The Trisha Brown Dance Company comes to BAM January 28—30 with Set and Reset, PRESENT TENSE and Newark (Niweweorce). Context is everything, so get even closer to the production with this curated selection of articles and videos related to the show. After you've attended the show, let us know what you thought below and by posting on social media using #TrishaBrown.
Program Notes
Trisha Brown Dance Company (PDF)
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Article
Dance, Valiant & Molecular (BAM blog)
"On the surface, Trisha Brown’s proscenium dances are kinetically intriguing and relatable, formed of waves of roiling, fluid phrases. But dig down, and the intellectual rigor and self-imposed rules factoring into their creation reveal Brown’s fascinating thought processes..."
Article
“Step-By-Step Guide to Dance: Trisha Brown”(The Guardian)
Particle vs. wave dance. Addition and multiplication dance. Get to know the many sides of Trisha Brown.
Conversation
“Misha and Trisha, Talking Dance” (The New York Times)
Trisha Brown and Mikhail Baryshnikov trade stories about dance, photography, and golf.
Conversation
Trisha Brown and Yvonne Rainer (BOMB)
“I am well aware there is more to dance than elegant vocabulary,” says Brown. “It ain’t ‘boy meets girl to music’”
Watch & Listen
Video
Trisha Brown Informance (YouTube)
Brown discusses notions of invisibility and geometry in Set and Reset.
Video
Insight: On Trisha Brown’s Set and Reset (YouTube)
Brown’s work is based on five instructions: line up, play with visibility, travel the edge of the space, act on instinct, and keep it simple.
Video
Pioneers of the Downtown Scene: Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, and Gordon Matta-Clark (YouTube)
A portrait of innovation in 1970s New York.
Worthwhile Words
Now your turn...
What did you think? What’s most iconic about the icon? Tell us what's on your mind in the comments below and on social media using #TrishaBrown.
Trisha Brown Dance Company (PDF)
Read
Article
Dance, Valiant & Molecular (BAM blog)
"On the surface, Trisha Brown’s proscenium dances are kinetically intriguing and relatable, formed of waves of roiling, fluid phrases. But dig down, and the intellectual rigor and self-imposed rules factoring into their creation reveal Brown’s fascinating thought processes..."
Article
“Step-By-Step Guide to Dance: Trisha Brown”(The Guardian)
Particle vs. wave dance. Addition and multiplication dance. Get to know the many sides of Trisha Brown.
Conversation
“Misha and Trisha, Talking Dance” (The New York Times)
Trisha Brown and Mikhail Baryshnikov trade stories about dance, photography, and golf.
Conversation
Trisha Brown and Yvonne Rainer (BOMB)
“I am well aware there is more to dance than elegant vocabulary,” says Brown. “It ain’t ‘boy meets girl to music’”
Watch & Listen
Video
Trisha Brown Informance (YouTube)
Brown discusses notions of invisibility and geometry in Set and Reset.
Video
Insight: On Trisha Brown’s Set and Reset (YouTube)
Brown’s work is based on five instructions: line up, play with visibility, travel the edge of the space, act on instinct, and keep it simple.
Video
Pioneers of the Downtown Scene: Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, and Gordon Matta-Clark (YouTube)
A portrait of innovation in 1970s New York.
Worthwhile Words
“I obscure, erase, ride over gestures […] I retain a modicum of privacy while on full view in performance by purposely complicating an uncanny moment, feeling certain the audience can’t see it all.”—Trisha Brown
Now your turn...
What did you think? What’s most iconic about the icon? Tell us what's on your mind in the comments below and on social media using #TrishaBrown.