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Once More, Frank

Baryshnikov and Tharp in dress rehearsal. Photo by Lois Greenfield.

Tharp and Baryshnikov rehearse in the American Ballet Theatre studios.

Tharp and Baryshnikov during dress rehearsal. Photo by Lois Greenfield.

Baryshnikov and Tharp in dress rehearsal. Photo by Herbert Migdoll.

Premiere

  • Date

    12 July 1976

  • Location

    New York, NY

Production

  • Choreographer

    Twyla Tharp

  • Music by

    Frank Sinatra

  • Lighting Designer

    Jennifer Tipton

  • Costume Designer

    Santo Loquasto

Dancers

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Twyla Tharp

  • Number of Dancers

    2

Dance Sections

I. Something Stupid

II. That’s Life

III. One More for the Road

  • Runtime

    00:10:50

Description

American Ballet Theatre commissioned Once More, Frank for the 1976 Summer Gala. Rehearsals were recorded for the PBS special Making Television Dance (1977).

 

Baryshnikov casually crosses the stage to shake Tharp’s hand before they begin the loose but quick unison movement of the opening section. The final section, “One For My Baby,” was, as Tharp explains in the television special, “made for the void between us.” Once More, Frank marks the beginning of a series of works by Tharp to the music of Frank Sinatra.

 

From the original program:  “Recordings used courtesy of Frank Sinatra and Bristol Productions, Inc. Special Thanks to Greenwood Music Co., B.N.P. Music Publishing Inc. and Harwin Music Co. for the use of Frank Sinatra songs.”