Choreography by Lucinda Childs
2020-2026

2025 | Stein
Premiere: July 24, 2025
For Dance On Ensemble
Performed by Lucinda Childs &Miki Orihara
Set, Video & Music by Hans Peter Kuhn
Lighting by Martin Beeretz & Hans Peter Kuhn
Radialsystem
Berlin, Germany
2025 | Three Dances (for Prepared Piano) John Cage
Premiere: May 7, 2025
For Gibney Company
Music by John Cage
Lighting by Burke Brown
Costumes by Karen Young
The Joyce Theater
New York, NY
2025 | Notes of Longing
Premiere: March 14, 2025
For Introdans
Music by Matteo Myderwyk
Lighting Décor & Costumes by Dominic Drillot
Municipal theatre of Nijmegen
Nijmegen, Holland
2024 | Distant Figures
Premiere: August 7, 2024
Music by Philip Glass
Piano by Anton Batagov
Kampnagel
Hamburg, Germany
2024 | Timeline
Premiere: August 7, 2024
Music by Hildur Gudnadottir
Kampnagel
Hamburg, Germany
2023 | Lucinda Childs x 100
Premiere: December 1, 2023
For the Conservatoire de las Danse de Paris
La Villette
Paris, France
2023 | Fog (solo)
Premiere: October 5, 2023
Music by Esa Pekka Salonen
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles, CA
2023 | Etude 5
Premiere: July 16, 2023
For Change Performing Arts
Music by Philip Glass
Akademie Theatre
Vienna, Austria
2023 | Actus (solo)
Premiere: March 1, 2023
For Lyon Opera Ballet
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Toboggan
Lyon, France
2022 | Etude 18
Premiere: September 1, 2022
Music by Philip Glass
Kaatsbaan
Tivoli, New York
2022 | Pulchinella Suites
Premiere: June 18, 2022
For Change Performing Arts
Music by Igor Strvinsky
Parco della Musica
Rome, Italy
2021 | Bach 6 Solo
Premiere: September 3, 2021
Music by J. S. Bach
Violin by Jennifer Koh
Direction by Robert Wilson
Lighting by John Torres
La Chapelle de La Salpêtrière
Paris, France
2010-2019

2019 | Drift Multiply
Premiere: October 17, 2019
For Codarts
Music by Tristan Perich
RDM Submarine Wharf
Rotterdamm, Netherlands
2019 | The Day
Premiere: July 31, 2019
For Islandia Music Inc
Music by David Lang
Costumes by Karen Young
Jacob’s Pillow
Dorris Duke Theatre
Lee, Massachusetts
2018 | Petricor
Premiere: September 14, 2018
For Introdans
Music by Ludivico Einaudi
Costumes, Décor & Lighting by Dominique Drillot
Sadstheatre
Arnhem, Netherlands
2016 | Grand Fugue
Premiere: November 17, 2016
For Lyon Opera Ballet
Music by Ludwig Beethoven
Costumes, Décor & Lighting by Dominique Drillot
Opéra Nationale de Lyon
Lyon, France
2016 | Into View
Premiere: November 5, 2016
Music by Colin Stetson
Lighting by John Torres
Royce Hall UCLA
Los Angeles , California
2016 | Nine Dresses
Premiere: September 5, 2016
For Hermès
Dress design by Nadege Vanhee-Cybulski
Video by Etienne Guiol
Beijing Minsheng Art Museum
Beijing, China
2015 | Canto Ostinato
Premiere: February 16, 2015
For Introdans
Music by Simeon Ten Holt
Costumes and Décor by Dominique Drillot
Stadstheatre
Arnhem, Netherlands
2013 | Kilar
Premiere: February 8, 2013
For Introdans
Music by Wojciech Kilar
Costumes and Décor by Dominique Drillot
Schouwburg Theatre
Arnhem, Netherlands
2011 | Oceana
Premiere: October 18, 2011
For Ballet de Nice
Music by Osvaldo Golijov
Costumes and Décor by Dominique Drillot
Opéra de Nice
Nice, France
2011 | Book of Harmony
Premiere: January 20, 2011
For the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia
Music by John Adans
Segerstrom Hall
Costa Mesa, California
2010 | Lollapalooza
Premiere: December 9, 2010
For Second Avenue Dance Company
Music by John Adams
Tisch Auditorium, NYU
New York, NY
2000-2009

