Justice Dance Performance Project Blog
January 26, 2024
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 […]
January 26, 2024
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
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
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 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
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 […]
July 18, 2024
In a world that feels shadowed in darkness, a bright light shone from York Correctional Institution with the three performances of ‘With these Hands’ culminating […]
July 18, 2024
The month of July always brings up the question of freedom for me. With the proliferation of flags flying and fireworks bursting, I wonder – […]
August 22, 2024
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 […]
September 19, 2024
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 […]
October 17, 2024
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 […]