day pulls down the sky full album is now streaming on Google Play, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and Tidal. follow me words, song and music by Okwui Okpokwasili I ask you to follow me Follow me, follow me, follow me… Read more
day pulls down the sky full album is now streaming on Google Play, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and Tidal. binding song words and song by Okwui Okpokwasili music by Peter Born I can go for days Don’t tell… Read more
Listen: of wishing and superheroes words by Okwui Okpokwasili song by Okwui Okpokwasili and Umechi Born day pulls down the sky was initiated by Danspace Project’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, Judy Hussie-Taylor, who brought the idea of a recording to… Read more
PLATFORM 2020 WEEKLY CALENDAR WEEK 1 Sat., February 22, 12-5pm | Saturday Afternoon Conversation #1: Platform as Practice: Collaborative Organizing: Lydia Bell, Maura Donohue, Judy Hussie-Taylor, Kristin Juarez, Seta Morton, Okwui Okpokwasili, Cecilia Vicuña, Asiya Wadud, Eva Yaa Asantewaa WEEK… Read more
Announcing PLATFORM 2020: Utterances from the Chorus co-curated by MacArthur Award recipient, Okwui Okpokwasili & Danspace Executive Director & Chief Curator, Judy Hussie-Taylor February 22-March 21, 2020 Buy tickets today View the Platform calendar The Platforms were launched by Danspace… Read more
In 2014 we had the pleasure of commissioning and presenting, along with PS122’s COIL Festival, Okwui Okpokwasili’s Bronx Gothic. The work garnered a 2014 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Production and subsequently embarked on an international tour. We’re… 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.
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