Performa

Contemporary art biennale

Entitycultural institution biennaleQ25339784

Also known as Performa Biennial · Performa Biennale

Instance of: cultural institution
, biennale
Country: United States
Located in: New York City
Founded: 2005
Website: performa-arts.org

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Performa is an American nonprofit arts organization known for its Performa Biennial, a festival of performance art that happens every two years in various venues and institutions in New York City. Performa was founded in 2004 by art historian and curator RoseLee Goldberg. Since its inception 2005, Performa curators have included Defne Ayas, Tairone Bastien, Mark Beasley, Adrienne Edwards, Laura McLean-Ferris, Kathy Noble, Charles Aubin, Job Piston, Lana Wilson, and Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi. The organization commissions new works and tours performances premiered at the biennial. It also manages the work of choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer.

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Postal code: 10011
Street address: 100 West 23rd St., Fl. 5 New York, NY 10011

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