Laura Graham (Handel and Berio duets), assisted by Oleg Klymyuk (Bach duet)
William Forsythe and Yumiko Takeshima
25 minutes
16 dancers
Handel duets – May 27, 1995; Ballet Frankfurt,
Berio duets – October 16, 1998; Ballet Frankfurt,
Bach duet – December 8, 2000; Ballet Frankfurt (First performance in 2012 by Dresden Semperoper Ballet)
George Frideric Handel, Luciano Berio, and Johann Sebastian Bach
(from Concerti grossi, Op. 6, (1736-1741), selections from Duetti per due Violini, Vol. 1, (1979-1983), and Allemande, from Partita in B minor for solo violin, BWV 1002, (1720))
March 13, 2015
The 2015 Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of William Forsythe’s New Suite was generously underwritten by Jeffrey & Susan Brotman.