Blood flows through the City and dries under our feet, feeding the ground we walk on. Similar to blood, memory is flowing, provides life, and is often lost. Blood culture considers the duality of blood and memory in layered urban… Read more
by Gyun Hur “ tap tap tap dah dah dah dih dah tap tap tap dah dah dah dih dah…” “ 탭 탭 탭 다 다 다 디 다 탭 탭 탭 다 다 다 디 다 …” un-earthing —… Read more
I recently sat down with Tatyana Tenenbaum to discuss her Danspace Project commission, Untitled Work for Voice, which premieres at Danspace Project February 22-24, 2018. Tenenbaum comes to choreography by way of music composition, and uses musical theater as a… Read more
If you could make one dance before the world ends, what would it be? I turned this over in my mind as I watched a recent rehearsal for Gillian Walsh’s new work, a Danspace Project commission entitled Moon Fate… Read more
When I watch Jasmine Hearn’s work I feel physically transported in time and space. Her solos weave together past and future selves in the manner of a science fiction novel—a reference that Hearn herself uses in describing the worlds… Read more
by Rosamond S. King (Untamed Space dramaturge) edited by André M. Zachery Untamed Space Description In Untamed Space, Renegade Performance Group artistic director and choreographer André M. Zachery calls upon his familial lineage in the Southern United States… Read more
This essay appears in the Gallery Guide for SlowDancing/TrioA, a video installation by David Michalek in collaboration with Yvonne Rainer on view at Danspace Project June 23-July 1, 2017. More details here. The Useful Lies of Dance Mediation… Read more
A condensed version of this essay appears in the Gallery Guide for SlowDancing/TrioA, a video installation by David Michalek in collaboration with Yvonne Rainer on view at Danspace Project June 23-July 1, 2017. More details here. Creeping Trio… Read more
A project by Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener Danspace Project was invited by artist and MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient, Josiah McElheny, to participate in Madison Square Park Conservancy’s thirty-fourth exhibition, Prismatic Park. Danspace Executive Director & Chief Curator, Judy Hussie-Taylor, invited four… Read more
Miguel Gutierrez wrote the following letter for Gala honoree Ishmael Houston-Jones on the occasion of Danspace’s 2017 Gala: Rebel Angels, which honored Douglas Crimp, Ishmael Houston-Jones, and Lucy Sexton on April 25th. Hi Ish hello everyone at the Gala. I’m writing… Read more