by Eiko Otake   ANNA HALPRIN No description is necessary for this amazing dance artist. She opened her studio and home to us anytime we were in the Bay Area. I sincerely feel that her work and teaching at her… Read more

On December 11, 2015 I accompanied Simone Forti to the site of the former Reuben Gallery, known for its Happenings series—beginning with Kaprow’s 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (1959). Forti was the only woman artist ever presented as part of… Read more

Singing at St. Mark’s The first time I sang at St. Mark’s Church was in the spring of 1975. Larry Fagin asked me to do a program as part of the Poetry Project. I decided to present Anthology and Small… Read more

“I initiated this project because I wanted to see these dances that my father and Andy collaborated on together, some of them created before I was born. Remaking them is about me being able to see them live, but also about giving… Read more

At the turn of the last century dancing in Ireland was declared ‘Irish Dance’ by the founding members of the Gaelic League whose mission was to promote and preserve the Irish language, sport, and dance. Theirs was a nationalistic mission… Read more

One day, I met a woman named Inês. I wasn’t satisfied with just looking at her – I wanted to get closer. I immediately put aside my role as an observer and began to live with this “being of flesh.”… Read more

Chris Schlichting in conversation with Danspace Executive Director Judy Hussie-Taylor, from 2011′s Body Madness Platform catalogue: On ‘body madness’: “I pursue behavior of the body that cracks outside of my accepted daily conventional behavior, exploring the secret lives in the body… Read more

The video for ZERO ONE features three Japanese performance artists: Hangman Takuzo, Mika Kurosawa and Namiko Kawamura. 67-year old Hangman Takuzo lives in Tokyo. Over the past 14 years, he has been presenting a “garden theater” at his house. In… Read more

Joseph Cornell’s “Variétés de Minéralogie Object” (1939). The inspiration for Laurie Berg’s The Mineralogy of Objects (tonight thru tomorrow, 8pm). The labels beneath the four figures are: verdatre; rougeatre; noiratre; Cleopatre.

DESIRE Look at the erotic structure of this platform. “Blind dates.” Couplings. Actual romantic couples, past (JP + YLC) and present (RM + SR). The matchmaking is diluted by the impossibility of sexual desire between coupled artists, given what I… Read more