Black Artists Space to Create
The 2024/2025 Black Artists Space to Create Residency artists are
Maria Bauman, Javon Ja’Moon Jones, and Nubian Néné

About the Residency
The 2024-25 Black Artists Space to Create (BASC) residency program artists are Maria Bauman, Javon “Ja’Moon” Jones, and Nubian Néné. Each artist will receive a one-week residency with unlimited access to a dance studio and full living space at Arts on Site R&R in Kerhonkson, NY, as well as a $2,000 stipend. The residency is designed as both a retreat and a space to create without the pressure of developing a new project. Additionally, artists have access to complimentary studio space at New Dance Alliance’s loft in Tribeca throughout the season, and are invited to show work at NDA’s annual Performance Mix Festival.
Founded in 2020, BASC was envisioned by former NDA advisory board member Angie Pittman “as a way to value and amplify the tremendous work that Black artists have historically done and are doing to shape our nation’s imagination, language, and humanity.”
New Dance Alliance is committed to continually assessing its role in amplifying, uplifting, and supporting artists of color across its programmatic platforms. As a predominately white-led organization, NDA hopes to learn and continue to push the boundaries of what it means to create a more equitable dance field. NDA’s hope as an organization is to not only grow this program, but to also create a community of artists to whom it is continually able to offer support.
Artists are selected by an invited curatorial committee of previous BASC artists and New York-based artists. The committee is modeled after Movement Research’s Artists of Color Council. NDA’s motivation in gathering this committee is to transfer organizational and curatorial power to artists of color, and work toward cultivating a more transparent and accessible organization for all artists. This year’s committee selected artists who demonstrate a rigorous commitment to conversation in dance and performance within the communities they are rooted in, in addition to dedication and longevity in practice, performance, and community building.
The 2024-25 BASC curatorial committee: j. bouey, Kyle Marshall, Babou Sanneh, and Jelani Taylor.


Previous BASC artists
- 2023/2024: Aya Shabu, Jordan Deal, and Mickey Davidson
- 2022/2023: Alexander Diaz, Ayan Felix, and Miriam Parker
- 2021/2022: Ama Ma’at Gora, Kayla Hamilton, and Nile Harris
- 2020/2021: Johnnie Cruise Mercer, Leslie Cuyjet, and Angie Pittman
Press
- News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in August 2024 [PDF] in Dance Magazine, 9/4/24
- New Dance Alliance Unveils 2024-25 Black Artists Space to Create Residency Program [PDF] in Martin Cid Magazine, 8/13/24
- New Dance Alliance Announces 2024-25 Black Artists Space To Create Resident Artists [PDF] in Harlem World, 8/12/24
- New Dance Alliance Reveals 2024-25 Black Artists Space to Create Resident Artists [PDF] in Broadway World, 8/12/24
- Press Release: New Dance Alliance Announces 2024-24 Black Artists Space to Create Resident Artists [PDF]
- Press Release: New Dance Alliance Announces 2023-24 Black Artists Space to Create and LiftOff Resident Artists [PDF]
- New Dance Alliance Announces 2023-24 Black Artists Space to Create and LiftOff Resident Artists [PDF] in Broadway World, 11/13/23
- New Dance Alliance Announces 2022–23 Black Artists Space To Create And LiftOff Residency Artists [PDF] in Broadway World, 11/30/22
- New Dance Alliance Announces 2022 Black Artists Space To Create Residency Artists [PDF] in Broadway World, 10/29/21
- All Her Life Studies: A Downtown Dancer Finds Her Voice [PDF] in The New York Times, 5/30/21
- A Space for Black Dance Artists to Create in the Hudson Valley [PDF] in The New York Times, 8/14/20
- Today’s Dance Edit: A new residency for Black dance artists [PDF] in The Dance Edit newsletter, 8/17/20
- The New Dance Alliance Board, Advisory Board & Staff Announce the Launch of the Black Artists Space to Create Residency [PDF] in The Dance Enthusiast 8/19/20
- The New Dance Alliance Board announce the launch of the Black Artists Space to Create Residency [PDF] in Charmaine Warren 8/19/20
- New Dance Alliance names Angie Pittman as Residency Director [PDF] in Charmaine Warren 8/19/20
- News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in August 2020 [PDF] in Dance Magazine 9/4/20
This project receives support from New York State Council on the Arts, Bernstein Family Fund, Harkness Foundation for Dance, and generous donations from many individuals.