Crimson Cowboy by William Harper

Crimson Cowboy

AN OPERA/DANCE WORK
MUSIC AND LIBRETTO BY WILLIAM HARPER
DIRECTED BY WILLIAM HARPER
CHOREOGRAPHED BY GIGI BUFFINGTON & POONIE DODSON
PREMIERE: FEBRUARY 1985 IN CHICAGO
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Crimson Cowboy was a brilliantly conceived and well integrated piece of genuine multimedia, its striking symbolism is carried out on an alarming number of levels.
Kyle Gann, Chicago Reader

Harper is a gifted composer, comfortable in styles ranging from liturgical chant to rock.
Wynne Delacoma, Chicago Sun-Times

Crimson Cowboy, a collaborative work mixing music, dance, performance art and drama is many things: audacious, dazzling, beautiful, fascinating, amusing, mournful and elegiaca bold experiment.
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
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