May 27, 2022 7:30PM
Location
Lensic Performing Arts Center
Name
Performance Santa Fe
Counterpoint
Description
Caleb Teicher, one of the brightest lights in the dance world, joins forces with innovative pianist and composer Conrad Tao in Counterpoint, a new electrifying program of music and tap dance both composed and improvised. A recipient of New York City Center’s Choreographic Fellowship and named Dance Magazine‘s “Best Emerging Choreographer,” Caleb Teicher is known for his unique style of theatricality, humor, emotional expression, and aesthetic exploration. Performing live on stage alongside Teicher, Conrad Tao is an Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and is hailed as “shaping the future of classical music” (New York Magazine). This highly-anticipated collaborative work that includes everything from Bach’s Goldberg Variations to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue will leave you spellbound.
Program: J.S. Bach: Aria from The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Conrad Tao/Caleb Teicher: Improvisation Arnold Schoenberg: Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23: V. Walzer Ray Noble/Bud Powell/Art Tatum: “Cherokee” Charles “Honi” Coles & Brenda Bufalino: The Coles and Bufalino Soft Shoe Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in E major, Op. 116, No. 4 Conrad Tao/Caleb Teicher: Swing 2 from More Forever W.A. Mozart/David Parker: Song and Dance, based on Mozart’s Sonata in A major, K. 331: III. “Alla turca – Allegretto” George Gershwin (arr. Tao): Rhapsody in Blue Maurice Ravel: Sonatine: II. Mouvement de Menuet J.S. Bach: Aria from The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Program subject to change
Presented through the generosity of Ann Murphy Daily and William W. Daily