Argot (1967)
Premiered in An Evening of New Danceworks
Theresa L. Kauffman Concert Hall, New York City
Wednesday, June 7, 1967
Music:
Bela Bartok, Third String Quartet
Costumes/Lighting:
Clyde Morgan
Dancers:
Sarah Stackhouse
Louis Falco
Translucens (1967)
Premiered with Louis Falco and a Company of Featured Dancers
Theresa L. Kauffman Concert Hall, New York City
Monday, December 18, 1967
Music:
Olivier Messiaen
Costumes/Scenery:
Lar Lubovitch
Lighting:
Gary Harris
Dancers:
Juan Antonio
Carla Maxwell
Tony Salatino
Diane Mohrmann
Louis Falco
The Gods' Descent (1967)
Premiered with Louis Falco and a Company of Featured Dancers
Theresa L. Kauffman Concert Hall, New York City
Monday, December 18, 1967
Music:
Collage
Costumes/Scenery:
Lar Lubovitch
Dancers:
Louis Falco
Takako Asakawa
Juan Antonio
Tony Salatino
Clyde Morgan
Anna Hoffman
Anne Astner
Huescape (1968)
Premiered with Louis Falco and a Company of Featured Dancers
Jacob's Pillow, Lee, Massachussetts
1968
Music:
Pierre Schaeffer and Lasry Baschet
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Jennifer Muller
Juan Antonio
Louis Falco
TimeWright (1969)
Premiered with Louis Falco and a Company of Featured Dancers
Theresa L. Kauffman Concert Hall, New York City
May 10, 1969
Music:
Andrew Rudin
Steve Reich
Kenneth Gaburo
Henri Pousseur
Teo Macero
Pierre Schaeffer
Decor/Scenery:
Robert Indiana and William Katz
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Jennifer Muller
Carla Maxwell
Juan Antonio
Louis Falco
Charles Phipps
Bill George
Caviar (1970)
Premiered with Louis Falco and a Company of Featured Dancers
New York City Center, New York City
Thursday, May 14, 1970
*Music composed and performed by:
Pot with Napanaw's Pottery Shop Rock Group
(Aldana, Gary King, Doug Arioli, Steve Tindall)
and orchestra conducted by Eugene Lester
Decor/Costumes:
Marisol
Lighting:
Chenault Spence
Dancers:
Jennifer Muller
Carla Maxwell
Georgiana Holmes
Mary Jane Eisenberg
Kelly Hogan
Juan Antonio
Matthew Diamond
Louis Falco
*Caviar later presented with music by Bobby Cole
Performed by Vertical Burn
(Burt Alcantara, Sonny Carr & Bobby Cole)
Ibid (1971)
Premiered with The Louis Falco Company of Featured Dancers
New York City Center, New York City
Monday, February 1, 1971
Music:
Maatthews Kheaann Khristiaann
Decor/Costumes:
Stanley Landsman
Dancer:
Georgiana Holmes
The Sleepers (1971)
Premiered with The Louis Falco Company of Featured Dancers
New York City Center, New York City
Monday, February 1, 1971
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz
Dancers:
Jennifer Muller
Georgiana Holmes
Matthew Diamond
Juan Antonio
The Gamete Garden (1971)
Premiered with The Boston Ballet
Savoy Theatre, Boston, Massachussetts
Friday, February 12, 1971
Music:
Michael Kamen
(with The New York City Rock Ensemble)
Costumes:
Cecelia Ellen
Sets Execution:
Walter Dolan
Assistants to the Choreographer:
Jennifer Muller
Juan Antonio
Dancers:
Anamarie Sarazin & Robert Steele
Sandra Bereska & David Drummond
Anthony Williams
Miguel Angel Bolarin - Teresa Gordon - Mark Held - Ellen O'Reilly
Robert Pierce - Alphonse Poulin - James Reardon - Cecily Travesky
Journal (1971)
Premiered with Nederlands Dance Theatre
Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag, Netherlands
October 27, 1971
Sound Collage:
Burt Alcantara
Assistants to the Choreographer:
Jennifer Muller
Juan Antonio
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz
Dancers:
Arlette Van Boven - Kathy Gosschalk - Lia Haeken
