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Trisha Brown Dance Company A year-long series of performances at Dia:Beacon
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artis
tic d
irect
or a
nd c
hore
ogra
pher
T
risha
Bro
wn
danc
ers
Dai
Jia
n E
lena
Dem
yane
nko
Hyu
n-Ji
n Ju
ng
Leah
Mor
rison
T
amar
a R
iew
e T
odd
Law
renc
e S
tone
N
icho
las
Str
afac
cia
Laur
el T
entin
do
Sam
uel
von
Wen
tz
chor
eogr
aphi
c as
sist
ant
Car
olyn
Luc
as
rehe
arsa
l di
rect
or
Iren
e H
ultm
an
spec
ial
proj
ects
D
iane
Mad
den
prod
uctio
n m
anag
er
John
Tor
res
soun
d de
sign
er
Pat
rick
Hei
lman
Thi
s pr
ogra
m i
s su
ppor
ted
in p
art
by D
ia's
Boa
rd o
f T
rust
ees
, Pre
side
nt's
C
ounc
il,
Art
Cou
ncil,
and
the
New
Yor
k S
tate
Cou
ncil
on t
he A
rts,
a S
tate
age
ncy.
)
Dia
Art
Fou
ndat
ion
pres
ents
Tris
ha B
row
n D
ance
Com
pany
Pro
gram
1
Sat
urda
y, N
ovem
ber
14, a
nd
Sun
day,
Nov
embe
r 15
, 20
09
Pro
gram
2
Sat
urda
y, F
ebru
ary
13, a
nd
Sun
day,
Feb
ruar
y 14
, 201
0
Pro
gram
3
Sat
urda
y, M
ay 1
, 201
0
Bo
oks
ho
p D
isp
lay
No
vem
ber
, F
ebru
ary,
May
T
he D
ia:B
eaco
n bo
okst
ore
feat
ures
mat
eria
l fr
om T
risha
Bro
wn'
s co
llect
ion.
Scr
een
ing
s W
eeke
nd
s in
No
vem
ber
, F
ebru
ary,
an
d M
ay
The
Dia
:Bea
con
scre
enin
g ro
om f
eatu
res
film
and
vid
eo o
f T
risha
Bro
wn
Dan
ce C
ompa
ny.
Co
nve
rsat
ion
S
atu
rday
, F
ebru
ary
13,
2010
, 3
pm
T
rish
a B
row
n,
Kla
us
Ker
tess
, an
d P
hili
pp
e V
erg
ne
Dia
:Bea
con
galle
ries
Fo
reve
r Y
ou
ng
: So
me
Th
ou
gh
ts o
n M
y E
arly
Wo
rk T
od
ay
Tri
sha
Bro
wn
, w
ith
Su
san
Ro
sen
ber
g
As
a hi
gh-s
choo
l st
uden
t in
Abe
rdee
n, W
ashi
ngto
n, I
was
giv
en a
que
stio
nnai
re
mea
nt t
o as
sign
a s
uita
ble
care
er t
o m
e. I
was
tol
d a
futu
re a
s a
mus
ic l
ibra
rian
was
in
my
card
s. O
uoi?
N
o do
ubt
this
was
a d
eck
deal
t to
man
y ot
her
wom
en i
n
1950
s A
mer
ica,
how
ever
the
tes
t's p
redi
ctiv
e ef
ficac
y, o
r po
ssib
le s
igni
fican
ce,
didn
't co
mpu
te f
or m
e at
the
tim
e. I
n lig
ht o
f m
y fo
ur-p
lus
deca
des
as a
cho
reog
raph
er w
ho h
as d
escr
ibed
her
self
as "
a br
ickl
ayer
with
a s
ense
of
hum
or,"
ther
e
is a
n un
cann
y lo
gic
to t
hat
early
mea
sure
men
t of
my
prof
essi
onal
apt
itude
: m
y
form
al t
rain
ing
at M
ills
Col
lege
and
the
sum
mer
cla
sses
I to
ok a
t th
e A
mer
ican
Dan
ce F
estiv
al w
ith L
ouis
Hor
st,
the
pree
min
ent
teac
her
of m
oder
n da
nce
com
posi
tion,
wou
ld s
et m
e up
to l
ove
stru
ctur
e, f
orev
er.
