Danspace Project

06/13/2026

All are welcome to join us tonight (Saturday, June 13th) for a community memorial and celebration of the life of Carol Mullins at St. Mark’s Church in New York City. A reception will begin at 6:15PM in the Parish Hall, and the memorial celebration will begin at 7:30PM in the Sanctuary.

Please be aware that tonight may be hot. Danspace Project is located in the historic St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery which does not have air conditioning. 

We will have water but please dress accordingly and bring extra water if you wish.

Short memorial performances by: Deb Auer; Douglas Dunn, Grazia Della-Terza and Steven Taylor; Stacy Spence; Robert Een; and Vicky Shick as well as

* “The Fan Dance” performed by Catherine Galasso, Patrick Gallagher, Makram Hamdan, Meg Harper, Benjamin Kimitch, Michael O’Rourke, Kathy Ray, Kim Savarino, Niko Tsocanos, Emily Wassyng
* Excerpt from “Variations on Themes from Lost and Found” performed by Raha Behnam, Toni Carlson, Alvaro Gonzalez, Charles Gowin, Johnnie Cruise Mercer, Alex Rodabaugh

📷: Photo of Carol Mullins by George Etheredge for The New York Times

06/11/2026

💜 Danspace Forever 💜

Coming to the end of our 2025-2026 season, we’re grateful for the artists, arts workers, and community members, who define Danspace as a beacon for experimental performance. The people and ideas that make up our village are courageous, rebellious, and gracious. It is this balance of care and defiance that continues to guide Danspace into the forever.

Will you give now, in joyful resistance, to propel us into the next season with strength? Make a gift at the link in bio 💝

We are grateful to you, for your spirit and support, and are eager to move forward with you by our side. We will continue to lead with curiosity and honor for the artists who put themselves on the line.

📷: Photos of Danspace Project Staff, Stacy Spence, Selendis Sebastian, Raf Vertessen, Nora Stanley, Charmaine Warren and Jasmine Hearn, Joan Jonas and Freddie the Dog by Rachel Keane

06/10/2026

Tickets are on sale for “SOUNDspace” by Dorrance Dance! In honor of Dorrance Dance’s 15th Anniversary season, performances run from July 2–11 at Danspace Project.

“SOUNDspace (2013) was created as an exploration of—and percussive love letter to—the sonic sanctum that is the theater/sanctuary of St. Mark’s Church. When this piece was created, I was asked by Danspace’s Executive Director/Chief Curator Judy Hussie-Taylor to consider my influences, lineage, and legacy—’the web of connections that new generations of artists trace with the past through their work.’ I would argue that no dancers call upon such a wealth of individual influences of their elders and innovators more directly and more prodigiously than tap dancers. Their personalities, music, movement, style, invention, generosity, and care live deeply within us. And their lessons and invitations live deeply within this work.

In honor of Dorrance Dance’s 15th Anniversary season, I am remounting one of my favorite works in one of my favorite places to experience movement as music—and I cannot think of a better way to celebrate than through the rich and myriad sounds and textures of the feet.”

–Michelle Dorrance

📷: Photo by Richard Termine

06/08/2026

Myssi Robinson is the Platform 2026 Writer-in-Residence. Her writing and drawings here are imaginative responses to “day pulls down the sky”, a night of songs by Okwui Okpokwasili in collaboration with Peter Born (Sweat Variant).

Read Myssi’s full writing in Danspace’s Journal: Issue #19: https://danspaceproject.org/2026/04/28/day-pulls-down-the-sky-a-night-of-songs-by-okwui-okpokwasili-and-peter-born-interpreted-by-myssi-robinson/

“These are archives that sprawl and make mess like us. Some of the drawings ask for transformation, mirroring the inner alchemy that happens when supernatural performance takes root within. Witnessing seeds us again and again. Some of the works held tight to their original form. Imprinted, whole and telling. This collection is not finished but ready to be with community as Seta helps me see. Sweat Variant micro-altars. Portals where life force presses. Distillation. I stay playing the album while I listen and act myself into this multi-dimensional witnessing. I recommend that y’all do too. Because medicine.” –Myssi Robinson

🎨: all collaged. ink / pen / marker / colored pencil / printed lyrics on Bristol paper. Artwork by Myssi Robinson.

