ROOF PIECE ON THE HIGH LINE (2012)

ROOF PIECE ON THE HIGH LINE

(2011/2012) HD video / 35 minutes / with sound

Trisha Brown original Roof Piece became an emblem of the 1970s for concentrating the spectator attention on far away rooftops. The 2011 dance in the compressed architectural space of the High Line demand that spectators move to see every dancer.The dance reveals how improvised movement by one dancer, viewed across rooftops, is transformed incrementally by distance and jagged lines of vision. The line of dancers starts South and reverses at half-time.

FILM CREDITS:

ROOF PIECE

ROOF PIECE on the HIGH LINE

Choreography by Trisha BROWN

A Film By Babette MANGOLTE

Dancers:

Leah Morrison, Samuel Wentz, Tamara Riewe, Nicholas Strafaccia, Neal Beasley, Lauren Jenkins Tentindo, Lee Serle, Dai Jian, Elena Demyanenko

Camera & Editing: Babette Mangolte

Second camera: DeeDee Halleck

Sound Editing: Paul Alexander Juutilainen

Production Assistants: Aniko Erdosi & Zee Toic

Special Thanks to Trisha Brown & the Trisha Brown Dance Company

Thanks to Laurel Ross and Jordan Benke at the High Line

Thanks to Leah Friedlander,

Anke Kempkes at Broadway 1602

Ranko Gak at GRS video systems

Colorist and mix at GRS, New York City