In the Fall

The legacy of Trisha Brown’s work lies not only in the pieces she bequeathed us, but also in the intimate bodies of the performers who helped create it over the decades. The history of dance is not only the history of works, but perhaps above all, the history of ways of rehearsing, warming up and moving: the history of unique relationships with one’s own body, invented by dancers and choreographers together. What interests me deeply about creating a piece for the Trisha Brown Dance Company today is confronting the approach to movement that I’m developing with the unique way of approaching movement shared by this group of dancers. In many ways, my choreographic vocabulary differs from that of Trisha Brown. Where she makes the fundamental forces at work in the body visible with extraordinary clarity and fluidity, I explore inorganic transitions, the gap between intention and gesture, effort and contraction. Despite these apparent contrasts, my approach to movement bears the hallmark of Trisha Brown. Even in what distinguishes it, it enters into a dialogue with the incredible renewal of the choreographic field that Trisha Brown helped to bring about.

Noé Soulier, January 2022

Source : Maison de la danse