Happy 88th birthday to Steve Reich! Steve Reich is known for his innovative minimalist musical compositions, which resonated with Eliot Feld so deeply that he choreographed 15 ballets to Reich’s music! His music is noted for its “perceptible processes,” where the careful layering of repetitive figures allows the listener to hear each shift in the music as the pattern changes.
Two of the public domain ballets we shared over the summer feature Reich’s music, “Tongue & Groove” and “Aurora,” check them out on our page if you are interested in experiencing the variety of Reich & Feld’s artistic harmony.
Here’s the complete list of all the ballets Eliot choreographed to Reich’s music:
The Grand Canon 1985
Aurora I & II 1985
Medium: Rare 1985
Bent Planes 1986
Echo 1986
Kore 1988
Clave 1991
Ion 1991
Tongue and Groove 1995
Chi 1995
A Stair Dance 2004
Proverb 2004
Sir Isaac’s Apples 2005
Isis In Transit 2008
Photo credits:
Image 1: Steve Reich photographed by Jeffrey Herman; Image 2: Buffy Miller in “Kore” photographed by Lois Greenfield; Image 3: Fang-Yi Sheu in “Isis in Transit” photographed by Lois Greenfield; Image 4: Chris Vo in “Proverb” photographed by Lois Greenfield; Image 5: “A Stair Dance” photographed by Stephanie Berger.
