Walker Art Center. Photo © Gene Pittman, 2008

REPERTORY/ Spiral

Three to four dancers climb ladders in order to strap themselves to ropes which spiral down from three pillars. Then, slowly, they walk around the pillars – bodies hanging out in space, parallel to the floor. Each winds down a pillar until his/her head nearly touches the floor. The lower they get, the heavier they seem. Right before they disconnect themselves and stand up on the floor, you get the feeling you’re the one who’s hanging.  - Nancy Moore, Trisha Brown: Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961-2001, Teicher, Hendel

CHOREOGRAPHY:

Trisha Brown

SOUND:

No sound

Visual Design:

Trisha Brown

COSTUME:

Street clothes

LENGTH:

15-30 seconds

Performers:

1-5 dancers

ORIGINAL CAST:

Carmen Beuchat, Trisha Brown, Sylvia Palacios (Whitman)

NY PREMIERE:

383 West Broadway, New York, NY, June 11, 1974

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