Poet Asiya Wadud was part of the Danspace Project Voice & Body research group in 2019-2020 and a Platform 2020 Writer in Residence. Note From Asiya Wadud: This essay is written in conversation with the many voices from The… Read more
by Gyun Hur “… I make the distinction between prayer versus praying… Praying is not about supplication and begging for. Praying is communicating… so that you have more information, so that you can go about your business.” -Reggie Wilson in… Read more
by Gyun Hur II. Call to_____ Call: (Tap tap tap) (blessed) be – Response: (together) (Dah dah dah dih dah) (blessed) be forever and ever Call: (Tap tap tap) (blessed) be – Response: (together) (Dah dah dah dih dah) (blessed) be forever and ever III.… Read more
by Gyun Hur “ tap tap tap dah dah dah dih dah tap tap tap dah dah dah dih dah…” “ 탭 탭 탭 다 다 다 디 다 탭 탭 탭 다 다 다 디 다 …” un-earthing —… Read more
by Alex Fialho For our purposes, this catalogue has to a greater or lesser extent been shaped by the aesthetics of the zine. We offer a tumble of texts and images from our generous contributors—reprints, originals, poems, photos… Read more
by Alex Fialho “What happens to health care, housing, culture and other basic needs for survival after inauguration?” Curator and organizer Ted Kerr projected this and many other pressing questions during his presentation for Danspace Project’s Platform 2016:… Read more
by Alex Fialho In February 2016, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released its first ever projective study of lifetime risk for contracting HIV among specific populations, including a deeply troubling estimate: the study predicted that one in two… Read more
by Alex Fialho For the concluding number of Darrell Jones’ moving performance for the Platform 2016: Lost and Found event on October 15th, Conversation Without Walls, Roberta Flack’s sensational voice rose over the audience in her supple tone singing… Read more
by Alex Fialho Neil Greenberg began his evening for Danspace Project’s Platform 2016: Lost and Found with a dance and a list. Between a moving solo consisting of material drawn from his Not-About-AIDS-Dance (1994) and The Disco Project (1995),… Read more
by Svetlana Kitto With some missing brainpower, one still thinks. Some missing physical power, one does dance. — Eiko, introducing Program 6 I remember my grandmother, Bella. She was always smiling or crying. Before the war in Latvia,… Read more