Work

Sandpaper Ballet

Music"Sleigh Ride (Overture)"; "The Typewriter"; "Trumpeter's Lullaby"; "Sarabande"; "Balladette"; "Jazz Pizzicato"; "Jazz Legato"; "Fiddle Faddle"; "The Girl in Satin"; "Song of the Bells"; "The Syncopated Clock"

Lighting DesignerJames F. Ingalls

Costume DesignerIsaac Mizrahi

CommissionerSan Francisco Ballet

Number of Dancers25

Running Time30 minutes

Premiere Date & CompanyApril 27, 1999, San Francisco Ballet

Premiere Performance San Francisco Ballet - Program 7 (San Francisco, CA) - April 27-May 2, 1999

Premiere CompanySan Francisco Ballet

Performances & Events

Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington, IN) - March 23-24, 2017

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (Pittsburgh, PA) - March 6-8, 2015

Houston Ballet (Houston, TX) - May 27-June 6, 2010

San Francisco Ballet (San Francisco, CA) - March 13-24, 2009

HET Nationale Ballet (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - June 16, 2007

Houston Ballet (Houston, TX) - May 26-June 5, 2005

San Francisco Ballet (New York, NY) - October 8-13, 2002

San Francisco Ballet (London, England) - October 26-27, 1999

San Francisco Ballet - Program 7 (San Francisco, CA) - April 27-May 2, 1999

Media

Videos
Performance videos of "Sandpaper Ballet" and "Later" by San Francisco Ballet - April 2 and April 23, 2002

Programs
Program for San Francisco Ballet - October 26-27, 1999

Programs
Program notes for "Sandpaper Ballet" (World Premiere) - San Francisco Ballet, April 27, 1999

Programs
Program for San Francisco Ballet - April 27, 1999

Videos
Performance video of "Sandpaper Ballet" at the War Memorial Opera House - April 27, 1999

Videos
San Francisco Ballet rehearsing "Sandpaper Ballet" - November 19-20, 1998

Videos
San Francisco Ballet rehearsing "Sandpaper Ballet" - August 14-15, 1998

Photographs
Mark Morris with members of the San Francisco Ballet rehearsing "Sandpaper Ballet," 1998

Videos
Performance video of "Sandpaper Ballet" by Houston Ballet - May 26, 2005