50 Forward: “The Future Is…” Gathering
Saturday, November 2 | 3–7PM
50 Forward: “The Future Is…” Gathering
Free and open to the public with RSVP
Over the course of Danspace’s 50th year, we will be celebrating the community, artworkers, and artists that have made these 50 years so fabulous. Danspace has invited 50+ artists with special connections to Danspace to create short films in response to the prompt “The Future Is…” Artists representing all five decades, from the 1970s to the present, were invited to record a 50-second dance or performance to be featured over the course of the year at danspaceproject.org. The short films will be screened with celebratory activities around St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, including live offerings by special guests—The Whale Fall Oracle by mayfield brooks, an upcycle station by Silas Riener, line dancing by Angie Pittman, and a DJ set by Ali Rosa-Salas and Nazuk Kochhar.
3PM: Doors open
The Whale Fall Oracle by mayfield brooksUpcycle Station by Silas Riener*Print Publications50th Anniversary Press On Nail Sets by Emily Wong
5-6PM: Line Dancing with Angie Pittman
6-7PM: DJ Set by Ali Rosa-Salas and Nazuk Kochhar
*Please bring clothing items or tote bags for Silas Riener’s upcycle station! Iconic Danspace Project images and logos heat pressed onto your t-shirts, hoodies, sweats, and totes. Limited clothing and totes for sale as well.
“Danspace Project is an artist-centered organization, founded by artists, fueled by artists’ ideas, and inspired by their visions! There are hundreds of amazing artists who have graced our space over 50 years. For our 50th anniversary video project, we elected to invite 50 artists who, in addition to their artistic work, have also served Danspace in an official administrative or volunteer capacity,” writes Danspace’s Executive Director and Chief Curator Judy Hussie-Taylor. “These include artists who have served on our Board of Directors, Artists Advisory Board, Admin & Tech Staff or more recently as Research Fellows. We are grateful to all of them for their behind-the-scenes work and commitment to Danspace’s mission.”
Video artists are: Jodi Bender, Suzanne Bocanegra, Jonah Bokaer Choreography, Andros Zins-Browne, Wally Cardona, Peggy Cheng, Barbara Dilley, maura nguyen donohue, David Dorfman, DD Dorvillier, Douglas Dunn, Ursula Eagly, Hilary Easton, devynn emory, Ain Gordon, Miguel Gutierrez, Trajal Harrell, Deborah Hay, Jasmine Hearn, Cynthia Hedstrom, Abby Harris Holmes, John Jasperse, Benjamin Akio Kimitch, jaamil olawale kosoko, Tendayi Kuumba, Iréne Hultman Monti, Heidi Latsky, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Juliette Mapp, Bebe Miller, Rashaun Mitchell, Carol Mullins, Benedict Nguyen, Mina Nishimura, Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez, Tere O’Connor, Okwui Okpokwasili & Peter Born, Eiko Otake, David Parker, Angie Pittman, Yvonne Rainer, Melinda Ring, Alice Sheppard, Sarah Skaggs, Tatyana Tenenbaum, David Thomson, Nora Raine Thompson, Muna Tseng, Niko Tsocanos, Donna Uchizono, Ogemdi Ude, Larissa Velez- Jackson, Asiya Wadud, Christopher Williams, Reggie Wilson, Nami Yamamoto, and more!
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