Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change (VSPS) February 2025 at Mark DeGarmo Dance

Mark DeGarmo Dance (MDD) broadcasts its 15th annual Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change (VSPS) 2025 Exploring the theme NO BORDERS, NO HIERARCHIES on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7 PM ET on a Live Online Interactive Zoom Broadcast*  

MDD’s VSPS is a curated sharing of original transcultural transdisciplinary work from the Ivory Coast and Mexico as well as California and New York. MDD’s Thursday, February 6 salon features the work of Maryam Malmir (Riverside, CA), Jean-Paul Mehansio (Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, West Africa), Israel Javier Hernandez Montaño (Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico), and Shoko Tamai (NYC). 

Tickets on Eventbrite: By donation; 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. 

Suggested donations: Salsa -- $10; Step -- $15; Break -- $20; Improv -- $50; Aerial -- $100

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/virtual-salon-performance-series-2025-3759679  

*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 the Artists & Works-in-Progress

The artists will present a range of dance works-in-progress exploring the VSPS 2025 theme, NO BORDERS, NO HIERARCHIES. The works will explore themes of personal freedom and self-expression in the face of societal constraints (Maryam Malmir; Riverside, CA), human autonomy and freedom of movement (Jean-Paul Mehansio; Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, WA), feeling trapped in the emptiness and frustration of a monotonous, unfulfilling routine (Israel Javier Hernandez Montaño; Pachuca, Hidalgo, MX), and universal womanhood, nature, and life's cyclical, borderless rhythms (Shoko Tamai; NYC). 

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, Multiracial and others, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, seniors, and others. VSPS has in 39 salons produced over 519 dancers from 31 countries, and 22 US states. 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 2025 celebrates its 38th 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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Our programs are supported, in part, by private and public funds from American Online Giving Foundation; Jody and John Arnhold; Benevity; Frances and Benjamin Benenson Foundation; Bernheim Foundation; Blackbaud Giving Fund; Lisa and Dick Cashin; PJ and Dawn Dearden; Rev. Dr. Lindley DeGarmo and Sarah Finlayson; Friends of Mark DeGarmo Dance; Jill Ganey; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; JPMorgan Chase Foundation; Lara and Darius Mehraban; The Kyle J. Mulrooney Foundation; Mental Insight Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; Network for Good; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; New York City Department of Education; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; Lindsay O'Reilly; PwC Charitable Foundation; Religious Society of Friends; The Rothfeld Family Foundation; Ruth and Seymour Klein Foundation, and Barbara Sherman.