Foray Forêt…is one of her most sophisticated, subtle and delicate and also one of her most elusive [works]. Even for a choreographer like Brown, who likes to disturb the order of things, this one fractures our cozy notions of esthetic perception.
- Mike Steele, Star Tribune
The first work in Brown's elegant and mysterious Back to Zero cycle, Foray Forêt (1990) is marked by a conscious simplification. With a vocabulary of intimate movements generated through engaging the subconscious mind—what Brown called "delicate aberrations"—the piece sets off pared-down athleticism against enigmatic, miniaturized physical gesture. [1]
1. Program Notes. "Trisha Brown Dance Company." Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Northrop Dance, co-presented with The Walker Art Center, April 5, 2008.
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Trisha Brown
SOUND:
Local marching band
Visual Design:
Robert Rauschenberg
COSTUME:
Robert Rauschenberg
LIGHT:
Spencer Brown
LENGTH:
28 minutes
Performers:
9 dancers
ORIGINAL CAST:
Liz Carpenter, Lance Gries, Nicole Juralewicz, Kevin Kortan, Gregory Lara, Carolyn Lucas, Diane Madden, Trish Oesterling, Lisa Schmidt, Shelley Senter, David Thomson, Wil Swanson
NY PREMIERE:
New York City Center, New York, NY, March 5, 1991
US PREMIERE:
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH, November 2, 1990
WORLD PREMIERE:
Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Lyon, France, September 22, 1990