World premiere of 'Fielding 70s' Dance performance by BODHI PROJECT in dialogue with the exhibition 'Expanded Horizons: American Art in the 70s'

Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Pantin is proud to host the world premiere of Fielding 70s, a dance performance conceived by choreographer Susan Quinn and her avant-garde BODHI PROJECT dance company in resonance with the landmark exhibition Expanded Horizons: American Art in the 70s, which is currently on view at the gallery until 1 February 2025.

Following the rich variety of artworks brought together by Expanded Horizons, Fielding 70s explores the intersection between the emergent ideas of American post-modern dance and the visual arts. The performance specifically investigates the juxtaposition of minimalist dance with the flourishing of expressionistic dramaturgy of the 1970s (including vibrant stage and set design) and negotiates conceptualism, influences of the new wave and the turbulent relationship between form and meaning. Fielding 70s draws inspiration from the eclecticism of some of the ground-breaking women choreographers of the time - Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, Twyla Tharp - and their innovative artistic departures. This performance celebrates their quest for new immediacy, spontaneity and refined body syntax.

About BODHI PROJECT

BODHI PROJECT was founded in 2008 by Susan Quinn with the ambition to provide emerging dance talents with a suitable transition phase between dance study and their subsequent professional dance career. Since 2018, BODHI PROJECT is part of the Blackmountain non-profit organisation, which promotes contemporary dance and performance. BODHI PROJECT follows an independent path in the international contemporary dance scene and unfolds artistically in an inimitable way with a great variety of choreographic voices.

Since its inception, more than 50 international choreographers have worked with BODHI PROJECT. About 200 performances have taken place during the last ten years in national and international venues. Around 55 dancers from more than 20 countries have been members of this exceptional dance company. 

About Susan Quinn

Susan Quinn is the founder and artistic director of BODHI PROJECT dance company. In 1981, after graduating from New York University in Fine Arts and Dance, she joined the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for seven years as a dancer. She continued to dance in New York City and abroad with various choreographers, while deepening her interest in the study of choreography, teaching techniques and composition. After more than ten years working as a dancer and teacher in the USA and Europe, she moved to Salzburg in the early '90s and founded SEAD – Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. From 1991 to 2006, she created pieces for her own company, the Susan Quinn Dance Company. In 2012, Susan was awarded a Merce Cunningham Fellowship by the Merce Cunningham Trust.

Susan Quinn is a founding member of the platform tanz_house Salzburg, taught Contemporary Dance and Composition at the University Mozarteum Salzburg from 1991 until 2013, and was a member of the Regional Council for the Arts in Salzburg from 2001 to 2004. In 2008, Susan founded the touring company BODHI PROJECT. In addition, she is the initiator and curator of several festivals and performance series for contemporary dance. The City of Salzburg honoured Susan Quinn with the International Award of Arts and Culture in 2016. In 2021, she founded the cultural center SQFARM. Fallbach Art Research Movement as a meeting place for artists in residence and people from the surrounding area in Anger (Upper Bavaria). Recently, Susan Quinn was awarded the Gertraud Ruckser-Giebisch-Prize of the Cultural Foundation 'Pro Salzburg' for her life's work.

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