Ishmael Houston-Jones poses with his Diary of an Image catalogue, which features his DDD: a (very) subjective history. A fellow Gemini, Ishmael met DD Dorvillier when she took his workshop, The Politics of Dancing, as an undergrad at Bennington College.… Read more
2000 · the wrestling mask is also a flower “Dorvillier transforms herself—through stunning costumes constructed of lace, leather, lengths of red satin, and other seductive materials—into a woman, probably a professional in the sex trade, who both asserts her strength (in… Read more
“The older works are permanently situated in my past from where they continue to teach me things and remain intact like silly putty, like history. The fragments allow me to get closer to a mysterious and slippery purpose of choreography.… Read more
On Saturday, May 17, 2014, Danspace Project Executive Director Judy Hussie-Taylor was honored with the insignia of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy for her significant contributions to the arts.… Read more
Download a PDF of the calendar of events for PLATFORM 2014: Diary of an Image by DD Dorvillier! Dorvillier is a two-time Bessie Award-winning choreographer and recipient of the 2013 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award for her groundbreaking work over the past two… Read more
First off, I would like unequivocally and with utmost affection to assert that Steve Paxton is a Grand Old Man of post-modern dance. With that said and without offering definitive proof, let me proceed by giving an example of… Read more
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