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When Trisha Brown Dance Company associate artistic director Carolyn Lucas invited Judith Sánchez Ruíz to make a new work for the company, it was a historic first: Since its founding in 1970, it has only ever premiered works by Trisha Brown.

Lindsey Jones has always loved cooking, and although pesto was in her regular rotation before starting herb school, she now has a deeper understanding of the greens—and raw garlic—involved. “I like using a variety of herbs because you get that huge diversity of nutrients and vitamins,” she says.

The world’s largest dance archive just keeps growing. Over the summer, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ Jerome Robbins Dance Division began welcoming two new collections to its illustrious archive. The legacies of Martha Graham and Trisha Brown will be safely housed at NYPL’s Lincoln Center campus, featuring rarely seen treasure troves […]

In our December issue, I wrote about the impending closure of the Cunningham Studio, the expansive, light-filled space that, for 40 years, served as a home-base not just for Merce Cunningham’s company but for students of his technique. The last day of classes at these historic headquarters is just a few weeks away; no doubt, […]

Trisha Brown, the high priestess of postmodern dance, is hugely influential. Her slippery movement style and her brainy structures are emulated by choreographers all over the United States and Europe. I am an alum of her company, and when she died last March, I gathered my thoughts and memories to write this farewell. Luckily, the […]

Growing up, Leah Ives always enjoyed preparing food—especially after-school snacks. So now, while she cooks to fuel her work with the Trisha Brown Dance Company, she always wants it to be “free-form in a casual, no-pressure way,” she says. That means she preps and eats whatever her body calls for. “I’ve gone through phases of […]

For a special viewing of the Trisha Brown: In Plain Site series, Jacob’s Pillow is teaming up with the Clark Art Institute, one of the best museums in the Berkshires. The Institute’s exquisite landscaping will no doubt provide a harmonious setting for the profound simplicity of Brown’s early work on Aug. 13. This free event […]

For the first time, an American ballet company will perform a complete work by Trisha Brown. Considering how unballetic her choreography is, it’s a brave move on the part of Pennsylvania Ballet. The work, a quiet, dreamlike trio titled O zlozony / O composite, will be part of PAB’s “Balanchine and Beyond” program, Jun 9–12. […]