“I was really moved by the creativity and the expression that these artists brought to each performance. I thought it was cool that they brought in different concepts like meditation, or spoken word and dialogue, and then infused it into a 10-minute-long piece. I also thought it was just great because you could see that a lot of the pieces were really well thought out with clear thesis structures, and it just gave me a lot of feelings because I thought about these artists’ exploration. I’m really glad that we have organizations in New York that offer performances for free. … Continued

“We have known LEIMAY before, but this is the first time at OUTSIGHT, so we’re really excited to be here in the garden outdoors on a beautiful day to see live dance and movement performances.” Lisa: “Something that moved me from today’s gathering was one of the artists talking about bringing a style or a form of dance from outside of, like, a nightlife space, and bringing it into a garden, into a daytime space, and the courage that it took to do that. There’s so often… these are my words, not theirs, but there’s so often, I think, it’s … Continued

“Having dance in nature gives the performance a freeing effect, and I think I was moved by seeing other people be uncomfortable or find discomfort in their performances. I really appreciated being able to just walk over to a park and see an intimate performance.” – Sil, OUTSIGHT Audience, 2026

“I think it was a really perfect environment for meditating. And I think that’s what I’ve been trying to find in my own practice, or maybe have been finding in my own practice. But in the studio, or in these other manufactured spaces, I feel sort of disconnected from the sources that I draw from choreographically and artistically. So I think this was a perfect moment to ground, especially with this work. It’s been made for stage, and then remade genuinely for this space. And then, through rehearsing before today and today, I found something completely different in the performance … Continued