Cancelled: Vain Combat – 2 Washington Square Park Performances
By Douglas Dunn + Dancers
Douglas Dunn + Dancers in Vain Combat - New York City Performances
Cancelled-Vain Combat
By Douglas Dunn + Dancers
Douglas Dunn + Dancers in Vain Combat - New York City Performances
Manhattan Community Board No. 2 – Meeting May 22, 2025
By Manhattan Community Board No. 2
Manhattan Community Board #2 Manhattan is one of the first community boards to be established in the early 1960’s. One of Soho Broadway Community Neighborhood Resources
Sundays on Broadway: Performances by IV Castellanos + Emma Judkins + Nami Yamamoto
By Cathy Weis Projects
SoHo Broadway Events-Sundays on Broadway IV Castellanos + Emma Judkins + Nami Yamamoto
Vain Combat – Washington Square Park (Garibaldi Plaza)
By Douglas Dunn + Dancers
Douglas Dunn + Dancers VAIN COMBAT Outdoor Dancing* Free! Five Dates! Multiple Locations! Multiple Viewing Opportunites! Trying for something rougher than my indoor work, I made the street dance Vain Combat in 2010. The word Vain was meant to mean both arrogant and futile. No irony. Knowing from past experience the difficulty of grabbing the attention of New Yorkers in their daily rounds, I allowed simple configurations and welcomed unison. Lots of duets. We’ve performed the piece over the last fifeteen years many times all around the boroughs. There are fifteen sections, well over an hour of material. The dancers get together before a foray and, choosing various sections, settle on a score for the day, usually about half an hour. We operate as a guerrilla force, entering public and private spaces without permission. Sometimes we are stopped and driven away, most famously on the Lincoln Center Plaza, where a large crowd jeered at the guards and police who confronted and banished us. This...Read More >
Vain Combat – Central Park (Bethesda Fountain)
By Douglas Dunn + Dancers
Douglas Dunn + Dancers VAIN COMBAT Outdoor Dancing* Free! Five Dates! Multiple Locations! Multiple Viewing Opportunites! Trying for something rougher than my indoor work, I made the street dance Vain Combat in 2010. The word Vain was meant to mean both arrogant and futile. No irony. Knowing from past experience the difficulty of grabbing the attention of New Yorkers in their daily rounds, I allowed simple configurations and welcomed unison. Lots of duets. We’ve performed the piece over the last fifeteen years many times all around the boroughs. There are fifteen sections, well over an hour of material. The dancers get together before a foray and, choosing various sections, settle on a score for the day, usually about half an hour. We operate as a guerrilla force, entering public and private spaces without permission. Sometimes we are stopped and driven away, most famously on the Lincoln Center Plaza, where a large crowd jeered at the guards and police who confronted and banished us. This...Read More >