2009 | Songs from Before
Premiere: October 23, 2009
For Ballet du L’Opéra du Rhin
Music by Max Richter
Costumes and Décor by Dominique Drillot
Theatre de Sinne
Mulhouse, France
2009 | Tempo Vicino
Premiere: May 27, 2009
For Ballet National de Marseille
Music by John Adams
Ballet National de Marseille
Marseille, France
2007 | Symphony of Psalms
Premiere: May 20, 2007
For Maggio Danza
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Décor by Roland Aeschlimann
Stazione Leopolda
Fabbrica Europa
Florence, Italy
2005 | Ten Part Suite
Premiere: March 17, 2005
For the Boston Ballet
Music by Arcangelo Corelli
Wang Center
Boston, Massachusetts
2005 | Firebird
Premiere: March 10, 2005
For Maggio Danza
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Décor by Dominique Drillot
Costumes by Jean Michel Lainé
Teatro Goldoni
Florence, Italy
2004 | Mandarin Merveilleux
Premiere: January 16, 2004
For Ballet du L’Opéra du Rhin
Music by Bela Bartok
Décor & Costumes by Rudi Sabounghi
Théâtre National
Strasbourg, France
2003 | Opus One
Premiere: May 22, 2003
For White Oak Dance Company
Music by Alban Berg
Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford, Connecticut
2003 | Daphnis et Chloe
Premiere: February 5, 2003
For Ballet de L’Opéra de Geneve
Music by Maurice Ravel
Décor by Roland Aeschlimann
Opéra Nationale de Geneve
Geneva, Switzerland
2002 | Chacony
Premiere: May 3, 2002
For White Oak Dance Company
Music by Benjamin Britten
Lisner Auditorium
Washington D.C.
2001 | Underwater
Premiere: July 10, 2001
From WHITE RAVEN by Philip Glass & Robert Wilson
Music by Philip Glass
New York State Theater
Lincoln Center
New York, NY
2001 | Largo
Premiere: June 6, 2001
Music by Arcangelo Corelli
New York State Theater
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY
2001 | Handel/Corelli
Premiere: April 6, 2001
For the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Music by Georg Friedrich Handel & Arcangelo Corelli
Decor by Pierre Mendell
Lighting by Joop Caboort
Costumes by Monica Staykova
National Theatre
Munich, Germany
2000 | The Chairman Dances
Premiere: December 26, 2000
For Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Music by John Adams
New York State Theater
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY
2000 | Description (of a description)
Premiere: June 26, 2000
Text by Susan Sontag
Decor & Music by Hans Peter Kuhn
Costume by Yeohlee
Le Corum
Montpelier, France
2000 | Variete de Variete
Premiere: April 17, 2000
Music by Mauricio Kagel
Lighting by Eric Wurtz
Costumes by Gabriel Berry
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
1990-1999

