember Clifford
The Company
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Runtime
00:34:15
Description
The creation of I Remember Clifford was the culmination of a five-year “Tharp Project” initiated by Lou Conte, founder of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 1990, Conte obtained exclusive licenses for four of Tharp’s works: The Fugue (1970), Baker’s Dozen (1979), Sue’s Leg (1975) and Nine Sinatra Songs (1982). After four years of performing her repertory, the company commissioned Tharp to create a new work.
I Remember Clifford centers on a lead male dancer. He is a loner, isolated in the midst of the crowd and out of sync with those around him. The other dancers form duets, quartets and perform unison phrases. As the piece progresses, the loner finds his own rhythm and, though he does not assimilate, his place within the group.
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Commissioned by
Past Performances
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Baker's Dozen – I Remember Clifford (premiere) | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Becket, MA
August 9 1995 Premiere
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Baker's Dozen – I Remember Clifford | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Highland Park, IL
August 23 1995 Repertory
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Baker's Dozen – I Remember Clifford | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Irvine, CA
February 9 1996 Repertory
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
I Remember Clifford – Fait Accompli | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
April 26 1996 Repertory
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
I Remember Clifford – Baker's Dozen | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Vienna, VA
August 20 1996 Repertory
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- 1996