Unprocessed
Tharp in a promotional shot for the Hunter College performances, during which Unprocessed premiered, in 1965. Photo by Robert Barry.
Tharp (front) and Dickinson in rehearsal at Richmond Professional Institute.
Rudner, Tharp and Dickinson (left to right) in rehearsal at Richmond Professional Institute.
Tupling, Tharp and Rudner (left to right) in rehearsal at Richmond Professional Institute.
Premiere
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Lighting Designer
Jennifer Tipton
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Costume Designer
Robert Huot
Dancers
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Number of Dancers
3
Description
Sara Rudner remembers seeing Unprocessed: “I did see a performance in the gallery all those years ago. I remember…[Twyla] dancing some difficult bit…Margie would remember more. She is the memory bank.”
Margaret Jenkins writes, “I remember Unprocessed as a work in which I was bound in elastic and had to slowly peel it off and then walk down some steps at Hunter, and eventually crack an egg on the floor and continue doing a backwards somersault.”
A large cellophane canopy rustles and billows overhead, accompanying the dancers. The dance ends when the canopy descends and covers the dancers: a final curtain trapping the performers and stilling the movement.
Past Performances
Twyla Tharp and Dancers
Cede Blue Lake (premiere) – Unprocessed (premiere) | Twyla Tharp and Dancers
New York, NY
December 1 1965 Premiere
Twyla Tharp and Dancers
Cede Blue Lake – Unprocessed – Re-Moves | Twyla Tharp and Dancers
London, United Kingdom
March 6 1967 TTD Performance
- 1965
- 1967