“[The work] went on to be a resource for years…broken patterns, making a traveling phrase….I was thinking about my child-hood (when I ran through the forest over) moss and mud and hardwood and rotten wood. If you’re going fast, you just have to pick where you place your feet. It is a child’s first experience of running fast. But it is not going to be your basic one-two-three, two-two-three, three-two-three. It was totally asymmetrical and unpredictable traveling patterns. It’s an example of something I went on to explore later. It became a subject for me.”
-Trisha Brown
In this performance Brown resumes her long-time interest in flying by hoisting a dancer matter-of-factly into the air with the aid of a harness. He was lifted to a fixed height, about the head level of the dancers, and was able to drift from one side of the stage to the other, causing inevitable interaction with the dancing ensemble.
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Trisha Brown
SOUND:
Peter Zummo, Selections from the suite "Six Songs: Sci-Fi, Slow Heart, Song VI, Song IV" . Original performance by: The Peter Zummo Orchestra. Mustafa Ahmed - percussion, Guy Klucevsek - accordion, Arthur Russell - cello, Bill Ruyle - marimba, Peter Zummo - trombone
COSTUME:
Elizabeth Cannon
LENGTH:
28 minutes
Performers:
8 dancers
ORIGINAL CAST:
Trisha Brown, Iréne Hultman, Carolyn Lucas, Diane Madden, Stephen Petronio, Lisa Schmidt, Vicky Shick, Randy Warshaw
NY PREMIERE:
New York City Center, New York, NY, September 17, 1985
US PREMIERE:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, September 5, 1985
WORLD PREMIERE:
Minzhu Wenhua Gong Theater, Beijing, China, November 17, 1985