Trisha Brown’s “Roof Piece” (1971) to be staged @ Getty

Architecture & Design · Dance

Trisha Brown’s “Roof Piece,” an historic dance work, the mother of all site-specific dances, to be restaged in Los Angeles on April 6, 2013, at the Getty Museum. The rich roster of events and performances has been organized by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA.

CHOREOGRAPHY: Trisha Brown
music: Ambient
set design: Trisha Brown
costume: Red clothes
lighting:
length: Approx. 30 minutes
Alternative title: Roof and Fire Piece.

Original cast: Carmen Beauchat, Trisha Brown, Douglas Dunn, Tina Girouard, Caroline Goodden, David Gordon, Nancy Green, Susan Harris, Elsi Miranda, Emmett Murray, Sylvia Palacios, Eve Poling, Sarah Rudner, Nanette Seivert, and Valda Setterfield

NY PREMIERE:
53 Wooster Street at 381 Lafayette, New York, NY, May 11, 1971

Photos © 2011 Kevin Vast

‘Roof Piece’ | Trisha Brown Dance Company | The Getty Museum | April 6, 1 pm, 3 pm

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