Past Programs

Raven, installation view, 2021 — Performance

Remix Ready Mix Live

November 3, 2021, 6 pm, Dia Chelsea

Performance

CARL CRAIG and MORITZ VON OSWALD

Saturday, March 7, 2020, 7 pm, Dia Beacon

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Four people in different colored clothes gaze up at a hanging grey platform in a white room. — Performance

Joëlle Tuerlinckx: THAT'S IT!

September 24–30, 2018, Dia Beacon

Black-and-white photograph of dancer hunched over while squatting en pointe and backlit with a neon, gridded light installation running the length of the floor in the background. — Performance

François Chaignaud & Cecilia Bengolea

Sunday, May 21, 2017, 3 pm, Dia Beacon

Performance

François Chaignaud & Cecilia Bengolea

Saturday, May 20, 2017, 3 pm, Dia Beacon

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Black-and-white photograph of the three dancers in leotards from the waist up, standing together in a circle holding hands with arms bent at the elbow. — Performance

François Chaignaud & Cecilia Bengolea

Friday, May 19, 2017, 3 pm, Dia Beacon

Two legs with ballet slippers on the feet stand on a cement floor with a black cord coming from the lft and being held presumably by the person. The floor appears to be lit by a green light. — Performance

François Chaignaud & Cecilia Bengolea

Sunday, May 14, 2017, 3 pm, Dia Beacon

Two dancers on opposite sides of the floor are hunched over while crouched en pointe, backlit with a neon green, gridded light installation running the length of the floor in the background.. — Performance

François Chaignaud & Cecilia Bengolea

Saturday, May 13, 2017, 3 pm, Dia Beacon

Black-and-white photograph of two dancers in leotards lunging to the right while en pointe with arms exended outwards. The dancer in the center foreground has arms pointed perpendicular to their body. The dancer in the right background has their left arm pointing diagonally upwards and forwards, and right arm pointing diagonally backwards and downwards. — Performance

François Chaignaud & Cecilia Bengolea

Friday, May 12, 2017, 3 pm, Dia Beacon

Performance

François Chaignaud & Cecilia Bengolea

May 12–14, 2017
May 19–21, 2017, Dia Beacon

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A person is twisted in motion under a spotlight. — Performance

Steve Paxton: Selected Works

October 17–October 26, 2014, Dia Beacon

Two figures facing opposite directions and are in motion with each other on a lit stage. Both figures have their right hand raised and their left hand palming their left thigh. — Performance

Lisa Nelson and Steve Paxton, Night Stand

October 10, 2013–October 19, 2013, Dia Chelsea

A group of five dancers on stage in black trousers and different colored and patterned tops step in identical motion towards stage right, sandwiched between a metal folding chair behind them and a white pillow sitting in front of them. — Performance

Yvonne Rainer Performance at Dia:Beacon

October 22, 2011–May 13, 2012, Dia Beacon

A shadowy image of a person dressed in white in an industrial space with pillars and white smoke near the ground, reaching up to hang sheets of plastic on a string with clothespins. — Performance

Robert Whitman, MoonRain

May 14, 2011, Dia Beacon

A burning boat on a body of water, reflecting black and orange, with two people sitting in it, one rowing. — Performance

Robert Whitman, Passport

April 17, 2011, Dia Beacon

A dancer dressed in white, facing forward with their right leg raised and extended to the right in a curve, standing in front of a large and mirrored black square work installed on a white wall. — Performance

Trisha Brown Dance Company Performance Series

November 14, 2009–May 1, 2010, Dia Beacon

A dance performance with three dancers on a gray mat is observed by a crowd of people in a gallery space. — Performance

Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Beacon Events

September 30, 2007–May 16, 2009, Dia Beacon

A woman carrying white fabric in one hand drags a dolly with a coyote seated on it through an industrial space lit by blue light and projections. — Performance

Joan Jonas: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things

October 8–23, 2005 and October 14–29, 2006, Dia Beacon

An out of focus image of three people. Two people against a wall have images of other people projected onto them. The projection on the left is dressed in all white and the projection on the right is dressed in a black bra and white underwear. A third person dressed in white stands away from the wall in the middle of the two other people. — Performance

Robert Whitman: Prune Flat (1965) and Light Touch (1976)

September 10–12, 2003, Dia Chelsea

A white china teapot with a small image of bird on it, a white mug, and a white sauce holding a lit cigarette, all sitting atop a small curved wooden table. — Performance

Chantal Akerman, A Family in Brussels

October 11–14, 2001, Dia Chelsea