Movies: Trisha Brown

  • 1980
    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers (1980)

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

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    Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of dance and the evolution of their own work. Filmed at rehearsals, performances, and during interviews, th...

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
  • 1986
    Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor

    Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor (1986)

    Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor

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    Demme captures the late choreographer Trisha Brown performing a meta-narrative dance work....

    Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor
  • 1985
    The Man Who Envied Women

    The Man Who Envied Women (1985)

    The Man Who Envied Women

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    A Manhattan professor's (William Raymond, Larry Loonin) unseen artist wife mocks his pitiful existence....

    The Man Who Envied Women
  • 1969
    Trisha and Carmen

    Trisha and Carmen (1969)

    Trisha and Carmen

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    Shot at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Italy, Trisha and Carmen is a compelling narrative/document on the 1987 production of Carmen, which was directed by Lina Wertmuller and choreographed by Trisha Brown. Barr cuts between the rigorous disciplin...

    Trisha and Carmen
  • 1978
    Water Motor

    Water Motor (1978)

    Water Motor

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    A filmed record of a solo performance by American postmodern dancer and choreographer Trisha Brown. In order to better understand the dance, Mangolte learned to perform it herself. Mangolte shot Brown as she performed the solo twice, and then on the ...

    Water Motor
  • 1974
    Primary Accumulation

    Primary Accumulation (1974)

    Primary Accumulation

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    A dance performance by Trisha Brown, shot from ten feet above the floor to give the viewer a bird's-eye view....

    Primary Accumulation
  • 1983
    In Preparation for 'Set and Reset'

    In Preparation for 'Set and Reset' (1983)

    In Preparation for 'Set and Reset'

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    In contrast to the front view shown in the theatrical version of 'Set and Reset,' here the roving camera provides an intimate experience as though seen by one of the dancers....

    In Preparation for 'Set and Reset'
  • 1983
    Set and Reset

    Set and Reset (1983)

    Set and Reset

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    Premiere performance of Set and Reset at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 21 October 1983...

    Set and Reset
  • 2013
    Staging

    Staging "Lateral Pass" (2013)

    Staging "Lateral Pass"

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    The film chronicles the work of choreographer and dancers on the stage in Minneapolis preceding the premiere of Trisha Brown’s Lateral Pass in 1985. Involving a complex set and colorful costumes by Nancy Graves, choreography by Trisha Brown, and impr...

    Staging
  • 1969
    Man Walking Down the Side of a Building

    Man Walking Down the Side of a Building (1969)

    Man Walking Down the Side of a Building

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    A natural activity under the stress of an unnatural setting. Gravity reneged. Vast scale. Clear order. You start at the top, walk straight down, stop at the bottom. All those soupy questions that arise in the process of selecting abstract movement ac...

    Man Walking Down the Side of a Building
  • 1971
    Walking On The Wall

    Walking On The Wall (1971)

    Walking On The Wall

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    Documentation of a dance performance by Trisha Brown filmed by Elaine Summers...

    Walking On The Wall