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Trisha Brown

A line of eleven people are holding hands in front of bright large windows, their legs lunging and their heads turned in different directions. They were sweat pants and t-shirts, shorts or tank tops, all of various colors. Some of them are looking to their right and down, others looking up and left.
Photo: Julie Lemberger
  • Reviews, thINKpieces

Approaching the End: Open Rehearsals with Stephen Petronio Company

Brendan McCall

Petronio Company's intimate and moving rehearsals during their final season.

January, 2025. Lisa Kraus dances solo at Tictac Art Centre. Facing stage left, Kraus crosses her left thigh behind her right. Her knees meet. The tops of her left toes press into the ground as her right heel lifts in a demi releve. Kraus releases her sternum to the sky, elbows pulled back, forearms lifted, face tipped toward the ceiling.
Photo: Arnaud Beelen
  • Interviews

Part 2: On Dance Writing, Improvisation, and Dancing Forever—An Interview with Lisa Kraus

Charly Santagado

Kraus takes on the role ‘missionary for dancing forever’

Photo: Tom Berthiaume
  • Reviews

The Grand Union—They Were Their Own Material

Leslie Bush

Wendy Perron explores the Grand Union’s six years of anarchism from the inside.

Photo: Arnold Genthe
  • Reviews

On the Making of Icons

Lynn Matluck

From revolutionaries to icons.

Photo: Jonathan Demme
  • Interviews

Beauty and Genius – In the Steps of Trisha Brown

Lisa Kraus

A July 28 screening of the film "In the Steps of Trisha Brown" is an unofficial memorial to the influential choreographer.

Photo: Alexander Iziliaev
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Slain by Beauty

The context of Balanchine and Beyond makes Trisha Brown’s work gleam. A nod to the events of the day would have made the ball

Photo: Stephanie Berger
  • Reviews

An Astronauts’ Rapacious Night

Patricia Graham

Should one talk in couplets or algorithms about Claudio Monteverdi’s opera, L’Orfeo, choreographed and directed by Trisha Bro

Photo: Thibault Gregoire
  • Reviews

“Going Back to Nothing” – Kicking Off the Trisha Brown: In the New Body Festival

Jonathan Stein

Guillermo Ortega Tanus, Sheila Zagar, and Eun Jung Choi join Jonathan Stein talking through a Trisha Brown experience.

Photo: Lourdes Delgado
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Traces of Trisha: Into the Archive

Lisa Kraus

How do we curate memory?

Photo: Phillip Makanna
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Which Way Shall I Take to Leave?

Megan Bridge

Robert Ashley's music sparked the imagination of a range of choreographers, among them Trisha Brown, Steve Paxton and me.