Featured Performance
Elizabeth Streb Discusses her Performance of Trisha Brown’s Man Walking Down the Side of a Building (1970)
Elizabeth Streb describes what it felt like to walk down the facade of the Museum for her performance of Trisha Brown’s Man Walking Down the Side of a Building (1970) during Off the Wall: Part 2—Seven Works by Trisha Brown. Streb also explains how Brown’s choreography often works to explore simple actions—such as walking—when taken out of their everyday context.
July 16, 2010
Open Studio: Joan La Barbara on Manga Scroll
Composer and performer Joan La Barbara discusses her performance of Manga Scroll and her approach to Marclay’s work. La Barbara performed this piece several times during Christian Marclay: Festival.
June 25, 2010
Backyard Birds: An Evening of Prose and Music Celebrating Charles Burchfield
Charles Burchfield reveled in the sounds, sights, and sensations of nature. He often wrote about his experiences in his journals, and his close study of nature is apparent in his paintings. Listen to a reading of excerpts from Burchfield’s journals by Jonathan Rosen, author of The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End of Nature, paired with a performance of songs by Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater who will be joined by Andy Stack of Wye Oak. Rosen and Meiburg both share Burchfield’s enthusiasm for nature, particularly birds. Discover the wonders in paying attention to the backyard bird.
Trisha Brown Dance Company Performs a Compilation of Brown’s Early Works
In this video, the Trisha Brown Dance Company performs some of the choreographer’s most iconic works from the 1970s during Off the Wall: Part 2—Seven Works by Trisha Brown, an exhibition organized on the occasion of the company’s fortieth anniversary
