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Lucinda Childs
Choreography 1963-2009

Date Work Theatre
May 27, 2009 TEMPO VICINO
*For Ballet National de Marseille
Music by John Adams
Ballet National de Marseille
Marseille, France
May 20, 2007 SYMPHONY OF PSALMS
*For Maggio Danza
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Décor by Roland Aeschlimann
Stazione Leopolda
Fabbrica Europa
Florence, Italy
Mar 23, 2007 ROSSIGNOL & OEDIPUS REX
*For l'Opera du Rhin
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Décor & Costumes by Rudi Sabunghi
ThéThéâretre National
Strasbourg, France
Oct 1, 2005 DOCTOR ATOMIC
*For San Francisco Opera
Music by John Adams
San Francisco Opera
San Francisco, California
Mar 17, 2005 TEN PART SUITE
*For Boston Ballet
Music by Arcangelo Corelli
Wang Center
Boston, Massachsetts
Mar 10, 2005 FIREBIRD
*For Maggio Danza
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Décor Dominique Drillot
Costumes Jean Michel Laine
Teatro Goldoni
Florence, Italy
Jan 16, 2004

MANDARIN MERVEILLEUX
*For Ballet du L’Opera du Rhin
Music by Bela Bartok
Décor and Costumes by Rudi Sabounghi
Theatre National de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
May 22, 2003
OPUS ONE
*For Mikhail Baryshnikov
Music by Alban Berg
Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford, Connecticut
Feb 5, 2003
DAPHNIS ET CHLOE
* For Ballet de L’Opera de Geneve
Music by Maurice Ravel
Décor Roland Aeschlimann
Opera Nationale de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
May 3, 2002 CHACONY
*For White Oak Dance
Music by Benjamin Britten
Lisner Auditorium
Washington D.C.
Apr 3, 2002 UNDERWATER
Music By Philip Glass
The Kitchen
New York, New York
Jun 6, 2001 LARGO
Music by Arcangelo Corelli
Brooklyn Academy of music
Brooklyn, New York
Apr 6, 2001 HANDEL/CORELLI
* for the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Music by Georg Friedrich Handel &Arcangelo Corelli
Decor by Pierre Mendell
Lighting by Joop Caboort
Costumes by Monica Staykova
National Theatre
Munich, Germany
Dec 26, 2000 THE CHAIRMAN DANCES
* for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Music by John Adams
Decor & Lighting by Dominique Drillot
Costumes by Jean-Marc Lainé
Grimaldi Forum
Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Jun 26, 2000 DESCRIPTION (OF A DESCRIPTION)
Text by Susan Sontag
Decor & Music by Hans Peter Kuhn
Costume by Yeohlee
Le Corum
Montpelier, France
Apr 17, 2000 VARIETE DE VARIETE
Music by Mauricio Kagel
Lighting by Eric Wurtz
Costumes by Gabriel Berry
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Feb 9, 1999 HISTOIRE
* for the Martha Graham Dance Company
Music by Krzystof Knittel
Lighting by David Finley
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask & Suzanne Gallo
Joyce Theater
New York, New York
Jan 16, 1998 MOTO PERPETUO
* For the Conservatoire de la Danse
"Amérique: carte blanche à Lucinda Childs"
Music by Elliot Carter
Lighting by Eric Wurtz
Costumes by Catherine Garnier
Cité de la Musique
Paris, France
Jan 16, 1998 SUNRISE OF THE PLANETARY DREAM
COLLECTOR
* For the Conservatoire de la Danse
"Amérique: carte blanche à Lucinda Childs"
Music by Terry Riley
Lighting by Eric Wurtz
Costumes by Catherine Garnier
Cité de la Musique
Paris, France
Jan 16, 1998 ON THE BALANCE OF THINGS
* For the Ensemble Intercontemporain
"Amerique: Carte Blanche à Lucinda Childs"
Music by Roger Reynolds
Lighting by Eric Wurtz
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask & Catherine Garnier
Cité de la Musique
Paris, France
Mar 19, 1996 HAMMERKLAVIER
* For Bayerisches Staatsballett
Music by Moritz Eggert
Lighting by Johann Darchinger
Costumes by Silvia Strahammer
Nationaltheater
Munich, Germany
Nov 21, 1995 FROM THE WHITE EDGE OF PHRYGIA
Music by Stephen Montague
Lighting by Pat Dignan
Costumes by Zinda Williams
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Jul 27, 1995 KENGIR
Music by Frangois-Bernard MAche
Lighting by Pat Dignan
Costumes by Suzanne Gallo
Cour d'Honneur du
Palais des Papes
Avignon, France
Mar 28, 1995 SOLSTICE
Music by Frangois-Bernard M5che
Lighting by Heather Carson
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask
Théâtre Debussy
Cannes, France
Mar 28, 1995 COMMENCEMENT
Music by Zygmunt Krauze
Lighting by Heather Carson
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask
Théâtre Debussy
Cannes, France
May 14, 1994 CHAMBER SYMPHONY
*For the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Music by John Adams
Lighting by Johann Darchinger
Costumes and Decor by Ronaldus Shamask
Nationaltheater
Munich, Germany
Jul 28, 1994 TRILOGIES
*For The Ohio Ballet
Music by Paul Schwartz
Lighting by Thomas R. Skelton
Costumes by A. Christina Giannini
Farthing Auditorium
Appalachian Summer Festival
Boone, North Carolina
Nov 27, 1993 IMPROMPTU
Music by Andrzej Kurylewicz
Lighting by Eric Cornwell
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask
Théâtre Debussy
Cannes, France
Nov 9, 1993 ONE AND ONE
Reconstructed from 1992
OOPHAA NAAMA
Music by lannis Xenakis
Light/decor by Nan Hoover
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Sep 16, 1993 CONCERTO
Music by Henryk Gorecki
Lighting by Eric Cornwell
Costumes by Anne Masset
Grande Auditório
Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian
Lisbon, Portugal
Mar 26, 1992 OOPHAA NAAMA
*For Charleroi/Danses
Music by lannis Xenakis
Light/decor by Nan Hoover
Costumes by Anne Masset
Palais des Beaux Arts
Charleroi, Belgium
Sep 24, 1991 RHYTHM PLUS
Music by Gyorgy Ligeti &
Luc Ferrari
Lighting by Beverly Emmons
Costumes by Christophe de Menil
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
Nov 16, 1990 FOUR ELEMENTS
*For Rambert Dance Company
Music by Gavin Bryars
Decor & Costumes by Jennifer Bartlett
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Apollo Theatre
Oxford, England
Sep 20, 1990 PERFECT STRANGER
*For the Lyon Opéra Ballet
Music by Frank Zappa
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Costumes by Jackie Winsor
Auditorium Maurice Ravel
Lyon, France