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Transcendental Etudes

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Transcendental Etudes

Choreography by Kevin McKenzie
Music by Franz Liszt (Transcendental Etudes for piano)
Costumes by Kevin McKenzie
Costumes Executed by David Howard
Lighting by Karen DeFrancis
Lighting Recreated by Tony Tucci

World Premiere

(under the title Liszt Etudes)
New Amsterdam Ballet
August 20, 1991
Jacob’s Pillow
Lee, Massachusetts

Cast:
Julie Miles
Christopher Doyle
Yan Chen
Sean Murphy
Gary Chryst
Martine van Hamel
Marianna Tcherkassky

ABT Premiere

October 8, 1996
Northrup Auditorium
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cast:
Valentina Scala
Gil Boggs
Yen Chen
John Gardner