As I mentioned before, the Juilliard Dances Repertory Concert or “March Concert” consists of three pieces. This year all three works were created by American choreographers. The works are Twyla Tharp’s Baker’s Dozen, Lar Lubovitch’s Concerto Six Twenty- Two, and Eliot Feld’s The Jig Is Up. I find this period of the year to be particularly enjoyable because each cast is a mix of members from three different years. We get to be in the studio working on a major performance with people we haven’t had the opportunity to dance with, since other productions and many of the classes are separated by your graduation year.
I am working on Twyla Tharp’s Baker’s Dozen, which is being staged by Shelley Washington. Shelley was an original cast member when the piece premiered in 1979. She also worked closely with Twyla for many years. Because of this, she is frequently sharing stories about Twyla, her own career, and character insights from the creation of the piece making the experience incredibly enriching. The piece is technical and full of character with a systematic organization of duets, trios, quartets, and sextets. At this point, most of the work has been taught, but there is still a good amount of polishing to do to get the work ready for the performance.
The run of “March Concert” will be performed from March 21st to March 25th. Following this, we will dive full force into Senior Production. We’re busy busy, but my birthday is in two weeks. HOLLA