MAGICAL MOVEMENTS

Choreography by Christian Spuck
Costumes by Yo Ma Ma

Music by Gary Fry, Aaron Copland, Carl Nielsen, Benjamin Britten

FRY Paradigm for Five Percussionists
COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
NIELSEN Menuet from Woodwind Quintet
MOZART Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, Allegro
BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

Magical Movements builds an orchestra, highlighting each instrument family as they are introduced one by one:  the PERCUSSION, the BRASS, the STRINGS and the WOODWINDS. See the music come alive when it is paired with dance!

Created for and premiered by Hubbard Street 2 at Symphony Center in Chicago, IL, on December 2, 2005.

DanceWorks Chicago premiere at Symphony Center in Chicago, IL, on November 4, 2011.