Danspace
Project

St. Mark’s Church
131 East 10th St.
New York, NY 10003
Phone (212) 674-8112
info@danspaceproject.org
Events – Danspace Project

Dec 2019

Previous Next
Movement Research Fall Festival 2018, photo by Andrew Kim, courtesy of Movement Research.

Movement Research Festival Fall 2019: ComeUnion

Thursday, December 5 at 8pm
Friday, December 6 at 8pm
Saturday, December 7 at 8pm

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM
LISTEN TO THE PROGRAM AUDIO FILE

Movement Research, one of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms, returns to Danspace Project with its annual Fall Festival.

ComeUnion is co-curated by Marielys Burgos Meléndez, Jaime Ortega, and iele paloumpis. Events will take place over three evenings at Danspace Project as well as throughout the week.

December 5: Camilo Godoy, Jerron Herman, and Stevie May
December 6: KK de La Vida, Dustin Maxwell, and Grace Osborne
December 7: Christopher Unpezverde Núñez and Merian Soto

Audio Description will be provided at this event. Please email Anna Adams Stark at mrfestival@movementresearch.org with any questions.

Accessibility: Danspace Project’s main entrance is fully wheelchair accessible via ramp. A same-level restroom is available near Danspace Project’s main performance space in the church sanctuary.

Movement Research is one of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and their vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture and instigate discourse and experimentation. Movement Research strives to reflect the cultural, political and economic diversity of its moving community, including artists and audiences alike.

movementresearch.org

Michael Parmelee. Photo: Ambika Raina.
Doug LeCours. Photo: Jessie Young.

DraftWork: Doug LeCours & Michael Parmelee

Saturday, December 7 at 3pm
DraftWork is free and open to all! No advance reservations.

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM

Curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones, the DraftWork series hosts informal Saturday afternoon performances that offer choreographers an opportunity to show their work in various stages of development.

Performances are followed by discussion and a reception with the artists and curator.

 

DraftWork is presented, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

 

Accessibility: Danspace Project’s main entrance is fully wheelchair accessible via ramp. A same-level restroom is available near Danspace Project’s main performance space in the church sanctuary.

Ishmael Houston-Jones (curator): choreographer, author, performer, teacher, and curator. His improvised dance and text work has been performed in New York, across the US, and in Europe, Canada, Australia, and Latin America. He and Fred Holland shared a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Cowboys, Dreams and Ladders. He was awarded his second “Bessie” Award for the revival of THEM, his 1985/86 collaboration with writer Dennis Cooper and composer Chris Cochrane. He curated Platform 2012: Parallels and Platform 2016: Lost & Found, both at Danspace Project. He has received a 2016 Herb Alpert, a 2015 Doris Duke Impact and a 2013 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Artists Awards. In 2017 he received a third “Bessie” for Variations on Themes from Lost and Found: Scenes from a Life and other Works by John Bernd.

Skip to content