Choreography by Lucinda Childs

2020-2026


Lucinda Childs x 100.
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


Canto Ostinato. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.
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


Description (of a description). Photo by Serge Picard.
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


Four Elements. Photo by Foteini Christofilopoulou.
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


Available Light. Photo by Craig T. Mathew.
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


Radial Courses. Photo by Babette Mangolte.
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


Pastime. Photo by Peter Moore.
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