In Plain Site - T0588791396Trisha Brown: In Plain Site reconceives some of the US choreographer's most striking short dance pieces in dynamic relationships with the enchanting landscape of Jupiter Artland ? on floating rafts in Charles Jencks' lakes, in its rich woodlands and sculpted landforms. Trisha Brown (1936?2017) was a global figure in dance, restlessly experimental and ceaselessly striving for an original language of movement. Trisha Brown Dance Company returns to its site- specific roots, blending intellectual rigour, physical virtuosity and tongue-in-cheek humour to create beautiful, often surprising works of art across outdoor spaces. West Lothian's Jupiter Artland is a world- recognised contemporary sculpture park and art gallery based around Jacobean manor Bonnington House, featuring permanent work by artists including Andy Goldsworthy, Antony Gormley, Cornelia Parker and Anish Kapoor. The performance is accompanied by a gallery presentation of Trisha Brown's film archive at Jupiter Artland's galleries. | |
| 9 Aug 19 to 11 Aug 19 | General, Edinburgh :: V1233 listing details L0789009433 |
Proscenium Works 1979-2001 - T01390699015The 2013 festival gives UK audiences a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the works of the legendary Trisha Brown up-close in an intimate setting. As part of a three-year international tour, Trisha Brown Dance Company will perform Brown's major stage works in the UK for one last time before the Company radically changes shape. This programme features Brown's final work for eight dancers, I'm going to toss my arms - if you catch them they're yours (2011), as well as timeless favourites Astral Convertible (1989) and the short but exquisite solo, Watermotor (1978). | |
| 9 Oct 13 to 11 Oct 13 | Platform Theatre, Inner London :: V1649072558 listing details L01530394408 |
Early Works - T0457426544UK Premiere. Created between 1968 and 1975, Trisha Brown's pioneering Early Works blur the boundaries between dance and installation art. Originally created for loft spaces and art galleries as well as the outdoors, the Company now brings this collection of works for the first time to UK audiences in a gallery setting. Rigorous yet playful, these iconic works include Accumulation (1971), Group Primary Accumulation (1973), Sticks (1973), Figure Eight (1974) and Spanish Dance (1973). From the starting point on the bridge of Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, the audience is directed to other parts of the gallery to discover the works as they unfold amongst the permanent collection. This is a unique opportunity to see seminal works that have influenced dancemakers worldwide. | |
| 16 Oct 10 to 19 Oct 10 | Tate Modern, Inner London :: V0639819942 listing details L0659173333 |
Repertory Evening - T1736674042UK Premiere. Dance Umbrella celebrates this iconic artist in an enticing evening of work spanning four decades. With her loose-limbed, swinging style of movement, Trisha Brown creates fluid, silken works which both delight and challenge audiences. Brown’s brilliant and highly acclaimed Glacial Decoy (1979) is set against Robert Rauschenberg’s iconic projections of classic Americana. A work of visual impact and tension, You can see us (1995) is an intriguing duet developed from Brown’s acclaimed solo, If you couldn’t see me (1994). Opal Loop / Cloud Installation #72503 (1980) is a recently revived classic performed in London for the first time with its fog installation. Brown’s latest work, L’Amour au théâtre (2009), accompanied by sections of Rameau’s opera Hippolyte et Aricie, is set against a backdrop of Brown’s own artwork. This delightful piece embodies her signature movement alongside elegant couplings and constantly shifting aerial architecture. | |
| 15 Oct 10 to 17 Oct 10 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L089709699 |
Floor of the Forest - T0200116602One of Trisha Brown's most iconic early works, Floor of the Forest (1970) comes to the UK for the first time. Dancers from Candoco Dance Company and Trinity Laban students animate the installation to coincide with Trisha Brown Dance Company's Repertory Evening. In Floor of the Forest, performers dress and undress their way through a free-standing sculpture threaded with clothing. A normally vertical activity is performed horizontally and reshaped by the pull of gravity. The performance forms part of Move: Choreographing You at the Hayward Gallery. | |
| 15 Oct 10 to 17 Oct 10 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01651466055 |
