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GETTY MUSEUM PRESENTS WEST COAST DEBUT OF TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY’S SEMINAL WORK, ROOF PIECE

Performance is part of larger retrospective of Trisha Brown’s work across Los Angeles

Saturday, April 6, 2013 At the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center

LOS ANGELES—The Getty presents the West Coast premiere of one of acclaimed

choreographer Trisha Brown’s most iconic works, Roof Piece, in two free performances on

Saturday, April 6, 2013 at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center. The performance is in

partnership with Center for the Art of Performance at the University of California, Los Angeles

(CAP UCLA), and is part of the Trisha Brown Dance Company: The Retrospective Project.

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High Line Roof Piece, June 2011 (Courtesy of Trisha Brown Dance Company)

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Since its debut on the rooftops of New York's SoHo in 1971, the work has become

legendary over the years as a result of photographic documentation. Roof Piece was recently

remounted in 2011 on the High Line in New York City. The two Getty Center performances

feature Trisha Brown Dance Company members wearing fire-red costumes and performing in

locations spanning the entire site. This is the first time Roof Piece will be performed in the

context of an architectural structure specifically devoted to art.

“What makes Roof Piece so fascinating is that the performance is completely

dependent upon the day and place where it is being staged, and provides an experience for

the viewer that can’t be replicated anywhere else” explains Laurel Kishi, public programs

manager at the J. Paul Getty Museum. “The Getty is an excellent setting for the West Coast

premiere of the piece, as its position on a hill high above the Los Angeles cityscape is thrilling

for viewers and dancers alike.”

Trisha Brown, one of the most widely

acclaimed choreographers to emerge in the

postmodern era, first came to public notice in

the 1960s with the Judson Dance Theater. Along

with like-minded artists—such as Yvonne Rainer,

Steve Paxton, and Simone Forti— Brown pushed

the limits of what was considered appropriate

movement for choreography, thereby changing

modern dance forever. Many of the Company's

early dances for alternative spaces harnessed

rooftops and walls in order to use and defy

gravity in surprising choreographies. Brown has

received countless accolades for her choreography including the National Medal of Arts, the

Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, and the title of Commandeur dans L’Ordre des Arts et Lettres

by the French government. She was also the first woman choreographer to receive the

MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

CAP UCLA's Trisha Brown Dance Company: The Retrospective Project is a weeklong

celebration of this renowned choreographer and her company, presenting selections that

highlight the tapestry of Trisha Brown's exceptional body of work. Complete details and

descriptions of all the Retrospective Project performances can be found online at

www.cap.ucla.edu/tbdc.

Trisha Brown (Photo: Lourdes Delgado)

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Trisha Brown Dance Company: Roof Piece

Date: Saturday, April 6, 2013

Time: 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Location: Getty Center, site wide

Admission: Free; no reservations required

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Roof Piece, 1971, SoHo, New York City (Photo: Babette Mangolte)