Transformations is accompanied by a composition by Dane Rudhyar, performed live by pianist Dana Scott. "I chose Dane Rudhyar's piano score Transmutation because of his association to the Transcendental Painting Group," said Burgess. The score is complicated. Its interlacing sections challenge the dancers as they move through space and seek to interact with one another like moving brushstrokes on a canvas." World-renowned Fashion and Textile Designer, Patricia Michaels of Taos Pueblo, and her daughter Margeaux Abeyta, designed the costumes for Transformations.
On Saturday, May 6th, 2023, the UNM Art Museum will host the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company to premiere a new modern dance entitled Transformations in the University of New Mexicos Keller Hall. Transformations is inspired by the New Mexico-based Transcendental Painting Group. The program will begin at 4:00 PM with a panel discussion featuring Founding Artistic Director Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Costume Designer Patricia Michaels, and UNM Art Museum Director Arif Khan, with the performance to follow. The event will be recorded and simultaneously live streamed on the UNM Art Museums YouTube account.
Additional performances will take place, including May 14th at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC.