Performer: Trisha Brown

Magnificent dancing in Trisha Brown classics from the 1980s and in a new work by her mentee, Lee Serle, transcend less than compelling stagecraft at New York’s Joyce Theater.

At a time when small dance companies in the United States appear to be perched on a live volcano, the tiny, distinguished New York Theatre Ballet recalls the revolutionary postmoderns.

Trisha Brown Dance Company in a programme that focused on dance rather than visual effects.

Since the end of the 19th century, a whole raft of schools and companies were founded by women, resulting in a large number of seminal works in dance history.