“Gibney finds in dance the proper set of incendiary devices to fuel life change, ignite new perspectives on women’s roles, and hotwire the visual spectacle of live art.” - Tim Duroche, Willamette Week

Known for intricately crafted, powerful performances and groundbreaking community action, Gibney Dance is dedicated to exploring the potential of human communication through movement. Praised by The New York Times for “great intelligence and almost literary sensitivity,” an experience with Gibney Dance is one of commanding physicality and richly textured choreography, of physical strength, flawless technique and raw emotional power. Our passion is to create and perform engaging, intellectually challenging work in a cooperative community of shared ideas, and share the power of dance as a means for personal change and community action.
 
Although the company has been presented in some of the finest venues for dance in the US and abroad - including the Danspace Project, Symphony Space, the Guggenheim Museum, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Internationale Tanzmesse (Germany) and l’Agora de la Danse (Canada) - Gibney Dance has a fundamental commitment to performing in unconventional spaces and to new audiences. By performing site-specific works in shelters, schools and public space, Gibney Dance is committed to sharing our craft with audiences who may have little or no access to performing arts.

Gibney Dance is also well-recognized for its groundbreaking community action with survivors of domestic violence, youth-at-risk and people living with HIV/AIDS. In 2008, the company was named to the Vanity Fair Hall of Fame “because they not only make art but take action, bringing the wisdom they’ve acquired as dancers into the lives of women whose bodies house the memory of domestic violence.” To expand its artistic excellence and community action to the national and international levels, the company recently launched an exciting new Community Action Residency Program.

“Gina Gibney’s choreography - which I’ve been watching for quite a while - always reminds me of what’s most important to me about art: serious attention to craft and an equally serious concern about human connection and communication.” - Eva Yaa Asantewaa, GreatDance