Artists’ Notes – Danspace Project

Artists’ Notes

50 Forward: “The Future Is…”

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… Read more

Andros Zins-Browne on “duel H”

Andros Zins-Browne premiered duel H at Danspace Project February 1-3, 2024. With this work, he extends his inquiry into relationships between bodies and ecology, exploring fluidity between humans, animals, and land in their potentialities. Inhabiting a space where binaries such… Read more

“You” by Koma Otake: Choreographer’s Notes

Two side-by-side images of Koma Otake. The sepia image on the left is of a young Koma (1981), shirtless with a red chili pepper necklace. On the right, is an image of an older Koma (2023) shirtless and covered in white chalky make-up, wearing the same chili pepper necklace.

Koma Otake brings his latest solo, You, to Danspace Project. “In dancing this trilogy, I engage and converse with various You but one at a time. Friends, parents, siblings, spirits, streets, fields, and objects with personal memories all inspire and… Read more

one looped year but the lake: an invitation from Asiya Wadud

Asiya standing behind a podium, speaking into a microphone.

  Asiya Wadud is a NYC-based writer and teacher and was a 2019-2020 Danspace Project Research Group Fellow. She has authored many books including a collaboration with Okwui Okpokwasili published by Belladonna and Danspace Project. On the occasion of her… Read more

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