Walker Art Center. Photo © Gene Pittman, 2008

REPERTORY/ Spiral

Three to four dancers climb ladders in order to strap themselves to ropes which spiral down from three pillars. Then, slowly, they walk around the pillars – bodies hanging out in space, parallel to the floor. Each winds down a pillar until his/her head nearly touches the floor. The lower they get, the heavier they seem.

CHOREOGRAPHY:

Trisha Brown

SOUND:

No sound

LENGTH:

10 minutes

Performers:

1-5 dancers

ORIGINAL CAST:

Carmen Beuchat, Trisha Brown, Sylvia Whitman

NY PREMIERE:

383 West Broadway, New York, NY, June 11, 1974

US PREMIERE:

383 West Broadway, New York, NY, June 11, 1974

WORLD PREMIERE:

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