Born in 1936, Brown, as a modern dancer in New York in the 1960's, with her collaborators at the Judson, broke every boundary of dance and choreography they could find. In this 1966 photo, Brown dances with a running film projector on her back. Performances were held on rooftops; dancers rappelled and danced the walls of buildings high above the audience. Everyday movement was repurposed to dance becoming the foundation of what is now termed postmodern dance. She collaborated with artists Robert Rauschenberg, Donald Judd, Nancy Graves, Lina Wertmueller, John Cage, Laurie Anderson, Fujiko Nakaya, Kenjiro Okazaki, Robert Ashley and Terry Winters, she was a key figure in those avant gardes.
Portland's creatives may be able to plumb Brown's experience on finding collaborators and then finding boundaries; on risk taking, art's relation to audience; on the dynamics of a sustainable creative arc.
13th NW and Johnson PNCA Commons 6:30PM Free
