Argot (1967)
Premiered in An Evening of New Danceworks
Theresa L. Kauffman Concert Hall, New York City
Wednesday, June 7, 1967
Music: Bela Bartok, Third String Quartet
Costumes/Lighting: Clyde Morgan
Dancers: Sarah Stackhouse and Louis Falco
Translucens (1967)
Premiered with Louis Falco and a Company of Featured Dancers
Theresa L. Kauffman Concert Hall, New York City
Monday, December 18, 1967
Music: Olivier Messiaen
Costumes/Scenery: Lar Lubovitch
Lighting: Gary Harris
Juan Antonio, Carla Maxwell, Tony Salatino,
Diane Mohrmann and Louis Falco
The Gods' Descent (1967)
Premiered with Louis Falco and a Company of Featured Dancers
Theresa L. Kauffman Concert Hall, New York City
Monday, December 18, 1967
Music: Collage
Costumes/Scenery: Lar Lubovitch
Louis Falco, Takako Asakawa, Juan Antonio, Tony Salatino
Clyde Morgan, Anna Hoffman, Anne Astner
Huescape (1968)
Premiered with Louis Falco and a Company of Featured Dancers
Jacob's Pillow, Lee, Massachusetts1968
Music: Pierre Schaeffer and Lasry-Baschet
Decor/Costumes: William Katz
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Dancers: Jennifer Muller, Juan Antonio, Louis Falco
TimeWright (1969)
Premiered with Louis Falco and a Company of Featured Dancers
Theresa L. Kauffman Concert Hall, New York City
May 10, 1969
Music: Andrew Rudin, Steve Reich, Kenneth Gaburo, Henri Pousseur
Teo Macero, Pierre Schaeffer
Decor/Scenery: Robert Indiana and William Katz
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Jennifer Muller, Carla Maxwell, Juan Antonio,
Louis Falco, Charles Phipps, Bill George
Caviar (1970)
Premiered with Louis Falco and a Company of Featured Dancers
New York City Center, New York City
Thursday, May 14, 1970
*Music composed and performed by: Pot with Napanaw's Pottery Shop Rock Group (Aldana, Gary King, Doug Arioli, Steve Tindall) and orchestra conducted by Eugene Lester
Decor/Costumes: Marisol
Lighting: Chenault Spence
Jennifer Muller, Carla Maxwell, Georgiana Holmes, Mary Jane Eisenberg,
Kelly Hogan, Juan Antonio, Matthew Diamond, Louis Falco
*Caviar later presented with music by Bobby ColePerformed by
Vertical Burn (Burt Alcantara, Sonny Carr & Bobby Cole)
Ibid (1971)
Premiered with The Louis Falco Company of Featured Dancers
New York City Center, New York City
Monday, February 1, 1971
Music: Maatthews Kheaann Khristiaann
Decor/Costumes: Stanley Landsman
Premiere Performance Dancer: Georgiana Holmes
The Sleepers (1971)
Premiered with The Louis Falco Company of Featured Dancers
New York City Center, New York City
Monday, February 1, 1971
Decor/Costumes: William Katz
Jennifer Muller, Georgiana Holmes, Matthew Diamond, Juan Antonio
The Gamete Garden (1971)
Premiered with The Boston Ballet
Savoy Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Friday, February 12, 1971
Music: Michael Kamen (with The New York City Rock Ensemble)
Costumes: Cecelia Ellen
Sets Execution: Walter Dolan
Assistants to the Choreographer: Jennifer Muller, Juan Antonio
Anamarie Sarazin & Robert Steele
Sandra Bereska & David Drummond
Anthony Williams, Miguel Angel Bolarin, Teresa Gordon, Mark Held, Ellen O'Reilly,
Robert Pierce, Alphonse Poulin, James Reardon, Cecily Travesky
Journal (1971)
Premiered with Nederlands Dance Theatre
Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag, Netherlands
October 27, 1971
Sound Collage: Burt Alcantara
Assistants to the Choreographer: Jennifer MullerJuan Antonio
Decor/Costumes: William Katz
