BROOKLYN ACADEMY of MUSIC Opera House October 20-23, 1983
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BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Opera House October 20-23, 1983 Corrected Title Page TRISHA BROWN COMPANY Trisha Brown Artistic Director/ Choreographer Irene Hultman Eva Karczag Diane Madden Stephen Petronio Vicky Shick Randy Warshaw ACCUMULATION (1971) WITH TALKING (1973) PLUS WATERMOTOR (1977) Choreography/ Dancer: Trisha Brown Costume: Nancy Graves Lighting: Beverly Emmons --pause-- SON OF GONE FISHIN' (1981) Choreography: Trisha Brown Music: ~TALANTA by Robert Ashley Visual Presentation: Donald Judd Lighting: Beverly Emmons Dancers: The Company This work was commissioned in part by the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support was received from the New York State Council on the Arts. ATALANTA was commissioned by the Trisha Brown Company for SON OF GONE FISHIN' and is performed by the Robert Ashley Ensemble with the mix of orchestra parts on tape by Paul Shoor. --intermission-- LINE -UP (1977) Lighting: Ken Tabachnick Dancers: The Company LINE-UP was made by the 1977 Company members through the process of improvisation, recall, then memorization of material derived from the instruction: "Line Up." Interspersed throughout the dance are other line dances that have appeared under the title STRUCTURED PIECES (1973-1976). Music for the "Spanish Dance" section is EARLY MORNING RAIN by Gordon Lightfoot, performed by Bob Dylan. --intermission-- SET AND RESET (World Premiere) Choreography: Trisha Brown Music: LONG TIME NO SEE by Laurie Anderson Visual Presentation: Robert Rauschenberg Lighting: Beverly Emmons Dancers : The Company Musicians: Laurie Anderson, violin Dickie Landry, alto sax (over) This work was commissioned in part by the National Endowment for the Arts' Inter-Arts and Dance Programs; The Charles Engelhard Foundation; the New York State Council on the Arts' Dance, Visual Arts, and Music Programs; Philip Morris, Incorporated; BAM's NEXT WAVE Production and Touring Fund; and Jane and Robert Meyerhoff. Jacob's Pillow, with the support of the Massachusetts Art Council's New Works Program, made it possible for work to begin on this collaboration. LONG TIME NO SEE was commissioned by the Trisha Brown Company for SET AND RESET. The music was recorded and mixed at RPM Studios, Leanne Ungar, engineer, with Laurie Anderson (Synclavier, Bells, Shouting, Loops), Adrian Belew (Guitar), and David Van Tieghem (Simmons Drums, Drums, Plywood, Bowls). A short version of this work, with words, (GRAVITY'S ANGEL) is included on the EP MISTER HEARTBREAK released this winter by Warner Bros. Records. Special thanks to the following for their involvement with the visual presentation of SET AND RESET: Marcus Stabech, Beba Bissel, Megan Williams, Michael Moneagle, Terry Van Brunt, Agathe Gonet, Lawrence Voytek, Darryl Pottorf, Babelle Gunglas, Larry Wright, Bill Goldston, Bill Kradelman, Hisachiko Takahashi, Robert Shulman from NASA, Julie Martin, John Braedmus, and Bill and Carol McKay. Trisha Brown is a member of the Board of Directors of Performing Artists for Nuclear Disarmament. Please note that for the Trisha Brown Company's appearance at BAM, Ken Tabachnick is Production Supervisor, Jeff McRoberts is Production Stage Manager, and Bob Bielecki is Sound Supervisor. WILLI WEAR LTD. HAS MADE A SPECIAL GRANT IN SUPPORT OF THESE PERFORMANCES. The Brooklyn Academy of Music NEXT WAVE Video Archive for the Contemporary Performing Arts has been established and funded by the Howard Gilman Foundation to document each production of the NEXT WAVE Festival. For information call Roger Oliver, NEXT WAVE Humanities Director, at 636-4107. .