I. Disrupting The Peace: Colton, Whitener, Malashock, Kellogg, Freydont, Hoon and Rudner.
II. Presenting The Company:
Rudner;
Kurshals, Glasner, Washington;
Carrafa, Way, Uchida, Rawe;
Malashock, Whitener, Young, Kellogg, Colton, Freydont.
III. Presenting The Family: Rawe,Way, Kurshals, Glasner, Uchida, Washington.
IV. First Family Fuss: Rawe,Way, Kurshals, Glasner, Uchida, Washington, Carrafa
V. Scolding The Family: Rudner and Malashock, Freydont, Whitener, Kellogg, Hoon.
VI. The Tap Lesson: Way, Kurshals, Glasner, Rawe, Uchida, Washington, Carrafa.
VII. Lamenting The Family: Rudner and Freydont, Whitener, Malashock, Kellogg, Glasner, Colton, Young.
VIII. The Family Goes to Town: Way, Kurshals, Glasner, Carrafa and the Chorus.
IX. Expelling the Leader: Rudner and Whitener, Freydont, Malashock, Colton, Young, Kellogg.
X. The Poet’s Decline: Carrafa and Uchida, Way, Glasner.
Rawe, Way.
Carrafa, Uchida.
Carrafa, Way, Rawe, Washington.
XI. Ethiopia: Washington and Full Cast.
XII. Combat: Rawe, Way, Kurshals, Uchida, Glasner, Washington, Carrafa.
XIII. Brooms: Whitener Malashock, Colton, Young, Kellogg, Freydont and Way.
XIV. The Family Loop: Rawe, Way, Kurshals, Glasner.
XV. The Leader Repents: Rudner and Colton, Whitener, Malashock, Young.
XVI. Equilibrium Restored: Rudner and Way, Colton, Kellogg, Rawe, Kurshals, Glasner, Freydont, Young, Malashock, Whitener.
XVII. The Golden Section: Company
The Leader.....Sara Rudner
The Father......Tom Rawe
The Mother.....Jennifer Way
The Brother.....Raymond Kurshals
The Sister........Katie Glasner
The Maid........Shelley Washington
The Pet...........Christine Uchida
The Poet.........John Carrafa
with
Shelley Freydont, Mary Ann Kellogg, Barbara Hoon
Richard Colton, John Malashock, William Whitener, Keith Young
The Catherine Wheel takes its title from a torture device used in the martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. This device has lent its name to a number of familiar things over time - a spinning firework, a crochet pattern, a flower. Tharp’s second Broadway production operates within a world of plurality wherein an archetypal family faces the implosive forces of domestic squabbles and abuse.
Tharp employs another reoccurring symbol with connotations that are at once beautiful and ominous. When one dancer hands another a pineapple, it is both a sign of hospitality and hostility. The shape recalls the Mk2 hand grenades of World War II, nicknamed "pinapple grenades." The dramatic tension builds until it finally explodes in the athletic, pure-dance finale.
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Company dancers silhouetted in performance.
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Young, Colton, Malashock, Rudner, Whitener and Way (in background) in dress rehearsal.
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Whitener, Uchida (obscured), Colton, Kellogg, Kurshals and Washington in dress rehearsal.
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1. Light Bath
Written by David Byrne
Percussion by John Chernoff
Triggered Flutes by David Byrne
2. His Wife Refused
Written by David Byrne
Vocals, Bass, Guitars by David Byrne
Drums by Yogi Horton
Gung Gong by John Chernoff
Mini Moog and Piano by Bernie Worrell
Steel Drum, Guitar by Adrian Belew
3. Adé
Written by David Byrne and Brian Eno
Bass, Guitar by Brian Eno
Congas by John Chernoff
Guitars by David Byrne
4. Walking
Written by David Byrne and John Chernoff
Bass, Guitar by David Byrne
Percussion by John Chernoff
5. Two Soldiers
Written by David Byrne and Brian Eno
Basses, Guitar, OBX, Primetime by David Byrne
Bass, Piano by Brian Eno
Congas by John Chernoff
Drums by Yogi Horton
Guitars by Adrian Belew
6. Under The Mountain
Written by David Byrne
Beasts by Adrian Belew
Deep Synthesizer by David Byrne
Drums by Yogi Horton
7. Dinosaur
Written by David Byrne
Clavinet, Guitars, Piano, Prophet by David Byrne
Percussion by John Chernoff
8. The Red House
Written by David Byrne
Basses, Guitars, Prophet by David Byrne
Drums by Yogi Horton
Prophet Scream by Brian Eno
9. Wheezing
Written by David Byrne
Basses, Guitars, Prophet Synthesizer, Guitar by David Byrne
Drums by Yogi Horton
End Guitars by Adrian Belew
10. Eggs In A Briar Patch
Written by David Byrne
Bass, Vibes, by Brian Eno
Calvinet by Jerry Harrison
Drums by Yogi Horton
Floating Guitars by Andrew Belew
Guitars, Horses by David Byrne
Gung Chong by John Chernoff
11. Poison
Written by David Byrne
Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Mini Synthesizer, Prophet Strings by David Byrne
Vocals by Dolette McDonald
12. Cloud Chamber
Written by David Byrne
Kitchen Metals by David Byrne
Large Drum by Jerry Harrison
Water Pot by Twyla Tharp
13. Black Flag
Written by David Byrne
Basses, Guitars, Triggered Calliope, Vibes by David Byrne
14. Fall Through The Cracks
Written by David Byrne
Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Percussion, Prophet by David Byrne
Drums by Yogi Horton
15. Combat
Written by David Byrne and John Chernoff
Basses, Guitar, Prophet by David Byrne
Drums by Yogi Horton Piano by John Chernoff
Piano by Bernie Worrell
16. Leg Bells
Written by David Byrne and John Chernoff
Vocals, Floating Guitars, Piano by David Byrne
Percussion by John Chernoff
17. The Blue Flame
Written by David Byrne
Bass, Percussion, Prophet Drone by David Byrne
Nez by Richard Horowitz
Prophet Scream by Brian Eno
18. Big Business
Written by David Byrne and John Chernoff
Vocals, Bass, Fierce and High Guitars by David Byrne
Clavinet by Bernie Worrell
Galloping Guitar by John Chernoff
19. Dense Beasts
Written by David Byrne
Bass, Beasts, Percussion, Piano and
Prophet Bells, Second Organ by David Byrne
Drums by Yogi Horton
First Organ by Jerry Harrison
20. Five Golden Sections
Written by David Byrne
Basses, Guitars, Triggered Calliope, Vibes by David Byrne
Drums by Yogi Horton
Double Belled Euphonium by Douglas Gray
Gung Chong by John Chernoff
21. What a Day That Was
Written by David Byrne
Bass, Guitars, Synthesizers by David Byrne
Drums by John Cooksey
Congas by Steve Scales
22. Big Blue Plymouth
Written by David Byrne
Vocals, Guitars by David Byrne
Vocals by Sue Halloran
Concert Toms, Drums by Yogi Horton
23. Light Bath
Written by David Byrne
Percussion by John Chernoff
Triggered Flutes by David Byrne
Recording Studios
Celestial Studios:
Julie Last, Engineer; Cheryl Smith, Assistant Engineer
Olympic Sound (London):
Doug Wheeler, Engineer
Blank Tapes:
Butch Jones, Engineer