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Feb 26—Feb 28, 2026
BAM and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival
Present
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown and Cunningham Onstage
Choreography by Trisha Brown and Merce Cunningham
Original Design and Costumes by Robert Rauschenberg
Part of Winter/Spring 2026
Fifty years after its BAM debut, the Trisha Brown Dance Company returns to the opera house to honor the centennial of one of its most influential collaborators: Robert Rauschenberg, the visionary artist behind the stage designs for Set & Reset—Brown’s watershed work from the inaugural Next Wave Festival in 1983.
Experience Set & Reset, hailed as an “instant masterpiece” (The New York Times) and featuring music by Laurie Anderson, alongside Merce Cunningham’s Travelogue, a collaboration with Rauschenberg and composer John Cage. Last performed by a professional company in 1979, Travelogue marks the first time a Cunningham dance has been staged by the Trisha Brown Dance Company. Don’t miss this rare convergence of some of the world’s most revolutionary artists.
Set & Reset (1983)
Choreography by Trisha Brown
Music by Laurie Anderson
Original Design and Costumes by Robert Rauschenberg
Lighting Design by Beverly Emmons
Travelogue (1977)
Choreography by Merce Cunningham
Music by John Cage
Original Design and Costumes by Robert Rauschenberg
Produced in partnership with the Merce Cunningham Trust