Prelude Projects

Performance series are commissioned by Prelude Projects and held at CARVALHO, New York. Under the direction of Curator, Jennifer Carvalho, the biannual series invites both visual and dance artists to reimagine their creative process. It draws dance out of the theatre and into the collective consciousness, while bringing visual art into the realm of movement and performance—opening possibilities for both forms. Commissioned collaborations between performing and visual artists consider how disciplines are transformed through collaboration, as limitations are eclipsed, creating new intersectional approaches and total, synthesized works.


UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Opening January 30, 2026
A site-responsive installation by Paris-based artist, Guillaume Linard Osorio, in collaboration with Israeli choreographer, Etay Axelroad.


PAST SERIES

SUMMER 2025

June 30 – July 26, 2025
Installation titled, Pareidolia, by Rosalind Tallmadge
New choreographic work, Echoes on the Wall, by Ingrid Silva
Performing artists – Ingrid Silva, Elias Re, Vinícius Freire
Composer – Leandro Albuquerque

Costume Design – Erica Johnston
Curator + Producer – Jennifer Carvalho

WINTER 2025

January 25 – March 15, 2025
Installation titled, Fabric of Undoing, by Nicola Turner
New choreographic work, Ephemeral Solace (in passing), by Alec Knight + Taylor Stanley
Performing artists – Alec Knight + Taylor Stanley
Curator + Producer – Jennifer Carvalho


SUMMER 2024

July 11 – August 17, 2024
Installation titled, Spirit Playground, by Diana Orving
New choreographic work by Jodi Melnick
Performing artists – Jodi Melnick and Sara Mearns
Composer – James Lo
Curator + Producer – Jennifer Carvalho