Dance
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Choreography by Trisha Brown
Program A (Jan 30, Feb 1 & 2): Newark (Niweweorce); Les Yeux et l'âme; I’m going to toss my arms—if you catch them they’re yours; Homemade
Program B (Jan 31): Newark (Niweweorce); Set and Reset; I’m going to toss my arms—if you catch them they’re yours; Homemade
In a very special engagement, beloved choreographer Trisha Brown returns with her company to present the final two works of her extraordinary career: I’m going to toss my arms—if you catch them they’re yours and Les Yeux et l’âme, a radiant suite from Rameau’s opera Pygmalion (Program A only), both in New York premieres. Brown offers these much-anticipated works alongside three repertory classics: the virtuosic Newark (Niweweorce); the seminal solo Homemade, performed by Vicky Shick; and a 30th anniversary performance of Set and Reset (Program B only)—which was commissioned by BAM in 1983—with sets and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg and music by Laurie Anderson.
Newark (Niweweorce) (1987)
Visual presentation and sound concept by Donald Judd
Original sound orchestration and production by Peter Zummo
with Donald Judd
Lighting design by Ken Tabachnick
Les Yeux et l'âme (NY Premiere)
Music recorded by William Christie and
Les Arts Florissants for Harmonia Mundi
Lighting design by Jennifer Tipton
Costumes by Elizabeth Cannon
I’m going to toss my arms—if you catch them they’re yours (NY Premiere)
Visual presentation by Burt Barr
Original music by Alvin Curran, Toss and Find
Costume design by Kaye Voyce
Lighting design John Torres
Homemade (1966)
Original film by Robert Whitman
Visual presentation by Trisha Brown and Robert Whitman
Set and Reset (1983)
Music by Laurie Anderson
Set and costume design by Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting design by Robert Rauschenberg with Beverly Emmons
Former New York Times critic John Rockwell, Dance Magazine editor and former Trisha Brown company member Wendy Perron, and other special guests survey Trisha Brown’s extraordinary career at BAM.
Trisha Brown has created nearly 100 dance works including several operas. Increasingly recognized as a visual artist, her drawings have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions around the world.
Taught by a dancer from the Trisha Brown Dance Company, this technique class focuses on development of detailed body alignment and the rigorous fundamentals that are integral to Brown’s style of movement.