Arlette Van Boven, Kathy Gosschalk, Lia HaekenMarilyn Lewis,
Conny Lodewijk, Marian Sarstadt, Carina Verzijl, Yteke Waterbolk,
Lenny Westerdijk, Jon Benoit, Nils Christie, Leon Koning, Marek Krysziewicz,
Johan Meyer, Michael Tipton, Harmen Tromp, Frans Vervenne
Soap Opera (1972)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
Wednesday, June 14, 1972
Music: Burt Alcantara
Text: Gary Lasdun
Decor/Costumes: William Katz
Louis Falco, Jennifer Muller, Juan Antonio, Georgiana Holmes,
Matthew Diamond, Mary Jane Eisenberg
Avenue (1973)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
Tuesday, June 5, 1973
Costumes: William Katz
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Music: Vertical Burn (Karen Adlin, Burt Alcantara, Sonny Carr & Bobby Cole)
Louis Falco, Jennifer Muller, Juan Antonio, Georgiana Holmes,
Matthew Diamond, Mary Jane Eisenberg
Two Penny Portrait (1973)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
Thursday, June 7, 1973
Sound Environment: Burt Alcantara
Decor/Costumes: Victor Paul
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Dancers: Georgiana Holmes and Louis Falco
Tutti-Frutti (1973)
Premiered with Ballet Rambert
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
September 18, 1973
Decor/Costumes: William Katz
Music: Burt Alcantara
Lighting: John B. Read
Christopher Bruce, Marilyn Williams, Lenny Westerdijk, Leigh Warren,
Julia Blaikie, Sally Owen, Joseph Scoglio, Patrick Wood, Lucy Burge
Eclipse (1974)
Premiered with Nederlands Dance Theatre
Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag, Netherlands
March 18, 1974
Music: Burt Alcantara
Decor/Costumes: William Katz
Assistants to the Choreographer: Jennifer Muller and Juan Antonio
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Mea Venema, Johan Meyer, Roslyn Anderson, Jeanne Solan, Christopher Frey
Yair Goldshtein, Leon Koning, Joost Pelt, Michael Tipton
Storeroom (1974)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
Tuesday, May 21, 1974
Sound Score: Kirk Nurock
Decor/Costumes: Victor Paul
Lighting: Beverly Emmons
Louis Falco, Jennifer Muller, Juan Antonio, Georgiana Holmes,
Matthew Diamond, Mary Jane Eisenberg, Angelina Wolf
Caterpillar (1975)
Premiered with Nederlands Dance Theatre
Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag, Netherlands
February 18, 1975
Music: Luciano Berio
Decor/Costumes: William Katz with Willy Eisenhart, Assistant
Lighting: Howard Eldridge
Roslyn Anderson, Moira Bosman, Arlette van Boven, Kathleen Fitzgerald,
Sheri Gaia, Marilyn Lewis, Conny Lodewijk, Robert Craset,
Christopher Frey, Joost Pelt, Michael Saunders, Harmen Tromp,
Frans Vervenne, Gert Weigelt
Champagne (1976)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Detroit
Friday, March 12, 1976
New York Premiere: Roundabout Theater, April 11, 1977,
Music: Big Band Collage
Costumes: Michael Stuart
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Louis Falco, Juan Antonio, Ranko Yokoyama, Anthony Ferro,
John Cwiakala, Tony Constantine, Lisa Nalven, Jane Lowe
Caravan (1976)
Premiered with Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theatre
City Center 55th Street Theatre, New York City
Thursday, May 6, 1976
Music: Michael Kamen (based on Duke Ellington Themes)
Decor/Costumes: William Katz
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Judith Jamison, Dudley Williams, Donna Wood, Mari Kajiwara,
