Daphnis and Chloe for the Geneva Opera Ballet. Childs choreographed John Adams' opera Doctor Atomic with the San Francisco Ballet in 2007. She also choreographed and directed Vivaldi's opera Farnace for the Opera du Rhin in 2012. Her most recent work, THE DAY, premiered in the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival on August 1, 2019. In 2009, Childs received the Lifetime Achievement Bessie Award. She was also awarded by the French government, which designated her as among the highest rank of dancer performers. Besides her own productions, Childs has also choreographed for the Paris Opéra Ballet, Lyon Opera Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and the Berlin Opera Ballet. At the 2017 Venice Dance Biennial, she was awarded the Golden Lion for her lifetime achievements. Works 1963- Pastime 1963- Three Piece1963- Minus Auditorium Equipment and Furnishings1963- Egg Deal1964- Cancellation Sample1964- Carnation1964- Street Dance1964- Model1965- Geranium1965- Screen1965- Museum Piece1965- Agriculture1966- Vehicle 1968- Untitled Trio1973- Untitled Trio 21973- Particular Reel1973- Checkered Drift1973- Calico Mingling1975- Reclining Rondo1975- Congeries on Edges for 20 Oblique’s1976- Katema1976- Radial Courses1976- Transverse Exchanges1976- Cross Words1976- Figure Eights1976- Einstein on the Beach1977- Melody Excerpt1977- Plaza1977- Interior Drama1979- Dance 1-51981- Mad Rush1981- Relative Calm1982- Formal Abandon Part 11982- Formal Abandon Part 21983- Available Light1983- Formal Abandon Part 31984- Cascade1984- Outline’’ 1984- Field Dances 1986- Portraits in Reflection 1986- Clarion 1986- Hungarian Rock 1987- Calyx 1989- Mayday 1990- Perfect Stranger 1990- Four Elements 1991- Rhythm Plus 1992- Salome 1993- Concerto 1993- One and One 1993- Impromptu 1994- Chamber Symphony 1994- Trilogies 1995- Commencement 1995- Solstice 1995- From the White Edge Oh Phrygia 1995- Zaide (Director) 1996- Hammerklavier 1996- Don Carlos 2000- Chairman Dances 2007- Symphony of Psalms 2011- Océana 2013- Kilar 2015- Canto Ostinato 2016- Grosse Fugue by Ludwig van Beethoven, Opéra National de Lyon 2018- Petricor 2019- THE DAY 2020- Akhnaten, Opéra de Nice References External links Archive film of Lucinda Childs' Chacony in 2002 at Jacob's Pillow Lucinda Childs on "Carnation," MoMA Audio: Judson Dance Theater: The Work is Never Done, 2017 1940 births Living people Modern dancers American choreographers Sarah Lawrence College alumni American female dancers American dancers Musicians from New York City Experiments in Art and Technology collaborating artists Dancers from New York (state) 21st-century American women