A co-production with Holland Dance Festival, Bühnen der Stadt Köln, and Steps #8. In 'Merryland' Meryl Tankard made the older dancers from NDT 3 dance scenes from their childhood.
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Title: Merryland
Date Created: 2001
Rights: Dirk Buwalda / MAI
Choreographer: Meryl Tankard
Music: Ali Jihad Racy, executed by Souhail Kaspar, Ali Jihad Racy & Kronos Quartet:
Ecstacy Rahul Dev Burman, executed by Zakir Hussain & Kronos Quartet: Aaj Ki Raat
Alan Stivell: Gaeltacht
Dominic Cravic, executed by Dominic Cravic & Les Primitifs du Futur: Portrait d’un 78
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Nicholas Roubanis, executed by Martin Jones & Kronos Quartet: Misirlou Twist
Harry Patch (arranged by Ben Johnson), executed by Kronos Quartet: Two Studies on ancient greek scales
Owe Green, executed by Bäsk: Skara Brudmarsch
Elena Kats-Chernin, executed by Elena Kats-Chernin & Lisa More: Unfinished Lullaby…Sonata lost and found
Mustafa Tettey: Pili Pili
L. Halet, executed by A. Rondo & Les Primitfs du Futur: Reve Secret
Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald: A-Tisket, A-Tasket
La Ciapa Rusa: Il Gilardin
Wals, after Hans W. Brimi, executed by Bäsk: Mors Vals
La Ciapa Rusa: Ninna Nanna
Elena Kats-Chernin, executed by Sydney Alpha Ensemble: Purple Prelude
Elena Kats-Chernin, executed by Lisa Moore: Purple Prelude (piano version)
Mary Schmich, after Baz Luhrmann’s Something for Everybody: Everybody’s free (to wear sunscreen) mix
Light: Jan van Woerkom
Decor: Régis Lansac (visual design/photography)
Costumes: Joke Visser
World Premiere: November 29, 2001, Theater Zwembad De Regentes, The Hague
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