Freespace Dance welcomes all audiences to performances and events. If you require an accommodation or service (i.e. ASL, Large Print Program, etc.), please contact Lisa Grimes - 201-463-4325 at least two weeks prior to the scheduled event. lisa@freespacedance.com
Upcoming performances
Freespace at the Vanguard Theater (Montclair, NJ)
Credit: Owen Burnham
Vanguard Theater - 180 Bloomfield Ave. Montclair, NJ
March 29th and 30th - 7:30 PM
$25.00 Stanadard performance 3/29 & 3/30
$50.00 Performance & Reception 3/30
Tickets: Reserve by emailing lisa@freespacedance.com
Join us for our annual performance and benefit concert right in our hometown!
The New York Times has accurately stated that "human relationships are the focus of Donna Scro and her Freespace Dance Company." Consistent with this intention, the company will premier a full evening work exploring the ways in which we interact and connect with one another in various human relationships.
RECENT PERFORMANCES
Credit: Owen Burnham
Credit: Steven Pisano
ASP FALL Further XII
(New York, NY)
Dixon Place - 161 A Chrystie St. New York, NY
Audiences experienced one of Freespace Dance’s works, My Back to You, during an evening of live dance performances at New York City’s renowned Dixon Place. Pentacle’s twelfth year of Fall Further presented a diverse mix of bungee and modern dance, featuring works that were introspective and derived from personal experience while being relatable, thought-provoking, and expertly crafted.
Dance On The Lawn (Montclair, NJ)
St. Luke’s Church - 73 Fullerton Ave, Montclair
Join Freespace Dance with New Jersey dance companies, dance schools, and emerging artists for the final Dance On The Lawn performance!
PHOTO: NARRATOGRAPHY
Freespace Dance AND FRIENDS (OSPAC, NJ)
2023 GUEST COMPANIES:
KYLE MARSHALL DANCE, NAI-NI CHEN, AND KM DANCE COLLECTIVE
An evening of dance under the stars as Freespace Dance continues its second year of including “friends” for their summer season at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center
DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL 2023 (mARK MORRIS DANCE CENTER, nyC)
Freespace Dance joined WHITE WAVE Dance for their 22nd annual DUMBO Dance Festival, the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region. Committed to developing dance as an important art form, WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of the most innovative of today's dance makers, both emerging and established, and brings them to Brooklyn for one extended weekend.
Pentacle Presents: Dance in Philadelphia
(Performance Garage, Pa)
Pentacle brought the work of five female-led companies to Philadelphia's renowned home for dance. For two nights, modern and contemporary dance from both coasts convened to tell a diverse array of stories.
Freespace Dance is part of Pentacle’s Administrative Support Program (ASP).
2023 Performance and Benefit
(Vanguard Theater, NJ)
A weekend celebrating Freespace Dance, featuring the full, evening-length premiere of La Lotta, “an abstract exploration of parts in conflict and freedom” (artistic director and choreographer Donna Scro-Samori)
2023 sOLODUO DANCE FESTIVAL (dixon place, nyc)
Freespace shared My Back to You at WHITE WAVE Dance’s seventh annual SoloDuo Dance Festival, which celebrates solo and duet choreography and presents established and emerging choreographers and companies. “The SoloDuo Dance Festival's foremost priorities are to inspire performing artists of all stripes and callings, stretching the limits of their creativity, taking it to new heights and providing vivid experiences to its audiences.”
Pentacle Showcase at Apap|NYC+ 2023 (city center, NYC)
Featuring The Many Faces Of, an in-progress study of femininity inspired by the Hindu Goddesses with the recognition of the feminine experience by all genders, in an in-person showcase as part of the 2023 Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) conference
Freespace Dance is part of Pentacle’s Administrative Support Program (ASP).
Credit: John Herr
Pentacle’s Fall Further XI (dIXON pLACE, NYC)
Audiences experienced one of Freespace Dance’s latest works, The Many Faces Of, during an evening of live dance performance at New York City’s renowned Dixon Place. Pentacle’s eleventh year of Fall Further presented six female-led companies, featuring works that were introspective and derived from personal experience while being relatable, thought-provoking, and expertly crafted.
Freespace DANCE and Friends 2022 (ospac, nj)
Guest Choreographers:
A Moving Performance (OAKESIDE MANSION, NJ)
“Those who attend will be well rewarded. . . .
[The dancers] spring into action, allowing their bodies to fall and rebound in dramatic hand-stands, tumbles and spasmodic waves that fill the space with energy. Thrilling!”
—Robert Johnson
Credit: Narratography - Anthony Johnson
