Threshold of Change: A Processional guided by Black Gotham Experience and Leslie Parker Dance Project by Naimah Petigny

October 5, 2023

Twin Cities and NYC-based artist, Leslie Parker premieres Divination Tools: imagine home in NYC on October 5-7, 2023, at Danspace Project after its world premiere at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, in May, 2023. Divination Tools: imagine home is the… Read more

forms of healing: a conversation with devynn emory and Yo-Yo Lin

August 29, 2023

An illustration of two orange-colored hands massaging an ethereal light blue lower leg. The leg has multicolored lines running over it, outlining the chi channels of the body. The hands and leg are nestled in a field of green leaves dotted with tung blossoms: tropical white flowers with pink centers.

This intimate conversation between Danspace Project 2021-2023 Research Fellow, devynn emory, and 2022-2023 Renewal Residency Artist, Yo-Yo Lin, emerged organically and iteratively—first in a New York City hospital room, then followed by my curious nudging, and ultimately across the world… Read more

Malcolm-x Betts on Jordan Demetrius Lloyd’s “BlackBare in the Basement”

August 29, 2023

Jordan Demetrius Lloyd’s Blackbare in the Basement premiered at Danspace Project on March 9th-11th, 2023. Visual and dance artist Malcolm-x Betts photographed Lloyd’s dress rehearsal on March 7. Betts’ photos, taken on a Mamiya RZ67, are presented here along with… Read more

Mapping a Forest while Searching for an Opposite Term of Exorcist [Public Space version] by Mina Nishimura and Amanda Hameline

July 19, 2023

The artist with a bleached short hair and a white and multi-colored painted face in a green costume lying halfway down in a park.

Mapping a Forest while Searching for an Opposite Term of Exorcist [Public Space version] is an edited documentation/film experiment by Amanda Hameline in collaboration with Nishimura, the choreographer of the work. As an extension of the Danspace Project performances (Fall… Read more

Harmonies Missing, Harmonies Added by Noa Rui-Piin Weiss

July 14, 2023

In the darkness, light peaks through the stained glass windows of the St. Mark's Church. Glowing in the center of the space is a projection screen with an image of John Bernd performing projected on the screen.

Noa Rui-Piin Weiss reflects on Variations on Themes from Lost and Found: Scenes from a Life and other works by John Bernd (reprisal), 2023, co-directed by Ishmael Houston-Jones, Miguel Gutierrez, with music by Nick Hallett. John Bernd (1953-1988), was a… Read more

Tilting the Mirror by Nora Raine Thompson

July 14, 2023

Eiko and Joan onstage. Joan stands in a white dress reading from a book with a microphone while Eiko sits in a chair, leaning forward, also speaking into a microphone. A wooden mallard sits between them with other set elements and props scattered around them. Behind them is a large projection of a tilted mirror, reflecting a tree in the woods.

In this essay, Nora Raine Thompson reflects on her experience witnessing Joan Jonas and Eiko Otake’s unique and historic collaborative performance and installation, Drawing in Circles WHY (an experiment), presented at the Castelli Gallery in partnership with Danspace Project. This… Read more

Whale Fall Part 3, Entanglement: Touch My Hair Gently by mayfield brooks and Camilo Restrepo

July 14, 2023

mayfield at the beach, laying on their side, atop a piece of whale.

2022-2023 Renewal Residency Artist, mayfield brooks performed at DraftWork on April 29, 2023. As an extension of the performance, mayfield created and printed a zine, created with, and designed by Camilo Restrepo. Please enjoy the digital copy below. Optimal viewing… Read more

decomposing with mayfield brooks in “Sensoria: An Opera Strange” by maura nguyễn donohue

December 15, 2022

In a darkly lit church, mayfield's larger than life shadow is cast on the arched and embellished walls of the altar. Their head is tilted back and their braids fall behind them. The altar steps are covered in a mysterious, black, shiny material.

maura nguyễn donohue is the Writer-in-Residence for Platform 2021: The Dream of the Audience and Platform 2022: The Dream of the Audience (Part II). Her reflections on the Platform 2022 performances and events are posted, accumulatively here, in Issue 14 of the Danspace Project Online Journal.… Read more