Trisha Brown’s Roof Piece (extract)

Performance
Published on FR Mar 9th, 2022

Dancer in red on a roof with their arms pointing up

As a part of the partnership with the Centre national de la danse – CN D for education and transmission of choreographic heritage, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels invites you to discover the images and archives witnessing the richness of contemporary creation.

Trisha Brown is considered one of the most inventive and influential dancers and choreographers of the second half of the 20th century. Some of her choreographies were set in unexpected urban and natural spaces, for example on rooftops as in her creation Roof Piece originally performed in 1971.

Another facet of choreographer’s work is presented during the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in London with Set and Reset at Tate Modern.

Photo : © CND-DR

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About the artist

Black and white portrait of Trisha Brown dancing

Trisha Brown

Trisha Brown (1936-2017) is considered one of the most inventive and influential dancers and choreographers of the second half of the 20th century. She founded her dance company in 1970. In doing so, she embarked on a 40-year odyssey along the many paths of contemporary dance, marked by improvisation and experimentation, pushing back the limits of the body and appropriating unexpected urban and natural spaces (rooftops, walls, galleries, etc.). A creator of more than 100 choreographies and six operas, she was also a visual artist, collaborating over the years with innovative artists including Robert Rauschenberg and Laurie Anderson. 

Photo : Trisha Brown © Johan Elbers