“In writing Carousel After Milhaud and Archipenko (2024), I took as my point of departure Darius Milhaud’s Tango des Fratellini and Alexander Archipenko’s Carrousel Pierrot (1913). Tango des Fratellini, an extract from Milhaud’s ballet Le Bœuf sur le toit (1919–20), is based on Tristeza de caboclo (1919) by Brazilian composer Marcelo Tupinambá. My piece weaves together fragments of both Milhaud’s and Tupinambá’s material into a frenetic and off-kilter dance that suggests Archipenko’s clown-turned-carousel spinning out of control.”