Robert Hughes - Anagnorisis i. for trombone, garden hose, percussion by american-composers

Anagnorisis is the moment in one’s life when one perceives their fate.

Premiered by the San Francisco Ballet with Thatcher Clarke as choreographer.

In this farcical allegory we see the industrial-age human torn between their responsibilities as symbolized by the machine, and their desires as symbolized by the dancer. The dancer is the spirit of art and has for their allies, the musicians. The garden hose represents the character’s inner nature at war with itself; it is used both as a musical instrument and as an element in the dance. The industrial human is unable to make a final commitment.