Sweet Fields

Choreography by Twyla Tharp
Music: William Billings, William Walker, Abraham Wood, Jeremiah Ingalls*
Staged by Alexander Brady
Costume design by Norma Kamali
Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton

*Used by arrangement with Harmonia Mundi

I. Thomas-Town (Great God how frail…)
II. Chester
III. Chesterfield
IV. Come Life, Shaker Life
V. Virgins Clothed in a Clean White Garment
VI. Sweet Prospect
VII. Jordan
VIII. Brevity
IX. New Jerusalem
X. Northfield

Sweet Fields World Premiere: September 20, 1996, Premiered by THARP! Choreography by Twyla Tharp © Twyla Tharp

MCB premiere: February 13, 2015, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, FL.

Miami City Ballet dancers in Sweet Fields. Choreography by Twyla Tharp © Twyla Tharp. Photo © Alberto Oviedo.