Film Programme - T2147358293Enhance your experience of Trisha Brown's work with this unique opportunity to view a range of Brown's work on films from the last 40 years. Fascinating footage, some of which features the original casts, offers audiences another viewpoint illuminating the depth and history of this seminal choreographer's work. Shot Backstage filmed by Brown from the theatre wings, gives an unusual glimpse of her Company's performance of For MG: The Movie. Archive footage of Early Works sees the early casts of many renowned artists - Douglas Dunn, Steve Paxton and Sarah Rudner. Brown herself dances in some of her iconic works including Watermotor and Jonathan Demme's film of Accumulation With Talking Plus Watermotor. Burt Barr's Aeros on Brown's work, Astral Convertible completes the programme. | |
| 16 Oct 10 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L1172281380 |
Set and Reset/Canto/Pianto/Present Tense - T1071319899Trisha Brown is one of the world’s most widely acclaimed choreographers and a central figure of the New York dance scene. In the 60s and 70s she helped to redefine choreography and, along with contemporaries such as Twyla Tharp and Merce Cunningham, change modern dance forever. This programme features music by three composers also known to push against boundaries. Works by Laurie Anderson and John Cage provide vivid musical backdrops to Set and Reset and Present Tense while extracts from Claudio Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo provide inspiration for Canto/Pianto. Music and movement come together in this thrilling programme.Choreographer Trisha Brown (Set and Reset). Music Laurie Anderson (Set and Reset). Design Robert Rauschenberg (Set and Reset). Choreographer Trisha Brown (Canto / Pianto). Music Monteverdi (Canto / Pianto). Other Trisha Brown (Visual Presentation - Canto / Pianto). Choreographer Trisha Brown (Present Tense). Music John Cage (Present Tense). Design Elisabeth Murray (Present Tense). | |
| 24 Aug 07 to 26 Aug 07 | Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh :: V602 listing details L720104705 |
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| 31 May 05 to 1 Jun 05 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L1621452104 |
Glacial Decoy; Astral Convertible/Present Tense - T0691203114Music John Cage. | |
| 28 May 05 | Brighton Dome, Brighton :: V655 listing details L0571943607 |
Dance Umbrella - Set and Reset/Geometry of Quiet/Groove and Countermove - T1477072377Set and Reset won [Trisha Brown] international recognition when it first came to London in 1983. A rigorously structured romp, the exploration of visibility and invisibility is reflected in the translucent costumes and sets by pop artist [Robert Rauschenberg]. The commissioned score is by [Laurie Anderson]. Geometry of Quiet integrates [Salvatore Sciarrino]'s delicate, breathy flute score, with intimate choreography. Filled with moments of stillness and sustained physical shapes, two giant silk curtains embrace the dancers. The jazz-infused Groove and Countermove weaves a world of counterpoint and contrast, with visual artist [Terry Winters] and composer [Dave Douglas] working together to create an intriguing environment.Choreographer Trisha Brown. | |
| 6 Oct 03 to 8 Oct 03 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L1587323096 |
| 22 Sep 03 | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570 listing details L1038439089 |
T072379076This breathtaking programme of dance performed by nine dancers includes a hugely acclaimed collaboration with jazz composer [Dave Douglas]. | |
| 13 Nov 00 | Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L880333790 |
| 6 Nov 00 | Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent :: V169339333 listing details L80220394 |
Five Part Weathe Inventionr/Twelve Ton Rose/Rapture to Leon James - T01120646668Five Part Weather Invention is the first part of a trilogy which expresses Trisha's love for music. Working alongside New York artist [Terry Winters] and renowned jazz musician [Dave Douglas], the dancers become part of jazz's free form as they follow the ups and downs, the dips and slides of the music. Twelve Ton Rose, has become a signature piece of the company and is set to music from [Anton Werbern]'s Opus Nos 5 and 28. Rapture to Leon James is again set to an original score from [Dave Douglas] and is an affectionate look at the African-American social dancing of the 1930's. | |
| 8 Nov 00 | Blackpool Grand Theatre, Blackpool :: V518 listing details L822289567 |
Five Part Weather Invention/Rapture to Leon James/Twelve Ton Rose - T762086137'As unpredictable as weather and as rife with disciplined recklessness as first-class jazz.' The Village Voice. | |
| 3 Nov 00 to 4 Nov 00 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L780706264 |
