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Trisha Brown: choreographing life

edited and curated by André Mesquita; texts by Adriana Banana [and 6 others]
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
Sa̋o Paulo, Brasil : Museo de Arte de Sa̋o Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, [2020]

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Summary:
A founding member of the legendary Judson Dance Theater, American choreographer and dancer Trisha Brown (1936-2017) helped build the tenets of postmodern dance and is now considered one of the most influential figures in American choreography. 'Trisha Brown: Choreographing Life' presents a sizable archive of Brown's career, with photographs, drawings and video stills that illustrate her lifelong contributions to the world of contemporary dance. Brown established her own dance company in 1970 and continued to dance until 2008, during which time she created over 100 dances and six operas. One of her most famous pieces was the product of a creative partnership with artists Laurie Anderson and Robert Rauschenberg; after the 1983 premiere of Set and Reset at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival, Brown was launched into international acclaim. Brown's choreography demonstrates an unparalleled cognizance of space and visuality, as indicated by the artistic process apparent in the drawings and diagrams included in this publication. Her work conveys the extent to which movement is an artistic language reflective of the complex relationship between body and mind.
Table of Contents:
  • Trisha Brown at MASP / Adriano Pedrosa and Heitor Martins
  • Choreographing life / André Mesquita
  • Democratic body
  • Skymap, 1969 / Trisha Brown
  • Against gravity
  • Relaying gestures
  • Accumulations
  • Moving diagram
  • Locus, 1975 / Trisha Brown
  • Contradictory impulse
  • Accumulation with talking plus water motor, 1979 / Trisha Brown
  • Dance machines
  • Drawing, performing
  • To find or construct the environment: the city as raw material / David M. Sperling
  • Trisha Brown: drawing's missions / Susan Rosenberg
  • A conversation about Glacial decoy / Trisha Brown and Yvonne Rainer
  • On the making of Water motor, a dance by Trisha Brown filmed by Babette Mangolte / Babette Mangolte
  • Biographical note / Adriana Banana.
Contributors:
Mesquita, André , editor
Banana, Adriana , contributor
Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand , host institution, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Included Works:
Works [of Brown, T.] (Selections)
Subjects:
Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017 — Exhibitions
Choreographers — United States — Exhibitions
Dance in art — Exhibitions
Modern dance — United States — Exhibitions
Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017
Choreographers
Dance in art
Modern dance
United States
Genres:
Exhibition catalogs
General Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Museo de Arte de Sa̋o Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, October 13-November 15, 2020.
Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:
231 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Physical Characteristics:
illustration
Call Numbers:
GV1785.B76 T74 2020
ISBNs:
8531000831 (hardcover)
9788531000836 (hardcover)
OCLC Numbers:
1159470681