Black Artists Space to Create Resident Artists 2024/25 Season
The BASC Residency offers three artists residencies at Arts On Site. Each artist receives a one-week residency and a stipend of $2,000. The artists have access to complimentary studio space at the New Dance Alliance’s loft in Tribeca throughout the season, and are invited to show work in NDA’s annual Performance Mix Festival. NDA offers this space for resting, dancing, creating, healing, grieving, laughing, and breathing. There is no expectation of production and artists are not obligated to present new work at the end of this residency.
L to R: Maria Bauman (photo: Thomas Dunn) | Javon Ja’Moon Jones (photo: Emma Ivy, Ivy House Imagery) | Nubian Néné (photo: Jerick ‘Anyo’ Collantes)
Maria Bauman Javon Ja’Moon Jones Nubian Néné
Performance artist Javon “Ja’Moon” Jones discovered his love for movement in his hometown of Detroit, MI. Following his graduation from Cass Technical High School, during which he was the inaugural recipient of the Maxmara Young Visionary Award and a gold medalist in the YoungArts dance competition, he pursued formal training at The Juilliard School. Ja’Moon temporarily set aside his formal studies to contribute to the thoughtfulness of A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham and a former full-time cast member of Sleep No More NYC. He is also developing his own sacred illustrations as an independent performance artist. Ja’Moon’s work has been showcased in various locations, including Dakar, Senegal; Santa Fe, NM; New York, NY; Durango, CO; Colorado Springs, CO; San Jose, CA; Carmel, CA; Glendale, CA; and Los Angeles, CA, through a diverse range of performances and residencies. Ja’Moon is excited to be the inaugural resident choreographer of Ballare Carmel.
Maria Bauman (she/her) is multi-disciplinary artist and community organizer from Jacksonville, FL now based in Brooklyn, NY. She’s been recognized with two Bessie Awards, one for her work with Black improvisers’ collective The Skeleton Architecture (2017) and another for her choreography as part of The Motherboard Suite directed by Saul Williams and Bill T. Jones (2021). She’s proud to be a recent fellow with the Urban Bush Women Choreographic Center. She was awarded two Maggie Allessee National Choreographic Center awards/residencies in 2022 and early 2023 to develop her work. Currently, Bauman is Artist-in-Residence at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is a Mertz-Gilmore/NYFA dance award winner and is the Queer Exchange Network artist on behalf of BAAD!.
Nubian Néné is a Montreal native and a New York-based dancer/ choreographer who weaves Street & Club dances to create her unique captivating style. Her resilience and hard work stem from her Haitian roots, enabling her to expand into a producer, curator, visual artist, teacher, and a reliable asset to any endeavor and team. Her mentors, some of the innovators of the Street & Club dance cultures, support, encourage, and inspire her to identify cultural references, to be involved and engaged in the community, and through pedagogy help carry the weight of African diasporic legacy. Nubian Néné performs with Bboyizm Dance Company’s In My Body and Passion Fruit Dance Company’s Trapped (2021) and Dimensions (in progress). Signature Verses Liberation (2022), an ode to architecture, dance, and drawing, is her first visual art installation, and proof of harmony. She is currently working on premiering her solo in 2025, inspired by mental health and its effect on creativity. Nubian Néné is the creator, curator and artistic director of Waack Bazaar, The Essence Experience, Glasses & Laces, and A Lady in The House Dance Company.
Artists for this season’s BASC residency were selected by the BASC 2024-2025 Curatorial Committee: Babou Sanneh, j. buoey, Jelani Taylor and Kyle Marshall.
BASC receives support from New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Bernstein Family Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, and generous donations from many individuals.
“My creative history with New Dance Alliance goes a way long. Since my friend, Chivas Sandage brought me to New Dance Alliance to rehearse in early 90’s, the place has become a part of my creative life. The long time existence of the studio and Performance Mix Festival are vital to the artists who seek and explore deep into their process. Whenever I step into the studio, it’s a new space with a lot of memories. I lie down on the floor, listen to my body, and I dance. It is valuable. The time in the space nurtures my practice and artistic vision. Karen’s vision of Lift-Off residency, feedback sessions, providing peer to peer connections are more significant than ever. It has been helping us to get through 2020 and we are going into 2021.”
– Nami Yamamoto
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