Bef
ore
even
set
ting
foot
on
Ann
a H
alpr
in's
out
door
dan
ce d
eck
(in t
he s
umm
er
of 1
960)
, na
ture
was
my
equi
pmen
t an
d or
dina
ry a
nd a
thle
tic m
ovem
ent
my
lan
guag
e. G
row
ing
up i
n A
berd
een,
I li
ved
in tr
ees,
clim
bing
hig
h an
d th
en w
alki
ng
dow
n un
even
terr
ain,
fee
ling
my
wei
ght's
sub
tly r
egul
ated
but
irr
egul
ar s
hifti
ng
all t
he w
hile
wis
hing
to
be a
irbor
ne, t
o fly
. At
Ha
lprin
's w
orks
hop,
I fo
und
task
to
be a
sym
path
etic
, us
eful
way
to
gene
rate
mov
emen
t, an
d I w
as i
ntrig
ued
by th
e
poss
ibili
ty o
f ad
mitt
ing
talk
ing
into
dan
ce p
erfo
rman
ce;
how
ever
, I s
till
cons
ider
ed
impr
ovis
atio
n a
tabo
o to
be
brok
en o
n m
y ow
n te
rms.
l_n C
alifo
rnia
and
the
n in
New
Yor
k in
196
0 an
d 19
62,
I was
tw
ice
seen
tra
nsfo
rmin
g ta
sk i
nto
fligh
t. T
his
stor
y is
one
of
the
true
myt
hs o
f m
y or
igin
s as
a c
hore
ogra
pher
.
In 1
967,
I d
rove
foo
thol
ds i
nto
the
wal
l of
my
SoH
o lo
ft, i
n or
der
to r
each
the
ceili
ng b
ut a
lso
to m
ove
on a
ver
tical
pla
ne. I
n 19
70,
I cho
reog
raph
ed a
wal
k
dow
n th
e fa
<;a
de o
f th
e bu
ildin
g w
here
I li
ved,
80
Woo
ster
Str
eet,
and
on t
he
sam
e pr
ogra
m, "
Dan
ces
In a
nd A
roun
d 80
Woo
ster
Str
eet,"
I s
uspe
nded
mys
elf
and
anot
her
danc
er a
bove
the
grou
nd i
n cl
othi
ng r
igge
d on
a g
ridde
d fr
ame,
Flo
or o
f th
e F
ores
t (1
970)
. In
thes
e w
orks
, as
in L
eani
ng D
uets
I (
1970
),
I
enlis
ted
grav
ity a
s a
colla
bora
tor,
a m
achi
ne f
or m
akin
g da
nces
. Bac
k th
en,
for
a br
ief
perio
d, it
was
but
a s
hort
tre
k fr
om d
ownt
own
Man
hatta
n to
the
Whi
tney
Mus
eum
, whe
re,
in 1
971,
tog
ethe
r w
ith s
even
oth
er d
ance
rs,
I wa
lked
acr
oss
the
whi
te w
alls
of
a ga
llery
em
ptie
d of
all
othe
r ar
t. F
ootp
rints
, lef
t fle
etin
gly,
wer
e
pain
ted
over
.
For
fifte
en y
ears
, I t
augh
t at
my
loft
on 8
0 W
oost
er S
tree
t, pr
epar
ing
for
one
half
hour
by
writ
ing
dow
n fif
teen
thi
ngs
to d
o in
my
clas
s. T
he i
deas
cam
e fa
st
and
I dod
ged
no b
ulle
ts.
My
chor
eogr
aphi
c pr
oces
s w
as i
ncre
asin
gly
defin
ed
by a
rig
orou
s ec
onom
y, a
lthou
gh o
ne e
ncum
bere
d by
the
requ
ired
"equ
ipm
ent,"
scul
ptur
al c
onst
ruct
ions
and
act
ual
arch
itect
ure
used
to
imbu
e m
y w
ork
with
an
inte
rnal
log
ic,
natu
ral
and
inev
itabl
e.
