Conversations with…Katy Pyle from Danspace Project on Vimeo. Katy Pyle talks to us about her history with Danspace, shares some of her most significant artistic influences, and fills us in on the new work “The Firebird, A Ballez” premiering Thursday,… Read more
Martin Kersels – Hack Excerpt from Melinda Ring on Vimeo. Excerpt from Martin Kersels’ “Hack” at Dance By Default, an eveningcurated by Melinda Ring, November 16, 2012. Part of Danspace Project’s PLATFORM 2012: Judson Now.
from Danspace Project Executive Director Judy Hussie-Taylor: Dear Friends, We are working very closely with Eiko on her upcoming PLATFORM 2016: A Body in Places (February 17 – March 23, 2016). It’s been a charged and dynamic process. And it… Read more
These are emotional times, turbulent on many fronts. Just to clarify my post was written after the first two weekends of Some Sweet Day (including performances by Jerome Bel/Steve Paxton, Faustin Linyekula/Dean Moss/Kevin Beasley) and before Sarah Michelson and Deborah… Read more
This & That: Day of Walking, Talking, and Watching (Tuesday, March 27, 2012) With the apt title, This & That: Day of Walking, Talking, and Watching, the PLATFORM 2012: Parallels series at Danspace Project (curated by choreographer, teacher and multimedia artist… Read more
You can download the program for An All Day Event. The End., Ralph Lemon’s marathon, which took place on the final day of PLATFORM 2012: Parallels. Click here to download! MORE ABOUT AN ALL DAY EVENT. THE END.: On the concluding day of… Read more
Thoughts on the New Work by Kyle Abraham, Marjani A. Forté, Samantha Speis (March 22-24, 2012) According to Ishmael Houston-Jones, a key question that drives the PLATFORM 2012: Parallels is what does it mean to be an emerging black choreographer in the postmodern mode today?… Read more
Thoughts on performances by Dean Moss and Reggie Wilson (March 8-10, 2012) For both their similarities and differences, it was a good idea to pair Dean Moss and Reggie Wilson up in a program title “New Works” as part of the… Read more
Thoughts on Self-concept and the Black [African] Female Body In one of its most compelling programs to date, Danspace Project’s PLATFORMS 2012: Parallels series presented exciting new solo works by Nora Chipaumire and Okwui Okpokwasili. To echo curator Ishmael Houston-Jones in his… Read more
Thoughts on performances by Darell Jones, Niall Noel Jones, Nicholas Leichter and Regina Rocke (February 23-25, 2012) In what ways do popular dance forms inform experimental modern dance? What do individual choices by black postmodern dance choreographers say, implicitly or… Read more