Marilyn Lewis - Conny Lodewijk - Marian Sarstadt
Carina Verzijl - Yteke Waterbolk - Lenny Westerdijk
Jon Benoit - Nils Christie - Leon Koning
Marek Krysziewicz - Johan Meyer - Michael Tipton
Harmen Tromp - Frans Vervenne
Soap Opera (1972)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
Wednesday, June 14, 1972
Music:
Burt Alcantara
Text:
Gary Lasdun
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz
Dancers:
Louis Falco
Jennifer Muller
Juan Antonio
Georgiana Holmes
Matthew Diamond
Mary Jane Eisenberg
Avenue (1973)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
Tuesday, June 5, 1973
Costumes:
William Katz
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Music:
Vertical Burn
(Karen Adlin, Burt Alcantara, Sonny Carr & Bobby Cole)
Dancers:
Louis Falco
Jennifer Muller
Juan Antonio
Georgiana Holmes
Matthew Diamond
Mary Jane Eisenberg
Two Penny Portrait (1973)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
Thursday, June 7, 1973
Sound Environment:
Burt Alcantara
Decor/Costumes:
Victor Paul
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Georgiana Holmes
Louis Falco
Tutti-Frutti (1973)
Premiered with Ballet Rambert
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
September 18, 1973
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz
Music:
Burt Alcantara
Lighting:
John B. Read
Dancers:
Christopher Bruce
Marilyn Williams
Lenny Westerdijk
Leigh Warren
Julia Blaikie
Sally Owen
Joseph Scoglio
Patrick Wood
Lucy Burge
Eclipse (1974)
Premiered with Nederlands Dance Theatre
Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag, Netherlands
March 18, 1974
Music:
Burt Alcantara
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz
Assistants to the Choreographer:
Jennifer Muller and Juan Antonio
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Mea Venema
Johan Meyer
Roslyn Anderson - Jeanne Solan
Christopher Frey - Yair Goldshtein
Leon Koning - Joost Pelt - Michael Tipton
Storeroom (1974)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
Tuesday, May 21, 1974
Sound Score:
Kirk Nurock
Decor/Costumes:
Victor Paul
Lighting:
Beverly Emmons
Dancers:
Louis Falco
Jennifer Muller
Juan Antonio
Georgiana Holmes
Matthew Diamond
Mary Jane Eisenberg
Angelina Wolf
Caterpillar (1975)
Premiered with Nederlands Dance Theatre
Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag, Netherlands
February 18, 1975
Music:
Luciano Berio
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz
(Willy Eisenhart,Assistant)
Lighting:
Howard Eldridge
Dancers:
Roslyn Anderson
Moira Bosman
Arlette van Boven
Kathleen Fitzgerald
Sheri Gaia
Marilyn Lewis
Conny Lodewijk
Robert Craset
Christopher Frey
Joost Pelt
Michael Saunders
Harmen Tromp
Frans Vervenne
Gert Weigelt
Champagne (1976)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Detroit
Friday, March 12, 1976
(New York premiere: April 11, 1977, Roundabout Theater)
Music:
Big Band Collage
Costumes:
Michael Stuart
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Louis Falco
Juan Antonio
Ranko Yokoyama
Anthony Ferro
John Cwiakala
Tony Constantine
Lisa Nalven
Jane Lowe
Caravan (1976)
Premiered with Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theatre
City Center 55th Street Theatre, New York City
Thursday, May 6, 1976
Music:
Michael Kamen
(based on Duke Ellington Themes)
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Judith Jamison
Dudley Williams
Donna Wood - Mari Kajiwara - Warren Spears
Tina Yuan - Carl Paris - Michiko Oka
