Trisha Brown Dance Company

Event Type: 
Performance
Thursday, October 23, 2008 8:00pm - Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:00pm

Trisha Brown Dance Company presents

Four Decades of Dance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Four Decades of Dance
October 23, 24 & 25 * 8:00 p.m.

An icon of contemporary dance, Trisha Brown has consistently pushed the limits of choreography, creating some of the most compelling and visually powerful work of the past four decades—-from her early site-specific dances that took place on rooftops and down walls, to the fluid, precise movement of her more recent work. For more information, click HERE

Other Events:
Student Restaging of Set and Reset/Reset with Trisha Brown
Friday, October 24  5:00 p.m.
At the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
1306 S Michigan Ave. Chicago
Free and open to the public

The Dance Center presents a student restaging of Set and Reset/Reset, a variation on Set and Reset, the masterpiece that solidified Trisha Brown’s international reputation as a leader in abstract choreography. Mariah Maloney, a seven-year veteran dancer and instructor with the Trisha Brown Dance Company will be in residence at The Dance Center this fall, teaching students Brown’s trademark silky and sequential core movement sequences that define her signature work.

DanceMasters Class, led by Trisha Brown
Tuesday, October 21  6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Lou Conte Dance Studio at the Hubbard Street Dance Center
1147 W. Jackson

This master class offers the opportunity to work on body alignment and fundamentals that develop a dancer’s ease in movement, use of weight, clarity of initiation, and anatomical awareness. These movement principals are integral to exploring the range and detail of Trisha Brown’s movement style, and developing greater physicality for any dance form. Students will learn a dance phrase from Trisha Brown Dance Company’s repertory. more info...

Post-Performance Discussion
Thursday, October 23
Free and open to ticket holders

Pre-Performance Talk with Trisha Brown
Friday, October 24  7:00 p.m.
Free and open to ticket holders

Event Location
Venue: 
dance center of columbia college
Neighborhood: 
South Loop

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