Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017.
2. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017
3. Reinhart, Charles.
4. Rosenberg, Douglas.
5. Reinhart, Stephanie.
6. American Dance Festival.
7. American Dance Festival Video (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (77 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Looking back at her life and career, Trisha Brown reminisces about her childhood in Washington State, particularly her dance studies with Marian Hageage ; her studies at Mills College ; working with Anna Halprin in San Francisco ; participating in Robert Ellis Dunn's dance workshops and Judson Dance Theater in New York in the 1960s. She recalls the lack of opportunities for young choreographers at the time ; her search for her own language in dance ; and the formation of her company in 1970. She enumerates some cycles identifiable in her choreographic oeuvre ; describes the training, diet, and passion for dance that have sustained her as a dancer ; discusses what constitutes "Trisha Brown technique" ; and tells an anecdote about Robert Rauschenberg's conception of the piece If you couldn't see me, which is illustrated by a performance excerpt danced by Brown. Other works discussed include Man walking down the side of a building, Floor of the forest, and Trillium.

Series statement

1. Speaking of dance

Uniform title

1. If you couldn't see me (Choreographic work : Brown)

Alternative title

1. Trisha Brown

Subject

1. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017
2. Dunn, Robert Ellis
3. Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008
4. Video
5. Dance
6. Mills College > Dance Dept
7. Dancers > United States > Interviews
8. Choreographers > United States > Interviews
9. Floor of the forest (Choreographic work : Brown)
10. Halprin, Anna
11. Man walking down the side of a building (Choreographic work : Brown)
12. Judson Dance Theater
13. Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5895

Note

1. Series subtitle: Conversations with contemporary masters of American modern dance.

Credits (note)

1. Executive producers, Charles Reinhart and Stephanie Reinhart, American Dance Festival.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Charles Reinhart.

Title

1. Speaking of dance. Trisha Brown [videorecording] / presented by the American Dance Festival ; directed and produced by Douglas Rosenberg.

Imprint

1. Oregon, Wis. : American Dance Festival Video, c1996.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Speaking of dance

Credits

1. Executive producers, Charles Reinhart and Stephanie Reinhart, American Dance Festival.

Performer

1. Interviewer: Charles Reinhart.

Added author

1. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017. Interviewee
2. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017, choreographer.
3. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017, dancer.
4. Reinhart, Charles. Interviewer. Producer
5. Rosenberg, Douglas. Producer. Director
6. Reinhart, Stephanie. Producer
7. American Dance Festival.
8. American Dance Festival Video (Firm)

Added title

1. If you couldn't see me (Choreographic work : Brown)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5895