6 - 10 November

An intensive weeklong workshop to introduce Hay's performance and choreographic techniques to a group of dancer/performers. At the conclusion of the workshop Hay will determine which of the participating artists are best qualified to remain and proceed to the next phase of her new work

Deborah Hay's goals are: to challenge judgments which limit how we identify the physical body in time and space, broadening the traditions of flow, beauty, and form that are currently prevalent in dance, and to expand the cultural concept of "dance" by defining the dancer as a site for inquiry, i.e. a bodily presence trained in the performance of parallel experiences of perception.

"There are aspects of dance performance that I had always accepted as a given. Working with Deborah Hay has deepened my understanding of what we do as dancers. She has helped bring a greater vitality to the stage." Mikhail Baryshnikov

"A master performer sensitive to the slightest shift of imagery and tone, Deborah Hay has continued in the postmodern tradition of the Judson Dance Theater, which she helped to found, for more than four decades now." New York Times