I she
d th
e eq
uipm
ent
to d
elib
erat
ely
expl
ore
the
body
's s
truc
ture
, in
par
ticul
ar,
the
capa
bilit
ies
of t
he jo
ints
and
spi
ne, w
here
mov
emen
t oc
curs
thr
ough
thr
ee
task
s: b
end,
str
aigh
ten,
and
rot
ate.
To
mak
e m
y or
igin
al m
ovem
ent
lang
uage
, I
set
off
in p
ursu
it of
"pu
re m
ovem
ent"
-tha
t is
, mov
emen
t w
ithou
t co
nnot
atio
n,
neith
er f
unct
iona
l no
r pa
ntom
imic
.
Acc
umul
atio
n ( 1
971
), a
sol
o, s
tart
ed w
ith o
ne m
ovem
ent,
the
rota
tion
of t
he f
ist
with
thu
mb
exte
nded
; th
is w
as r
epea
ted,
and
to
it an
othe
r m
ovem
ent
was
add
ed;
thes
e tw
o w
ere
repe
ated
, an
d th
en a
third
was
add
ed, a
nd s
o on
. B
uilt
from
sel
f
cont
aine
d m
ovem
ent
units
, eac
h A
ccum
ulat
ion
danc
e is
als
o a
sing
le s
tatio
nary
obje
ct i
n th
ree-
dim
ensi
onal
sp
ace.
Fro
m t
he m
ovem
ent
mat
eria
l of
Acc
umul
atio
n
cam
e P
rim
ary A
ccum
ulat
ion
(197
2),
in w
hich
a s
upin
e fig
ure
syst
emat
ical
ly
accu
mul
ates
thi
rty
mov
es in
eig
htee
n m
inut
es,
rota
ting
fort
y-fiv
e de
gree
s ea
ch
on t
he l
ast
two
mov
es u
ntil
a 36
0-de
gree
tu
rn i
s co
mpl
eted
.
Pri
mar
y Acc
umul
atio
n be
cam
e G
roup
Pri
mar
y Acc
umul
atio
n whe
n pe
rfor
med
on
May
16,
197
3, i
n th
e pl
aza
of t
he M
cGra
w-H
ill
Bui
ldin
g on
the
occ
asio
n of
New
Yor
k's
Spr
ing
Dan
ce F
estiv
al. T
he m
idto
wn
audi
ence
, on
lun
ch b
reak
, cau
ght
on
to m
y ch
oreo
grap
hy's
log
ic;
to t
heir
surp
rise,
I a
rran
ged
for
two
mal
e da
ncer
s to
ente
r th
e pl
aza
and
lift
the
four
wom
en t
o ne
w l
ocat
ions
on
the
conc
rete
site
,
whi
le t
he d
ance
rs c
ontin
ued
the
chor
eogr
aphy
, un
arre
sted
. W
hen
pres
ente
d at
the
Wal
ker
Art
Cen
ter
on N
ovem
ber
9, 1
97 4
, an
othe
r pl
ane
for
mov
emen
t w
as
adde
d; t
he d
ance
was
per
form
ed o
n flo
atin
g ra
fts i
n th
e Lo
ring
Par
k la
goon
in th
e ra
in. T
his
envi
ronm
ent
intr
oduc
ed a
noth
er d
imen
sion
to
the
wor
k: t
he
rela
tions
hip
of t
he d
ance
rs t
o on
e an
othe
r an
d th
eir
orie
ntat
ion
in s
pace
was
dete
rmin
ed b
y th
e w
ater
's c
urre
nt,
whi
ch w
as d
icta
ted
by th
e w
ind.
The
vis
ual a
rt w
orld
foc
used
its
atte
ntio
n on
my
wor
k in
the
197
0s,
whi
ch l
ed
to m
y pe
rfor
min
g in
tern
atio
nally
in
such
site
s as
gal
lerie
s an
d m
useu
ms
(incl
ud
ing
Gal
leria
L'A
ttico
in
Rom
e, S
onna
bend
Gal
lery
in N
ew Y
ork,
and
the
Mus
ee
J ] l
Gal
liera
in
Par
is),
on
prog
ram
s fe
atur
ing
cont
empo
rary
art
: m
usic
al, s
culp
tura
l,
and
conc
eptu
al.
