Archive – Danspace Project

Self Portrait: Rashaun Mitchell

Each of the 12 artists in PLATFORM 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets received the following invitation from curator Claudia La Rocco to contribute a self portrait, of sorts, to the Platform 2015 publication. Here, Rashaun Mitchell shares… Read more

“Dance Gravities”

1 Fingers inclined skyward remind me of a certain woman who attends church services without fail. In the course of our singing I notice how her hands move to depict the words. Her wrists control gravity. Her palms are cupped… Read more

Self Portrait: Sterling Hyltin

Each of the 12 artists in PLATFORM 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets received the following invitation from curator Claudia La Rocco to contribute a self portrait, of sorts, to the Platform 2015 publication. Here, Sterling Hyltin shares… Read more

Self Portrait: Jodi Melnick

Each of the 12 artists in PLATFORM 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets received the following invitation from curator Claudia La Rocco to contribute a self portrait, of sorts, to the Platform 2015 publication. Here, Jodi Melnick shares… Read more

Self Portrait: Sara Mearns

From the PLATFORM 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets catalogue: I have come to accept that my body is different every day.  My technique is far from perfect, I will have to sweat and work every day to feel… Read more

Self Portrait: Kaitlyn Gilliland

From the PLATFORM 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets catalogue: On Aug 14, 2014 3:54 PM, “Kaitlyn Gilliland”<kaitlyngilliland@gmail.com> wrote: Will, Thanks for buying some of my lunch yesterday – I owe you! I was thinking after our meeting… Read more

“Dance Emojis”

[One]  A dance dialogue: Kaitlyn Gilliland and Will Rawls sit opposite each other and read lines from text messages. A projector screen facing them comes on and off at their command, bearing screenshots or emojis or their photographs. Their voices… Read more

“Dances are Ghosts”

– It’s what DD Dorvillier says. Jenn Joy asks, in response, “Can we imagine a movement then from the spectral to the image?” (1) A room is often filled with ghosts. A room full of dancers, dance enthusiasts, poet-critics, and… Read more

Self Portrait: Will Rawls

Each of the 12 artists in PLATFORM 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets received an invitation from curator Claudia La Rocco to contribute a self portrait, of sorts, to the Platform 2015 publication. Below is Will Rawls’s response.… Read more

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