John Jasperse Projects

Introducing the seven dancers of Wandering. In Wandering, choreographer John Jasperse and the collaborative dancers respond to Julie Mehretu’s exhibition, Our Days, Like a Shadow (a non-abiding hauntology), at the Marian Goodman Gallery in NYC, May 20-23. @johnjasperse @juliemehretu @maria.fleischman @cat_kirk @kopcyn @ansotomr @mak.t.quest @jaceweyant @mingus.14 📸 first 2 & last 2 photos by @canigetawhitney

Marian Goodman Gallery, Julie Mehretu, and John Jasperse Projects are pleased to present Wandering, a series of live performances at the gallery’s headquarters in New York on 20-23 May 2026. With choreography by Jasperse, 7 dancers engage with Mehretu’s paintings, with music by Hahn Rowe and Will Johnson. The dancers will inhabit six articulated galleries on three different floors in dialogue with Mehretu’s exhibition, “Our Days, Like a Shadow (a non-abiding hauntology),” on view at the gallery’s Tribeca location from 14 April - 6 June 2026. With a building interest in dance, Mehretu invited Jasperse to respond to her work after being introduced to Jasperse’s oeuvre by dramaturg/producer Ariel Osterweis (founder of BODY SHOP Performance Projects). Together with a roaming audience, the dancers collectively explore Mehretu’s new works, all within the spatial, cultural, and temporal environment that surrounds and extends from the gallery’s walls. For more information and tickets, please visit the John Jasperse exhibition page on mariangoodman.com. #JulieMehretu #JohnJasperse #WanderingMGG #MGGNY 📸by Whitney Browne @canigetawhitney

Marian Goodman Gallery is pleased to announce our seventh solo exhibition by Julie Mehretu titled “Our Days, Like a Shadow (a non-abiding hauntology),” which will include new and distinct bodies of work from 2024-2026. Presented for the first time in the U.S., a prelude to this body of work was seen in the exhibition “Ensemble” at Palazzo Grassi in Venice in 2024, and “Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory” at MCA Sydney in 2024-25. The exhibition, Mehretu’s fourth solo presentation in New York, will feature “Wandering,” a series of live performances under the direction of choreographer @johnjasperse in May, marking the debut of Ari Osterweis’ @body_shop_performance_projects . “Our Days, Like a Shadow (a non-abiding hauntology)” opens 14 April and runs through 6 June 2026. #JulieMehretu #MGGNY Images: Julie Mehretu, Ascension, Part 2 (after Coltrane), 2025. Acrylic on canvas. © Julie Mehretu

Congratulations to John Jaspers @johnjasperse on being featured in The New York Times @nytimes as part of “The Best Dance of 2025 So Far”! 🕺✨ Your performance at our theatre truly deserved the spotlight, thanks for bringing artistry, passion, and that unforgettable moment of magic to our stage. Here’s to more boundary-pushing choreography, standing ovations, and making moments that resonate. 👏🎭

Honored to be included with such brilliant company in @nytimes Best of Dance of 2025, So Far. I can't sufficiently express my gratitude to the Performing Collaborators: #vickyshick @jodimelnickdance @kopcyn @jaceweyant @maria.fleischman Composer: @hahn_rowe Lighting Designer: @bendems Stage Management: @cassie.dietrich Photo: @photo_by_baranova Presenter: @lamamaetc Funders: @nyscouncilonthearts @nyculture #O'Donnell-GreenFoundation #RobisonFoundation Residency Partners: @yaddotoday @baryshnikovartscenter @bogliascocenter @slcdanceprogram @sarahlawrencecollege

Check out Cecilia Whalen's review of Tides in @fjordreview . Performing Collaborators: @maria.fleischman @jaceweyant @jodimelnickdance @kopcyn #vickyshick Composer: @hahn_rowe Lighting Designer: @bendems Presenting Partner: @lamamaetc Funders: @nyculture @nyscouncilonthearts #o'donnell-green Residency Partners: @yaddotoday @bogliascocenter @baryshnikovartscenter @sarahlawrencecollege @slcdanceprogram

