Ishmael Houston-Jones poses with his Diary of an Image catalogue, which features his DDD: a (very) subjective history. A fellow Gemini, Ishmael met DD Dorvillier when she took his workshop, The Politics of Dancing, as an undergrad at Bennington College.… Read more
On Saturday, May 17, 2014, Danspace Project Executive Director Judy Hussie-Taylor was honored with the insignia of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy for her significant contributions to the arts.… Read more
Download a PDF of the calendar of events for PLATFORM 2014: Diary of an Image by DD Dorvillier! Dorvillier is a two-time Bessie Award-winning choreographer and recipient of the 2013 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award for her groundbreaking work over the past two… Read more
The Guardian calls Ghost Trio’s Iarla O’Lionaird “one of the most dramatic voices in contemporary music.” Check out their sound here, where O’Lionaird vocals are joined by the fiddle playing Cleek Schrey, who fuses Irish stylings with Old-time music of Virginia, and… Read more
Danspace intern Meaghan Patterson got pulled into rehearsal for Faye Driscoll’s Thank You For Coming: Attendance last week. Special thanks to Faye, Giulia Carotenuto, Sean Donovan, Alicia Ohs, Brandon Washington, and Nikki Zialcita for bringing her along! The extended run of Thank You… Read more
Rehearsal Video #3: LMCC Open Rehearsal (sneak peak) from Faye Driscoll Group on Vimeo. Faye Driscoll’s Thank You For Coming opens March 6! Tickets for all 7 shows are going fast!
Conversations Without Walls: BLACK MALE REVISITED February 8, 2014 Saturday at 3:00PM This 4-hour conversation takes place in the Parish Hall at St. Mark’s Church (131 East 10th Street at 2nd Avenue). Conversations Without Walls is a series of discussions addressing… Read more
Photos by Ted Roeder from Performing the Precarious, Part II: Day Into Night, at Industry City on December 7th.
Twitter Party Recap: Lydia Bell in conversation with Jason Maas November 16 & Judy Hussie-Taylor with Rebecca Brooks December 6th – view the full discussion here: Tweets about “#precariousart” Photos: Xaviera Simmons performing “Cut Piece” November 17, 2013 at Industry… Read more
Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born are in the sanctuary this week working on technical elements of Okwui’s Bronx Gothic, premiering January 14 & 16-19, 2014. Bronx Gothic is co-presented and co-commissioned by Danspace Project and Performance Space 122 as part of PS122’s COIL Festival.