Conversations Without Walls
Mina Nishimura & Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez
Facilitated by Samita Sinha

This Saturday, March 12 at 12pm EST (NYC time)
Mina Nishimura. Photo: courtesy the artist. Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez. Photo: Ian Douglas. Samita Sinha. Photo: Shervin Lainez.
Tune in to Danspace Project's YouTube this Saturday, March 12 at 12pm ET! Our long-form Conversations Without Walls series features 2021-2022 Renewal Residency Artists, Mina Nishimura and Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez, in a conversation facilitated by 2021-22 Research Fellow, Samita Sinha. Conversations Without Walls are pre-recorded on Zoom and then broadcasted on YouTube. The event is FREE and RSVP is required to access the broadcast!

The Conversations Without Walls series aims to unpack field-wide structures that dance makers are currently facing, resisting, and navigating creatively. 

In this conversation, Nishimura and Núñez share their experience as immigrant artists living and working in the US and for whom English is not a first language.Within their discussion, Núñez thinks critically about capitalist notions of “effective” communication from his intersectional perspective as an immigrant and visually impaired dance artist. Nishimura identifies divergent cultural intentions and expectations embedded in the Japanese language and American English and the ways in which these cultural and linguistic differences affect her life and work. With Sinha’s facilitation, they all explore unique challenges in translating dance into language. Together they provoke many questions: What is lost or gained in processes of translation? What refusals and reclamations can be made here? As dance makers, how can communication be honored and celebrated, beyond the making of meaning or unified understanding?


Registration closes 30 minutes prior to the broadcast.

Accessibility: Captioning will be provided for all Conversations Without Walls programs. A phone number will be provided so that the YouTube chat may be accessed audibly. For further inquiry, feedback, or to submit specific access requests, please email seta@danspaceproject.org.
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1. A person is stands in the center of a sunny field. Their shirt billows as they lean to the left. 2. Christopher wears a tan hat and plaid shirt. He he holds an object to his chin. 3. A brown woman sits on her knees. She closes her eyes pensively.
Conversations Without Walls

Mina Nishimura & Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez

Facilitated by Samita Sinha

Saturday, March 12 | 12pm

FREE
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Location: Parish Hall at St. Mark's Church-in-the Bowery

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Friday, April 29, 4-8pm
Saturday, April 30, 2-6pm

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Friday, May 13, 8pm
Saturday, May 14, 8pm

Location: The Sanctuary at St. Mark's Church-in-the Bowery

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Saturday, May 28, 3pm

The house will open at 2pm for Blind and Visually Impaired audiences.

Location: The Sanctuary at St. Mark's Church-in-the Bowery

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Location: Parish Hall at St. Mark's Church-in-the Bowery

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Friday, June 10, sunset
Saturday, June 11, sunset

Location: The Sanctuary at St. Mark's Church-in-the Bowery

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