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"Every work by this ever-constant experimentalist requires keen watching. Miss Brown, in spite of her seriousness, is a great entertainer."

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Enhance your experience of Trisha Brown’s choreography with this unique opportunity to view a range of her work on film from the last 40 years.

This fascinating footage offers audiences another viewpoint, illuminating the depth and history of this seminal choreographer’s work. Shot Backstage filmed by Brown from the theatre wings, gives an unusual glimpse of her Company’s performance of For MG: The Movie, (seen in Dance Umbrella 2008 with Scottish Ballet). Archive footage of Early Works sees the early casts of many of the works that will be performed in Tate Modern, including renowned artists Douglas Dunn, Steve Paxton and Sarah Rudner. Brown herself dances in some of her iconic works including Watermotor and Jonathan Demme’s film of Accumulation With Talking Plus Watermotor. Burt Barr’s Aeros, a film of Brown’s work Astral Convertible, completes the programme.

The screening at Tate Modern also includes, after a short break, a screening of a conversation between Trisha Brown and New York art curator and writer Klaus Kertess. Brown talks about her dance background, early years in New York, work with Judson Dance Theater, and draws upon the link between her work and visual art.

In association with Hayward Gallery's Move: Choreographing You
With thanks to la Cinémathèque de la Danse
Supported by the American Patrons of Tate, courtesy of Liz Gerring Radke and Kirk Radke

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