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Madoo Conservancy Presents Trisha Brown Dance Company

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Marc Crousillat performing

Marc Crousillat performing "Locus." CHRISTOPHER DUGGAN

Cecily Campbell, Jamie Scott performing

Cecily Campbell, Jamie Scott performing "Accumulation." CHRISTOPHER DUGGAN

Marc Crousillat, Cecily Campbell performing

Marc Crousillat, Cecily Campbell performing "Sticks." IAN DOUGLAS

Leah Ives performing

Leah Ives performing "Locus." TED ALCORN

Cecily Campbell, Jamie Scott, Marc Crousillat performing

Cecily Campbell, Jamie Scott, Marc Crousillat performing "Locus." STEPHANIE BERGER

authorStaff Writer on Jul 1, 2024

​The Madoo Conservancy will present two site-specific performances of the Trisha Brown Dance Company at its garden in Sagaponack on the weekend of July 20 and 21 at 5 p.m.

“Trisha Brown: In Plain Site” allows Brown’s dances to be freed from the constrictions of the conventional stage and to be performed in unexpected locations. For this outdoor performance at Madoo, selections of Trisha Brown’s “Early Works” will be restaged in a dynamic relationship to the garden’s serene setting, expanding and amplifying Brown’s effortless affinity for naturalizing movement to the physical environment. By experiencing the performance up close, the audience can engage with Brown’s work in an intimate way, illuminating her 50-plus years of investigation.

Trisha Brown’s choreography developed in the urban setting of downtown New York and her legacy endures through the post-modern dance company she founded in 1970, which is guided by discovering “the extraordinary in the everyday.” Her first of many collaborations with Robert Rauschenberg, “Glacial Decoy,” premiered in 1979, followed by “Set and Reset” in 1983 with original music by Laurie Anderson. Brown created nearly 100 dance works, including several operas. She was the first woman choreographer to receive the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship among many other honors.

The Madoo Conservancy is dedicated to the study, preservation and enhancement of Madoo, the ever-changing, horticulturally diverse garden with historic structures established in 1967 by artist, gardener and writer Robert Dash in the village of Sagaponack. Madoo is a unique living tribute to the imagination of its founder and seeks to continually engage, educate and inspire its visitors within this entirely organic environment.

Tickets are $150 and include a cocktail reception with the artists. To purchase tickets and access more information, visit madoo.org. Madoo Conservancy is located at 618 Sagg Main Street, Sagaponack.

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