The Fugue by Twyla Tharp (1970, 2015, 2025)

Modeled on “The Musical Offering” by Johann Sebastian Bach, The Fugue consists of a twenty-count theme which is developed into twenty variations. The theme is modified through a number of reversals, inversions, retrogrades and repetitions, re-sequencing and rhythmic manipulations. Each of the three dancers represents a musical register: bass, alto, soprano. The only sound is the dancers’ footfalls on an amplified stage.

The Fugue is the first work intended to become a piece of active repertory. The works that preceded were created as exercises; The Fugue is a culmination of those lessons. It is also the earliest work to be licensed by other dance companies.

The Fugue enters the repertoire of CCN – Ballet de Lorraine in 2015 with Kaitlyn Gilliland, former dancer of Twyla Tharp Dance company.

CREDITS

3 DANCERS | 13 MINUTES
PREMIERE: August 1st, 1970 by  Twyla Tharp Dance and Dancers – University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA)
ENTRANCE TO CCN – Ballet de Lorraine REPERTOIRE: November 12th, 2015  at Opéra national de Nancy-Lorraine (Nancy)
RE-CREATION: November 5th, 2025 at Opéra national de Nancy-Lorraine

REMONTAGE 2025 Kaitlyn Guilliland
REMONTAGE 2015 Richard Colton
ORIGINAL LIGHTS Jennifer Tipton
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Valérie Ferrando
MALE DANCERS CAST Nathan Gracia, Afonso Massano, Luc Verbitzky
FEMALE DANCERS CAST Inès Depauw, Angela Falk, Elsa Raymond

PRODUCTION CCN – Ballet de Lorraine

Photo: Arno Paul

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