Mark DeGarmo Dance (MDD) broadcasts its 14th annual VSPS at Mark DeGarmo Dance

Mark DeGarmo Dance (MDD) broadcasts its 14th annual Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change (VSPS) 2024 featuring Global, U.S., New York City and State Emerging and Established Asian American and Pacific Islander, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Latino, and Other; LGBTQIA+, Seniors, and Women Performing Artists on Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 7 PM ET on a Live Online Interactive Zoom Broadcast*.

MDD’s VSPS is an audience- and artist-acclaimed sharing of works-in-progress with a facilitated audience response curated and facilitated by Mark DeGarmo. MDD’s Thursday February 1 salon features CJ Donohoe (Brighton, MA), GOODW.Y.N. (NYC), Rulan Tangen (Santa Fe, NM), and FangTing Yeh (NYC).

Tickets on Eventbrite: General Admission: $20; Students and Seniors: $10; If it is impossible for your economic situation, contact us at least 24 hours in advance: info@markdegarmodance.org with the reason for your request so you can join us.

Eventbrite: http://bit.ly/47juqmt

*Zoom Link will be sent to attendees by 5:00 PM ET the day of the performance from info@markdegarmodance.org. If a donation for tickets is made after that time, the MDD staff will send the link via email as soon as possible. Contact info@markdegarmodance to communicate regarding ticket status.

About MDD’s Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change

Founded in 2010, MDD's Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change supports performing artists in New York City & State, U.S., and globally with a focus on Asian American, Pacific Islander, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Latinx, and others, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, seniors, and others. VSPS provides a curated opportunity for the general public to view, engage with, and demystify the creation of original dance & movement works-in-progress of emerging, mid-career, & established artists.

About Mark DeGarmo Dance

Mark DeGarmo Dance began operations in 1982, was incorporated in 1987, and in 2024 celebrates its 37th anniversary as a leading New York City nonprofit dance organization located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side at NYC-owned The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center (The Clemente). President Barack Obama commended DeGarmo and MDD for your service to your community and the nation. The National Endowment for the Arts deemed MDD’s NYC dance education program for under- resourced public elementary children of color living under the federal poverty rate a national model.

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This program is made possible in part by private funds from The Harkness Foundation for Dance and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and

the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and

the New York State Legislature.