But
, a
still
-wel
l-kep
t se
cret
of
the
time
is th
at,
in E
urop
e,
wor
ks m
ade
to b
e se
en i
n lo
fts a
nd o
ther
whi
te c
ubes
wer
e pr
esen
ted
on
the
pros
ceni
um s
tage
.
Span
ish
Dan
ce (
1973
) ac
com
pani
ed m
y fir
st f
oray
int
o th
e th
eate
r, t
he c
onve
n
tiona
l fr
ame
for
danc
e in
our
tim
e. A
mai
nsta
y of
my
com
pany
tod
ay,
Span
ish
Dan
ce w
as t
hen
an a
nom
aly:
it w
as i
nspi
red
by th
e st
age'
s pr
osce
nium
arc
h,
the
boun
dary
con
tain
ing
its d
eadp
an p
rese
ntat
ion
of g
roup
loc
omot
ion,
and
was
per
form
ed w
ith a
rms
rais
ed i
n pr
oud
flam
enco
sty
le a
nd w
ith h
ips
sway
ing
rhyt
hmic
ally
to
Gor
don
Ligh
tfoot
's
1 965
"E
arly
Mor
ning
Rai
n,"
a ra
re in
stan
ce
whe
n m
usic
acc
ompa
nied
my
wor
k. S
pani
sh D
ance
cou
ld g
o on
for
ever
and
for
me
is s
tron
gly
conn
ecte
d to
my
com
pany
's o
ngoi
ng,
perip
atet
ic m
ovem
ent
from
city
to
city
on
tour
. T
oday
it
is p
rese
nted
on
its o
wn
and
in a
var
iety
of
cont
exts
.
Bet
wee
n 19
73 a
nd 1
976,
it
was
par
t of
a g
roup
of
wor
ks,
whi
ch a
lso
incl
uded
Stic
ks (
1973
) an
d F
igur
e Eig
ht (1
97 4
), th
at w
ere
perf
orm
ed s
ingl
y or
tog
ethe
r
as S
truc
ture
d P
iece
s, d
ance
s th
at e
ach
eman
ate
from
a s
ingl
e ru
le a
nd i
ts
perm
utat
ions
, pr
oduc
ing
grou
p ch
oreo
grap
hy d
isco
vere
d du
ring
the
cour
se
of p
erfo
rman
ce.
Afte
r th
e pr
emie
re o
f m
y A
ccum
ulat
ion
danc
es a
t th
e W
adsw
orth
Ath
eneu
m,
on D
ecem
ber
1, 1
972,
I w
as l
ooki
ng f
or a
new
dan
ce.
Pur
e m
ovem
ent
was
one
cont
ende
r. T
he s
econ
d w
as a
free
-whe
elin
g, s
emic
raze
d, n
ow-y
ou-s
ee-it
, no
w
you-
don'
t, im
prov
isat
iona
l ap
proa
ch-t
he
one
I em
brac
ed w
hole
hear
tedl
y in
197
9.
How
ever
, th
e tw
o ca
me
toge
ther
in
Loc
us (1
975)
, w
hich
env
isio
ns t
he s
pace
arou
nd t
he b
ody
as a
cub
e de
finin
g th
e ch
oreo
grap
hy's
arc
hite
ctur
e. T
he c
ube
is m
arke
d w
ith i
mag
inar
y po
ints
, ea
ch i
dent
ified
with
one
let
ter
and
a di
git
cor
resp
ondi
ng t
o th
e al
phab
et's
tw
enty
-six
le
tters
plu
s nu
mbe
r tw
enty
-sev
en,
the
cube
's a
nd t
he b
ody'
s ce
nter
. In
par
t, I w
as r
ethi
nkin
g R
udol
f La
ban'
s no
tatio
nal
effo
rt t
o m
ap th
e bo
dy's
har
mon
ious
mov
emen
t th
roug
h sp
ace-
his
kine
sphe
re
as a
n in
dete
rmin
ate
chor
eogr
aphi
c fo
rmat
and
for
m.
