Play Bach
Creative Team
Choreographer
Eliot Feld
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Running Time
25 min
Music
Composer
Composition
Partita in B-flat Major, BWV 825
Partita in G Major, BWV 829
Notes
At the premiere, the music was performed live by Peter Longiaru (Piano).
Premiere
Date
May 11, 1982Location
Opera House/Kennedy Center (Washington, DC)Company
The Feld BalletPremiere Cast
Credits & Notes
A subsequent production of the ballet had costume design by Frank Krenz and lighting design by Allen Lee Hughes.
A preview of Play Bach was performed on 11/14/81 at University of North Carolina Greensboro’s Aycock Auditorium.
Play Bach was made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and funds from The Rockefeller Foundation.
Media
Copyright Notice
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