Trisha Brown Dance Company at BAM a liquid delight but a touch dated

By Rachel Rizzuto, 04 February 2013

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Reviewed at BAM: Howard Gilman Opera House, New York City on 30 January 2013

Newark (Niweweorce) (Trisha Brown)

Les Yeux et l'âme

I'm going to toss my arms—if you catch them they're yours (NY première)

Homemade

Trisha Brown Dance Company

Vicky Shick, Dancer

Stuart Shugg, Dancer

Nicholas Strafaccia, Dancer

Two classics and a world premiere from Trisha Brown Dance Company

Carla Escoda, 29th April

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.

***11

Four postmoderns and a newcomer: New York Theatre Ballet at Judson

Carla Escoda, 25th April

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: a return to pure dance at its best

Graham Watts, 13th March

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

****1

A study on falling: the Trisha Brown Dance Company and Noé Soulier

Katja Vaghi, 23rd January

The Trisha Brown Dance Company closes the Performing Arts Season 2024/25 at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele with Glacial Decoy.

****1

Trisha Brown: in Plain Site

Jeff Slayton, 10th March

The Trisha Brown Dance Company's "In Plain Site Los Angeles" demonstrated how dance can beautifully reflex the art and sculture surrounding it.

*****

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater

Wiebke Schuster, 3rd April

Alvin Ailey American Dance Company in their annual residency at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall

****1

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Rachel Rizzuto

Rachel Rizzuto received her BFA in dance performance and choreography from the University of Southern Mississippi. She is currently an editor for Dance Teacher magazine, and she is a founding member of modern dance company Mari Meade Dance Collective.