With
Loc
us, I
wro
te t
he s
crip
t of
my
chor
eogr
aphy
thr
ough
my
biog
raph
y, s
pelle
d
out
in l
ette
rs e
quat
ed t
o nu
mbe
rs f
or t
he b
ody
to p
erfo
rm.
My
assi
gnm
ent
as a
danc
er w
as t
o to
uch
each
of
the
cube
's t
wen
ty-s
even
po
ints
in
spac
e to
spe
ll
out
that
sen
tenc
e ra
ndom
ly, w
ithou
t kn
owin
g w
hat
was
com
ing
next
or
whe
re
it w
as c
omin
g fr
om-y
et
rem
aini
ng i
n co
ntro
l. D
eriv
ed f
rom
str
uctu
red
impr
ovi
satio
n, L
ocus
's m
ovem
ent
is s
et. T
he d
ance
is
com
plex
eno
ugh
even
with
the
expl
anat
ion
I sup
plie
d by
sho
win
g pe
ople
the
Loc
us s
core
, a d
raw
ing.
I w
ante
d
my
audi
ence
to
be c
onve
rsan
t w
ith m
y m
etho
ds.
I was
now
ide
ntifi
ed w
ith
Min
imal
ism
in
the
publ
ic's
min
d an
d ey
e.
In 1
979,
I a
dopt
ed t
he p
rosc
eniu
m s
tage
as
the
hom
e fo
r ne
w w
orks
, an
d to
day
I liv
e in
the
real
m o
f ch
oreo
grap
hy a
nd o
pera
, a p
ost-
stud
io w
orld
. H
owev
er m
y
art
allo
ws
me
to r
egul
arly
inh
abit
para
llel
univ
erse
s of
my
own
mak
ing-
not
one
in w
hich
I lo
ok b
ack
but
inst
ead
whe
re I
see
my
wor
k liv
e. W
hen
I mad
e th
e w
ork
on t
his
prog
ram
, I w
as f
asci
nate
d by
qua
litie
s of
ges
ture
tha
t ex
ist
on t
he e
dge
of m
emor
y, th
at a
re m
ade
perm
anen
t th
roug
h re
petit
ion.
The
tim
e of
rep
etiti
on i
n
perf
orm
ance
was
on
my
min
d-bu
t so
was
the
des
ire t
o im
bue
my
chor
eogr
aphy
with
str
uctu
re a
s th
e la
stin
g ar
chite
ctur
e fo
r m
y id
eas.
The
se w
orks
mad
e m
e th
e
artis
t I a
m, a
nd I
mad
e th
em t
o be
fore
ver
youn
g, to
con
tinue
to
be r
epea
ted.
P. S
. I c
lam
or t
o jo
in m
y fe
llow
art
ists
at
Dia
:Bea
con.
(
Bio
gra
ph
ies
Tri
sha
Bro
wn
was
bor
n an
d ra
ised
in A
berd
een,
Was
hing
ton.
She
gra
duat
ed
from
Mill
s C
olle
ge i
n 19
58,
stud
ied
with
Ann
a H
alpr
in,
and
taug
ht a
t R
eed
Col
lege
in
Por
tland
bef
ore
mov
ing
to N
ew Y
ork
City
in
1961
. In
stan
tly i
mm
erse
d
in w
hat
was
to
beco
me
the
post
mod
ern
phen
omen
a of
Jud
son
Dan
ce T
heat
er,
her
mov
emen
t in
vest
igat
ions
fou
nd t
he e
xtra
ordi
nary
in
the
ever
yday
and
cha
l
leng
ed e
xist
ing
perc
eptio
ns o
f w
hat
cons
titut
ed
perf
orm
ance
. In
197
0, M
s.
Bro
wn
form
ed h
er c
ompa
ny a
nd m
ade
the
grou
ndbr
eaki
ng w
ork,
Man
Wal
king
Dow
n th
e S
ide
of a
Bui
ldin
g, o
ne o
f m
any
site
-spe
cific
w
orks
cre
ated
in,
aro
und,
and
hove
ring
over
the
stre
ets
and
build
ings
of
her
SoH
o ne
ighb
orho
od.