Warren Spears, Tina Yuan, Carl Paris, Michiko Oka, Masazumi Chaya,
Meg Gordean, Valerie Feit, Sergio Cal, Melvin Jones, Sarita Allen,
Peter Woodin, Ulysses Dove, Beth Shorter, Enid Britten, Jodi Moccia
Hero (1977)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Roundabout Theater, New York City
April 11, 1977
Music: Badal Roy, Radha Shottam & Frank Tusa
Decor/Costumes: William Katz (assisted by Willy Eisenhart)
Costumes: Silla Kotsonie and Robert Flinn
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Jane Lowe, Lisa Nalven, Ranko Yokoyama, Juan Antonio,
Tony Constantine, John Cwiakala
The Lobster Quadrille (1977)
Premiered with Nederlands Dance Theatre
Circustheater, Scheveningen, Holland
June 18, 1977 (Holland Festival)
Music: David del Tredici
Soprano: Erica Grefe
Decor/Costumes: William Katz (Willy Eisenhart, Assistant)
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Bonnie Mathis, Johan Meijer, Michael Sanders,
Ranko Yokoyama* Tony Constantine* William Gornel*
*Louis Falco Dance Company
Tiger Rag (1977)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Roundabout Theater, New York City
Monday, November 7, 1977
Music: Michael Kamen
Decor/Costumes: Marisol and William Katz (Willy Eisenhart, Assistant)
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Juan Antonio, Ranko Yokoyama, William Gornel, Lisa Nalven,
Jean-Louis Morin, Shelley Freydont and a cast of 20 Extras
Cooking French (1977)
Premiered with Ballet Theater Contemporain
Théâtre Musical d'Angers
Thursday, December 15, 1977
Assistant to Louis Falco: William Gornel
Music: Michael Kamen
Scenery: William Katz (Willy Eisenhart, Assistant)
Costumes: L.M. Marchand
Lighting: Yvan Rialland
Muriel Belmondo, James Urbain, Noriko Kubota, Jean-Claude Giorgini,
Nora Esteves and the Company
Escargot (1978)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Mankato, Minnesota / October 1, 1978
New York Premiere: Entermedia Theatre / Tuesday, October 24, 1978,
Music: Ralph MacDonald
Costumes: Michael Vollbrach/ Silk by Fabio Bellotti for Rainbow, Milano, Italy
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Ranko Yokoyama, Shelley Freydont, Lisa Nalven,
William Gornel, Jean-Louis Morin, Alan Sener
with Louis Falco and Joao Mauricio
Early Sunday Morning (1979)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
City Center, New York City
Wednesday, March 28, 1979
Music: David Sanborn (performed live by David Sanborn, Michael Colina,
John Evans, Hiram Bullock, Jody Linscott and Jim Maelen)
Decor/Costumes: William Katz with Willy Eisenhart
Lighting: Shirl Donnerac
Performed by Louis Falco
Saltimbocca (1979)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
City Center, New York City
Wednesday, March 28, 1979
Music: Michael Sahl
Singers: Joanne Beretta and Gaetano Buono
Pianist: Michael Sahl
Percussion: William A. Trigg
Accordian: Wiklliam Schimmel
Bass: Russ Savakus
Costumes: Michaele Vollbracht
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Louis Falco, Juan Antonio, Ranko Yokoyama, Lisa Nalven,
William Gornel, Shelley Freydont, Jean-Louis Morin,
Alan Sener and a cast of 31 Extras
The Eagle's Nest (1980)
Premiered with La Scala Opera Ballet
Teatro alla Scala, MilanTuesday, February 12, 1980
Conceived by Louis Falco and Rocco Bufano
Choreography by Louis Falco
Assistant to Louis Falco: Lisa Nalven
Music: Michael Kamen
Decor/Costumes: Rocco Bufano
Costumes Assistant: Lucia Ganci
Lighting: Beverly Emmons
