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Gustave le Gray No. 1

Music
Caroline Shaw
Choreography
Pam Tanowitz

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Set to Caroline Shaw’s piano composition Gustave le Gray, four dancers in flowing, vibrant red costumes repeat sharp yet sweeping phrases and interact with the onstage pianist, who continues to play even as they move the grand piano and musician from one side of the stage to the other.

Pam Tanowitz’s Gustave le Gray No. 1, a work for four dancers and an onstage pianist, was originally created in 2019 for “Ballet Across America” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, just weeks after the premiere of Tanowitz’s Bartók Ballet, her first creation for New York City Ballet. The ballet is set to Caroline Shaw’s Gustave le Gray and features costumes design by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung and lighting design by Davison Scandrett.

12 Minutes

ANATOMY OF A DANCE

NAOMI CORTI ON PAM TANOWITZ'S GUSTAVE LE GRAY NO. 1

Naomi Corti discusses the elements of community, tension, and play that effect a dynamic equilibrium among performers of Pam Tanowitz’s Gustave le Gray No. 1.

Gustave le Gray No. 1.

The NYCB premiere of Pam Tanowitz’s Gustave le Gray No. 1 brought Dance Theatre of Harlem and New York City Ballet together on the Koch stage.

GUSTAVE LE GRAY NO. 1

In Gustave le Gray No. 1, the onstage pianist returns to a seated position just after the crimson-clad cast has transported his instrument from stage right to left.

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