Lucinda Childs: Momentary Reprise
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the presentation of Lucinda Childs: Momentary Reprise at the Fisher Center.
Celebrated for choreography that is rigorous, inventive, and hypnotically precise, Childs has shaped generations of dancers and choreographers. This program includes the North American premieres of several major new works, as well as her groundbreaking collaborations with some of the most influential artists of our time. These include her work with composers Philip Glass and John Adams, and two luminaries lost in 2025—the late theater director Robert Wilson and Frank Gehry, architect of the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. Alongside new short works for her company, Childs—marking her 86th birthday—will perform a solo, offering audiences a uniquely intimate encounter with one of the great living pioneers of contemporary dance.
Actus (2024)*
Duet, set to “Actus Tragicus” (BWV 106) by Johann Sebastian Bach, with Anton Batagov on piano
Geranium ’64 (1964/2024)*
Solo by and with Lucinda Childs
Based on Childs’s solo Geranium (1965), with the multimedia work “For Geranium, 2024” by Anri Sala, accompanied by excerpts from a radio broadcast of the 1964 NFL Championship game between the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Colts.
Programming Dominik Hildebrand
Sound Mix Olivier Goinard
Available Light, Part 2 (1983)
Choreography for ensemble to the composition “Light Over Water”† by John Adams
Field Dance 2 (1984)
Choreography for ensemble to the composition “Dance 2” by Philip Glass, excerpted from Einstein on the Beach: “Field with Spaceship,” directed by Robert Wilson
Distant Figure (2024)*
Choreography for ensemble to the composition “Distant Figure” (Passacaglia for Solo Piano)‡ by Philip Glass, with Anton Batagov on piano
* Denotes North American Premiere
† John Adams’s “Light Over Water” used by arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, publisher and copyright owner.
‡ Philip Glass’s “Distant Figure” (Passacaglia for Solo Piano) © 2017 Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc., used with permission, and developed with the support of Pomegranate Arts.
Lucinda Childs
In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival presents Early Works by Lucinda Childs in collaboration with Guggenheim New York and Works & Process.
Dance Reflections also is supporting the Lyon Opera Ballet for the creation of Before the storm, a program presenting Actus... by Lucinda Childs, The Grey Area by David Dawson and Enemy in the Figure by William Forsythe, and is supporting Lucinda Childs for her creation STEIN with Miki Orihara.
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In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the presentation of Lucinda Childs: Momentary Reprise at the Fisher Center.
