First performed in 1970 in New York City’s downtown Soho neighbourhood by Trisha Brown and Carmen Beuchat, “Floor of the Forest” consists of a sculptural steel frame holding up a web of ropes that have been threaded with colourful used clothing. Placed at eye-level, this horizontal plane becomes a soft platform for two dancers to negotiate. Climbing onto the apparatus, the dancers weave their way across the structure by putting on and then taking off the clothing, occasionally pausing to […]

Categories: contact improvisation, free flow • Tags: contemporary dance, floor of the forest, trisha brown