Justice Dance Performance Project Blog

January 26, 2024

Moving Matters! at Parkville

Our Moving Matters! residency at Parkville Community School is now underway. JDPP teaching artists are exploring movement and visual arts with students in the 3rd […]
January 26, 2024

New Year, More Boundaries Bridged

After a short break for the holidays our Bridging Boundaries programs are back in full swing. We are also excited to announce that after almost […]
December 20, 2023

Dancing the Dance of Change

JOINING HANDS FOR JUSTICE AT ARTISTS COLLECTIVE—SO MANY THANKS! As we approach the completion of 2023, we find ourselves in a world torn apart by […]
November 10, 2023

Eyes Wide Open

Eyes Wide Open A few weeks ago, I finished reading Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus–a captivating personal account of the deep intelligence and […]
November 10, 2023

Where I’m From: Stories from SLAM

Sharing Lives Art Matters (SLAM) is our outreach to youth currently residing at the Bridgeport and Hartford juvenile detention facilities. JDPP teaching artists meet weekly […]
October 6, 2023

What Can I Do?

Dear JDPP friend, When we started our performance residencies at York Correctional Institution in 2005, we were permitted to take the piece that we had […]
December 20, 2023
Dancing the Dance of Change
JOINING HANDS FOR JUSTICE AT ARTISTS COLLECTIVE—SO MANY THANKS! As we approach the completion of 2023, we find ourselves in a world torn apart by […]
January 26, 2024
New Year, More Boundaries Bridged
After a short break for the holidays our Bridging Boundaries programs are back in full swing. We are also excited to announce that after almost […]
January 26, 2024
Moving Matters! at Parkville
Our Moving Matters! residency at Parkville Community School is now underway. JDPP teaching artists are exploring movement and visual arts with students in the 3rd […]
January 26, 2024
Unmuting
Is anybody there, is anybody listening? Can anybody hear me, is anybody there? Is my voice put on silence, my life put on mute? Is […]
March 15, 2024
The Power of Performance
It is the morning after two performances of Unmuting at Christ Church Cathedral Community Room on February 27, presented by CT State Capital College and […]