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

Trisha Brown's Glacial Decoy with Trisha Brown Dance Company

Trisha Brown Dance Company in Noé Soulier's In the Fall

Trisha Brown Dance Company in Working Title

By Katja Vaghi, 25 January 2025

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“This creates a dynamic rhythm of falling and catching”

Reviewed at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin on 23 January 2025

Glacial Decoy (silent ballet) (Trisha Brown)

In the Fall (Trisha Brown, Noé Soulier)

Working Title (Trisha Brown)

Trisha Brown Dance Company

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

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

Trisha Brown Dance Company at New York Live Arts

Rachel Rizzuto, 9th April

Rachel Rizzuto reviews the Trisha Brown Dance Company's three older pieces, including Son of Gone Fishin' and a more recent piece, Rogues at New York Live Arts.

***11

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Katja Vaghi

With a background in Dance Studies, Literature and Linguistics (MA English Studies from Zurich University and PhD in dance philosophy from the University of Roehampton in London) and a formation as a modern dancer (Ballet Arts, NYC), Katja is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance researcher and dramaturge currently living in Berlin.