REPERTORY/ La Chanteuse, Falling Solo with Singing, Part of a Target

A solo in which Brown took the fourth position -- a ballet pose with legs and arms in opposition -- and then proceeded to fall over, “dead weights, like a tree cut down” while saying “oh-no.” - Trisha Brown: Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961-2001, Teicher, Hendel

CHOREOGRAPHY:

Trisha Brown

SOUND:

Some vocalization

COSTUME:

Leotard and tights

LENGTH:

3 minutes

Performers:

1 dancer

ORIGINAL CAST:

Trisha Brown

NY PREMIERE:

Benefit for the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Pocket Theater, June 10, 1963, New York, NY

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