Loyce Houlton (1977), "Horseplay" (1977), "Carmina Burana" (1978), "The Haunted Landscape" (1985), and "The Rite of Spring" (1985). She worked with the composer Carl Orff on her danced realization of his cantata Carmina Burana and also collaborated with Yanni, George Crumb, and Philip Glass for various dance works. The period 1980-1985 was distinguished by a number of collaborations with noted video and film artists, for example the documentary "Loyce" with Peter Markle and "Swan Lake Minnesota" with Kenneth Robins, Scott Killian, and Kim Sherman. She also appeared onstage at the legendary 1983 First Avenue concert at which Prince recorded the definitive version
Carmina Burana (Orff) the most famous piece of music composed in Germany at the time. The popularity of the work continued to rise after the war, and by the 1960s "Carmina Burana" was well established as part of the international classic repertoire. Alex Ross wrote that "the music itself commits no sins simply by being and remaining popular. That "Carmina Burana" has appeared in hundreds of films and television commercials is proof that it contains no diabolical message, indeed that it contains no message whatsoever." The desire Orff expressed to his publisher has by and large been fulfilled: No other composition of his