"Working with both Trisha Brown and Laurie Anderson will be one of the most unique theatrical challenges of my career. No one could be more curious about this than I am. What does it mean to yoke together three singular minds?"
"Brown showed off her creamy new hard-to-grasp movement style, which solidified slippery improvisations into choreography that retained a sense of spontaneity. The cast of dancers donned loose-fitting costumes silkscreened with Rauschenberg's cityscape photographs: chain-link fences, apartment windows, drain covers."
"We have a responsibility in supporting creation, but if we want contemporary dance to be better approached, I think it's important to refer to existing works, especially in an embodied medium that defies easy documentation. Everything is linked."
In 1982, Robert Rauschenberg recommended choreographer Trisha Brown and musician Laurie Anderson for grants to collaborate on Set and Reset, which premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave series in 1983. The production featured dancers in costumes silkscreened with Rauschenberg's cityscape photographs, Anderson's electronic violin score, and Brown's distinctive movement style that balanced spontaneity with choreographic structure. The successful collaboration demonstrated the creative potential of combining visual art, dance, and music. The work is being revived as part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, a three-week festival in New York curated by Serge Laurent, who emphasizes the importance of referencing existing works to better understand contemporary dance.
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