Louis Falco, Luciana Savignano, Davida Bombana, Mara Cavagnini,
Oriella Dorella, Annamaria Grossi, Maurizio Bellezza, Marco Pierin
and the Company
Kate's Rag (1980)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
April 21, 1980
Music: Scott Joplin
Pianist: William Bolcom
Costumes: Jimmy Meyer and John Reid
Lighting: Richard Nelson
Ranko Yokoyama, Louis Falco, Juan Antonio, Karen Ford,
William Gornel, Alan Sener, Patrick King
Service Compris (1980)
Premiered with Louis Falco Dance Company
Palais du Pope, Avignon, France
August 1980
Music: Marianne Faithful
Costumes:Giorgio Armani
Lisa Nalven, William Gornel, Alan Sener,
Karen Ford, Patrick King, Serena Ward
Black and Blue (1982)
Premiered with The Louis Falco Dance Company
Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy
January 1982
Conception: Louis Falco and Rocco Bufano
Choreography: Louis Falco
Music: Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman
Design: Rocco Bufano
Lighting: Dennis H. Carrol
Costume Design Assistant: John Lee
Light Structure Execution: Nicholas Cavallaro
Juan Antonio, Ranko Yokoyama, William Gornel,
Alan Sener, Serena Ward, Patrick King, Karen Ford
Little Boy (1982)
Premiered with the Louis Falco Dance Company
Teatro Alcione, Genova, Italy
January 16, 1982
Conception: Rocco Bufano
Choreography: Louis Falco
Music: The Band
Lighting: Nicholas Cavallaro
Dancers: Ranko Yokoyama and Alan Sener
Reunion in Portugal (1983)
Premiered with Ballet Gulbenkian
Grande Auditório Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
May 25, 1983
Music: Kurt Weill, Suite of Die Dreigroschenoper (1928)
Scenery/Costumes: Rocco Bufano (assisted by Lucia Ganci)
Scenery Execution: Hernâni and Rui Martins
Lighting: Orlando Worm
Gagik Ismailian, Olga Roriz, Elisa Ferreira, José Grave, Birte Lundwall,
Isabela Queiroz, Ana Rita Palmeirim, Edmund Stipe,
Margarida Bettencourt, Agnelo Andrade, Francisco Rousseau,
João Afonso, Carlos Carvalho
Leonardo's Room (1983)
Teatro Carcano, Milan, Italy
March 1983
Conception/Direction: Louis Falco and Rocco Bufano
Choreography by Louis Falco
Scenery: Paolo Bregni
Costumes: Alberte Barsacq
Lighting: Beverly Emmons
Music Director: Giorgio Gaslini
Luciana Savignano, Angelo Moretto, Vinicio Mainini, Warren Spears
Louis Perrella, Luigi Casavola, Edward Burgess, Marco Garofalo,
Wesley Robinson, Stefano Mazza, Guillermo Resto, Hugo Bregman, Pino Alosa
Rick Michalek, Claudio Ferraro, Orazio Massaro, Davide Ferroni,
Charles Linehan, John Sheridann, Nelson Fernandez,Paco Decina,
Marco Carniti , Alfonso Mastrangelo, Paolo Martini , Franceso Squillaci,
Eugenio De Mello, Mauro Annibale,
Riccardo Rebecchi and Stefano Moiraghi
Jack in the Box (1989)
Premiered with Tanz-Forum der Oper der Stadt Köln
Forum Leverkusen, Köln, Germany
May 9, 1989
Music: Bruce Springsteen (arranged by Hajo Stahl)
Libretto: Louis Falco and Kitty Troll
Scenery/Costumes: Jack Brusca
Lighting: Heinrich Brunke
Dancers: Liselott Svalberg and Lode Devos
and the Company
Nights in a Spanish Garden (1992)
Premiered with La Scala Opera Ballet
Teatro Lirico, Milan, Italy
Tuesday, January 28, 1992
Assistant to Louis Falco: Alan Sener
Music: Manuel de Falla
Scenery: Giorgio Cristini
Created by: Gianni Montonati
Costumes: Giorgio Cristini and Marco Capuana
Bruna Radice, Massimiliano Volpini, Simona Chiesa, Roberta Nebulone,
Gilda Gelati, Vittorio d'Amato, Stefano Benedini, Antonio Ruggiero,
Danilo Tapilettiand the Company