NY - American choreographer Trisha Brown, a leading figure in contemporary dance, died Saturday in Texas at the age of 80, the company that bears his name said on Monday.
"It is with great sadness that we announce to you that the artist Trisha Brown, born in 1936, died on March 18 in San Antonio, Texas, after a long illness," wrote a statement in a statement. Company Trisha Brown.
His company salutes "one of the most acclaimed and influential choreographers of his time", whose avant-garde work has changed forever the artistic landscape.
Born in Aberdeen, northwestern Washington, she graduated from the Mills College dance faculty in 1958 and arrived in New York in 1961.
A pupil of Anna Halprin, she participated in Robert Dunn's choreography workshops in a spirit of "interdisciplinary creativity", a mark of the city of New York in the 1960s.
She founded her own company in 1970, where she spent forty years exploring all the tracks of contemporary dance, marked by improvisation and experimentation.
She introduced dance in museums. She also painted and drawn, and was exposed on many occasions.
Trisha Brown created more than 100 choreographies and six operas before leaving the scene as a dancer in 2008.
Her death follows a few months that of her husband, the video artist Burt Barr, died on November 7.
She leaves a son and four grandchildren.
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