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Past Performances
1984-1989
1990-1999
2000-Present
Past Performances
1984-1989
1984
Akhnaten
MAY 6 AND 7
Philip Glass and Christopher Keene

The Desert Music
SEP 22 AND 23
Steve Reich and Michael Tilson Thomas

1985
String Trio and the Magic Art
FEB 3 AND 4
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Patricia McBride, and Charles Wuorinen

Gazebo Dances and Altered States
APR 27 AND 28
John Corigliano, Gail Kachaturian, and
Jacquelin T. Robertson

Casanova
JUN 2 AND 3
Dominick Argento and Christopher Keene

Impact and Transformer
OCT 4 AND 5
Anthony Davis, Laura Dean, and Steve Reich

Dracula
OCT 19 AND 20
Margie Gillis and James Kudelka

1986
Libuse
FEB 13

Mito
APR 27 AND 28
Sandro Chia and Carla Fracci

X (The Life and Times of Malcolm X)
MAY 3 AND 4
Anthony Davis and Christopher Keene

Nixon in China
NOV 2 AND 3
John Adams and Peter Sellars

The Elizabethan Phrasing of the Late Albert Ayler
NOV 9 AND 10
Karole Armitage and David Salle

1987
Dances by David Parsons
JAN 10 AND 11
David Parsons

The Armitage Ballet
APR 15 AND 16
Karole Armitage and David Salle

New Work at the New York City Ballet
APR 26
John Gruen, Peter Martins with Jock Soto, and Heather Watts

The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
OCT 5 AND 7
Michael Morris and Dr. Oliver Sacks

The Mahabharata
OCT 8
Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carriere

The Four Sections and Electric Counterpoint
NOV 1 AND 2
Pat Metheny, Kent Nagano, and Steve Reich

1988
Rasputin
MAR 13 AND 14
Frank Corsaro and Jay Reise

Five
APR 24 AND 25
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Maria Calegari, Jock Soto, and Charles Wuorinen

American Composers Orchestra
OCT 7 AND 8
The Gregg Smith Singers, The Morgan University Singers, Betty Allen, Dennis Russell Davies, and Stephen Sondheim

Interior with Seven Figures
DEC 2 AND 3
Susan Marshall and Bessie Schonberg

1989
An Evening of Contemplation of an Ancient Chinese Poetess
APR 7 AND 8
Chiang Ching and Anna Kisselgoff

Bum's Rush
APR 20 AND 21
Twyla Tharp and Shelley Washington

The Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador
APR 30 AND MAY 1
Charles L. Mee, Jr.

Voices from Sandover
MAY 23 AND 24
James Merrill and Bruce Saylor

The Group for Contemporary Music
OCT 12 AND 13
Milton Babbitt and Charles Wuorinen

Eh, Qu'est-ce Que Ca Mi Fait A Moi!? (HEY, WHAT'S ALL THIS TO ME?)
OCT 27 AND 28
Compagnie Maguy Marin, Maguy Marin, and Denis Mariotte

New Music from the Pacific Rim
NOV 17
The Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio, Paul Dresher, Lou Harrison, Daniel Lentz, and Somei Satoh

Opposites Attract
NOV 17
Paul Dresher, Ned Rothenberg, and Annalyn Swan


Top to bottom:

Akhnaten; with Christopher Keene and Philip Glass, was the first Works & Process event on May 6, 1984. Photo: Marilyn Mazur.

Fredrick Westcott as Dr. P in The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, October 7, 1987.

Karole Armitage Ballet performs with costumes and sets by David Salle. April 16, 1987. Photo: Marilyn Mazur.

The riveting cast of Charles L. Mee, Jr.'s The Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador, April 31, 1989. Photo: Marilyn Mazur.

Compagnie Maguy Marin performs Hey, What's all this to Me?, October 28, 1989.