Danspace Project

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Dance performance venue

title: "Danspace Project" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dance-in-new-york-city", "dance-companies-in-the-united-states", "dance-venues-in-the-united-states", "dance-organizations-in-the-united-states", "1974-establishments-in-new-york-city", "arts-organizations-established-in-1974"] description: "Dance performance venue" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danspace_Project" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Dance performance venue ::

Danspace Project is a performance venue for contemporary dance. Its performances are held in St. Mark's Church in the East Village area of the Manhattan borough of New York City.

History

Founded in 1974 by Barbara Dilley, Mary Overlie, and Larry Fagin to support the creation of new work in dance and performance. A fire damaged the church in 1978 and performances were temporarily held at the Third Street Music School.

Judy Hussie-Taylor became the Executive Director in 2008. In 2010, she launched the Platform series, which invites an artist to curate performances and events around a certain theme.

Danspace has shaped contemporary New York dance history presenting artists such as Ishmael Houston-Jones, Bill T. Jones, Trajal Harrell, Okwui Okpokwasili, and many others.

References

"archives.nypl.org -- Danspace Project records".
Kourlas, Gia. (2010-12-16). "A Platform For Dancers To Mix It Up". The New York Times.
Kourlas, Gia. (2010-04-08). "Choreographers Are Becoming Curators, Too". The New York Times.
Dunning, Jennifer. (1998-12-21). "DANCE REVIEW; Danspace Project, 25, Looks Back Nostalgically". The New York Times.
Chae, Julie. (2012-10-11). "Trajal Harrell: The Next Martha Graham Has Arrived!".
Seibert, Brian. (2020-02-21). "Okwui Okpokwasili Wants You to Slow Down and Walk With Her". The New York Times.

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