named programs · 5 · from sources
What they call their work
Borrowed Prey
Multi-year interdisciplinary project examining cultural relationships to death and consumption, including live performances, an anatomical workshop, and a participatory burial fantasy workshop.
SeNSATE
Durational, site-specific dance installation performed over three hours in which audiences freely move between two performance spaces, experiencing choreography inspired by Nietzschean philosophy and psychological intensity.
Swaddling
Installation component of Borrowed Prey exploring themes of containment, vulnerability, and the body through visual and tactile art forms.
The Art of Burial
Participatory fantasy burial workshop designed to engage attendees in imaginative reflection on mortality, ritual, and cultural disconnection from death.
The Unity of Skin
Intimate dance trio performed within a crocheted set environment, exploring perception, connection, and the dissolution of boundaries between performers and audience through repetitive, cyclical movement.
activities · 3 groups
What they do
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Original Dance Performance Production 4 activities
- Creation of pop-up and participatory performance projects on alternative economies and social ritualsProduces site-responsive mini-performances and events such as the Pop-Up Gesture Store and Pickpocket Dance Party, which include participatory tutorials and explore themes of currency, intimacy, and physical presence through movement and gesture.
- Development and presentation of evolving performance seriesCreates and presents multi-iteration performance projects such as COVERS and SeNSATE, where each performance builds on the previous one through live transformation, durational formats, and audience mobility across performance spaces.
- Exhibition and performance of choreographic scores in public and gallery settingsPerforms and exhibits choreographic scores such as "weedy scores" and "Rhizomatic Dreaming" in non-traditional venues including the Schuylkill Center and Transformer Gallery, often in collaboration with environmental or interdisciplinary collectives.
- Production and public performance of original dance-theater worksCreates and presents evening-length and durational dance-theater performances that integrate research and interdisciplinary themes, such as human-animal empathy, medical technology, repression, and death. These works are developed through extensive rehearsal and presented at venues including Danspace Project, Guggenheim Works and Process, and LAB gallery.
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Ballet and Dance Education Programs 1 activity
- Teaching and guest artist residencies in dance and performanceProvides dance instruction and serves as a guest artist at universities and public schools, including the University of Washington, University of Wisconsin, NYU, Ponderosa, and NYC public schools, contributing to dance education and capacity building in the field.
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Uncategorized 1 activity
- Interactive performance installations exploring sensory and social connectionDesigns and facilitates participatory art installations such as swaddling experiences inspired by Temple Grandin’s squeeze machine and reciprocal exchange practices, where audience members receive sensory comfort and are invited to offer a gesture in return, fostering reflection on human connection and embodiment.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$17K
Contributions & grants$13K74%
Program service revenue$4K26%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$29K
Program expenses—
Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits$5K
Grants paid out$0
balance sheet
Total assets$4K
Cash—
Investments—
Liabilities—
Net assets$4K
3 years on record · 2021–2024 · YoY revenue +24.6%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
board members · 2
- Carey Green — Board Member
- Carrie Ahern — Artistic Director
relationships · 23
Who they work with
- 1067 Pacific People Partner — Hosted the Swaddling installation as part of their “Alternative Pleasure, Pop-Up Gesture Store” in Brooklyn from 2014–2016
- Alwan for the Arts Partner — Presented the premiere of Borrowed Prey: Part II in New York City in 2013
- Alwan for the Arts Partner — Provided two commissions to Carrie Ahern
- Andrea Haenggi Partner — Collaborated on multiple projects including The Pop-Up Gesture Store and PICKPOCKET Dance Party, and hosted activities at 1067 PacificPeople, a space co-created by Haenggi.
- Andrea Haenggi Partner — Collaborator on multiple projects including Pop-Up Gesture Store, Pickpocket Dance Party, and Holiday Revolt
- CUNY Graduate Center Government — Academic institution affiliated with a key collaborator from the Nietzsche Circle involved in the early development of "SeNSATE."
- Capstone Equities Partner — Provided free rehearsal space in an underground bank vault near the New York Stock Exchange for the development of "SeNSATE."
- Catherine Grau Partner — Collaborator in the Environmental Performance Agency collective
- Christopher Kennedy Partner — Collaborator in the Environmental Performance Agency collective
- Danspace Project Partner — Commissioned evening-length works from Carrie Ahern
- Danspace Project Partner — Hosted performances of "Red" in February 2006.
- Ellie Irons Partner — Collaborator in the Environmental Performance Agency collective
- Environmental Performance Agency Partner — Collaborated with the Environmental Performance Agency during its early development in 2017, hosting their activities at 1067 PacificPeople and contributing choreographic work to their exhibitions.
- Guggenheim Works and Process Partner — Commissioned and hosted performances of "Red" in September 2005.
- Guggenheim Works and Process Series Partner — Commissioned the work 'Red' from Carrie Ahern
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Partner — Facilitated access to rehearsal space through its program placing artists in unused commercial spaces.
- Nietzsche Circle Partner — Initially encouraged and committed to support the creation of "SeNSATE" through engagement with Nietzsche’s philosophical work.
- Olek Partner — Collaborated with visual artist Olek on the performance installation COVERS, combining choreography and crochet-based wearable sculpture.
- Olek Partner — Collaborator on the durational window performance Covers
- Open Arts Studio Partner — Hosted the organization's 20th anniversary celebration event.
- Rob Neuwirth Partner — Co-producer on projects developed under 1067 PacificPeople in Crown Heights, BK
- Robert Neuwirth Partner — Co-collaborator on the five-year social-ecological art project 1067 PacificPeople, alongside Andrea Haenggi.
- Temple Grandin Partner — Inspired movement research and installation design through her work on animal behavior and sensory stimulation, with text co-written by her and Carrie Ahern
strategies · 5
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Embodied Research to Surface Taboo Topicsmethodology: embodied_researchBy using the body as a site of research and performance, we generate simultaneous discomfort and comfort to engage audiences deeply with taboo subjects, because somatic exploration makes abstract or repressed issues viscerally felt and thus more confrontable.
- Feminist Theoretical Framework in Performancemethodology: feminist-theory-based-performanceBy grounding performance in feminist theory—particularly Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex—we critically examine women’s lived and erotic experiences, because applying philosophical frameworks to embodied art creates a reflective space to challenge gendered norms and representations.
- Gesture Economy as Alternative Currencymethodology: gesture_economyBy replacing monetary transactions with human connection and presence as currency, we foster compassion and shift social dynamics, because valuing gesture and attention over money disrupts conventional economic norms and deepens relational engagement.
- Intimate Interaction as Social Disruptionmethodology: intimacy_as_disruptionBy using physical intimacy in performance, we challenge entrenched power dynamics and reframe desire and transaction, because close, personal engagement disrupts passive spectatorship and provokes critical reflection on social norms.
- Technology-Mediated Embodiment to Explore Human-Tech Relationshipsmethodology: technology-mediated-embodimentBy integrating video game technology into live performance, we create immersive experiences that link movement and sound to explore how technology mediates human experience, especially around death and dying, because responsive tech systems make abstract relationships between body and machine tangible and affective.