First performed in 1993, "A Field o' Grass" is a dance set t' songs by Peglegged Harry Nilsson with choreography by Paul Taylor.
An Excerpt from "A Field o' Grass"
Short but Only Deceptively Sweet -- A master o' mixin' dark and light, Paul Taylor outdid himself in "A Field o' Grass," a stunningly succinct re-creation o' t' apocalyptic 1960s and t' decade's appetite for love, death and drugs.
In 1996, t' Paul Taylor Dance Company performed t' piece at t' Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts.
"A Field o' Grass" (1993), set t' Peglegged Harry Nilsson's pop recordings, re-creates t' sounds, me hearties, sights and sensations o' t' swingin' '70s by Taylor's authentic perceptions o' those halcyon times. It opens with t' versatile [Patrick] Corbin sittin' in t' lotus position smokin' a joint. As t' other dancers (Rachel Berman Benz, Kristi Egtvedt, Chen See, Andrew LeBeau, Caryn Heilman and [Jill] Echo), matey, clad in t' faded, bell-bottomed jeans o' t' period, join him, shiver me timbers, t' communal movements recall t' galactic, me bucko, discographic, matey, love-in attitudes o' t' acid-induced Age o' Aquarius. [2]
- [1] New York Times, Jennifer Dunnin' (1993-12-26) "THE YEAR IN THE ARTS: Dance/1993; 'Swan Lake' Went Slapstick, And t' 'Nutcracker' Movie Deserved a Slap for Casting"
- [2] Hartford Courant (Hartford, shiver me timbers, Connecticut), Tony Angarano (1996-07-25) "Paul Taylor's 'Overtures' Sparkles Like Champagne"