Amuse-bouche From Platform 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets catalogue She said, you came to see human bodies tonight but this is “holy work and it’s dangerous not to know that ’cause you could die like an animal… Read more

  Excerpt from Holy Rolling, Strength Training, Eye Attuning, Dance Making By Cynthia Oliver   My cousin Merle and I were titillated when our great Aunt Thelma would come to pick us up and take us to church. She was… Read more

by Raja Feather Kelly and Kristin Juarez Along with his design of the catalogue Dancing Platform Praying Grounds: Blackness, Churches, and Downtown Dance, Raja Feather Kelly created original artwork inspired by the Platform’s investigations and Reggie Wilson’s choreographic research process.… Read more

by Carl Paris On creative and meaning-making levels, Wilson’s process typically begins with in-depth research into a topic that interests Wilson; and may take months, or even years to flesh out.[1] At some point, he then works out random movement… Read more

Exerpt from Reggie Wilson in Conversation with Thomas F. DeFrantz Thomas F. DeFrantz: Reggie, you’re curating now! Tell me about this Platform and what you’re up to here. Reggie Wilson: The Platform fits into an ongoing thinking and mission about… Read more

By Judy Hussie-Taylor Danspace Project Executive Director and Chief Curator   Beginnings Where are we when we stand, sit, dance, or kneel at 10th Street & 2nd Avenue in the East Village? What is this land where so many have planted, prayed, grieved,… Read more

Dancing Platform Praying Grounds: Blackness, Churches, and Downtown Dance Suggested Reading List The following list is a reflection of Reggie Wilson’s research along with texts referenced by contributors throughout the catalogue. The catalogue is comprised of three sections: architecture, history,… Read more

  DO YOU REMEMBER ARNIE? When photographer/choreographer/dancer Arnie Zane died of AIDS-related Lymphoma in 1988 at the age of 39, I was a relatively new member to the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company. Arnie never stopped choreographing. He created… Read more

  Last April, a gay elder I didn’t know died of cancer. His far-away cousin hoped I’d accompany him as a doula in his final days. Neglected and abused in his nursing home, he had no nearby family or visitors… Read more

  TOM RUBNITZ 1955-1992 Tom’s memorial was at The Kitchen and Lady Bunny was the celebrant. There was nothing not beautiful about it: lots of performances, a showing of Tom’s films which were so fucking funny, Bunny complaining the whole… Read more