DANSPACE PROJECT INC

DANSPACE PROJECT'S 2024-25 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON PRESENTED 25 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDING 10 FREE OF CHARGE, ENGAGING OVER 90 ARTISTS AND REACHING A LIVE AUDIENCE OF 2626. DANSPACE COMMISSIONED 5 NEW PREMIERE WORKS BY A NEW GENERATION OF CHOREOGRAPHERS NIALL JONES, AYANO ELSON, WENDELL GRAY II, GLENN POTTER TAKADA, AND JADE MANNS. THESE ARTISTS RECEIVED COMMISSION FEES AND A WEEK-LONG PRODUCTION RESIDENCY LEADING INTO THEIR PERFORMANCE WEEK. DANSPACE ALSO PRESENTED STACY MATTHEW SPENCE'S 2024 COMMISSIONED WORK "I AM, HERE; HERE WITH US; WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES," REMOUNTED AND CO-PRESENTED IN 2025 THROUGH LIVE ARTERY BY NEW YORK LIVE ARTS. IN ADDITION, DANSPACE CO-HOSTED A FREE AFTERNOON OF READINGS, MUSIC, AND PERFORMANCES THROUGH "ENERGIES: REACTIVATION OF GORDON MATTA-CLARK'S ROSEBUSH AT ST. MARK'S CHURCH" IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SWISS INSTITUTE AND THE POETRY PROJECT. AT 50 FORWARD: "THE FUTURE IS" GATHERING, 50 MICRO-COMMISSIONED SHORT FILMS BY INTERGENERATIONAL DANSPACE ARTISTS WERE SCREENED WITH CELEBRATORY ACTIVITIES AROUND ST. MARK'S CHURCH-IN-THE-BOWERY, INCLUDING LIVE OFFERINGS BY SPECIAL GUESTS MAYFIELD BROOKS, SILAS RIENER, ANGIE PITTMAN, ALI ROSA-SALAS AND NAZUK KOCHHAR. FINALLY, DANSPACE PARTNERED WITH THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS TO HONOR DANSPACE'S FOUNDING ARTISTS AND THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF PROGRAMMING WITH ARCHIVAL VIDEOS AND PANEL DISCUSSION FEATURING CYNTHIA HEDSTROM, WENDY PERRON, ISHMAEL HOUSTON-JONES, AND CAROL MULLINS, ORGANIZED AND FACILITATED BY DANSPACE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF CURATOR, JUDY HUSSIE-TAYLOR. "DRAFTWORK", A FREE WORK-IN-PROCESS SERIES WITH PANEL/AUDIENCE DISCUSSIONS, CURATED VIA OPEN APPLICATION AND HOSTED BY ISHMAEL HOUSTON-JONES, THIS YEAR INCLUDED FOUR SHOWINGS FEATURING 8 ARTISTS: AMELIA HEINTZLEMAN, ELLIOT REED, SYMARA JOHNSON, ANH VO, JELANI TAYLOR, NILE HARRIS, ANNA THERESE WITENBERG, AND DOMINICA GREENE. OTHER PUBLIC EVENTS INCLUDED FOUR FREE DRESS REHEARSALS FOR THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, WHICH WERE PRESENTED WITH LIMITED CAPACITY AND FULLY MASKED AUDIENCE AND STAFF.

DANSPACE@50: 50TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVALDANSPACE WAS PROUD TO CELEBRATE A HISTORIC AND RICH 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL ENTITLED DANSPACE@50:"WORK IS NEVER DONE. SANCTUARY ALWAYS NEEDED." THE FESTIVAL CURATED EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS FROM OUR ILLUSTRIOUS PAST IN CONVERSATION WITH AN EXCITING NEW GENERATION OF ARTISTS AND FEATURED HISTORIC REVIVALS AND RE-IMAGININGS OF WORK BY ISHMAEL HOUSTON-JONES & FRED HOLLAND (SOLD OUT), DONNA UCHIZONO (SOLD OUT), BEBE MILLER (SOLD OUT), AND MARJANI FORTE-SAUNDERS & BLONDELL CUMMINGS; A SCREENING/DISCUSSION OF RARELY SEEN FOOTAGE OF THE LATE DANCE LEGEND STEVE PAXTON WITH HIS PARTNER LISA NELSON AND CATHY WEIS; A REUNION OF CLAUDIA LAROCCO'S 2015 PLATFORM, DANCERS, BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE IN THE STREETS, FEATURING CONVERSATIONS, PERFORMANCES AND SCREENINGS ABOUT THE DANCE LINEAGES OF GEORGE BALANCHINE, MERCE CUNNINGHAM, AND JUDSON DANCE THEATER; AND A REVISITING OF REGGIE WILSON'S GUEST CURATED PLATFORM FROM 2018, DANCING PLATFORM PRAYING GROUNDS: BLACKNESS, CHURCHES, AND DOWNTOWN DANCE, WHICH INCLUDED A PANEL DISCUSSION AND DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING; AND A CONCLUSORY PANEL CONVERSATION AT THE NYPL FACILITATED BY DANSPACE'S PLATFORM FOUNDER HUSSIE-TAYLOR CELEBRATING THE 15 YEAR HISTORY AND IMPACT OF THE ICONIC SERIES WITH EIKO OTAKE, OKWUI OKPOKWASILI, REGGIE WILSON, AND DANSPACE PROGRAM DIRECTOR/ASSOCIATE CURATOR, SETA MORTON. THE FESTIVAL RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM WITH TWO FEATURE ARTICLES IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, PLUS ADDITIONAL PRESS COVERAGE IN CULTUREBOT, FJORD REVIEW, BROOKLYN RAIL, DANCE MAGAZINE, AND DANCE ENTHUSIAST.