Photo © Alfredo Anceschi, 2009
Photo © Thibault Gregoire, 2013
The Getty Museum LA © Reed Hutchinson

REPERTORY/ Figure 8

Spatial arrangement: a row, like stewardesses demonstrating safety measures on an airplane. Eyes closed. Right arm arcs from the side of the body to the top of the head and back again, marking, enlarging time patterns, while the left arm arcs from the side of the body to the top of the head in diminishing time patterns. - Trisha Brown: Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961-2001, Teicher, Hendel

CHOREOGRAPHY:

Trisha Brown

SOUND:

Metronome and verbal cue to stop

COSTUME:

White long-sleeved t-shirt and white cotton drawstring pants

LENGTH:

5 minutes

Performers:

8 dancers

ORIGINAL CAST:

Carmen Beuchat, Trisha Brown, Caroline Goodden, Sylvia Whitman

WORLD PREMIERE:

Contemporanea Festival, Rome, Italy, January 2, 1974

Your support keeps TBDC moving, make a fully tax-deductible gift today.

Join TBDC newsletter to stay informed about the latest happenings.