Her
firs
t
of m
any
colla
bora
tions
with
Rob
ert
Rau
sche
nber
g, G
laci
al D
ecoy
, pr
emie
red
in 1
979,
fol
low
ed b
y S
et a
nd R
eset
in 1
983
with
orig
inal
mus
ic b
y La
urie
And
erso
n. O
ther
col
labo
rato
rs h
ave
incl
uded
vis
ual a
rtis
ts N
ancy
Gra
ves,
Don
ald
Judd
, an
d T
erry
Win
ters
, as
wel
l as
com
pose
rs a
nd m
usic
ians
Pet
er Z
umm
o an
d
Dav
e D
ougl
as.
Bro
wn
has
crea
ted
near
ly o
ne h
undr
ed d
ance
wor
ks s
ince
196
1,
incl
udin
g se
vera
l ope
ras
and
is c
urre
ntly
at
wor
k on
a n
ew o
pera
tic e
veni
ng
feat
urin
g th
e m
usic
of
Jean
-Phi
lippe
R
amea
u. In
crea
sing
ly r
ecog
nize
d as
a v
isua
l
artis
t, he
r dr
awin
gs h
ave
been
exh
ibite
d in
gro
up a
nd s
olo
exhi
bitio
ns,
incl
udin
g
Doc
umen
ta
12 i
n K
asse
l, G
erm
any,
Sik
kem
a Je
nkin
s G
alle
ry (
2009
),
and
mos
t
rece
ntly
as
part
of
the
Yea
r of
Tris
ha-a
ce
lebr
atio
n of
her
ent
ire b
ody
of w
ork
at
the
Wal
ker
Art
Cen
ter
in M
inne
apol
is.
Bro
wn
was
the
firs
t w
oman
cho
reog
raph
er t
o re
ceiv
e th
e M
acA
rthu
r F
ound
atio
n
Fel
low
ship
. O
ther
hon
ors
incl
ude
the
Bra
ndei
s U
nive
rsity
's C
reat
ive
Art
s M
edal
in
Dan
ce, t
wo
John
Sim
on G
ugge
nhei
m F
ello
wsh
ips,
a N
ew Y
ork
Sta
te G
over
nor's
Art
s A
war
d, a
nd t
he N
atio
nal
Med
al o
f A
rt.
In 1
994
she
rece
ived
the
Sam
uel
H. S
crip
ps A
mer
ican
Dan
ce F
estiv
al A
war
d an
d sh
e ha
s be
en n
amed
a V
euve
Cliq
uot
Gra
nd D
ame.
Ms.
Bro
wn
was
nam
ed a
Che
valie
r da
ns l
'Ord
re d
es A
rts
et
des
Lettr
es b
y th
e go
vern
men
t of
Fra
nce
in 1
988,
ele
vate
d to
Offi
cier
in
2000
and
to C
omm
ande
ur i
n 20
04.
She
ser
ved
on t
he N
atio
nal
Cou
ncil
on t
he A
rts
from
199
4 to
199
7.
She
has
rec
eive
d nu
mer
ous
hono
rary
doc
tora
tes
and
is
an H
onor
ary
Mem
ber
of t
he A
mer
ican
Aca
dem
y of
Art
s an
d Le
tters
.
Dai
Jia
n w
as b
orn
in H
unan
Pro
vinc
e, C
hina
, and
gra
duat
ed f
rom
Bei
jing
Dan
ce
Aca
dem
y an
d G
uang
dong
AT
V P
rofe
ssio
nal
Aca
dem
y fo
r P
erfo
rmin
g A
rts
foun
ded
by M
adam
Yan
g M
eiqi
. In
1998
he
was
aw
arde
d S
econ
d P
rize
at t
he
Fou
rth
Nat
iona
l D
ance
Com
petit
ion.
He
danc
ed a
nd c
hore
ogra
phed
for
Jin
Xin
g D
ance
The
ater
and
Gua
ngzh
ou S
ong
& D
ance
Ens
embl
e in
Chi
na b
efor
e
beco
min
g a
mem
ber
of t
he S
hen
Wei
Dan
ce A
rts
in 2
005.
