Danspace Project

07/08/2025

07/07/2025

🎉 Let’s keep the party going! Become a Danspace Member now or renew your membership and get $10 tickets to our 2025–2026 season performances, discounts on publications and merchandise, and more.

Memberships start at just $25! https://ci.ovationtix.com/2742/store/packages

07/05/2025

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀.” -Larissa Velez-Jackson

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆. 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆.” -devynn emory

For our 50th anniversary, we invited 50+ artists who, in addition to their artistic work, have labored behind the scenes at Danspace, including serving on our Board of Directors, Artists Advisory Board, Admin & Tech Staff, or more recently as Research Fellows, to create a 50-second video with the prompt “The future is...” Find all of the films and written responses on our Online Journal.

06/30/2025

Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) is expanding its Emergency Grants program to address the financial impact of cancelled engagements stemming from sudden, and continuing, losses of federal funding.

LEARN MORE: foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grants/emergency-grants/cancellation-funds/

We recommend attending the information session on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from 1:00-1:30pm ET.

RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/N8RbjN3ERnitISFkGrMLSA #/registration

06/30/2025

⏰ Last Chance! Support Dance! ⏰

It’s the last day of our 50th year — help with the first day of the next 50? https://ci.ovationtix.com/2742/store/donations/4915

Today is your last chance to support Danspace Project’s 50th Anniversary and decades of leadership in experimental performance.

A gift today, June 30th, will give us a boost to start the next year strong. Give now to make a difference for the future of Danspace!

Thank you for making this 50th Season so luminous. We are grateful to you, as always, for your spirit, energy, and support. We can’t wait to see you next year.

With gratitude,
Judy Hussie-Taylor
Executive Director & Chief Curator

📷: Photos by Rachel Keane

06/28/2025

06/28/2025

💫 In just 2 days we conclude the 50th Anniversary season and start a new chapter of Danspace. Thank you for celebrating with us and being a part of our community all year long.

By contributing before June 30th, you send us into our next chapter with strength. Give now to make an impact of the future of Danspace! https://ci.ovationtix.com/2742/store/donations/4915

With gratitude,
Judy Hussie-Taylor
Executive Director & Chief Curator

📷: Photos by Rachel Keane

06/27/2025

"The dialogue Steve is having within himself and with the music is fast and graceful. His inner architecture extends beyond his finger tips, beyond the crown of his head. Heel and toes push, slide, skip, twist, caress the floor and reach into space. In my vision, the space around Steve’s dancing body is an extension of the architecture of forms and space within his body... There is a quality to Steve’s presence onstage which makes me feel that he is aware of and open to the possibility of such profound magic visiting the theater, while at the same time knowing that he has only a partial role in creating it." -Daniel Lepkoff

In May 1999 at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, Steve Paxton presented evening length works, including "Some English Suites" (1991) by J.S. Bach (played by Glenn Gould). Daniel Lepkoff reviews his works in CQ Vol. 26 No. 1 (Winter/Spring 2001). Available to purchase in PDF format: https://contactquarterly.com/cq/back-issues/index.php =vol-26-no-1

Image Description: Stexe Paxton in "Some English Suites" (1991). Danspace, NYC, May 2000. He stands in a curved position, weight on one heel and one ball of his foot, arms hovering in front of his chest. Image is in black and white. Photo by Tom Brazil.