Whitney Museum of American Art: Watch and Listen: Dances

Vlog: Off the Wall: Part 2—Seven Works by Trisha Brown

Whitney Museum of American Art — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:20:59 -0400

In this video blog (or, “vlog”), artist and Whitney educator Christine S. Kim and Whitney educator Andrew Fisher discuss a performance by the artist Elizabeth Streb, which was originally conceived by the artist Trisha Brown, in American Sign Language. It was part of the Whitney exhibition Off the Wall: Part 2—Seven Works by Trisha Brown.

Elizabeth Streb Discusses her Performance of Trisha Brown’s Man Walking Down the Side of a Building (1970)

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:25:43 -0400

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.

Trisha Brown Dance Company Performs a Compilation of Brown’s Early Works

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:39:58 -0400

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

April 30, 2010 My Turn: Emily Roysdon

Whitney Museum of American Art — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:25:08 -0400

An artist and a writer, Emily Roysdon uses language and text to explore questions of civic engagement, public speech, politics, and history. Her work spans mediums—from performance and video to photography and printed matter—as she bridges visual art and writing. For this program, Roysdon brings together performing artist MPA and the post-punk duo Light Asylum for a mix of movement and sound.

My Turn invites artists to create programs for the Whitney’s public that are an extension of and informed by their own artistic processes and methods. Taking their contributions to 2010 as a point of departure, six Biennial artists explore key aspects of their practice to create distinctive evenings of performance, discussion, demonstration, and engagement.

2010 Biennial: Melinda Ring: Mouse Auditions

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:03:12 -0400

In this video, experimental choreographer Melinda Ring holds auditions for a fully imagined but never to be performed work specifically designed for Martin Kersels's sculpture, 5 Songs .

2010 Biennial: Rashaad Newsome: FIVE

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:19:35 -0400

In this video, vogue dancers and musicians perform in Rashaad Newsome's multimedia performance FIVE.

2010 Biennial: Rashaad Newsome: Jasmine, Dawn, Aaliyah

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:20:59 -0400

Biennial artist Rashaad Newsome introduces three of the Vogue dancers he works with. Their improvisational performance was shot on-site at Ramis Barquet Gallery in New York, where the artist's exhibition, Rashaad Newsome: Standards, was recently on view.

April 12, 2007Seminars with Artists: Trisha Brown

Whitney Museum of American Art — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:36:07 -0400

Acclaimed choreographer Trisha Brown first became known in the 1960s when she presented her work with the Judson Dance Theater. In 1970, she founded the Trisha Brown Dance Company among SoHo’s burgeoning alternative-space scene, and began exploring site-specific choreography (such as Walking on the Wall, performed in 1971 at the Whitney). From work based on everyday actions and repetitive gestures to dance cycles, choreography for opera, and most recently, ballet, Brown continues to find new possibilities for movement, collaboration, and postmodern dance.

Since its inception in the late 1960s, Seminars with Artists has provided a forum for intimate engagements with the most notable artists working in America. Taking its cue from the exhibtition Gordon Matta-Clark: You Are the Measure, this season’s speakers explore art practices born from critical intersections with New York City.