1999 | Histoire
Premiere: February 9, 1999
For the Martha Graham Dance Company
Music by Krzystof Knittel
Lighting by David Finley
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask & Suzanne Gallo
The Joyce Theater
New York, NY
1998 | Moto Perpetuo
Premiere: January 16, 1998
For the Conservatoire de la Danse
Amérique: Carte Blanche à Lucinda Childs
Music by Elliot Carter
Lighting by Eric Wurtz
Costumes by Catherine Garnier
Cité de la Musique
Paris, France
1998 | Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector
Premiere: January 16, 1998
For the Conservatoire de la Danse
Amérique: Carte Blanche à Lucinda Childs
Music by Terry Riley
Lighting by Eric Wurtz
Costumes by Catherine Garnier
Cité de la Musique
Paris, France
1998 | On the Balance of Things
Premiere: January 16, 1998
For the Ensemble Intercontemporain
Amerique: Carte Blanche à Lucinda Childs
Music by Roger Reynolds
Text by Elisabeth Bishop
Lighting by Eric Wurtz
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask & Catherine Garnier
Cité de la Musique
Paris, France
1996 | Hammerklavier
Premiere: March 19, 1996
For Bayerisches Staatsballett
Music by Moritz Eggert
Lighting by Johann Darchinger
Costumes by Silvia Strahammer
National Theater
Munich, Germany
1995 | From the White Edge of Phrygia
Premiere: November 21, 1995
Music by Stephen Montague
Lighting by Pat Dignan
Costumes by Zinda Williams
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
1995 | Kengir
Premiere: July 27, 1995
Music by Frangois-Bernard Mâche
Lighting by Pat Dignan
Costumes by Suzanne Gallo
Cour d’Honneur
Palais des Pâpes
Avignon, France
1995 | Solstice
Premiere: March 28, 1995
Music by Frangois-Bernard Mâche
Lighting by Heather Carson
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask
Théâtre Debussy
Cannes, France
1995 | Commencement
Premiere: March 28, 1995
Music by Zygmunt Krauze
Lighting by Heather Carson
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask
Théâtre Debussy
Cannes, France
1994 | Chamber Symphony
Premiere: May 14, 1994
For the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Music by John Adams
Lighting by Johann Darchinger
Costumes & Decor by Ronaldus Shamask
National Theater
Munich, Germany
1994 | Trilogies
Premiere: July 28, 1994
For The Ohio Ballet Appalachian Summer Festival
Music by Paul Schwartz
Lighting by Thomas R. Skelton
Costumes by A. Christina Giannini
Farthing Auditorium
Boone, North Carolina
1993 | Impromptu
Premiere: November 27, 1993
Music by Andrzej Kurylewicz
Lighting by Eric Cornwell
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask
Théâtre Debussy
Cannes, France
1993 | One and One
Premiere: November 9, 1993
Reconstructed from OOPHAA NAAMA (1992)
Music by lannis Xenakis
Lighting and Decor by Nan Hoover
Costumes by Suzanne Gallo
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
1993 | Concerto
Premiere: September 16, 1993
Music by Henryk Gorecki
Lighting by Eric Cornwell
Costumes by Anne Masset
Grande Auditório
Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian
Lisbon, Portugal
1992 | OOPHAA NAAMA
Premiere: March 26, 1992
For Charleroi/Danses
Music by lannis Xenakis
Lighting and Decor by Nan Hoover
Costumes by Anne Masset
Palais des Beaux Arts
Charleroi, Belgium
1991 | Rhythm Plus
Premiere: September 24, 1991
Music by Gyorgy Ligeti & Luc Ferrari
Lighting by Beverly Emmons
Costumes by Christophe de Menil
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
1990 | Four Elements
Premiere: November 16, 1990
For Rambert Dance Company
Music by Gavin Bryars
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Costumes and Decor by Jennifer Bartlett
Apollo Theatre
Oxford, England
1990 | Perfect Stranger
Premiere: September 20, 1990
For The Lyon Opéra Ballet
Music by Frank Zappa
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Costumes by Jackie Winsor
Auditorium Maurice Ravel
Lyon, France
1980-1989

1989 | Mayday
Premiere: June 27, 1989
Music by Christian Wolff
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Costumes by Suzanne Gallo
Teatro Lirico in collaboration with Sol LeWitt
Milan, Italy
1987 | Lichtknall
Premiere: November 15, 1987
For the Berlin Opera Ballet
Music by Erhard Grosskopf
Decor by Achim Freyer
Berlin Opera
Berlin, Germany
1987 | Calyx
Premiere: May 12, 1987
Music by Harry de Wit
Décor byTadashi Kawamata
Lighting by Beverly Emmons
Costumes by A. Christina Giannini
The Joyce Theater
New York, NY
1986 | Hungarian Rock
Premiere: October 16, 1986
Music by Gyorgy Ligeti
Kimball Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
1986 | Clarion
Premiere: April 2, 1986
For Pacific Northwest Ballet
Music by Paul Chihara
Seattle Opera House
Seattle, Washington
1986 | Portraits in Reflection
Premiere: January 28, 1986
Music by Michael Galasso, Michael Nyman, Allen Shawn & Elizabeth Swados
Decor and Projections by Robert Mapplethorpe
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask
Lighting by Gregory Meeh
The Joyce Theater
New York, NY
1984 | Field Dances (For Act II & III)
Premiere: December 11, 1984
Music: EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH by Philip Glass & Robert Wilson
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY
1984 | Premiere Orage
Premiere: November 2, 1984
For the Paris Opéra Ballet
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich
Decor & Costumes by Roberto Platé
Palais Garnier
Opéra de Paris
Paris, France
1984 | Outline
Premiere: March 8, 1984
Music by Gavin Bryars
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
1984 | Cascade
Premiere: March 1, 1984
For Pacific Northwest Ballet
Music by Steve Reich
Seattle Opera House
Seattle, Washington
1983 | Formal Abandon (Part III)
Premiere: November 29, 1983
Music by Michael Riesman
Lighting by Gregory Meeh
Théâtre de la Ville
Paris, France
1983 | Available Light
Premiere: September 29, 1983
Music by John Adams
Décor by Frank Gehry
Costumes by Ronaldus Shamask
Temporary Contemporary
Museum of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles, California
1983 | Available Light (Open-air version)
Premiere: July 8, 1983
Music by John Adams
Festival de la Danse
Centre de Rencontres
Chateauvallon, France
1982 | Formal Abandon (Part II)
Premiere: July 29, 1982
Music by Michael Riesman (Quartet)
Harvard University
Loeb Student Center
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1982 | Formal Abandon (Part I)
Premiere: February 19, 1982
Music by Michael Riesman
Tinel de la Chartreuse
Villeneuve Les Avignon, France
1981 | Relative Calm
Premiere: November 26, 1981
Music by Jon Gibson
Lighting and Decor by Robert Wilson
Théâtre National de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
1981 | Mad Rush
Premiere: March 31, 1981
Music by Philip Glass
Centre Culturel For the Groupe Recherche
Chorégraphique de I’Opéra de Paris
Soissons, France
1970-1979

