PLATFORM 2012: Parallels, The Protagonists. Carl Paris on films curated by Will Rawls. It is far-too-rare an occasion that we are able to gather in one place and view, discuss, and learn about past and present dance events and performances by… Read more
Present On February 2nd, and with much buzz and excitement, Danspace Project and The Studio Museum in Harlem presented The Artist’s Voice: Ishmael Houston-Jones in Conversation with Wangechi Mutu and Thomas Lax, the first of its eight-week series PLATFORM 2012: Parallels. Held… Read more
The following is an excerpt from Ishmael Houston-Jones’s curatorial statement, which appears in the catalogue for PLATFORM 2012: Parallels. Join us on February 2 for our public program The Artist’s Voice: Ishmael Houston-Jones in Conversation with Wangechi Mutu and Thomas J. Lax, where… Read more
Winter is here! Our Winter 2012 season is filled-to-the-brim with new work by more than 40 emerging and established movement artists. The season begins with reprisals of two evening-length 2010/11 Danspace Project commissions by Robert Steijn & Maria Hassabi and Tere O’Connor Dance. Danspace… Read more
Mutual Seductions with participants: Connie Butler, DD Dorvillier, Mika Rottenberg, Suzanne Bocanegra, Jenny Schlenzka, Brennan Gerard, Ryan Kelly, Mika Tajima, Huffa Frobes-Cross, Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargion. Moderated by Jenn Joy. Followed by questions with Judy Hussie-Taylor. …to continue from where we… Read more
Thoughts following Conversations without Walls Ecstatic Alliances, Saturday, October 1, 2011 Participants: Judy Hussie-Taylor, Ishmael Houston-Jones, David Parker, Melinda Ring, Ralph Lemon, Jeremy Wade, Tim Griffin, Dean Moss. Moderated by Jenn Joy. To continue the conversation… THANK YOU again to all of… Read more
A LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JUDY HUSSIE-TAYLOR Dear Friends, Our exciting fall season includes performances and premieres from a wide range of movement artists including the inimitable Deborah Hay – returning for a one-night-only benefit performance – and a special performance by Ruth… Read more
Collaborating with Circumstances Collaborating with Circumstances -the missing topic from the Living Room Conversations event. We dropped it due to time constraints, but I still can’t let it go. It is the secret essential underlying discussion of our recently concluded… Read more
Platform curator Melinda Ring shot this video of Susan and the movers on moving day when all of Susan’s living room furniture was transported into Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church. Enjoy!
Check out this beautiful video of Kate Weare’s Lean-to, which premiered at Danspace Project in 2009. Filmed by Charlie Steiner for the New York Public Library archives. The New York Times review of Weare’s recent run at The Joyce Theater is here