Dai
Jia
n jo
ined
the
com
pany
in
2008
.
Ele
na
Dem
yan
enko
is
a R
ussi
an-b
orn
grad
uate
of
the
Aca
dem
y of
The
atric
al
Art
s (M
osco
w)
and
has
been
dan
cing
, ch
oreo
grap
hing
, an
d te
achi
ng i
n N
ew
Yor
k C
ity s
ince
200
1. E
lena
was
a m
embe
r of
Ste
phen
Pet
roni
o C
ompa
ny f
rom
2003
to
2008
and
has
per
form
ed w
ith P
avel
Zus
tiak,
Lin
dsey
Die
tz M
arch
ant,
and
Jim
ena
Paz
, and
in
Mar
tha
Cla
rke'
s G
arde
n of
Ear
thly
Del
ight
s. S
he w
as t
he
reci
pien
t of
EM
PA
C D
ance
Mov
ies
Com
mis
sion
in
2007
. S
he jo
ined
the
com
pany
in J
une
of 2
009.
Iren
e H
ult
man
, a
nativ
e of
Sw
eden
, dan
ced
with
Tris
ha B
row
n D
ance
Com
pany
from
198
3 to
198
8 an
d fo
rmed
Ire
ne H
ultm
an D
ance
in
1988
. She
has
chor
eogr
aphe
d se
vera
l ope
ras
and
rece
ived
com
mis
sion
s in
clud
ing
Got
henb
urg
Ope
ra B
alle
t an
d R
oyal
Ope
ra H
ouse
of
Sw
eden
. S
he is
the
rec
ipie
nt o
f a
Gug
genh
eim
Fel
low
ship
, a
Fou
ndat
ion
for
Con
tem
pora
ry P
erfo
rman
ce A
rts
Aw
ard,
ser
ves
on D
ansp
ace
Pro
ject
's A
rtis
t A
dvis
ory
Boa
rd,
and
has
been
a
mem
ber
of t
he B
essi
e C
omm
ittee
.
Hyu
n-J
in J
un
g is
from
Pus
an, S
outh
Kor
ea, w
here
he
earn
ed a
deg
ree
in
chor
eogr
aphy
fro
m t
he K
orea
n N
atio
nal
Uni
vers
ity o
f A
rts,
Sch
ool
of D
ance
. He
perf
orm
ed t
hrou
ghou
t E
urop
e be
fore
mov
ing
to N
ew Y
ork
in 2
003.
He
join
ed
Tris
ha B
row
n D
ance
Com
pany
in
Oct
ober
200
4.
Car
oly
n L
uca
s ha
s be
en a
mem
ber
of t
he T
risha
Bro
wn
Dan
ce C
ompa
ny s
ince
1984
. In
1993
she
was
app
oint
ed C
hore
ogra
phic
Ass
ista
nt,
and
sinc
e th
en
has
been
inv
olve
d w
ith t
he c
reat
ion
of B
row
n's
wor
ks i
n da
nce
and
oper
a. S
he
atte
nded
the
Nor
th C
arol
ina
Sch
ool
of t
he A
rts
and
rece
ived
a B
FA
fro
m S
UN
Y
Pur
chas
e in
198
4.
Dia
ne
Mad
den
joi
ned
the
Com
pany
in
1980
. Reh
ears
al D
irect
or f
rom
1984
-200
0,
Dia
ne e
njoy
s ke
epin
g a
rich
rang
e of
cho
reog
raph
y al
ive
with
a gr
oup
of v
ery
tale
nted
dan
cers
. H
er m
ajor
inf
luen
ces
are
Tris
ha a
nd h
er
colla
bora
tors
in
impr
ovis
atio
n, m
ost
nota
bly
the
mem
bers
of
Cha
nnel
Z.
Dia
ne
has
rece
ived
tw
o P
rince
ss G
race
Aw
ards
and
a B
essi
e.
