One Thousand Pieces
Music
Philip Glass
(“The Illusionist” from the motion picture soundtrack The Illusionist, 2006; “Tissue No. 7” from the film Naqoyqatsi: Life as War, 2002; “Song VII” from Songs & Poems for Solo Cello, 2007; “Renfield,” “When the Dream Comes,” “Seward Sanatorium,” “The Crypt,” “Renfield in the Drawing Room,” “Carriage Without a Driver,” and “Dr. Van Helsing & Dracula” from the motion picture soundtrack Dracula, 1998; “Etude No. 12” from Etudes for Solo Piano, Book 2: Nos. 11-20, 1994/2012; “Cassandra’s Dream” from the motion picture soundtrack Cassandra’s Dream, 2007; “The Land” from Piano Concerto No. 2: After Lewis and Clark, 2004; Mad Rush, 1979; “Knee Play No. 5” from the opera Einstein on the Beach, 1975)
Choreography
Alejandro Cerrudo
Staging
Ana Lopez, Pablo Piantino
Scenic & Costume Design
Thomas Mika
Lighting Design
Michael Korsch
Duration
70 minutes
Premiere
October 18, 2012; Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Pacific Northwest Ballet Premiere
March 13, 2020
The 2020 Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of Alejandro Cerrudo’s One Thousand Pieces is generously underwritten by Susan Brotman.