Curran and Freedman’s 30-minute work in 9 movements, Liederkreis, follows Robert Schumann’s Op. 24 (1839) along a path of longing and loss. Danced by Freedman, Curran performs a 21st century spoken word adaptation, written by Meghan Dunne, of Heinrich Heine’s Germany poetry that accompanied the original composition. The performance includes live music by pianist Peter Groch and tenor Daniel McGrew.

Liederkreis premiered in 2024 as part of TOGETHER AGAIN. TOGETHER AGAIN reunited choreographers Seán Curran and Amy Pivar – who first danced together in the 1980’s NYC’s downtown dance scene – and featured world premieres of two solo dancetheater works: Pivar’s Detraumatizing the Archive: Mu‘u mu‘u Dances and Liederkreis, created by Curran in collaboration with choreographer/performer Benjamin Freedman.