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

…I feel like I don’t really know what it is to curate. It’s an exercise or a practice that’s parallel to how I think about creating performances or events or choreography, so perhaps it’s curation as choreography, or how I… Read more

“I don’t think there’s any way of making dance anything but dance. Dance is a time machine. I want to touch the French soldier’s calves dancing the gavotte. I want to sniff the hair of the Haitian dancer at the… Read more

DD Dorvillier: A catalogue of steps from Danspace Project on Vimeo. A short video/tribute to DD Dorvillier’s A catalogue of steps. Huge thanks to Nicole Rainteau for making this fantastic video! The final visit to A catalogue of steps takes… Read more

“I think of DD’s dances as invitations. We, the audience and the performers, discover methods to see the world with the potential to change our relationships with and within it. It is slippery and sometimes hazy, as is necessary. The… Read more