Opus Number: 4
Music: Early New Orleans jazz
Costumes: Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting: George Tacet
Date First Performed: March 27, 1956
Notes: “A parade of faceless, gray-leotarded figures to early New Orleans jazz — funeral music — is one of the funniest dances anywhere. An essay on posture and gesture — and genius.” – Janice Berman, Newsday
Photo by Paul B. Goode