
trisha brown
by slow shimo
Trisha Brown (b. Aberdeen, Washington) “I decided I should make the structure as visible as the dancing.” After graduating from Mills College in Oakland, California, studying with Anna Halprin and teaching at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Trisha Brown moved to New York City in 1961. Instantly immersed in what was to become the post-modern phenomena of Judson Dance Theater, her movement investigations found the extraordinary in the everyday and challenged existing perceptions of what constitutes performance. In this “hot-bed […]
Categories: contact improvisation, free flow • Tags: contemporary dance, trisha brown