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Black and white photo of the company performing in Cavalcade. The dancers are in various dynamic poses, stretching and leaning, with their arms extended. They wear minimal costumes. Ribbons or streamers are visible in the background, adding to the visual movement.

Repertory

Cavalcade

COMPANIES

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMPANY PREMIERE

New York City Center, 1996

WORLD PREMIERE

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, SUNY Purchase, 1980

MUSIC

Steve Reich (“Octet”)

LIGHTING

Original lighting by Craig Miller; lighting recreated by Clifton Taylor

RUN TIME

18 Minutes

Lar Lubovitch’s Cavalcade is considered a tour-de-force of modern dance. Technically demanding, it displays the physical prowess of eight dancers. Cavalcade, once a mainstay of Lubovitch's own company’s repertoire, was choreographed in 1980 to the music of Steve Reich and had its Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater premiere in 1996.