
Abstract Concrete
(2000, 2019)
Premiere Venue: Central Park Summerstage, 2000
Choreography by: Seán Curran
Performed by: Seán Curran Company and Third Coast Percussion
Music by: Third Coast Percussion and David Skidmore: Reaction Yield and Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities, Torched & Wrecked
Visual design by: Mark Randall
Lighting design by: Robert Wierzel
Costume design by: Liz Prince
Abstract Concrete was commissioned by Central Park Summerstage and premiered in 2000 with an original score by Tigger Benford. The 20th-anniversary reimagining includes new music by Third Coast Percussion and David Skidmore, along with new costume, lighting, and visual designs. The expanded choreography incorporates signature material from Seán Curran Company's repertory.
Reaction Yield was commissioned for Third Coast Percussion by Glenn D. Prestwich and the Sounds of Science Commissioning Club for the Ear Taxi Chicago Festival of New Music in 2016.