Choreographer
John Heginbotham

Music
Franz Schubert, String Quintet in C, D. 956 Allegro ma non troppo (first movement)

Lighting Designer
Clifton Taylor

Costume Designer
Fritz Masten

Dancers
5 dancers

Musicians
2 violins, 1 viola, 2 cellos

Run Time
20 minutes

Photos: © Rosalie O'Connor Photography, courtesy of the Juilliard Archives.

The Juilliard School Dance Division commissioned John Heginbotham to create First on their 24 first-year dance students as part of New Dances: Edition 2016.

World Premiere: December 7-11, 2016
New Dances: Edition 2016
Peter J. Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School
New York City, NY

“The steps have a fluent, playful air. The dancers may have brief fits of movement, some may be caught and lifted by others, and one may have a brief solo moment, before falling back into the crowd. However Heginbotham, wisely, doesn’t have them all onstage all the time. They appear in brief, brightly constructed trios: three men, one man and two women, one woman and two men. . . .A partner may carry on at the back of the stage while three people negotiate in front of them. One minute, dancers form two orderly competing squads; the next minute, the stage is a frenzy of arms and legs with individual agendas.” - Deborah Jowitt, Dance Beat