Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done highlights the ongoing significance of the history of Judson Dance Theater, beginning with the workshops and classes led by Anna Halprin, Robert Ellis Dunn, and James Waring and exploring the influence of other figures working downtown such as Simone Forti and Andy Warhol, as well as venues for collective action like Judson Gallery and the Living Theatre. Through live performance and some 300 objects including film, photographic documentation, sculptural objects, scores, music, poetry, architectural drawings, and archival material, the exhibition celebrates the group’s multidisciplinary and collaborative ethos as well as the range of its participants. The Work Is Never Done includes a gallery exhibition, a print publication, and an ambitious performance program in the Museum’s Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium.
The exhibition is organized by Ana Janevski, Curator, and Thomas J. Lax, Associate Curator, with Martha Joseph, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Media and Performance Art.
TBDC performs rarely, if ever, seen selections from Trisha's early work. In this landmark retrospective triptych, her peerless company performs Ballet (1968), one of Brown’s first experiments with rope walking, created two years before the iconic work Man Walking Down the Side of a Building (1970). Then, the Peter Zummo Ensemble performs Zummo’s original score for Working Title (1985), another of Brown’s early engagements with suspended bodies and a precursor to Lateral Pass (1985). The evening closes with Pamplona Stones (1974), a duet originally created and performed by Brown and collaborator Sylvia Palacios Whitman.
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Join us for our BAM Opening Night Gala honoring two long time Trisha Brown colaborators :
The Gala evening features our Opening Night performatnce in the BAM Fisher Building's Fishman Space (7:30pm), followed by a reception with the artists in the Hillman Studio a few floors above the theater.
For more info contact: Development Director Daniel Feinstein by e-mail: development@trishabrowncompany.org, or call (212) 977-5365 x120.