A Wish to Fly: Trisha Brown’s Dancing life

Rossella Mazzaglia

doi:10.6092/issn.2036-1599/7686

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Rossella Mazzaglia Università di Bologna

Rossella Mazzaglia (PhD) is a fixed-term senior assistant professor at the University of Messina, where she teaches History of Theatre, History and Techniques of Dance, Performance Studies. Her research mainly focuses on contemporary theatre and dance. She is the author of the following books: Virgilio Sieni. Archeologia di un pensiero coreografico [Virgilio Sieni: Archeology of a Choreographic Thought], Spoleto, Editoria e Spettacolo, 2015; Danza e Spazio. Le metamorfosi dell’esperienza artistica contemporanea [Dance and Space: The metamorphosis in the Contemporary Art], Modena, Mucchi Editore, 2012 (Second edition: 2015); Judson Dance Theater. Danza e controcultura nell’America degli anni Sessanta [Judson Dance Theater: Dance and Counterculture in America in the 60s], Macerata, Ephemeria, 2010; (con Adriana Polveroni),Trisha Brown. L’invenzione dello spazio [Trisha Brown: The Invention of the Space], Pistoia, Gli sincretic (Bilingual Edition: Italian/English); Trisha Brown, Palermo, L’Epos, 2007.

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“A wish to fly” moved Trisha Brown’s impetus to dance. Combined with her mathematical mind and flexible body, it evolved into original and abstract forms of dancing. By honoring her memory, almost a year after her departure, this essay reconstructs Trisha Brown’s early works to show the ways she developed her aesthetics by negotiating between cultural and biographical issues. It also identifies the recurring principles in her compositional approach, which were clearly informed by the daring explorations of the Sixties and Seventies.

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