Eleven Minute Abstract, Repertory 1965-70

Elizabeth Fain, Julie Fraad, Isabel Garcia-Lorca, Sybille Hayn, Dana Reitz, Kenneth Rinker, Sara Rudner, Twyla Tharp, Rose Marie Wright

I. Re-Moves (1966):

Two Stunts from Part 1 – Hayn

II. Forevermore (1967):

Solo – Lorca

III. Generation (1967):

White Rabbit – Fain

IV. Medley (1969):

Duet from Variations – Fain, Fraad

Adagio – Rinker

V. Dancing In The Streets Of Paris And London, Continued To Stockholm and Sometimes Madrid (1969):
Talkie, Sara’s Solo – Rudner
Shoe Variations – Tharp, Wright
Duet – Hayn, Lorca, Reitz
Games – Fain, Hayn, Reitz
Wall – Rudner
Quiet Phrases – Fraad

VI. PYMFFYPPMFYNM YPF (1970):
Suspension Phrase – Rinker

VII. Drill (1970):
Hayn, Lorca, Reitz

VIII. Rose’s Cross Country (1970):
Selected – Wright

IX. The One Hundreds (1970):
Nos. 70-80 – Tharp, Wright

X. The Fugue (1970):
Nos. I, II, XV, XVI, XX – Tharp, Rudner, Wright

For Eleven Minute Abstract Tharp excerpted existing repertory and assembled the sections into one event. Each excerpt was performed in its original costume.

Although excerpts of existing works were included in the Atheneum performance of Dancing in the Street… (1969), this was Tharp’s first stand-alone repertory program.

Original choreographic notes from Drill (1970), created for the New England Patriots and performed in Eleven Minute Abstract (1970).

The original program stated: “A Party Performance to Announce ‘The Rise and Fall and Rise of Modern Dance’ by Don McDonagh, Outerbridge & Dienstfrey”. The “party performance” also included works by Elaine Summers, James Waring, David Gordon, John Herbert McDowell, Judith Dunn, Rudy Perez, David Vaughan and Al Carmines.