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Presented as part of the gallery display of Set and Reset and in collaboration with Trisha Brown Dance Company, Set and Reset/Unset is a series of informal performances that will provide a rare insight into the core principles and processes that Brown used to create her choreography.
The project builds upon Trisha Brown’s own history of combining spoken-word with movement, and delivering performance lectures where she explained the process of making Set and Reset while her dancers performed on stage.
Set and Reset/Unset draws upon materials from the Trisha Brown Dance Company archive. Dancers perform sections of choreography live using the same parameters that Brown set for her dancers:
- Keep it simple (The clarity issue)
- Play with visibility and invisibility (The privacy issue)
- If you don’t know what to do, get in line (Helping out with downtime)
- Stay on the outside edge of the stage (The spatial issue)
- Act on instinct (The wild card)
This expanded demonstration will open up the intricate way Brown formed her choreography, the role of the dancer in this process, and the importance of Set and Reset to the history of art.
These performances are part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival running across London from 9–23 March 2022. Built on the values of creation, transmission and education, this wide-reaching celebration of choreography features 17 modern and contemporary dance performances highlighting both major repertoire works and new productions.
CHOREOGRAPHY: Trisha Brown
MUSIC: Long Time No See by Laurie Anderson
STAGE SET: Robert Rauschenberg
COSTUMES: Richard Gellar, Rambert
STAGING: Carolyn Lucas, Associate Artistic Director, Trisha Brown Dance Company
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR: Amanda Britton, Chief Executive, Principal, and Artistic Director, Rambert School
DANCERS ON STAGE: Emma Spinosi, Verity Wright
RAMBERT DANCERS IN VIDEO: Adel Balint, Caiti Carpenter, Conor Kerrigan, Comfort Kondehson, Naya Lovell, Antonello Sangirardi, Emma Spinosi, Jonathan Wade, Archie White, Seren Williams, Verity Wright
RAMBERT CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Helen Shute
RAMBERT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Benoit Swan Pouffer
ARCHIVE VIDEO: Trisha Brown Dance Company
FILMING & EDITING: Jérome Monnot
SOUND EDITOR: Philip Moroz
Tate Modern's entrance is via the Turbine Hall on Holland Street. There are automatic sliding doors and a ramp down to the entrance.
The performance is in the South Tank on Level 0 of the Blavatnik building. There is loud music and low light levels in the performance space.
Seating will be on the floor with cushions with a small group of chairs available. Please contact Ticketing@tate.org.uk for specific seating.
- Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses.
- A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4.
- Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks.
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