UMS Concert Program, January 27, 1979: The Paul Taylor Dance Company --

Concert: Fortyfifth
Complete Series: Eighth Annual
Power Center For The Performing Arts Ann Arbor, Michigan

THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
The Paul Taylor Dance Company
BETTIE DE JONG CAROLYN ADAMS MONICA MORRIS ELIE CHAIB
LILA YORK RUTH ANDRIEN LINDA KENT ROBERT KAHN
VICTORIA URIS CHRISTOPHER GILLIS SUSAN McGUIRE
THOMAS EVERT DAVID PARSONS
Paul Taylor, Chairman, Board of Directors
Robert Yesselman, General Manager Jennifer Tipton, Lighting Designer John Herbert McDowell, Gerald Tarack, Donald York, Musical Directors
Saturday Evening, January 27, 1979, at 8:00
Power Center for the Performing Arts
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Illuminations Text . .
PROGRAM
BOOK OF BEASTS
(1971)
Choreography by Paul Taylor Costumes by John Rawlings Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Elie Chaib, Christopher Gillis, Thomas Evert,
Susan McGuire
Elie Chaib, Lila York, Linda Kent, Victoria Uris, Christopher Gillis, Susan McGuire, Thomas Evert,
David Parsons
Foreword (Schubert) Phoenix (Weber) Squonk (SaintSaens) Rock Creature (Mozart)
Pictograms (Schubert) Deity (Beethoven) Ladies and Gentlemen (Boccherini) Demon (Falla) Footnotes (Tchaikovsky)
INTERMISSION
Centennial Season -Fortyfifth Concert
Eighth Annual Choice Series
POLARIS (1976)
Music specially composed by Donald York
Choreography by Paul Taylor
Set and costumes by Alex Katz
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
The choreography for Part II is an exact repeat of Part I. The only difference is the change of cast, music, and lighting. An opportunity is offered to observe the multiple effects that music, lighting, and individual interpretations by the performers have on a single dance.
Part I Part II
1. Carolyn Adams, Elie Chaib, 1. Monica Morris, Robert Kahn, Linda Kent, Victoria Uris, Lila York, Ruth Andrien, David Parsons Thomas Evert
2. Linda Kent 2. Monica Morris
3. Full Cast I 3. Full Cast II
4. Victoria Uris, Elie Chaib 4. Lila York, Christopher Gillis
5. Carolyn Adams 5. Ruth Andrien
6. Full Cast I 6. Full Cast II
Dedicated to Mrs. W. Alton Jones
INTERMISSION
AIRS
(1978)
Music by G. F. Handel Choreography by Paul Taylor
Design by Gene Moore Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Elie Chaib Carolyn Adams Ruth Andrien Christopher Gillis Victoria Uris Susan McGuire Thomas Evert
1st Movement..............full cast
2nd Movement .... Carolyn Adams, Elie Chaib, Ruth Andrien,
Christopher Gillis, Susan McGuire, Thomas Evert
3rd Movement..............Victoria Uris
4th Movement . . ,......Ruth Andrien and Elie Chaib
5th Movement..............full cast
6th and 7th Movements . . . Carolyn Adams and Christopher Gillis
8th Movement..............full cast
9th Movement.........Victoria Uris with full cast
Excerpts from Concerti Grossi, Op. 3, Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 6; Alcina, Ariodante, Berenice, and Solomon.
The two performances of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, plus two master classes in the University Dance Department, comprise a dance residency under the Dance Touring Program, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Michigan Council for the Arts.
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