Trisha Brown Set and Reset Workshop

Since her early years of creating dances with the Judson Dance Theater, Trisha Brown has been captivated by the infinite ways movements can be manipulated, and the possibilities for developing structure and form. Join Trisha Brown Dance Company in the studio for a unique opportunity to explore her process firsthand in this Set and Reset Workshop for intermediate/advanced dancers led by company dancer Burr Johnson.

Class will begin with a warmup that emphasizes moving with clarity and ease by exploring anatomical awareness, articulation of the joints, and supporting weight through the skeleton. From this base, students will learn phrase work from Brown’s Set and Reset. To facilitate a deeper understanding of the work, they will then be guided through the original prompts that Brown used to build the work in 1983, centered around the five instructions: keep it simple, act on instinct, stay on the edge, work with visibility and invisibility, and get in line. Enjoy this rare opportunity to engage intimately with an iconic choreographic masterpiece.

Cost: FREE. This class, geared toward intermediate/advanced level dancers, has a capacity of 30 students, and registration is required.

Participants will receive a 50% off discount code to attend the Tue, Nov 11, 7:30 pm performance of Trisha Brown Dance Company With Merce Cunningham Trust at Northrop.

Teaching Artist Bio:

Burr Johnson currently dances with Kimberly Bartosik/daela, Netta Yerushalmy, and Trisha Brown Dance Company. He has performed with John Jasperse Projects (2010–2016), Shen Wei Dance Arts (2009–2017), Marina Abramović/GIVENCHY, Ryan McNamara, Boris Charmatz, Isabel Lewis, Christopher Williams, Sally Silvers, Bill Young, Jack Ferver, Moriah Evans, and The Merce Cunningham Trust for Night of 100 Solos: LA.” He is a 2020 New York Dance & Performance Bessie Award honoree for individual performance in Kimberly Bartosik’s through the mirror of their eyes. His choreographic work has been presented through Movement Research, Abrons Art Center, Danspace Project, The American Dance Festival, GIBNEY, Works and Process at the Guggenheim Museum, and The Future Dance Festival at the Joyce Theater. He has guest taught at Philadelphia University of the Arts, the University of Utah, Salem College, MoMA PS1, Goucher College, Virginia Commonwealth University, UNC Greensboro, Purchase College, The Juilliard Dance Division, and The American Dance Festival. He has received artist residencies through New York Live Arts’ Studio Series, The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation in Rockland, ME, and Redtail Arts in Jamaica, Queens, NY. In spring 2024, he participated as a choreographer in the Alvin Ailey School’s New Directions Choreography Lab with mentorship from Melanie George (BFA Virginia Commonwealth University).

Top image: Trisha Brown Dance Company. Photo © Delphine Perrin.