Drawn to dance: since the 1960s, dancer and choreographer Trisha Brown has repeatedly called upon artists to create sets and costumes for her performances

Art in America, May, 2004 by Edward Leffingwell

(3.) Nakaya was assisted by Billy Kluver of EAT (Experiments in Art and Technology) in the direction and control of her fog set. Fujiko Nakaya in Trisha Brown, pp. 104-9. Kluver also consulted on technical matters for Brown's 1989 production with Rauschenberg, Astral Convertible, p. 183.

(4.) Trisha Brown, p. 114.

(5.) Ibid., p. 144.

"Trisha Brown; Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961-2001" was co-organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., where it debuted [Sept. 17-Dec. 31, 2002], and the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. [Apr. 5-June 22, 2003]. The show traveled to the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston [July 12-Sept. 14, 2003], and Manhattan's New Museum of Contemporary Art [Oct. 10, 2003-Feb. 10, 2004]. It is now on view at the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington) Seattle [Mar. 25-July 18].

Author: Edward Leffingwell, a critic based in New York, is Art in America's corresponding editor for Brazil.