Gesel Mason Performance Projects

05/22/2024

Support Yes, And in St. Maarten and Austin! - https://mailchi.mp/2583454bdb18/yesand30days5k

GMPP is excited to have been invited to share (and receive!) the Yes, And experience in St. Maarten and to present an encore presentation at the Contemporary Austin in connection with Fusebox's 20th Anniversary.

In the ongoing quest for justice and equity, it is vital to create spaces where we can thrive and be resourced. We have 30 days to raise $5000 and we can do it with your support! All you have to do is say YES, AND click the link!

08/23/2023

Check out GMPP's 2022-2023 season recap!

Dive Into The World of Yes, And! Yes, And is a collection of dance performance experiments that place an expanded vision of Black womanhood in the creative process. The project invites us to inhabit inspired realities that reclaim the past, transform the present, and dream new futures into being.

07/14/2022

Lovely trailer created by Maggie Bailey of our Austin performance of Yes, And at Women and Their Work and Fusebox Festival. I do hope you will join us in DC at Hillwood Garden and Estate.

5:30-7 p.m. | Explore Hillwood’s mansion, gardens, greenhouse, and special exhibition Grace of Monaco: Princess in Dior; museum shop and Merriweather To Go open

7 p.m. | Performance begins in the Motor Court

7:15-8 p.m. | Encounter Dance installations throughout the gardens. Choose your own route or feel free to follow a performer on their journey.

8-8:30 p.m. | Performance on the Lunar Lawn

9 p.m. | Hillwood closes

At 6:30 p.m., Friday, Jul 15, artist Vicki Meek will lead a short, conversation in the theater in the Ellen MacNeille Charles Visitor Center. At 8:45 p.m. Saturday, artist Gesel Mason will lead a post-show conversation.

American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation will be provided at the Saturday, July 16 performance.

PROGRAM GUIDELINES
This program is outdoors. Guests will move throughout the gardens and along garden paths. Please prepare for hot weather.
Additional audio and video content will be accessible by QR code; you may wish to bring headphones.
Consider bringing a blanket or easy-to-carry lawn chair for your journey.
Food and drinks, including beer and wine, will be available for purchase from Merriweather To Go.
See our visitor guidelines for information about how we are following the latest local and national guidance.

07/13/2022

05/20/2022

See you in Denver!

Dance/USA is pleased to announce that Gesel Mason is the Opening Keynote Speaker for Dance/USA Connect: Denver! ⁠https://sforce.co/3NGgQBe
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Choreographer, performer, educator, and arts facilitator Gesel Mason is artistic director for Gesel Mason Performance Projects associate professor of dance and choreography at the University of Texas at Austin. Mason will deliver the keynote address in Denver, CO on August 17 at 10am.⁠
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Will you be there? Register now and save $100 on early bird rates! Learn more about registration and Dance/USA Connect: Denver programming here! https://sforce.co/3NGgQBe

01/28/2022

01/25/2022

It's 2022! Here's some of what we've been up to!

Yes, And is a collection of performance experiments that places an expanded vision of Black womanhood at the center of its creative process. Yes, And asks: “Who would you be and what would you do if, as a Black woman, you had nothing to worry about? What would you create and how might you be in ...

01/24/2022

Looking forward to our Pillow Lab residency!

01/24/2022

Excited to be a part of this!

Join artists, arts presenters, activists, funders, organizers, and more as we reimagine a more just and equitable field together. NPN’s conference is an opportunity to collectively build our learning and practice to build artists’ power and advance racial and cultural justice in the arts.

12/14/2021

Excited and grateful for the opportunity to be at the Pillow!

BCC and the BCC Alumni Association Board, together with Dan Dillon’s family, have created an annual Heart of Service Alumni Award in his honor.