“The improvisation was based on a set of “dance instruction poems” by Jackson Mac Low. Each card had 1 to 10 words typed in black small print at the top and 1 to 5 actions types in red CAPITAL LETTERS at the bottom. There were about 60 cards in all. The cards were enigmatic and just the right balance in leeway and specifics to set off improvisational fireworks.” -Trisha Brown, Trisha Brown: Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961-2001, Teicher, Hendel
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Trisha Brown
SOUND:
Silence with verbal improvisation
COSTUME:
Dance work clothes
LENGTH:
15 minutes
Performers:
2 dancers
ORIGINAL CAST:
Trisha Brown, Yvonne Rainer
US PREMIERE:
YAM Festival sponsored by the Smolin Gallery, George Segal's farm, North Brunswick, NJ, May 19, 1963