Review of Tides by @johnjasperse in @dancenthusiast calls the work "transcendent." Thanks to the extraordinary collaborators @maria.fleischman @jaceweyant @kopcyn @jodimelnickdance #vickyshick @hahn_rowe @bendems ; presenting partner @lamamaetc ; funders @nyculture @nyscouncilonthearts #o'donnell-green; Residency partners @yaddotoday @bogliascocenter @baryshnikovartscenter @sarahlawrencecollege

John Jasperse Projects “Tides” review in today’s New York Times, April 28, 2025. “Jasperse’s engrossing ‘Tides’ was a thrilling opener…Jasperse [is] a choreographer whose compositional skill and artistry channel the talents of these exceptional performers into the special sorcery of contemporary dance…the main charge of ‘Tides’, one of the most engrossing dance works I’ve seen this year, comes from the choreography: a strong structure kept supple and alive with little slippages and surprises.” - Brian Seibert, The New York Times @hahn_rowe #vickyshick @jodimelnickdance @kopcyn @maria.fleischman @jaceweyant @bendems @cassie.dietrich @lamamaetc

3 more chances to see Tides! Friday night SOLD OUT. Saturday and Sunday matinee with live-streaming option for remote viewing on Saturday. Tickets selling fast! Get yours at lamama.org - link in bio. “Tides” April 10th-13th at @lamamaetc as part of La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival. Photography by Maria Baranova @photo_by_baranova Performers left to right: Cynthia Koppe, Maria Fleischman, Jodi Melnick, Jace Weyant, Vicky Shick The new evening-length work features an intergenerational cast ranging from veteran luminaries in the downtown scene (Vicky Shick #vickyshick, Jodi Melnick @jomelnickdance , and Cynthia Koppe @kopcyn ) to younger, emerging dance artists (Jace Weyant @jaceweyant and Maria Fleischman @maria.fleischman ). The commissioned score is created by long-time collaborator Hahn Rowe. Composer: @hahn_rowe Lighting Designer: @bendems Presenting Partner @lamamaetc Residency partners: @yaddotoday @bogliascocenter @baryshnikovartscenter @sarahlawrencecollege Funding partners: @nyscouncilonthearts @nyculture Special thanks to the O’Donnell-Greene Music and Dance Foundation for commissioning funds as well as the James E. Robison Foundation and individual donors.

It’s opening night of John Jasperse Projects - Tides! 4 chances to see it @lamamaetc Tickets selling fast! Get yours at lamama.org - link in bio. “Tides” April 10th-13th at @lamamaetc as part of La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival. The new evening-length work features an intergenerational cast ranging from veteran luminaries in the downtown scene (Vicky Shick #vickyshick, Jodi Melnick @jodimelnickdance melnickdance, and Cynthia Koppe @kopcyn ) to younger, emerging dance artists (Jace Weyant @jaceweyant and Maria Fleischman @maria.fleischman ). The commissioned score is created by long-time collaborator Hahn Rowe. Composer: @hahn_rowe Lighting Designer: @bendems Presenting Partner @lamamaetc Residency partners: @yaddotoday @bogliascocenter @baryshnikovartscenter @sarahlawrencecollege Funding partners: @nyscouncilonthearts @nyculture Special thanks to the O’Donnell-Greene Music and Dance Foundation for commissioning funds as well as the James E. Robison Foundation and individual donors.

Not in NYC for the 20th anniversary of La MaMa Moves! ? You have three options to join us from anywhere in the world 🌍 Get your tickets on LaMaMa.org

La MaMa Moves! 20th Anniversary Week 1 John Jasperse Projects: “Tides” – Apr 10-13 John Jasperse Projects will premiere a new evening-length work that is built around a collection of real-life, intergenerational mentor/protegé relationships that exist within the team of collaborators. This celebration of the arc of life in dance and the generosity of the act of transmission is at the heart of the work. In many ways, dance has often been denigrated through sexism precisely because it is linked to sensorial, intuitive, empathetic, and responsive processes–attributes that are typically thought to be feminine.