The Ultimate Guide to the USA's Top 10 Performance Art Spaces
Local, national and international artists are taking risks and pushing boundaries everyday in their various forms of expression and performance. The USA has many venues from small centers to larger establishments dedicated to supporting and presenting groundbreaking performances. Here is a look at some of the best venues in the USA to experience contemporary performance art.
1. The Chocolate Factory
Theater
2. DiverseWorks
DiverseWorks
Started by artists in 1982, DiverseWorks is a non-profit art center located in Houston in the Midtown Cultural Arts District. The center focuses on the visual, literary and performing arts and provides a place where artists in various stages of their careers are free to test new ideas and take risks. Presenting a variety of stimulating performances each year, DiverseWorks strives to host experimental shows. It’s current project which can be seen in the current project Oliver Herring: Areas for Action by German artist Oliver Herring is also a social experiment because the show relies on the participation of volunteers. DiverseWorks, 4102 Fannin St., Suite 200, Houston, TX, USA, +1 713 223 8346
3. EMPAC
EMPAC
The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performance Arts Center, better known as EMPAC, is a space where the arts, sciences and technology come together and interact. Located in Troy, New York on the campus of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the venue strives to give visitors different sensory experiences than what might be familiar. A 220,000 square-foot center complete with four main spaces plus studios and labs, EMPAC hosts numerous, diverse performances each year from live filming to multidisciplinary shows. A future production, Extra Shapes, created by DD Dorvillier, will feature three different media—sound, light and dance—on three separate horizontal spaces taking place at the same time. EMPAC, 8th St. & College Ave., Troy, NY, USA, +1 518 276 3921
4. Highways Performance Space
Art Gallery, Theater
5. ICA - Boston
Building, Museum, Market
6. The Kitchen
The Kitchen
Founded in 1971, The Kitchen is one of the oldest nonprofit spaces in New York City and one of the first spaces to fully embrace video and performance art. An internationally acclaimed art space, the center features both emerging and established artists who work in a variety of media including dance, art and more. Known for being a place where artists can experiment with their craft, The Kitchen hosts numerous exhibits and performances each year. Throughout the years, artists such as post-modern dancer and choreographer Lucinda Childs and choreographer and performer Elizabeth Streb have been showcased here. The Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St., New York City, NY, USA, +1 212 255 5793
7. On the Boards
Theater
8. Performance Space 122
Building, School, Theater
9. Walker Art Center
Art Gallery
10. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Art Gallery, Museum, Theater, Theatre
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