• May 30, 2023

Judith Sánchez Ruíz Creates for Trisha Brown Dance Company

When Trisha Brown Dance Company associate artistic director Carolyn Lucas invited Judith Sánchez Ruíz to make a new work for the company, it was a historic first: Since its founding in 1970, it has only ever premiered works by Trisha Brown. Sánchez Ruíz was a standout dancer with the company from 2006 to 2009. She…

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Theatre in the Real World: Create Your Own Company

Here is a group project that is a great complement to our last blog post, Theatre in the Real World: Theatre Company Profile. Your students have been introduced to various theatre companies, all with unique histories, facilities, and artistic goals. Now, they’re going to create their own theatre companies, specially tailored to their unique interests…

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Trisha Brown Dance Company Member Lindsey Jones Shares Her Wild Greens Pesto Recipe

For the past decade, Lindsey Jones has graced the stages of New York City’s downtown dance scene, working with a plethora of artists and as a member of Pam Tanowitz Dance, Dance Heginbotham and, as of January, the Trisha Brown Dance Company. But in addition to her thriving dance career, Jones is now pursuing a…

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Channing Tatum Is a Filthy Animal Unfit for Human Company

MGM Studios has just released the trailer for Dog, a film that tells the story of an unlikely pair forced on a road trip together headed for a fellow soldier’s funeral. They loathe each other; there is a definite lack of communication. Can they find a way to work together and and work things out?…

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Theatre in the Real World: Theatre Company Profile

The following project is a research assignment, where students will research and present a written profile of an existing theatre company. To complete the project, they will need to make a number of choices: Which theatre company to research (the caveat is that there can be no duplicates within the class), Whether they will complete…

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