06/05/2026

TOMORROW! Join us on Saturday, June 6 at 3:30PM at Danspace Project for “Love” by Nina Winthrop & Dancers, presented as part of our Off-Season Rental Program. RSVP for free at the link in bio 🔗

Performers:
Roxanne Steinberg & Oguri
Dana & Shinichi Iova-Koga
Mina Nishimura & Kota Yamazaki

“Love” explores the dynamic nature of intimacy, partnership, and creative expression. Featuring three unique couples, this program explores harmony and tension, individuality and interdependence, competition and trust.

“Love” is a tribute to composer and musician Jon Gibson with whom Nina Winthrop had a loving and creative personal and professional partnership.

Danspace’s “Off-Season” rental program provides an opportunity to self-produce performance productions at Danspace Project. Fall 2026 rental dates are now available, see the link in bio for more details 🔗

📷: Photo of Nina Winthrop | Photo of Oguri and Roxanne Steinberg by Denise Leitner | Photo of Shinichi and Dana Iova-Koga by Claude Hofer | Photos of Mina Nishimura and Kota Yamazaki by Ian Douglas

06/03/2026

🎬🎞️ Join us at NYC’s Cinema Village on Thursday, June 18 at 4:15PM for a screening of Howard Silver’s documentary film “Blind Date” as part of Manhattan Film Festival!

Danspace Project’s Platform 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets, curated by writer and critic Claudia La Rocco, paired two star dancers in the New York City Ballet—Sara Mearns and Sterling Hyltin—in an experimental program with two “downtown” experimental choreographers—virtuosic Jodi Melnick and former Merce Cunningham dancer Rashaun Mitchell. They met sporadically over the course of months to put together a performance, and "Blind Date" documents these four incredible dancers, their process and struggles as they attempted to bring together their talents, resulting in a lasting and evolving set of relationships that have grown and continue to produce several works.

Tickets are available: https://www.manhattanfilmfestival.org/movie/blind-date/

📷: Photos by Ian Douglas

06/01/2026

🎥: Jasmine Hearn performing at Danspace Project’s 2026 Gala honoring Phong Bui, Anne Delaney, and Charmaine Warren

From June 11–13, New York Live Arts will be presenting the world premiere of Jasmine Hearn’s “Memory Fleet: Beloved Let’s Cross”. 💚

Memory Fleet encompasses a series of performances, a shared embodied practice, an evolving installation of archival materials, an expanding digital archive, and a body of original sound, text, and recipes—all celebrating the stories, dances, and gestures passed on through intergenerational lineages.

05/30/2026

Join us on Juneteenth (Friday, June 19) for Ogemdi Ude’s “MAJOR”, the final performance of Platform 2026: Secret Gardens! This is a special one-time-only FREE performance taking place at the Prospect Park Boathouse as a co-presentation between Danspace Project and Prospect Park Alliance’s Reimagine Lefferts Initiative. This outdoor iteration kicks off “MAJOR”’s summer tour of outdoor performances that delve into how technique, effort, and mastery can be attempted, achieved, and abandoned in pursuit of cultural belonging.

“MAJOR” is Ude‘s dance project exploring the physicality, history, and interiority of majorette dance and the Black Femmes that founded and continue to innovate the form. Majorette dance teams, accompanied by marching bands, created a movement style that requires master showmanship with allegiance to count, undulation, groove, and sensual yet strong performativity. “MAJOR” had its NYC premiere at New York Live Arts in January 2026.

The Chord Archive, developed in collaboration with artist, Myssi Robinson (who is both an archivist of “MAJOR” and Writer-in-Residence for the entire Platform 2026: Secret Gardens) is showcased alongside “MAJOR” performances, a physical and digital documentation of the creative process and personal historical accounts from former majorette dancers. The archive will be on display inside the Prospect Park Boathouse.

📷: Photo by Maria Baranova

05/29/2026