"Whatever happened to 'avant-garde'? Anyone wanting a visual meaning of the phrase in its genuine sense needs look no further than the Trisha Brown Dance Company." Philip Key, Arts editor- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Born in Aberdeen, Washington Trisha received her B.A. in dance from Mills College in 1958 and her D.F.A. at Bates College in 2000. She trained with well known choreographers and dancers- Anna Halprin, Yvonne Rainer, Steve Paxton and Simone Forte. She was a founding member of the Judson Dance Theatre in 1962. The Trisha Brown Dance Company, a New York based company, was founded by Brown in 1970. To this day it is one of the leading modern dance companies in the world. The company currently consists of twelve dancers.
Trisha Brown has choreographed site-specific works such as "Walking on the Wall"1971 and "Accumulation" 1971. From walking on walls to dancing on rooftops, her creative works have gone so far as dancers floating on rafts in water. I am convinced Trisha can set an experience and environment for her audience in the most unique of ways. Her more large scale works, "Glacial Decoy" 1980 and "Set and Reset" 1983 were performed on stage. The costumes and sets for "Glacial Decoy" were done by Robert Rauschenberg, a very well known artist of our time. Brown has created over 35 dances in her time as director of the company. She uses a diverse selection of sound for her performances, including classical, opera, jazz or silence. Her most recent dance "Astral Convertable" previewed last month in Moscow.
Trisha Brown is one of the most widely acclaimed choreographers to emerge from the post-modern era. Brown has pushed the limits to what could be seen as appropriate movement, changing modern dance forever.