Masazumi Chaya - Meg Gordean - Valerie Feit
Sergio Cal - Melvin Jones - Sarita Allen - Peter Woodin
Ulysses Dove - Beth Shorter - Enid Britten - Jodi Moccia
Hero (1977)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Roundabout Theater, New York City
April 11, 1977
Music:
Badal Roy, Radha Shottam & Frank Tusa
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz
(assisted by Willy Eisenhart)
Costumes:
Silla Kotsonie and Robert Flinn
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Jane Lowe
Lisa Nalven
Ranko Yokoyama
Juan Antonio
Tony Constantine
John Cwiakala
The Lobster Quadrille (1977)
Premiered with Nederlands Dance Theatre (1977 Holland Festival)
Circustheater, Scheveningen, Holland
June 18, 1977
Music:
David del Tredici
Soprano:
Erica Grefe
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz
(Willy Eisenhart, Assistant)
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Bonnie Mathis
Johan Meijer
Michael Sanders
Ranko Yokoyama*
Tony Constantine*
William Gornel*
*Louis Falco Dance Company
Tiger Rag (1977)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Roundabout Theater, New York City
Monday, November 7, 1977
Music:
Michael Kamen
Decor/Costumes:
Marisol and William Katz
(Willy Eisenhart, Assistant)
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Juan Antonio
Ranko Yokoyama
William Gornel
Lisa Nalven
Jean-Louis Morin
Shelley Freydont
Cast of 20 Extras
Cooking French (1977)
Premiered with Ballet Theater Contemporain
Théâtre Musical d'Angers
Thursday, December 15, 1977
Assistant to Louis Falco:
William Gornel
Music:
Michael Kamen
Scenery:
William Katz
(Willy Eisenhart, Assistant)
Costumes:
L.M. Marchand
Lighting:
Yvan Rialland
Dancers:
Muriel Belmondo - James Urbain
Noriko Kubota - Jean-Claude Giorgini - Nora Esteves
The Company
Escargot (1978)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Mankato, Minnesota
October 1, 1978
(New York premiere: Tuesday, October 24, 1978, Entermedia Theatre)
Music:
Ralph MacDonald
Costumes:
Michael Vollbrach
Silk by Fabio Bellotti for Rainbow, Milano, Italy
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Louis Falco
Ranko Yokoyama
Shelley Freydont
Lisa Nalven
William Gornel
Jean-Louis Morin
Alan Sener
with
Joao Mauricio
Early Sunday Morning (1979)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
City Center, New York City
Wednesday, March 28, 1979
Music:
David Sanborn
(performed by David Sanborn, Michael Colina,
John Evans, Hiram Bullock, Jody Linscott, Jim Maelen)
Decor/Costumes:
William Katz with Willy Eisenhart
Lighting:
Shirl Donnerac
Dancer:
Louis Falco
Saltimbocca (1979)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
City Center, New York City
Wednesday, March 28, 1979
Music:
Michael Sahl
Singers:
Joanne Beretta and Gaetano Buono
Pianist:
Michael Sahl
Percussion:
William A. Trigg
Accordian:
Wiklliam Schimmel
Bass:
Russ Savakus
Costumes:
Michaele Vollbracht
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Louis Falco
Juan Antonio
Ranko Yokoyama
Lisa Nalven
William Gornel
Shelley Freydont
Jean-Louis Morin
Alan Sener
Cast of 31 Extras
The Eagle's Nest (1980)
Premiered with La Scala Opera Ballet
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Tuesday, February 12, 1980
Conceived by Louis Falco and Rocco Bufano
Assistant to Louis Falco:
Lisa Nalven
Music:
Michael Kamen
Decor/Costumes:
Rocco Bufano
Costumes Assistant:
Lucia Ganci
Lighting:
Beverly Emmons
Dancers:
Louis Falco
Luciana Savignano
