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Kevin Wynn Memorial


SATURDAY, MAY 11 | 1-4:30PM


Followed by a free class in the style of Kevin Wynn, taught by Jason Rodriguez


Part of Platform 2024: A Delicate Ritual

curated by Kyle Abraham



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Kevin Wynn. Photo courtesy Purchase Dance.

Platform 2024: A Delicate Ritual, curated by Kyle Abraham, honors and celebrates the life of choreographer and teacher Kevin Wynn.


Regarded as “a choreographer of complex maelstroms that moved at lightning speed and an uncommonly dedicated teacher who influenced generations of dancers” (Brian Seibert, New York Times), Wynn danced with JosĂ© LimĂłn Dance Company and Dianne McIntyre’s Sounds in Motion, as well as his own company Kevin Wynn Collection.


The afternoon features remarks and live performances of Wynn’s choreography by former company members and members of Purchase Dance Company at SUNY Purchase, where he was a beloved and influential teacher and mentor for over 30 years. 


Speakers and performers include Kyle Abraham, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Colleen Thomas & Marc Mann, Michael Foley, Karen More, Roderick George, Hattie Mae Williams & Mark Drahozal, and The Purchase Dance Corps


The memorial is free and open to all.



The day will end with the first of three classes in the style of Kevin Wynn, taught by Jason RodriguezRegister for the free class here.


About Platform 2024: A Delicate Ritual

Kyle Abraham. Photo: Tatiana Wills.

Danspace Project’s sixteenth Platform is guest-curated by Kyle Abraham, the Princess Grace and McArthur grant-awarded choreographer, performer, and Artistic Director of A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham. Abraham’s first evening-length work, the Bessie Award-winning The Radio Show, was commissioned and presented by Danspace Project in 2010.


Platform 2024: A Delicate Ritual reflects Abraham’s interest in performers’ rituals, desires, and artistic exchanges. Describing the Platform as “a vulnerable and generative investigation that honors our prayers, practices, and predecessors,” Abraham invited artists Nicholas Ryan Gant & Shamel Pitts, taisha paggett & David Roussève, and Vinson Fraley & Bebe Miller to be in conversation with one another in a process of artistic and intergenerational exchange with the following curatorial questions in mind: 


How does nature’s relationship with humanity communicate/jostle/live in your body?

How present is a history of love in your relationship to or ritual of prayer?

How does change affect your relationship to ritual and prayer? 


Alongside the performances and exchanges, the Platform will honor Abraham’s dear friend and mentor, the choreographer and teacher Kevin Wynn with a memorial and classes taught by Jason Rodriguez.


Check out the calendar below!

Platform catalogue is on sale today!


Edited by Kyle Abraham, Judy Hussie-Taylor, and Seta Morton. Contributions from: Gioncarlo Valentine, the Platform artists, Beth Gill, Carrie Schneider, Charlotte Brathwaite, Marisa Prefer, Ethan Woods, Steve Pang, and more!


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May-June 2024 at Danspace Project

featuring Platform 2024

Platform 2024

Kevin Wynn Memorial


SATURDAY, MAY 11 | 1-4:30PM

Platform 2024

Original Kevin Wynn Classes

Taught by Jason Rodriguez


SATURDAY, MAY 11 | 4:30-6:30PM

[FREE AS PART OF KEVIN WYNN MEMORIAL]


SATURDAY, MAY 25 | 11AM-1PM

SATURDAY, JUNE 8 | 11AM-1PM

Platform 2024

taisha paggett + David Roussève

a shared evening


THURSDAY, MAY 23 | 7:30PM

FRIDAY, MAY 24 | 7:30PM

SATURDAY, MAY 25 | 7:30PM

Platform 2024

Vinson Fraley + Bebe Miller

a shared evening


THURSDAY, JUNE 6 | 7:30PM

FRIDAY, JUNE 7 | 7:30PM

SATURDAY, JUNE 8 | 7:30PM

Platform 2024

Conversations Without Walls

Abigail DeVille, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Samora Pinderhughes, Bebe Miller, and Vinson Fraley.


SATURDAY, JUNE 8 | 1-4:30PM

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