Strange Attractors
(1999-2000)
25 min, 4 min, 23 min
SELECTED COSTUMES:
"Michael Nyman brought out a very lengthened extended and side of my dancing"
– Stephen Petronio
Photo credits: Sarah Silver, Ellen Crane, Yi-Chun Wu, JKA Photography, Julie Lemberger
Strange Attractors: Part 1
Concept and Choreography: Stephen Petronio
Music: Michael Nyman Commissioned Score
Costume Design: Tanya Sarne / Ghost
Lighting Design: Ken Tabachnick
Original Cast: Michael Badger, Philip Gardner, Ana Gonzalez, Gino Grenek, Kristina Isabelle, Ashleigh Leite, Jenifer Weaver, Todd Williams
Premiere: November 4, 1999, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
Commission Partner: San Francisco Performances
Strange Attractors: Prelude
Concept and Choreography: Stephen Petronio
Music: Placebo with David Bowie
Costume Design: Tara Subkoff / Imitation of Christ
Lighting Design: Ken Tabachnick
Original Cast: Michael Badger, Ana Gonzalez, Gino Grenek, Kristina Isabelle, Ashleigh Leite, Malcolm Low, Jimena Paz, Stephen Petronio
Premiere: October 15, 2000, The Joyce Theater (New York, NY)
Strange Attractors: Part II
Concept and Choreography: Stephen Petronio
Music: James Lavelle/UNKLE
Set Design: Anish Kapoor
Costume Design: Tanya Sarne / Ghost
Lighting Design: Ken Tabachnick
Original Cast: Michael Badger, Ana Gonzalez, Gino Grenek, Kristina Isabelle, Ashleigh Leite, Malcolm Low, Gabrielle Malone, Jimena Paz
Premiere: October 15, 2000, The Joyce Theater (New York, NY)
Commission Partners: Dance Umbrella, London, UK, White Bird / Portland, OR, San Francisco Performances, National Dance Project, 2wice Arts Foundation