Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born: day pulls down the sky
About This Event
Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born present day pulls down the sky at Danspace Project. Their collaboration moves between dance, performance and devised structure, built through close attention to language, rhythm and the body in time. Okpokwasili’s practice emphasizes endurance and vocal presence while Born’s compositional frame favors spare, intentional sequencing; together they foreground precision and accumulation rather than narrative closure.
About day pulls down the sky
At Danspace Project, *day pulls down the sky* unfolds as a dance work by Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, performed in configurations that include solos and their shared presence. The piece centers on the body as an archive, using movement, breath, and voice to track memory, endurance, and the weight of everyday ritual. In New York’s downtown dance ecology, Danspace frames the work as part of an ongoing conversation about experimental form and Black feminist performance practice. Its restraint reads as a method, not an aesthetic pose.
About the Artists
Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born
Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born work between dance, performance, and devised structure, often building pieces through close attention to language, rhythm, and the body in time. Their collaboration has appeared in New York City contexts, including Danspace Project, where they present *day pulls down the sky*.
Okwui Okpokwasili
Okwui Okpokwasili is a Nigerian-American artist whose work moves between dance, theatre, writing, and installation. Trained in theatre, she builds performances that treat the body as both storyteller and site, often alongside collaborators such as Peter Born, including projects presented in New York City at Danspace Project.
Peter Born
Peter Born is a dance artist whose work has appeared in New York City at Danspace Project, a venue closely tied to contemporary performance and experimentation. He is known for collaborations with choreographer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili, including the shared project *day pulls down the sky*.