Davida Bombana
Mara Cavagnini - Oriella Dorella - Annamaria Grossi
Maurizio Bellezza - Marco Pierin
The Company
Kate's Rag (1980)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
April 21, 1980
Music:
Scott Joplin
Pianist:
William Bolcom
Costumes:
Jimmy Meyer and John Reid
Lighting:
Richard Nelson
Dancers:
Ranko Yokoyama
Louis Falco
Juan Antonio
Karen Ford
William Gornel
Alan Sener
Patrick King
Service Compris (1980)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Palais du Pope, Avignon, France
August 1980
Music:
Marianne Faithful
Costumes:
Giorgio Armani
Dancers:
Lisa Nalven
William Gornel
Alan Sener
Karen Ford
Patrick King
Serena Ward
Black and Blue (1982)
Premiered with The Louis Falco Dance Company
Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy
January 1982
Conception:
Louis Falco and Rocco Bufano
Music:
Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman
Design:
Rocco Bufano
Lighting:
Dennis H. Carrol
Costume Design Assistant:
John Lee
Light Structure Execution:
Nicholas Cavallaro
Dancers:
Juan Antonio
Ranko Yokoyama
William Gornel
Alan Sener
Serena Ward
Patrick King
Karen Ford
Little Boy (1982)
Premiered with the Louis Falco Dance Company
Teatro Alcione, Genova, Italy
January 16, 1982
Conception:
Rocco Bufano
Music:
The Band
Lighting:
Nicholas Cavallaro
Dancers:
Alan Sener
Ranko Yokoyama
Reunion in Portugal (1983)
Premiered with Ballet Gulbenkian
Grande Auditório Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
May 25, 1983
Music:
Kurt Weill, Suite of Die Dreigroschenoper (1928)
Scenery/Costumes:
Rocco Bufano
(assisted by Lucia Ganci)
Lighting:
Orlando Worm
Scenery Execution:
Hernâni and Rui Martins
Dancers:
Antonio Gagik Ismailian
Elena Olga Roriz
Anna Elisa Ferreira
Orlando José Grave
Nina Birte Lundwall
Emma Isabel Queiroz
Angela Ana Rita Palmeirim
Sebastian Edmund Stipe
Sisang Margarida Bettencourt
Mario Agnelo Andrade
Antonio's Friends
Enrico Francisco Rousseau
Riccardo João Afonso
Claudio Carlos Carvalho
Leonardo's Room (1983)
Teatro Carcano, Milan, Italy
March 1983
Conception/Direction:
Louis Falco and Rocco Bufano
Scenery:
Paolo Bregni
Costumes:
Alberte Barsacq
Lighting:
Beverly Emmons
Music Director:
Giorgio Gaslini
Dancers:
Luciana Savignano
Angelo Moretto - Vinicio Mainini - Warren Spears
Louis Perrella - Luigi Casavola - Edward Burgess
Marco Garofalo - Wesley Robinson - Stefano Mazza
Guillermo Resto - Hugo Bregman - Pino Alosa - Rick Michalek
Claudio Ferraro - Orazio Massaro - Davide Ferroni
Charles Linehan - John Sheridan - Nelson Fernandez
Paco Decina - Marco Carniti - Alfonso Mastrangelo
Paolo Martini - Franceso Squillaci - Eugenio De Mello
Mauro Annibale - Riccardo Rebecchi - Stefano Moiraghi
Jack in the Box (1989)
Premiered with Tanz-Forum der Oper der Stadt Köln
Forum Leverkusen, Köln, Germany
May 9, 1989
Music:
Bruce Springsteen
(arranged by Hajo Stahl)
Libretto:
Louis Falco and Kitty Troll
Scenery/Costumes:
Jack Brusca
Lighting:
Heinrich Brunke
Dancers:
Liselott Svalberg
Lode Devos
The Company
Nights in a Spanish Garden (1992)
Premiered with La Scala Opera Ballet
Teatro Lirico, Milan, Italy
Tuesday, January 28, 1992
Assistant to Louis Falco:
Alan Sener
Music:
Manuel de Falla
Scenery:
Giorgio Cristini
Created by:
Gianni Montonati
Costumes:
Giorgio Cristini and Marco Capuana
Dancers:
Bruna Radice - Massimiliano Volpini
Simona Chiesa - Roberta Nebulone - Gilda Gelati
Vittorio d'Amato - Stefano Benedini - Antonio Ruggiero - Danilo Tapiletti
The Company
