In 1983 Trisha Brown premiered her new dance Set and Reset at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, which went on to transform dance history. It signalled a shift in Brown’s practice, where her fluid yet idiosyncratic dance style was developed into a multi-layered choreographic structure, rooted in a process of memorised improvisation. Set and Reset was also a testament to collaboration, with music by Laurie Anderson, stage set and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg, and lighting by Beverly Emmons.
This display reconceives Set and Reset as an installation. It features the music and stage set, documentation of a performance, and Brown’s rarely seen videotapes that show her building and rehearsing the choreography with her dancers. Her early experiments in memorising improvised movement can be seen in Babette Mangolte’s film Trisha Brown WATER MOTOR 1978. As part of the display, there are live performances by two London-based dance companies – Candoco and Rambert.
Over the past many months, TBDC Alumni Kathleen Fisher, Trina Warren, Abigail Yager and Ming-Lung Yang have been restaging this 1996 work on the company.
Ballet Rambert will be performing Set and Reset at the Tate Modern. Restaged by Marc Crousillat, Carolyn Lucas and Jamie Scott, this is the first time Set and Reset has been performed by a company other than the Trisha Brown Dance Company.
These performances are part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival running across London from 9–23 March 2022. Built on the values of creation, transmission and education, this wide-reaching celebration of choreography features 17 modern and contemporary dance performances highlighting both major repertoire works and new productions.
These performances are part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival running across London from 9–23 March 2022. Built on the values of creation, transmission and education, this wide-reaching celebration of choreography features 17 modern and contemporary dance performances highlighting both major repertoire works and new productions.
Juilliard Dancers from the classes of 2022-2024 will perform in Trisha Brown's Set and Reset/Reset (1983), directed by Cecily Campbell and Stacy Spence