The Trisha Brown Dance Company was founded in 1970 by it’s owner and main choreographer, Trisha Brown. Brown was already well-known for her experimental pieces in the 1960s in what were called “equipment prices” where dancers used items such as harnesses and wires to simulate walking in mid-air. This type of postmodern dance became her trademark though she regularly changed the themes and methods of how she danced and choreographed others.
In the 1980s, she began to create large-scale pieces that were intended to be performed onstage, as opposed to some of her previous on-location pieces. She collaborated with Robert Rauschenberg for costumes and sets on may of her most well-known works of this period, such as Astral Convertible. Other collaborators of this time included Laurie Anderson, Nancy Graves, and Donald Judd.
During this time period, Brown solidified her position as as innovative choreographer and a major contributor to the world of postmodern dance. Trish Brown passed away in March 2017, but her company survives to perform her pieces to this day.
