Returning to Green Space this past October to rehearse and to create a new choreography was like going back home. I started my relationship with the space when I was selected for the Take Root program in the Fall of 2022. Since then, it became the studio I go back to to be inspired. When I opened the door of the studio this past October and the lighting and the view was in front of me, it gave me that feeling of a warm “welcome back”. The place is quiet, clean and bright. My new work journey started and it will be ready to be presented at the Physical Theater Festival PhysFestNYC on January 11th and 12th.
My relationship with Green Space went beyond a studio to rehearse. After my Take Root performance in January 2023, Valerie Green invited me to teach a workshop in the Studio Summer Intensive for the Summer 2023 and to be part of the Artistic Advisory Board. That also entitled me to be one of the curators and mentorship of the D.I.G. (Digging in Group) Residency. During the 2 years in this program, I met diverse artists and dance perspectives that revealed the gold mine that New York City is. It also showed a community, a place where moving artists come to create and share their experiences, respecting others & ways of expression, and learning from each other.
Home is a place that embraces and nurtures you, that is what the Green Space feels like!
—Selma Trevino, Green Space Artistic Advisory Board Member