My name is Bora Sirin. I am currently finishing my Masters in Theatre Studies in Utrecht, The Netherlands. I have a background in dance and choreography and my academic focus is on writing about dance and contemporary performance. As part… Read more
On Saturday, March 31st, Danspace Project brought to a close its nine-week PLATFORM 2012: Parallels series of performances, panel discussions, and film screenings focused on questions of black dance, identity, and postmodern performance. The series marked the 30th anniversary of Ishmael Houston-Jones’s… Read more
This & That: Day of Walking, Talking, and Watching (Tuesday, March 27, 2012) With the apt title, This & That: Day of Walking, Talking, and Watching, the PLATFORM 2012: Parallels series at Danspace Project (curated by choreographer, teacher and multimedia artist… Read more
You can download the program for An All Day Event. The End., Ralph Lemon’s marathon, which took place on the final day of PLATFORM 2012: Parallels. Click here to download! MORE ABOUT AN ALL DAY EVENT. THE END.: On the concluding day of… Read more
Thoughts on the New Work by Kyle Abraham, Marjani A. Forté, Samantha Speis (March 22-24, 2012) According to Ishmael Houston-Jones, a key question that drives the PLATFORM 2012: Parallels is what does it mean to be an emerging black choreographer in the postmodern mode today?… Read more
Thoughts on performances by Dean Moss and Reggie Wilson (March 8-10, 2012) For both their similarities and differences, it was a good idea to pair Dean Moss and Reggie Wilson up in a program title “New Works” as part of the… Read more
Thoughts on Self-concept and the Black [African] Female Body In one of its most compelling programs to date, Danspace Project’s PLATFORMS 2012: Parallels series presented exciting new solo works by Nora Chipaumire and Okwui Okpokwasili. To echo curator Ishmael Houston-Jones in his… Read more
Thoughts on performances by Darell Jones, Niall Noel Jones, Nicholas Leichter and Regina Rocke (February 23-25, 2012) In what ways do popular dance forms inform experimental modern dance? What do individual choices by black postmodern dance choreographers say, implicitly or… Read more
Three Evenings: Diverse Perspectives on the Black Postmodern Dance Question PLATFORMS 2012: Parallels presented its second weekend of performances (February 16-18, 2012) at Danspace Project with three distinct evenings—part of the eight-week Parallels series aimed at exploring questions around the relationship between the notion… Read more
Writer-in-residence Carl Paris on New Work by Will Rawls and Isabel Lewis PLATFORM 2012: Parallels Last Thursday, February 9 Danspace Project presented the first of its live performances in PLATFORM 2012: Parallels. As with the original 1982 Parallels (also curated by Houston-Jones), this year’s… Read more