RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We have a remembrance now of a titan of postmodern art. In the 1970s, Trisha Brown ran with a circle of artists in New York whose work was all about experimentation.</s>MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV: I just remember her amazing, lanky kind of body, such angular movements but the same time very soft quality and her very strange coordination.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: That's the voice of dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who had worked with Trisha Brown.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Brown died over the weekend in San Antonio at the age of 80. She became an influential choreographer who helped shape the path of modern dance.</s>MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV: Sometimes people were saying that modern dance is so cold, and Trisha Brown danced duets with Steve Paxton. They were so hot and so entertaining and amusing and wonderful.</s>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Trisha Brown won many awards. In 1991, she was the first female choreographer to get a MacArthur Genius Grant. She's also a member of the Hall of Fame at the National Museum of Dance.
Trisha Brown, a choreographer who cemented the traditions of American postmodern dance, has died. She was 80. Brown is remembered by her colleagues for her dedication, attention to detail and art.