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Platée
Photograph by Bill Cooper.
Choreographer
Mark Morris
Composer
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Director
Mark Morris
Lighting Designer
James F. Ingalls
Costume Designer
Isaac Mizrahi
Set Designer
Adrianne Lobel
Instrumentation
orchestra, chorus
Number of Dancers
17
Running Time
1 hour, 41 minutes (Prologue: 41 minutes; Act 1: 35 minutes; Act 2: 25 minutes)
Premiere Date & Company
August 11, 1997,
Mark Morris Dance Group
Premiere Performance
"Platée," Edinburgh International Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland) - August 11-14, 1997
Premiere Cast
Mireille Radwan Dana
,
Joe Bowie
,
Charlton Boyd
,
Ruth Davidson Hahn
,
Marjorie Folkman
,
Shawn Gannon
,
Ruben Graciani
,
Lauren Grant
,
Dan Joyce
,
David Leventhal
,
Marianne Moore
,
Rachel Murray
,
June Omura
,
Guillermo Resto
,
William Wagner
,
Julie Worden
Performances & Events
"Platée," New York City Opera (New York, NY) - September 28-October 16, 2004
Cal Performances (Berkeley, CA) - October 3-7, 2001
"Platée," Orange County Performing Arts Center (Costa Mesa, CA) - September 28-29, 2001
"Platée," New York City Opera (New York, NY) - April 11-22, 2000
"Platée," Works & Process at the Guggenheim (New York, NY) - March 26-27, 2000
"Platée," Berkeley Festival & Exhibition, Cal Performances (Berkeley, CA) - June 6-14, 1998
"Platée," The Royal Opera (London, England) - September 22-October 10, 1997
"Platée," Edinburgh International Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland) - August 11-14, 1997
Media
Programs
Program for "Platée," New York City Opera (New York, NY) - September 28-October 16, 2004
Programs
Program for "Platée," Cal Performances (Berkeley, CA) - October 3-7, 2001
Programs
Program for "Platée," Orange County Performing Arts Center (Costa Mesa, CA) - September 28-29, 2001
Programs
Program for "Platée" at New York City Opera - April 11-22, 2000
Programs
Program for "Platée," Works & Process at the Guggenheim - March 26-27, 2000
Videos
Performance video of "Platée" at Cal Performances - June 13, 1998
Programs
Festival program for the Berkeley Festival & Exhibition at Cal Performances - June 6-14, 1998
Programs
Program for "Platée," Berkeley Festival & Exhibition, Cal Performances (Berkeley, CA) - June 6-14, 1998
Programs
Program for "Platée," The Royal Opera (London, England) - September 22-October 10, 1997
Videos
Dress rehearsal of "Platée," The Royal Opera - September 20, 1997
Programs
Program for "Platée," Edinburgh International Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland) - August 11-14, 1997
Programs
Edinburgh International Festival magazine - August 1997
Promotional Materials
Edinburgh International Festival brochure - August 1997
Photographs
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt in the premiere performance run of "Platée," 1997
Photographs
Ruth Davidson, June Omura, Shawn Gannon, and Charlton Boyd in the premiere performance run of "Platée," 1997
Photographs
Nicole Tibbels, Mark Padmore, and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt with the Dance Group in the premiere performance run of "Platée," 1997
Photographs
The company with Jean-Paul Fouchécourt in the premiere performance run of "Platée," 1997
Photographs
The company in the premiere performance run of "Platée," 1997
Photographs
The company with Mark Padmore (far right) in the premiere performance run of "Platée," 1997
Photographs
The company in the premiere performance run of "Platée," 1997
Photographs
The company in the premiere performance run of "Platée," 1997
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