From Judy Dworin
JDPP Executive/Artistic Director
The Justice Dance Performance Project (JDPP) is a critically acclaimed dance and multi-arts organization. Its mission is to educate, inspire, and ignite awareness, bridging the boundaries of art and social justice to create a more equitable society in ways that spark individual growth and collective action.
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Moving for Change Since 1989
Yesterday JDPP asked the question: Why Do You Love the Arts while proudly standing alongside fellow advocates lifting up the power of the arts at the CT State Capitol for Arts, Culture, and Tourism Day!
Join Community Partners in Action this Saturday, April 26 for their 5th Annual Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars Interprofessional Summit — a free, virtual event exploring the intersection of health, incarceration, and justice.
Longtime JDPP participant and performer Victoria Steele will be delivering the closing keynote address.
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Thank you Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for this beautiful acknowledgment 💜Judy Dworin is a dance maker and arts programming innovator committed to repairing a fractured world. In 1989, she founded the Justice Dance Performance Project, Inc. (JDPP), the centerpiece of her life’s work. Since 2005, she has developed arts residencies in Connecticut correctional institutions, which have grown into a comprehensive outreach to incarcerated individuals, their families, and the broader public through transformative performance.
Believing that art inspires change—and that small, collective shifts can create powerful impact—Judy uses movement and the arts to foster healing, connection, and social transformation. Her work challenges perceptions of incarcerated individuals and returning citizens across community, educational, and professional settings as well as delving into other social issues through her professional performance Ensemble and long-standing educational residences in Hartford schools.
For the past 20 years, JDPP has cultivated strong partnerships with the Connecticut Department of Correction, prison administrators, and counselors to develop Bridging Boundaries™, a program serving justice-impacted individuals in three adult prisons, three juvenile detention centers, and the community.
A Professor Emerita of Theater and Dance at Trinity College, Judy established the Dance Program and chaired the Department of Theater and Dance for many years. In 2020, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the College.
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A true Blessing to our world. Congrats!
Fantastic!! 💜💜💜
Excellent! Congratulations 👏
So AMAZING!!💕💕
A local treasure
Amazing Judy. Congratulations 🎊🎈🎉
This is awesome!! So deserving!! Way to ROCK, Judy!!!
Congratulations Judy! Wonderful just wonderful.
Amazing! So well deserved
Absolutely beautiful! And so well deserved! Congratulations!
Wow! Judy what a terrific tribute AND you are a honorary dr! I didn’t know that xx
Well deserved
Yes! 💜💜💜
Awesome! A heart and vision like no other!! ❤️🎉
Wonderful and well-deserved tribute - congratulations👍❤️
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Beautiful and well-deserved tribute!! Congratulations Judy!
Congratulations Judy! So well deserved!🎉💕
Congratulations! So well deserved!💜
Woohoo! Yes!!!
Today, April 22, is Earth Day! A day where we must take the time to reflect on our home, the one home that we have. Get outside today and do something small or big for this amazing planet of ours.
Community Partners in Action will hold their Hartford Reentry Resource Fair on Wednesday, April 30!
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April 4 is #NationalSchoolLibrarianDay Today we celebrate the vital role librarians play in the education of our youth. Our school librarians contribute to the success of our future leaders, artists, teachers by providing access to literature and fostering a love of reading and learning. Thank a librarian today!
This Sunday, 4/6, JDPP will bring Unmuting to Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek Synagogue in Chester, CT at 3:00 p.m.
Unmuting raises awareness of the plight not only of those who reside in or return from prison to an unwelcoming society, but also of their families, especially their children, who struggle with their parents’ absences.
CBSRZ is pleased be part of the fundraising effort that will make their transition an easier one and also helpthose children left behind. The admission charge will go towards that effort and enables JDPP to continue our good work. Please register here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/k9fj7dc
Please come to this transformative performance experience. It is so moving and powerful.
Wonderful program! Thanks to everyone for sharing!
It’s SHOW DAY!! JDPP’s premier of Book Dances: Part One begins at 1:00 p.m. at Hartford Public Library
It was a fantastic performance!
Awesome!
Tuesday's sharing was a magical reminder of how important the arts are in the lives of the student's we work with at Parkville Community School! FOX61 you FOX61 for sharing our story!
Congratulations! Such an extraordinary program. 💜💜💜
What an amazing and heartwarming event! A joy to attend!