One dancer falls over like a tree cut down (deadweight); the other dancer gets (scrambles) underneath and makes a soft landing with the total body surface, not hands. Stand, change roles, and repeat until too tired to continue. -Trisha Brown: Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961-2001, Teicher, Hendel
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Trisha Brown
SOUND:
Ambient
COSTUME:
Dance work clothes
LENGTH:
5 minutes
Performers:
2 dancers
ORIGINAL CAST:
Trisha Brown, Barbara Dilley
NY PREMIERE:
Riverside Church Theater, New York, NY, June 19, 1968