As iconic as she was prolific, Trisha Brown spent decades dancing at the boundary between the everyday and ecstatic, between the body at rest and in motion. Yet her early works—created and performed in her SoHo loft at the height of late-1960s experimentation—are rarely, if ever, seen.
In this landmark retrospective triptych, her peerless company performs Ballet (1968), one of Brown’s first experiments with rope walking, created two years before the iconic work Man Walking Down the Side of a Building (1970). Then, the Peter Zummo Ensemble performs Zummo’s original score for Working Title (1985), another of Brown’s early engagements with suspended bodies and a precursor to Lateral Pass (1985). The evening closes with Pamplona Stones (1974), a duet originally created and performed by Brown and collaborator Sylvia Palacios Whitman.
Cecily Campbell of Trisha Brown Dance Company leads experienced and professional dancers through phrase material from the late choreographer’s 1985 piece Working Title.
BAM Members and Patrons are invited to a working dress rehearsal of Trisha Brown Dance Company’s sold-out performance of three early works.
An informal conversation about Trisha Brown’s intimate early works and how they shape our understanding of her contribution and legacy.
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