For 50 years Danspace Project has supported a vital community of contemporary dance artists in an environment unlike any other in the U.S.
New York, NY
Joined February 2009
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Born this day in 1952, Ralph Lemon transcends barriers between genres @MuseumModernArt @DanspaceProject @JacobsPillow . I just love this 1991 solo danced to words by tapper LaVaugn Robinson: danceinteractive.jacobspillo…
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Director Joshua Lubin-Levy '06 June letter: "Artists bringing work to the CFA this fall give expression to the possibility of a world beyond the present." Read full letter on Facebook: bit.ly/45rAjkr @wesleyan_u #WesCreative @wes_alumni @IanDouglasPhoto @DanspaceProject
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50 years ago today: We performed "Dancing on View" a 5-hour collaboration @DanspaceProject with, l-r: Risa Jaroslow, Wendy Rogers, me, & Sara Rudner, whose idea it was. This had many more lives over the years, accruing many more dancers. Backdrop by Robert Kushner
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"The platforms have been a portal into the artists' thinking." —Judy Hussie-Taylor @DanspaceProject
In a 6/9 panel discussion at the Library for the Performing Arts on 6/9, Judy Hussie-Taylor, @DanspaceProject Program director, and associate curator, Seta Morton, and more join us to talk about the Platform project.
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In a 6/9 panel discussion at the Library for the Performing Arts on 6/9, Judy Hussie-Taylor, @DanspaceProject Program director, and associate curator, Seta Morton, and more join us to talk about the Platform project.
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This coming weekend, Marjani Forte-Saunders will be dancing Blondell Cummings' stirring masterwork Chicken Soup @DanspaceProject . For background, read my In Memoriam on the barrier-crossing Blondell dancemagazine.com/blondell-c… Ph Lois Greenfield
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As part of its 50th anniversary, the Danspace Project is presenting reimagined dances by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Fred Holland, Bebe Miller and Donna Uchizono. nyti.ms/4l1m4rI
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We are entering March madness. Last year, the month was crammed with great dance. wendyperron.com/march-madnes… @HubbardStreet @NYCityCenter @92NY @ChelseaFactory @ParkAveArmory @buglisidance @chocolatfactory Below: Stacy Spence w Joanna Kotze, Ph Elyssa Goodman @DanspaceProject
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In advance of events about Steve Paxton @DanspaceProject , check out my obit about Steve's Burning Questions: wendyperron.com/steve-paxton… Ph Robert McElroy @judsonchurchnyc 1963
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On the 50th anniversary of the @DanspaceProject, the Library for the Performing Arts celebrates the iconic dance presenting organization with a discussion on archival footage featuring Danspace's co-founders, Barbara Dilley and Mary Overlie on 12/16. eventbrite.com/e/celebrating…
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Join us next Monday for a hybrid program on the early days of @DanspaceProject 1974-84, highlighting the richness of improvisation as well as the groundbreaking Parallels series. nypl.org/events/programs/202… ph of Dana Reitz by J. Elbers
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So glad that my Conversation with Yvonne Rainer & Barbara Dilley —in connection with my book on Grand Union @weslpress — is still posted @DanspaceProject here: danspaceproject.org/calendar…
🌹🌹🌹🌹Congratulations to Shamel Pitts for being awarded a 2024 MacArthur Fellowship! 👏👏👏👏
We were honored to have him perform his solo “little black lake of RED” last May as part of “Platform 2024: A Delicate Ritual” curated by Kyle Abraham.
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Now open: the 2025 cycle of the Queens Arts Fund!
This program offers project grants to Queens-based artists, artist collectives, & small nonprofit orgs. Apply by November 19.
Details: bit.ly/QAF2025Cycle
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Please donate to Danspace Project before June 30th! Artists are shifting the landscape around us and we need your help to be as responsive as possible and give them the resources they need. ❤️ web.ovationtix.com/trs/store…
Donate to Danspace Project before June 30th to support new dance work and the questions that drive it! web.ovationtix.com/trs/store…
📸 Artist Research Fellows and the Danspace curatorial team at the inaugural Assembly for the Center for Dialogue and Exchange in the Arts!
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“Variations…” activates an archive from the last 7 years of work by John Bernd, a seminal creator among the first lost to HIV/AIDS. It’s just 1 story in a long line of inquiry-based work created here.❤️ Please donate to ensure that this work may continue! danspaceproject.org/support/
ALT A group of people singing together wearing red, white, and grey clothing. Some sit casually or posed, others stand. They all face different directions. A minimal black and white drawing of a receding road is projected behind them.
"Variations on Themes from Lost and Found" performers and creators at last week's open rehearsal at The New York City AIDS Memorial. Get your tickets for this week and next.
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June 10: Join devynn emory, Okwui Okpokwasili, Samita Sinha & David Thomson at "Assembly: Center for Dialogue and Exchange in the Arts," an afternoon of discussion, attunement & celebration PLUS performance by internationally renowned musician Sunny Jain!
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Next Sat. May 20, join Miguel Gutierrez, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Nick Hallett, Kristin Juarez, & special guests for FREE live showings, films & presentations to illuminate the work of John Bernd and “Variations..." RSVP!
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ALT 4 photos of John Bernd posing gracefully. He wears an elegantly draped purple dress.