Lea
h M
orr
iso
n jo
ined
the
com
pany
in
2005
. S
he i
s fr
om S
t. Lo
uis,
whe
re s
he
bega
n da
ncin
g w
ith L
ee N
oltin
g at
the
Cen
ter
of C
onte
mpo
rary
Art
s. S
he g
radu
ated
fro
m S
UN
Y P
urch
ase.
In
2008
, M
orris
on w
as s
elec
ted
as a
Prin
cess
Gra
ce
Hon
orar
ium
Rec
ipie
nt a
nd r
ecei
ved
a N
ew Y
ork
Dan
ce a
nd P
erfo
rman
ce B
essi
e
Aw
ard
for
her
perf
orm
ance
of
Bro
wn'
s If
You
Cou
ldn'
t S
ee M
e.
Tam
ara
Rie
we
bega
n he
r da
nce
trai
ning
in
Sea
ttle
at t
he U
nive
rsity
of
Was
hing
ton.
S
he t
rans
ferr
ed t
o S
alt
Lake
City
and
in
2001
ear
ned
a B
FA
in M
oder
n D
ance
fro
m t
he U
nive
rsity
of
Uta
h.
She
has
wor
ked
with
Dan
iel
Cha
ron,
with
Kei
th J
ohns
on (
LA),
as
a m
embe
r of
Bill
You
ng/C
olle
en
Tho
mas
and
Dan
cers
, an
d w
ith D
oug
Var
one
at t
he M
etro
polit
an O
pera
. She
join
ed t
he
Com
pany
in
2006
.
To
dd
Law
ren
ce S
ton
e ha
s da
nced
with
Ire
ne H
ultm
an D
ance
Com
pany
and
Wil
Sw
anso
n. H
e ha
s al
so w
orke
d w
ith P
earl
Lang
Dan
ce C
ompa
ny,
Bill
T.
Jone
s/ A
rnie
Zan
e D
ance
Com
pany
, and
Net
a P
ulve
rmac
her
and
Dan
cers
. Sto
ne
grad
uate
d fr
om S
UN
Y P
urch
ase
in 1
995
with
a B
FA
in
danc
e. H
e cu
rren
tly
stud
ies
with
Jun
e E
kman
. Tod
d jo
ined
Tris
ha B
row
n D
ance
Com
pany
in
1998
.
Nic
ho
las
Str
afac
cia
grew
up
outs
ide
of M
inne
apol
is,
Min
neso
ta,
and
bega
n
his
trai
ning
and
pro
fess
iona
l ca
reer
with
the
Min
neso
ta D
ance
The
atre
und
er
the
dire
ctio
n of
Lis
e H
oulto
n. S
traf
acci
a ho
lds
a B
FA
fro
m N
YU
's T
isch
Sch
ool
of t
he A
rts
and
has
perf
orm
ed w
ith s
uch
.cho
reog
raph
ers
as G
eral
d C
asel
and
Che
ryly
n La
vagn
ino.
He
join
ed t
he T
risha
Bro
wn
Dan
ce C
ompa
ny i
n Ju
ne 2
009.
Lau
rel
Ten
tin
do
gre
w u
p an
d be
gan
danc
ing
in V
erm
ont.
She
gra
duat
ed f
rom
Sar
ah L
awre
nce
Col
lege
and
has
dan
ced
with
Sar
a R
udne
r, V
icky
Shi
ck, a
nd t
he
Liz
Lerm
an D
ance
Exc
hang
e. S
he s
tudi
es t
he A
lexa
nder
Tec
hniq
ue w
ith J
une
Ekm
an a
nd i
s a
Ski
nner
Rel
easi
ng t
each
er.
T en
tindo
joi
ned
the
Tris
ha B
row
n
Dan
ce C
ompa
ny i
n 20
08.
Sam
uel
vo
n W
entz
, a
nativ
e of
Nor
th D
akot
a, h
as w
orke
d an
d st
udie
d w
ith
Ger
ald
Cas
el, w
hom
he
met
whi
le h
e w
as c
ontin
uing
his
aca
dem
ic a
dven
ture
at
NY
U T
isch
. H
e jo
ined
the
Com
pany
in
June
of
2009
and
enj
oys
jigsa
w p
uzzl
es
and
orig
ami.