Unusual day

Vail Dance Festival - NOW: Premieres 2026

World Premiere

Choreography by Larry Keigwin

Choreographic Assistant: Derek Crescenti

Lighting Designer: Kate Bashore

Costume Designer: Marlene Hamm

Music: 1. “It’s a Most Unusual Day” - Composer: Rosemary Clooney

2. “Sway” - Composer: Norman Gimbel & Pablo Beltrán Ruiz

3. “The Way You Look Tonight” - Composer: Jerome Kern

4. “Ain’t That a Kick In the Head” - Composer: Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen

Performers: Lil Buck, Philip Duclos, Elijah Geolina, Savannah Green, Daniel Guzmán, Kayla Mak, Yoon Jung Seo, Indiana Woodward, Veronika Rakitina, Vladyslav Detiuchenko

Musicians: Jayla Chee, Langston Hughes II, Eliza Salem, Joel Wenhardt

photos by Christopher Duggan