Water Motor, a film by renowned filmmaker Babette Mangolte, depicts Trisha performing this work twice, with one take at regular speed and the other in slow motion. Choreographer Yvonne Rainer called it "one of the best dance films ever made."
Please note: the title of this work has been alternately written as Water Motor and Watermotor. Both spellings are correct. Babette Mangolte's film is Water Motor and current Company performances are Watermotor.
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Trisha Brown
SOUND:
Ambient
COSTUME:
Tan t-shirt and gray pants (prior to 1983); Original Costume by Susan Zucker; Current Costume by Deanna Berg MacLean
LIGHT:
Edward Effron
LENGTH:
2.5 minutes
Performers:
1 dancer
ORIGINAL CAST:
Trisha Brown
NY PREMIERE:
Public Theatre, Newman Stage, New York, NY, May 22, 1978