The Joyce Theater Welcomes Back Lucinda Childs' Dance In DANCE 10/6-11

The Joyce Theater welcomes back onto its stage the internationally renowned Lucinda Childs' Dance from October 6 - 11, presenting the highly acclaimed, rarely performed signature work DANCE, featuring original music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt. Also on the program for this season: the 1993 work Concerto and the solo piece Largo, created in 2001 for Mikhail Baryshnikov. Largo will be performed at The Joyce by Ms. Childs, marking her first appearance on a New York City stage since 2002. Tickets, starting at $10, can be purchased through JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800 or onlineat www.joyce.org. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street.

Lucinda Childs' Dance presents a program of three works including DANCE, commissioned by BAM and choreographed in 1979 by Lucinda Childs, consisting of three sections: #1 and #3 are performed by four men and four women; the solo, section #2, was originally danced by Lucinda Childs. The music for DANCE was composed by Philip Glass and, for this remounting, a new recording was made by the Philip Glass Ensemble. The decor for the work is a black and white film by Sol LeWitt, which consists of selected passages of the choreography from each of the three dances. Also on this program at The Joyce, Childs will perform - for the first time in NYC since 2002 - her solo piece Largo, created in 2001 for BAM's Past Forward program. Completing the evening will be the ensemble piece Concerto, commissioned by Theatre de la Ville in Paris in 1993, a work for seven dancers which has been performed by Les Ballet de Monte Carlo, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Introdans Dance Company and Baryshinkov's White Oak Dance Company.

Lucinda Childs graduated as a dance major from Sarah Lawrence College in 1962 (where she studied with Judith Dunn and Bessie Schönberg) and then studied at the Merce Cunningham studio. She began her professional career as a choreographer and performer in 1963 as an original member of the Judson Dance Theater in New York. After forming her own dance company in 1973, Ms. Childs collaborated with Robert Wilson and Philip Glass on the opera Einstein on the Beach, in which she participated as a lead performer and choreographer.

Since 1979, Ms. Childs has collaborated with several composers and designers, including John Adams and Frank Gehry, on a series of large-scale productions. She has received a number of commissions from major ballet companies including the Paris Opéra Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Berlin Opera Ballet, Lyon Opéra Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Geneva Opera Ballet, Ballet du l'Opéra du Rhin, the Boston Ballet, and the Bayerisches Staatsballett of Munich.

In 2003, Ms. Childs choreographed Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe for the Geneva Opera Ballet and revived Concerto with music by Henry Gorecki (which was choreographed for her own company in 1993), Opus One, a new solo for Mikhail Baryshnikov with music by Alban Berg, and Bartok's Mandarin Merveilleux for the Ballet de l'Opéra du Rhin. In 2005, Ms. Childs choreographed Ten Part Suite, with music by Arcangelo Corelli, for the Boston Ballet.

In April 2007, Childs appeared in Robert Wilson's production of Bach's Passion of Saint John at the Théâtre de Chatelet in Paris, before returning to the Opéra du Rhin to choreograph and direct Stravinsky's Le Rossignol and Oedipus Rex.

Since 1992, Ms. Childs has worked extensively in opera, including Luc Bondy's production of Richard Strauss's Salome, which she choreographed for the Salzburg Festival in 1999, and then later revived for La Scala in Milan in March 2007. In 1995, she choreographed Bondy's production of Verdi's Macbeth for the Scottish Opera, and Peter Stein's De Nederlandse Opera's production of Moise et Aron. That same year, Ms. Childs directed her first opera, Mozart's Zaide, for La Monnaie in Brussels. In 2001, Childs choreographed the Los Angeles Opera's production of Wagner's Lohengrin, conducted by Kent Nagano. In 2002, Ms. Childs directed Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice for the Scottish Opera, and in 2003, she was invited to return to Los Angeles Opera to choreograph and direct a new production of Orfeo ed Euridice. Ms. Childs also choreographed Roland Aeschlimann's production of Wagner's Parsifal, which premiered at the Grand Theatre de Genève in 2004, and most recently, she choreographed John Adams new opera, Doctor Atomic, directed by Peter Sellars, which premiered in 2005 with the San Francisco Opera, was later revived by the Holland Festival in June 2007, and was performed most recently at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in December 2007.

In 2004, Ms. Childs was appointed by the French Government to the rank of Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Most recently she has choreographed Tempo Vicino, with music by John Adams for the Ballet National of Marseille, which premiered in May 2009.

"DANCE TALKS" WITH LUCINDA CHILDS AT JOYCE SOHO

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Join Patrick Bensard and Lucinda Childs in a screening of the 2006 documentary "Lucinda Childs," followed by a brief question and answer session with Ms. Childs. Mr. Bensard is Director of the Cinémathèque de la Danse in Paris, France, where Ms. Childs was appointed in 2004 by the French Government to the rank of Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. "Dance Talks" are free and take place at Joyce SoHo (155 Mercer Street, between Houston and Prince). Reservations are required: 646-792-8377.

Lucinda Childs' Dance can be seen at The Joyce Theater for one week from October 6 - 11. Performances are Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30pm, Thursday - Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 2pm. Dance Chat, a free post-performance talkback with the artists (formerly known as Humanities), will take place on Wednesday, October 7, and is open to all audience members attending that evening's performance. The Joyce has updated its pricing structure this season to help make dance even more accessible to a wider audience, with tickets starting at $10 (for the front row) and ranging up to $49 (top price for Joyce Members is $37). Please note: Ticket prices are subject to change. Tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800 or online at www.joyce.org. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street.

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