On Monday, December 16th at 6pm, join us for a celebration of the Danspace Project’s 50th anniversary at New York’s Public Library for the Performing Arts.
“The Natural History of the American Dancer collective has been largely forgotten, but this improvisational ensemble of women, founded in 1971 by Barbara (Lloyd) Dilley and others, were the first performers at Danspace Project in 1974. Poet Larry Fagin told the New Yorker in 1999, that their performance birthed St. Mark’s Danspace Project in 1974.”
Wendy Perron will be on a panel discussion about the early days of Danspace’s 50-year history.
The panel will showcase recorded footage of acclaimed artists to celebrate the progression of this revolutionary organization, such as Steve Paxton & Nancy Stark Smith, Ralph Lemon, David Zambrano, Ishmael Houston-Jones & Fred Holland, Channel Z, and several more. Perron’s original piece Tin Quiz (1983), will also be exhibited, in addition to several other artists.
Those who wish to attend the event can do so in person, or online!
For more information about this event and registration, check out the event website here.