a spring season festival weaving past, present, and future through the work of iconic, historic, and contemporary artists who all find sanctuary at Danspace Project.

Steve Paxton – a video amble with Lisa Nelson and Cathy Weis

Reimagined performances of landmark work from artists Donna Uchizono, Bebe Miller Company, Ishmael Houston Jones + the late Fred Holland

Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets Reunion
with Claudia La Rocco, Rashaun Mitchell, Sara Mearns, Jodi Melnick, Silas Riener, Kaitlyn Gilliland, Troy Schumacher, Jillian Pena, Yve Laris Cohen, Emily Coates, Pam Tanowitz, and Howard Silver

Reggie Wilson: Some Reflections on Prayerful Platforms Film Screening and Conversation

Marjani Forté-Saunders performing Chicken Soup by the late Blondell Cummings

Danspace Project continues its 50th birthday into spring 2025, celebrating this significant anniversary with programs that weave Danspace’s past, present, and future through the work of iconic, historic, and contemporary artists who find artistic sanctuary at Danspace Project. This year, artists, writers, and curators will explore Danspace’s archives and its history over the decades, alongside presentations of both historic and new work in dance.

It is almost impossible to fully capture the depth and breadth of choreographers and artists who’ve launched their careers at Danspace Project since 1974. From Meredith Monk to Ishmael Houston-Jones, from John Jasperse to DD Dorvillier, from Miguel Guttierez to Michelle Dorrance, from Okwui Okpokwasili to Kyle Abraham. It’s a long list of luminaries. This spring’s offerings reflect only a tiny fraction of the influential artists who call Danspace home (see 50th video commissions here). With this spring season, Danspace attempts to offer a glimpse of artistic transmission and exchange between and throughout the generations.

“Since 2010, exchange between generations of artists has been a focus of our signature Platform series and was carried forward as an area of interest and research for our Artist Research Fellows (2021–2023),” writes Executive Director and Chief Curator Judy Hussie-Taylor. “The 50th is an opportunity to continue forging connections between artists from different eras who share a passionate curiosity about artistic experimentation and exploration.”

The winter and spring 2025 seasons will focus on the archive and the celebrated icons of dance who found home at Danspace Project.