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Gala 2024 is May 7!

You are invited to the launch of our 50th Anniversary Year! MAY 7, 2024 honoring Rebel Angels Kyle Abraham bringing disparate worlds together through movement Kristy Edmunds advocating for artists across the globe as the center of worldmaking Carol Mullins illuminating artists’ visions for… Read more

Remembering the Spirit of Dance by Anh Vo

In a hazy and shadowy lighting, three black femme dancers are placed on the altar steps. Leslie is seated on her knees with an arm outstretched to the ground. Paloma, in the middle, is standing crouched, also with her right arm outstretched toward the ground. Tenisha walks facing away from the group.

Please read choreographer Anh Vo’s reflections on Leslie Parker’s NYC premiere of Divination Tools: imagine home, the latest iteration of Parker’s multi-year project, Call to Remember. In this essay, Vo brings their background in shamanistic ritual and performance practice into… Read more

forms of healing: a conversation with devynn emory and Yo-Yo Lin

An illustration of two orange-colored hands massaging an ethereal light blue lower leg. The leg has multicolored lines running over it, outlining the chi channels of the body. The hands and leg are nestled in a field of green leaves dotted with tung blossoms: tropical white flowers with pink centers.

This intimate conversation between Danspace Project 2021-2023 Research Fellow, devynn emory, and 2022-2023 Renewal Residency Artist, Yo-Yo Lin, emerged organically and iteratively—first in a New York City hospital room, then followed by my curious nudging, and ultimately across the world… Read more

The Dream of the Audience catalogue is here!

Catalogue cover: On a beige background, The Dream of the Audience, Platform 2021-2022, Danspace Project. In the center is a photograph of an art object, a cluster of knotted hair-ties adorned with colorful plastic balls.

The catalogue accompanying Danspace Project’s 2021-2022 Platforms, The Dream of the Audience (Parts I & II) is on sale through our website and at all Platform 2022 live performances and events! This publication was written to both reflect on Platform… Read more

returning, Okwui Okpokwasili

Length: 09:38 Closed captions are available by clicking the “CC” button on the video.  returning is a new short video work by Okwui Okpokwasili with Peter Born, created while in-residence at Danspace’s historic venue in St. Mark’s Church, commissioned and… Read more

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