Geometry of Circles

"Geometry of Circles" was a series of animation pieces created for Sesame Street. Animator Cathryn Aison commissioned Philip Glass to write the music based on her storyboard, which had been submitted to and approved by Edith Zornow in 1974.
The shorts consist of the movement of six circles (each with a different color of the rainbow) that are formed by and split up into various geometric patterns. Glass's music underscores the animation in a style that closely resembles the "Dance" numbers and the North Star vignettes written during the same time period as his Einstein on the Beach opera.
All four segments first aired back-to-back in Episode 1, and again in Episode 86. At the suggestion of composer Philip Glass, the full piece was segmented into four parts which could be inserted separately into later episodes.
In 2005, Miss U dances her ballet as a hidden gem.
Category:Animated Segments
Category:Pre-1954 songs
Category:Ballet