Honoring a career spanning more than 40 years, the Walker Art Center, Northrop Dance at the University of Minnesota, and the University of Minnesota Dance Program present the Year of Trisha. The festivities include So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing, an exhibition of Brown’s drawings, installations, and performance pieces at the Walker; reconstructions of several early site-specific performance works; and an evening of dance presented with the Northrop Dance Season.
Trisha Brown brought her masterwork Set and Reset to University of Minnesota dance students as part of the Dance Program’s annual Dance Revolutions concert, which is dedicated to presenting dance that challenges convention while supporting diverse artistic voices.
Cowles Guest Artists Katrina Thompson Warren and Wil Swanson, both veterans of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, worked with U of M students to create Set and Reset/Reset, a variation on the original piece that combines improvisation and Brown’s signature choreography.
This year’s concert also featured the work of Cowles Guest Artists Bebe Miller, Nathan Trice, and a first-time choreographic collaboration by Morgan Thorson and Karen Sherman.
Dance Revolutions was made possible by the University Dance Program's Cowles Land Grant Chair Guest Artist Program, which has been exposing students to dance artists and scholars of national and international reputation for 22 years.
University of Minnesota Dance Theatre presented
Dance Revolutions
February 8-10, 2008
at Rarig Center
Vist calendar.walkerart.org/year_of_trisha for details.
Walker Exhibition
So That the Audience Does Not Know
Whether I Have Stopped Dancing
April 18 - July 20
Live Drawing and Exhibition Preview Reception
Trisha Brown Solo Appearance
April 17, FREE
Mack Lecture/Talking Dance
Trisha Brown: Talking Art and Dance
April 22, FREE
Performance
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Present Tense, Foray Forêt, and I love my robots
April 25, Northrop
The Year of Trisha, which includes the reconstruction of several early works, was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpiece: Dance Initiative, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
