Violinist Robert Mealy to Lead Juilliard415 in 'TERPSICHORE' at Alice Tully Hall

Violinist Robert Mealy, director of Juilliard Historical Performance, leads Juilliard's period-instrument ensemble Juilliard415 in a program featuring Baroque dance entitled"Terpsichore: A Baroque Dance Mix," on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. Joining Juilliard415 will be professional Baroque dancers: Caroline Copeland, Carlos Fittante, Alexis Silver, and Andrew Trego, in period choreography reconstructed by Caroline Copeland and Carlos Fittante, and students from Juilliard Dance: Alysia Johnson, Eoin Robinson, My'kal Stromile, and Peter Farrow, in modern choreography by Peter Farrow.

The program features a dance suite from Henry Purcell's King Arthur (1691), a dance suite from Jean-Baptiste Lully's Thesée (1675), a suite of Lully dances with period choreography, a suite from G.F. Handel's Terpsichore, HWV 8b (1734), and a suite from Jean-Philippe Rameau'sPigmalion(1748).

Tickets for $20 are available at events.juilliard.edu or at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office.Tickets are free for Juilliard students; non-Juilliard students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $10.

Juilliard's full-scholarship Historical Performance program was established and endowed in 2009 by the generous support of Bruce and Suzie Kovner.

About the Program

In this exciting collaboration between Juilliard Historical Performance and Juilliard Dance, Director Robert Mealy will lead his Juilliard415 students in a program of Baroque dance music from England and France, including works by Handel, Lully, Purcell, and Rameau. The musicians will be joined by some special guests. For the Lully and Handel, an expert group of Baroque dancers from the Boston Early Music Festival will be performing the choreographies of the time, in Baroque costume. Those choreographies will be by Caroline Copeland and Carlos Fittante. For Rameau'sPigmalion, an ensemble of dancers from Juilliard Dance will be performing new choreography by Juilliard student Peter Farrow (B.F.A., 2018).

Director Robert Mealy says of the program: "Baroque music is so much based on dance that I've always wanted to explore how this music could look in the hands of new choreographers. This project is a thrilling way to bring this music to life again, comparing and contrasting the virtuoso choreographed from the period to the wonderful new dances created by Peter Farrow of Juilliard Dance."