Douglas Dunn and Trisha Brown

Douglas Dunn and Trisha Brown Trisha Brown was born in 1936, in Aberdeen, Washington. She studied with Anna Halprin, another famous dancer, while a dance major at Mills College. Trisha Brown went to New York in 1960, and in 1962 became a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater. A few years later she organized her own company, which was incorporated in 1970. In that year she also became a founding member of the Grand Union, an improvisational dance …

…on a stage. This is shown through Brown’s settings and Dun’s movements. They also both choose dancers because of their differences, and their will to try. They do not have a specific body type or personality in their dancers. Dunn likes to use physical imagery in his choreography, which allow him to create a phrase that fits the dancer. Similarly, Brown uses structured improvisations, allowing the dancer to put in their own feelings.