The Jig Is Up
Creative Team
Choreographer
Eliot Feld
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Running Time
35 min
Music
Composer
Various
Notes
“Kesh Jig,” “Green Groves Of Erin,” “Pipe On The Hob,” “Fionnghuala,” “The Maids Of Mitchelstown,” “Old Hag You Have Killed Me,” “Leitrim Fancy,” “Rip The Calico, Etc.,” and “The Blackbird” by The Bothy Band and Archibald McDonald
“Of Keppoch” by John Cunningham
Premiere
Date
April 10, 1984Location
Joyce Theater (New York, NY)Company
The Feld BalletPremiere Cast
Credits & Notes
The Jig Is Up was made possible, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Jig Is Up has also been in the repertory of The Juilliard School’s Dance Division, and a slightly modified version has been in the Kids Dance repertory.
Media
Copyright Notice
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