1979 | Dance
Premiere: November 29, 1979
Film/Decor by Sol LeWitt
Lighting by Beverly Emmons
Music by Philip Glass
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY
1979 | Dance (Concert version)
Premiere: October 17, 1979
Music by Philip Glass with the Philip Glass Ensemble
Stadsschouwburg
Eindhoven, Holland
1978 | Katema
Premiere: March 12, 1978
Stedlijk Museum
Amsterdam, Holland
1977 | Plaza, Melody Excerpt, Interior Drama
Premiere: November 3, 1977
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY
1976 | Solo for Character on Three Diagonals
Premiere: July 25, 1976
For Act I, Scene i EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH by Philip Glass & Robert Wilson
Théâtre Municipal
Avignon, France
1976 | Cross Words, Figure Eights
Premiere: June 8, 1976
Danspace at St. Marks Church
New York, NY
1976 | Radial Courses, Mix Detail, Transverse Exchanges
Premiere: January 23, 1976
Washington Square
Methodist Church
New York, NY
1975 | Duplicate Suite, Reclining Rondo, Congeries on Edges for 20 Obliques
Premiere: March 8, 1975
Y.M.C.A.
Nyack, New York
1973 | Particular Reel, Checkered Drift, Calico Mingling
Premiere: December 7, 1973
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
1963-1969

1968 | Untitled Trio
Premiere: June 11, 1968
Judson Memorial Church
New York, NY
1966 | Vehicle
Premiere: October 16, 1966
Nine Evenings: Theater and Engineering
69th Regiment Armory
New York, NY
1965 | Agriculture
Premiere: October 10, 1965
Once Festival
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1965 | Screen
Premiere: May 23, 1965
Bridge Theater
New York, NY
1965 | Museum Piece
Premiere: March 12, 1965
Judson Memorial Church
New York, NY
1965 | Geranium
Premiere: January 29, 1965
Alfred Leslie Studio
New York, NY
1964 | Model
Premiere: August 12, 1964
Washington Square Art Gallery
New York, NY
1964 | Street Dance
Premiere: July 23, 1964
Studio of Robert & Judith Dunn
New York, NY
1964 | Carnation
Premiere: April 24, 1964
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1964 | Cancellation Sample
Premiere: February 10, 1964
Surplus Dance Theater, Stage 73
New York, NY
1963 | Egg Deal
Premiere: November 10, 1963
Judson Memorial Church
New York, NY
1963 | Minus Auditorium Equipment and Furnishings
Premiere: June 30, 1963
Gramercy Arts Theater
New York, NY
1963 | Three Pieces
Premiere: June 23, 1963
Music by Malcolm Goldstein
Judson Memorial Church
New York, NY
1963 | Pastime
Premiere: January 30, 1963
Music by Philip Corner
Judson Memorial Church
New York, NY