Sneak Peek: images by Ian Douglas of Luis Lara Malvacías/3rd Class Citizen’s (T). This “post-conceptual dance” draws on Malvacías’s interest in multiplicity as a starting and end point, triggering unpredictable results. Performances run this Thursday-Saturday at Danspace Project
Costumes by Miodrag Guberinic in Act I of Yanira Castro/a canary torsi’s Court/Garden, running this Thursday – Saturday (Oct 9-11) at Danspace.
“Every passion, ultimately, has its spectator…(there is) no amorous oblation without a final theater.” – Roland Barthes, A Lover’s Discourse 1: Perception Robert Irwin’s “Black Line Volume.” This influence is a fiction. “Black Line Volume” was created in 1975 at the… Read more
“Vito Acconci’s Theme Song changed everything for me. His awkward desire and direct communication with the camera; that the camera stands in for this huge vacancy – it is lover, it is mirror, it is other. I know a lot of video artists tap… Read more
Jillian Peña’s Constellations and Influences, part II: “I’m also deeply moved by Derek Jarman’s Blue. It’s incredible how the voice alone can create such movement, ambiance, and texture. Truthfully I’m very inspired by television. I hate movies. I hate that they end… Read more
Danspace has a tradition of asking its project artists their most significant artistic influences. Here are a few of mine. Alfred Jensen, whose painting found powerful energy in charts and diagrams and a pure response to color. Cynthia Ozick, whose… Read more
“When I was a girl I was fascinated by a small painting at the Houston museum of Fine arts. It was called Young Woman Powdering Herself by Georges Seurat. It was a painting of a woman dabbing herself with a… Read more
It’s Danspace Project’s 40th anniversary year and we’re celebrating over four seasons with all-new commissions, performances, and special events. Danspace Project was co-founded in 1974 by Barbara Dilley, Mary Overlie, and poet Larry Fagin. The artistic community was rich with… Read more
Danspace Executive Director Judy Hussie Taylor, Philip Bither (Walker Art Center), and Thomas Lax (Museum of Modern Art) at the ICCP Symposium Curating Performance: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities on July 25. Here Hussie-Taylor discusses the ethos and inspiration behind Danspace’s Platform Series. Thanks to Steven… Read more
Over July 25-26, Wesleyan University’s Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance (ICPP) will host a two-day convening of leaders in the performing arts field. Attendees will discuss topics including creating an artist-centered curatorial practice, and the curator’s role in activating the public imagination… Read more