Donate today! 45 years ago, in December 1974, Danspace Project presented its first performance: Natural History of the American Dancer by Carmen Beuchat, Suzanne Harris, Cynthia Hedstrom, Rachel Lew, Barbara Lloyd (Dilley), and Judy Padow. 10 years ago, Danspace Project… Read more
Coinciding with Platform 2020: Utterances from the Chorus, curated by Okwui Okpokwasili and Judy Hussie-Taylor, Danspace Project is pleased to announce that Okwui Okpokwasili’s debut album, day pulls down the sky is on sale now in purple vinyl, and streaming… Read more
By Yarden Stern Hadar Ahuvia’s The Dances Are For Us begins with a formal introduction. Ahuvia assembled a troop of performers from different backgrounds and nationalities, varying in their approaches to and histories of dance. She reveals to… Read more
Friday, August 9, 2019. Tickets are on sale today for Danspace Project’s Fall 2019 season: New commissions from Kayla Farrish, Jerron Herman & Molly Joyce, and Sam Kim ! The NYC premiere of Autumn Knight: WALL, performed by a cast… Read more
In conversation with Johnnie Cruise Mercer: on PM4, Foundations, Thru Lines, and Media but not giving it all away by Benedict Nguyen When Johnnie Cruise Mercer talks about the work that he helps direct into being, he uses… Read more
For starters, allow me to state what may seem like a contentious description of an enduring relationship: I cannot think of two such temperamentally different personalities than those belonging to Simone Forti and myself, a fact that we have been… Read more
By Benedict Nguyen Johnnie Cruise Mercer/TheRedProjectNYC Process memoir 4: The word, the spirit, and Little Rock. Danspace Project February 28 – March 2, 2019 I almost miss a beginning to Johnnie Cruise Mercer/TheRedProjectNYC’s Process memoir 4: The word, the spirit,… Read more
collective terrain/s April 25 – May 4, 2019 collective terrain/s is a collective research process into sounding in the body. How does the body open up possibilities for voice and resistance? What resonances in the voice and body exist beyond language?… Read more
This writing by Angie Pittman is intended to provide some context for the upcoming premiere of Pittman’s “Came Up in a Lonely Castle” at Danspace Project, February 28-March 2, 2018. “Came Up in a Lonely Castle” is a dance work… Read more
Save The Date: REBEL ANGELS MAY 7, 2019 Danspace’s 2019 Gala honors visionary artists Simone Forti and Okwui Okpokwasili, whose embodied grace and radical generosity inspire across generations. More info: http://danspace.wpengine.com/calendar/gala2019/