Roof Piece By Trisha Brown

This version travels from new south wales all the way to brooklyn.

Roof piece by trisha brown.

Roof piece is a work that brown who died in 2017 first performed in 1971. Roof piece uses distance to transcend the boundaries of a room a stage and the eye of a single viewer. Trisha brown roof piece 1971 performance work by trisha brown. A dance by trisha brown and a photograph by babette mangolte.

Trisha brown set some her choreographies in the public spaces of new york city at a time of explosive experimentation in neighbourhoods such as soho and paid special attention to urban and architectural elements an approach that had an enormous influence on many contemporary artists such as gordon matta clark. In partnership with center for the art of performance at the university of california los angeles cap ucla as part of the trisha brown dance company. In 1970 brown cofounded the grand union an experimental dance collective and formed the trisha brown dance company. The retrospective project the getty presents the west coast premiere of one of the acclaimed choreographer s most iconic works roof piece in two free performances on saturday april 6 2013.

The original version performed in 1971 spanned 10 blocks in lower manhattan. She and some colleagues scattered themselves across the water tower capped roofs of soho and played a dance version of. These works were presented in non traditional settings outside of theaters such as on roof tops and the sides of buildings. Trisha brown dance company.

After forming her own dance company in 1970 many of trisha brown s early works used the terrain of her adoptive soho. Brown s early works walking on the wall 1971 and roof piece 1971 were designed to be performed at specific sites. Dancers artistic staffs.