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How Near Heaven

Choreography by Twyla Tharp
Music by Benjamin Britten (Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for String Orchestra, Op.10)
Costumes by Gianni Versace
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton

World Premiere

March 3, 1995
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, D.C.

Cast:
Paloma Herrera
Kathleen Moore
Cynthia Harvey
Gil Boggs
Guillaume Graffin
Charles Askegard