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Matthew Rushing, Karine Plantadit-Bageot, Danielle Gee in Scissors, Paper, Stone

Repertory

Scissors, Paper, Stone

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

WORLD PREMIERE

New York City Center, 1994

ASSISTANTS TO CHOREOGRAPHERS

K.T. Nelson, Patricia Jiron, and Kevin Ware

MUSIC

John "Mighty Mouth" Moschitta, John Lee Hooker, Loudon Wainwright III, Jimi Hendrix

COSTUMES

Eleanor Coppola

LIGHTING

Alex Nichols

RUN TIME

12 Minutes

Choreographer Brenda Way used four dancers from her modern dance company ODC/San Francisco to help set this piece. Named after the children’s game and set to a collage of pop recordings, Scissors, Paper, Stone is filled with jazz movement, speedy changes of direction, and athletic partnering.