In the Upper Room

Photo by Rosalie O'Connor

Music	Phillip Glass
Choreography	Twyla Tharp
Premiere Date	Ravinia Festival, August 1986
Costumes	Norma Kamali
Lighting	Jennifer Tipton
Tharp’s 1986 piece In the Upper Room is an explosive and energetic work set to a pulsing composition by Philip Glass. Glass’s unique score has never been recorded in its entirety and can only be heard in this format during In the Upper Room.