Justice Dance Performance Project Blog
March 20, 2025
Moving Really Does Matter by Kathy Borteck Gersten This month’s blog is contributed by Kathy Borteck Gersten, JDPP’s Associate Artistic Director and the Director of Moving […]
February 20, 2025
Still Rising by Mellissa Craig (This month’s blog post is contributed by Mellissa Craig, dancer, teacher and activist at JDPP and throughout Hartford, JDPP’s ArtsReach […]
January 16, 2025
To Stand Strong JDPP singer/songwriter Leslie Bird created a special song for our Bridging Boundaries programs more than a decade ago. It is a song […]
December 19, 2024
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 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 Expression through dance is the poetry of movement language. It is the foundation upon which JDPP’s work is built. Giving voice, ensuring […]
February 1, 2023
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
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
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
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
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 […]