What a remarkable year! We’re grateful to Danspace Project’s artists and encouraged by you and all our supporters who passionately engaged with the work presented during our 2016-2017 season.
What web of connections do generations of artists trace? Who are their influences? Since 2012 we have explored artistic constellations and lineages by asking each artist to share a significant artistic influence. Stacy Matthew Spence responds to our prompt, My… Read more
Featuring works & experiences by Nicole Eisenman | Robert Flynt | Mimi Gross Sharon Hayes | Judd Foundation | John Kelly | Zoe Leonard Dona Ann McAdams | Josiah McElheny | Ryan McNamara & Jen Rosenblit Jim R. Moore | New Museum | Philip Trager… Read more
Dear dear Judy, Every fleeting, unexpected, luminous movement brings Trisha to my heart and mind…. the birds at the feeder, the wind slamming the door, dust particles shining on the window. But most of all, some absurd conviction that our… Read more
In 2016, as part of our Platform 2016: A Body in Places, dedicated to the work of Eiko Otake, we presented a 24-hour event to mark the fifth anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan. Over… Read more
by Judy Hussie-Taylor Danspace Project Executive Director & Chief Curator While designing Danspace Project’s Platform series in 2008, I knew I wanted to work with artists as curators to formally frame relationships between artists of different generations. That’s where, I… Read more
https://theghostlightproject.com/ DANSPACE PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GHOSTLIGHT PROJECT To create a “Light” for dark times ahead, and to make, or renew a pledge to stand for and protect the values of inclusion, participation, and compassion for everyone regardless for race,… Read more
Eiko & Ishmael Houston-Jones in Precarious #2, March 2016. Photo by Ian Douglas. Support the Creation Fund! Join us today and keep trailblazing ideas on the move at Danspace Project -where the unprecedented Platform series, visionary artists, and new commissions engage and activate… Read more
“Danspace Project to Launch Largest Curatorial Project in its History” (Artforum, July 14, 2016) Curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Will Rawls, the program will reflect on the AIDS hysteria of 1981 to 1996 through a presentation of performances, conversations, film… Read more
Curated by Judy Hussie-Taylor and Jenn Joy, Conversations Without Walls began as a series of dialogues on contemporary choreographic practice. Mutual Seductions, held on November 5, 2011, specifically addressed the relationship between dance and visual art. Participants included Connie Butler,… Read more