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Choreography

Susan Stroman

Composer

Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck

Music

Take Five, 1959 (Desmond); Strange Meadow Lark & Blue Rondo a la Turk, 1959 (Brubeck)

Costume Design

William Ivey Long

Lighting Design

Randall G. Chiarelli

Cast

11 dancers

Running Time

13 minutes

Premiere

April 17, 2008
Pacific Northwest Ballet

Artist Biographies

Randall G. Chiarelli (1949-2024) devoted his career to lighting for dance, much of it at Pacific Northwest Ballet, and also for American Ballet Theatre, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, among others. His many collaborators included choreographers Donald Byrd, Mark Dendy, Ronald Hynd, Kent Stowell, Susan Stroman, and Christopher Wheeldon. Chiarelli graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in painting and sculpture.