REPERTORY/ Set and Reset (1983)

Set and Reset is unmistakably Miss Brown at her most tantalizing. Her virtuosic dancers exhibit a quality of movement that is distinctly hers- dartingly quick but so fluid that the body seems a conduit for flowing energy.

- Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times

The seductively fluid quality of the movement in this Trisha Brown masterpiece, juxtaposed with the unpredictable geometric style has become the hallmark of Ms. Brown’s work. Performed to a driving score by Laurie Anderson, the exploration of visibility and invisibility is reflected in the translucent costumes and set by Robert Rauschenberg.

CHOREOGRAPHY:

Trisha Brown

SOUND:

Laurie Anderson, "Long Time No See"

VISUAL DESIGN:

Robert Rauschenberg

COSTUME DESIGN:

Robert Rauschenberg

LIGHTING:

Robert Rauschenberg with Beverly Emmons

LENGTH:

28 minutes

Performers:

4 dancers

ORIGINAL CAST:

Trisha Brown, Irene Hultman, Eva Karczag, Diane Madden, Stephen Petronio, Vicky Shick, Randy Warshaw

NY PREMIERE:

Next Wave Festival, BAM Opera House, NY, October 20, 1983

US PREMIERE:

Next Wave Festival, BAM Opera House, NY, October 20, 1983

WORLD PREMIERE:

Festival d'Avignon, La Chartreuse, France, July 20, 1982