Natural Selection was commissioned by the American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke Awards for New Work and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The creation of this work was also supported by funds from the 92nd St. Y New Works in Dance Fund. Created with the support of the Joyce SoHo Space Grant.
“Everyone appeared to be gripped by some awesome, yet oddly exhilarating, force of nature.” -Jack Anderson, The New York Times (2005)
MUSIC
Michael Gordon, Weather One
LIGHTING DESIGN ADAPTATION
Burke Wilmore
COSTUME DESIGN
Elizabeth Payne
PREMIERE
June 22nd, 2004, American Dance Festival
Durham, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina