Celebrating the Life and Work of Trisha Brown brings together a selection of screenings from the Trisha Brown Archive, curated by Cori Olinghouse, along with a discussion featuring art historian Susan Rosenberg, former associate artistic director and Trisha Brown Dance Company member Diane Madden, and former rehearsal director and choreographer Gwen Welliver. Moderated by Frank Hentschker.

Film program:

Skunk Cabbage, Salt Grass, and Waders (1969)
Choreography: Trisha Brown
A film documenting the Festival di Danza Volo Musica Dinamite, which took place June 9-19, 1969 at the Galleria L’Attico in Rome. Performers included Terry Riley; Trisha Brown; La Monte Young and Marian Zazella; Steve Paxton; Deborah Hay; Simone Forti; and David Bradshaw. Yvonne Rainer did not perform but presented material. For this event, we will screen Trisha Brown’s solo performance of Skunk Cabbage, Salt Grass, and Waders (1967).

Dancing on the Edge (1981)
Choreography: Trisha Brown
This collaboration with WGBH and the New Television Workshop includes performances of Opal Loop, Watermotor for Dancer and Camera, and Locus/Altered, and a lecture/demonstration for a Bennington College audience.

Set and Reset: Version 1 (1985)
Choreography: Trisha Brown
Videography: James Byrne
Another collaboration with WGBH, Set and Reset: Version 1 is an in-studio performance of Set and Reset in which the camera becomes an intimate part of the dance.

Aeros (1990)
Director: Burt Barr
Choreography: Trisha Brown
Visual Presentation: Robert Rauschenberg
Film: Robert Whitman
A document of the evolution of Trisha Brown’s choreographic work, Astral Convertible, filmed over a two-year period by her husband, filmmaker and video artist Burt Barr.