Third Suite
Uchida and Whitener perform an excerpt of Third Suite in the television special Confessions of a Cornermaker (1981).
Company dancers in performance.
Uchida and Whitener perform an excerpt of Third Suite in the television special Confessions of a Cornermaker (1981).
Premiere
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Date
26 August 1980
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Company
Twyla Tharp Dance
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Location
Highland Park, IL
Production
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Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068, 1725)
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Lighting Designer
Jennifer Tipton
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Costume Designer
Santo Loquasto
Dancers
Christine Uchida and William Whitener
with
Shelley Freydont, Mary Ann Kellogg, Sara Rudner
Richard Colton, Anthony Ferro, John Malashock
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Number of Dancers
8
Dance Sections
I. Allegro
II. Presto
III. Andante
IV. Adagio (Pas de Deux)
V. Allegro Moderato
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Runtime
00:16:00
Description
No longer a group of purely modern dancers, Tharp’s company was comprised of dancers with a pronounced blend of styles and experience. Third Suite, a chamber ballet, marks a shift in the variety of dances created for them.
A long pas de deux for the principal couple would later be excerpted for the television special Confessions Of A Cornermaker (1981).
From the original program: “This dance was made in North Andover, MA during the Spring of 1980.”
Past Performances
Twyla Tharp Dance
Ocean's Motion – Third Suite (premiere) – Baker's Dozen | Twyla Tharp Dnace
Highland Park, IL
August 26 1980 Premiere
Twyla Tharp Dance
Baker's Dozen – The Fugue – Eight Jelly Rolls – Third Suite | Twyla Tharp Dnace
Paris, France
October 6 1980 TTD Performance
Twyla Tharp Dance
Eight Jelly Rolls – Third Suite – Short Stories – Baker's Dozen | Twyla Tharp Dance
Dayton, OH
February 27 1981 TTD Performance
- 1980
- 1981