Dancers Unlimited

Dancers Unlim­it­ed (DU) is a 501©3 based in Brook­lyn and Oahu. Estab­lished in 2009, the com­pa­ny cen­ters com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment as key parts of its cre­ative process to facil­i­tate authen­tic artis­tic expres­sion. Their sto­ries address decol­o­niza­tion, cul­tur­al cel­e­bra­tion, and com­mu­ni­ty build­ing root­ed in ances­tral and tra­di­tion­al prac­tices. While they are a dance com­pa­ny, their work engages film­mak­ers, tra­di­tion­al Pacif­ic Island cul­tur­al prac­ti­tion­ers, culi­nary pro­fes­sion­als and chefs, and envi­ron­men­tal activists. 

On Gov­er­nors Island, they’ll bring a sum­mer full of per­for­mances, art, cre­ativ­i­ty and cul­tur­al cel­e­bra­tions. The orga­ni­za­tion’s inau­gur­al NYC artists res­i­dence, run­ning from May 17 through July 27, fea­tures Dancers Unlim­it­edʻs immer­sive reper­toire per­for­mances and a dynam­ic group exhi­bi­tion pre­sent­ing the works of inter­na­tion­al­ly cel­e­brat­ed artists Dan Taula­pa­pa McMullin and Reuben Pater­son, along­side a vibrant line­up of mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary artists, includ­ing Matthew H James, Claire Unabia, Tom­my Hite, paulaw­pARTS, and Son­ja John.

Explor­ing themes of iden­ti­ty, ances­try, and trans­for­ma­tion, the exhi­bi­tion is a bold cel­e­bra­tion of Pacif­ic, Indige­nous, and dias­poric nar­ra­tives inter­wo­ven with exper­i­men­tal media, poet­ry, and immer­sive visu­al storytelling.