BACHIANA (1993)

Choreography by David Parsons
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach—
Orchestral Suite No. 1 and Air on a G String
Arranged by the Turtle Island String Quartet
Costume Design by David C. Woolard

This work was jointly commissioned by Ruth Eckerd Hall at the Richard B. Baumgardner
Center or the Performing Arts, Clearwater, Florida and by the Center for the Performing Arts
at the University of Florida and Florida Arts Celebration, Gainseville, FL.

Parsons’ classical style shines through in this dance set to Bach’s Orchestral Suites and
Air on a G String. The paired dancers explore the formality and grandeur of the baroque era
as they move in beautifully patterned group movements.