Note from the Editor

Welcome to issue 14: The Dream of the Audience (Part II)

May 5, 2022

Sitting on a black background is an art object, a cluster of knotted hair-ties adorned with colorful plastic balls.

Welcome to Danspace Project’s Online Journal, issue 14: The Dream of the Audience (Part II), dedicated to Danspace Project’s Platform 2022. Issue #14 will focus on Platform lines of inquiry, artists research and writing, and feature Platform catalogue excerpts,… Read more

Welcome to Journal Issue 12

May 6, 2021

A group of dancers on the inside balcony of the St. Mark's Church sanctuary all moving with arms raised in an energetic gesture.

Platform 2021: The Dream of the Audience is a digital Platform that takes place between May 15 – June 18, 2021. To see the full Platform 2021 schedule, click here. Platform 2021: The Dream of the Audience features both… Read more

New Ways of Gathering

March 20, 2020

On March 13th, Platform 2020: Utterances From The Chorus came to an abrupt halt at the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Although we are deeply saddened to end the Platform events, the health and safety of the artists, staff,… Read more

A DraftWork: Video Vixen, formerly known as Video Ho. Ogemdi Ude in Conversation with Seta Morton

December 6, 2019

Two women in matching black turtlenecks and gray sweat pants are on the church sanctuary floor, one sitting on her knees upright, and one is lying on her belly curling in on the side of her body that faces the camera. A microphone stand, dressed in many thick brown, orange and white braids with green ribbons woven through, is foregrounded in the center.

In November I sat down with Ogemdi Ude to extend a conversation initiated by Ishmael Houston-Jones after the October 19, 2019 DraftWork showing of Ude’s Video Vixen, formerly known as Video Ho. Conversations between Danspace Project artists, staff,… Read more