Trisha Brown Technique
From Trisha Brown’s meditative early works, to her valiant proscenium dance, this workshop will draw on a range of Brown’s repertory to discover the mechanics of her dancing and choreographic style. Each session will begin with a warm up connecting us to our gravity, architecture, and articulation. Students will embody phrase material, compositional structures and partnering prompts sampling excerpts of Trisha Brown’s repertory. Group listening and composition play will connect us to each other and Trisha’s dance building process. Conversation, archival footage, and rigor will inform our performative approaches to the material. At the conclusion, students will depart experiencing the range of Trisha Brown’s body of work and tools to inform their individual dance practices.
