Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Her contributions to the dance world...
Trisha Brown was a tremendous contribution to the dance world, leaving behind a legacy that stretched the ends of what was considered modern dance. Her work had taken the form of post modernism in a way that no one else had done. The beauty of minimalism and simplicity in her work had shown that pedestrian and gestural movement could be appreciated as being art and avante-garde. Dance had brought new attention to what movement could be; a hand gesture?, a person walking? Could it be outside or on a raft in the water? She brought up questions in her work that got people thinking. It wasn't about emotion or a story, it was about the movement. It showed us that choreography can come from the way an arm bends or the way lines can be put together. She is and will continue to be an icon of post-modern dance world.
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Could you add more here about her use of structures to make her work? I think it is important to also describe how her choreography changed over the years to a place of full and virtuosic dancing, though not more traditional. She also made a big shift to choreograph to music. Could you discuss this as well.
ReplyDeleteHer work did evolve over time, to more full body movement. She also began working in more theaters and even in opera houses rather then installations or site specific. Her music also changed, she began using more classical music as in one of her newer works "Present Tense", 2003. The music was composed by John Cage- The Piano works 2, Sonatas and Interludes for prepared Piano.
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