My most significant artistic influence is my grand dad, because he was so dedicated at digging his conceptual tunnel. – Laure Prouvost Laure Prouvost’s installation Wantee, which garnered her the 2013 Turner Prize, envisioned a fictional relationship between Prouvost’s grandfather… Read more
“What would you do with a human body to turn it into a dancer and what fodder would you feed it to dance?” – Steve Paxton #GalaTime is less than a week away and we are so excited! Don’t know… Read more
My most significant artistic influence(s) is/are…Because… Having a baby! Being in what felt like a foreign body for several years after having a baby brought up a huge desire to create. And to make movement that came from this new… Read more
I started teaching dance when I was 12 years old. My teachers Carol Winder and Nancy Saylor entrusted me with great responsibility and encouraged me to seek experiences beyond our small town in rural Virginia. After a couple of… Read more
The Guardian calls Ghost Trio’s Iarla O’Lionaird “one of the most dramatic voices in contemporary music.” Check out their sound here, where O’Lionaird vocals are joined by the fiddle playing Cleek Schrey, who fuses Irish stylings with Old-time music of Virginia, and… Read more
“IF” is informed by the momentous convergence happening between theoretical physics, metaphysics, philosophy, neuroscience and the wealth of body/mind practices that is bringing new awareness and understanding to the interconnectedness between material reality and human consciousness. My work is based… Read more
This weekend Lance Gries generously invited us into a rehearsal and shared some beautiful graphics for the score of his IF Immanent Field, which premieres on Thursday. Gries holds a belief that a primary field of shared conscious energy pervades… Read more
Danspace intern Meaghan Patterson got pulled into rehearsal for Faye Driscoll’s Thank You For Coming: Attendance last week. Special thanks to Faye, Giulia Carotenuto, Sean Donovan, Alicia Ohs, Brandon Washington, and Nikki Zialcita for bringing her along! The extended run of Thank You… Read more
fayedriscoll: Thank You For Coming & Modern Art, Part 1: the fabulous Sean Donovan does Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.”
Rehearsal Video #3: LMCC Open Rehearsal (sneak peak) from Faye Driscoll Group on Vimeo. Faye Driscoll’s Thank You For Coming opens March 6! Tickets for all 7 shows are going fast!