Blackbare in the Basement (2023)

“…there’s a lot of “almost” in this dance, much of which engaging in its exactitude while unsettling in its incompletion.”

- Brian Seibert, The New York Times

Presented by Danspace Project

St. Marks Church in-the-bowery

Featuring performances by:

Bree Breeden, Wendell Gray II, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Mia Martelli, Mykel Marai Nairne, Owen Prum, José Lapaz Rodriguez, Kennedy Thomas 

Costume Consultant:

Savannah Lyons

Sound Arrangement:

Jordan Demetrius Lloyd

Lighting Design: 

Kathy Kaufmann

Producing Consultant

Benedict Nguyen

SUPPORT FOR BLACKBARE IN THE BASEMENT

This project was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Governors Island Residency Program, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and Danspace Project’s Renewal Residency Program.

Sound credits include: 

A 478 by Kara-Lis Coverdale, 2014 Constellation Tatsu, Speechlessnesslessoness by Francisco Meirino and Miguel A. Garcia, 2017 Idiosyncratics, Grandiflora by Biosphere, 2000 Touch, A New Instability Pt. 1 by Francisco Meirino, 2021 The Helen Scarsdale Agency, A New Instability Pt. 2 by Francisco Meirino, 2021 The Helen Scarsdale Agency, Headphonics 0/0 by Ryoji Ikeda, 1996 Touch, Versitide by Fools, 2020 Music From Memory, Mur by ø and Noto, 2001 NOTON, Beispiel Swei by ø and Noto, 2001 NOTON, Unassigned by The Vernon Spring, 2021 Lima Limo Records, Lobby Kall by Smino, 2017 Zero Fatigue LLC, Under License to Downtown Records, 10 by Noto, 1997 NOTON, Romaguera by Merchanted Zero, 2022 Markarala, Love by zenzen, 2022 ZENZEN, Seto by Meitei, 2019 Métron Records, Freeze Frames by Biosphere, 2017 Biophon Records, Indifference Curve by Meyers, 2016 Sympathy Limited, A Collection of Damaged, Reel Tape Loops, Side B by Francisco Meirino, 2019 The Helen Scarsdale Agency, 57 by Noto, 1997 NOTON, Sunny by Bobby Hebb, 1966 The Island Def Jam Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc., SK-1 by The Vernon Spring, 2021 Lima Limo Records

**Featuring three original compositions by Ryan Wolfe