Justice Dance Performance Project Blog

December 19, 2024

What We Do Matters

What We Do Matters From my experience as a dance maker, teacher, and social change activator, I know that movement, the arts, and performance have […]
November 21, 2024

On Gratitude

On Gratitude Yesterday, I looked out my window and saw a red-tailed hawk coming in for a landing. She tilted just enough so I could […]
October 17, 2024

Her Body Speaks

Her Body Speaks Expression through dance is the poetry of movement language. It is the foundation upon which JDPP’s work is built. Giving voice, ensuring […]
September 19, 2024

For the Love of Books

Reading transports me—it removes me from the present moment and expands my understanding of people in so many different contexts, of nature, of this world […]
August 22, 2024

Color of Hope

August is the ending of summer and its green and the beginning of fall, with leaves showing small hints of color growing more brilliant in […]
July 18, 2024

Are All Americans Really Free?

The month of July always brings up the question of freedom for me. With the proliferation of flags flying and fireworks bursting, I wonder – […]
February 1, 2023
February 2023 Letter From Judy
In this past year, the JDPP Ensemble and I have been exploring the beauty, power, and wisdom of trees. We have appreciated them viscerally – […]
April 1, 2023
April 2023 Letter From Judy
Do you believe in second chances? I do. And my work in Connecticut’s state prisons since 2005 has only strengthened my belief that people deserve […]
May 1, 2023
May 2023 Letter From Judy
On May 7, we completed the seasonal cycle of In the Presence of Trees, developing four incarnations of the piece inspired by the trees in […]
June 1, 2023
June 2023 Letter From Judy
On Sunday afternoon I sat on the lawn of the Butler McCook House in Hartford and took in the captivating energy of the Renaissance Gyal […]
July 6, 2023
York Performance Residency Goes Live and In Person!
On June 26 and 28, JDPP celebrated the return of our Performance Residency at York CI for its 18th year, now live and in person […]