Judy Dworin Performance Project
Moving for Change Since 1989.
Judy Dworin Performance Project (JDPP) harnesses the arts as a powerful change agent and catalyst for collaboration and community. JDPP’s performances and residencies create spaces that release the imagination and allow deep reflection, constructive action and out of the box exploration of self and society. We celebrate the dignity of all beings, the wisdom of the body, the deep reflective capacity of the mind and the hopeful possibility that through the arts we can together work for and create a more positive world for the present moment and the future. In the darkest places we find inspiration and hope. Come join us!
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Your gift tells a story! #GivingTuesday is only 1 Week Away! Please consider giving a gift to Judy Dworin Performance Project on Tuesday, November 27 and keep us #Moving4Change tinyurl.com/DonateJDPP
Exciting News! JDPP's documentary—Making Me Whole. Prison, Art & Healing, which was made in partnership with CPTV, will air again in December! On 12/13 at 7:30 p.m. on CPTV—Spirit (see channel listings here: cptv.org/schedule/cable-channels/) and on 12/16 at 10:30 a.m. on CPTV. For more info on the project visit cptv.org/making-me-whole/
Your gift makes ART happen! #GivingTuesday is November 27! Please consider giving a gift to Judy Dworin Performance Project and keep us #Moving4Change tinyurl.com/DonateJDPP
Tomorrow is the day!! Hope to see everyone at Charter Oak Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m.!Judy Dworin Performance Project takes the stories of incarcerated women from behind prison walls and brings them into the light for all to listen and learn. HOW IT IS is an evening filled with deeply personal stories told through narrative, music and dance - many of the pieces performed by the women who lived them. Join us for a powerful evening this Saturday at 7:30pm at Charter Oak Cultural Center. Tix and info here: charteroakcenter.org/event/how-it-is-reflections-on-prison-from-brave-in-a-new-world-and-in-my-sh...
Some gorgeous photos from Mental Health Connecticut's Art of Wellbeing: A Time to Dance annual Fundraiser!A celebration of our 110th anniversary and MHC's biggest fundraiser of the year was an amazing night and a huge success!
Thank you to our honorary co-chairs, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, ConnectiCare President, Eric Galvin, and our wonderful emcee, Jocelyn Maminta, who guided us through our 6th Art of Wellbeing and one of our most unique events to date.
Paul Gionfriddo, President and CEO of Mental Health America and Luis Perez, MHC's President and CEO each spoke passionately about making mental wellness a priority, for all of us.
We featured "dance" in two very different ways. Capping off a year of exploring "what moves you?", what better way to do that than dance?
The Judy Dworin Performance Project brought us to a real, raw, soulful, and mindful place. Young performers from Doreen's Dance Center reminded us to celebrate and have fun.
Our guests enjoyed amazing food while bidding on silent auction items, trying their luck in the wine pull, and purchasing a "What Moves You?" hoodie to remember the evening. And, they are still on sale! Go to: www.mhconn.org/hoodie for details.
We can't thank our many sponsors and supporters enough for a truly wonderful evening. Thank you for supporting MHC and we hope to see you soon!
We were so honored to partner with you for our big event. Your performers helped us create an experience that our guests will remember always. Thank you for all you do!!
Last night JDPP's Director of Community Engagement and Operations, Brittany Gauthier and our Board Vice President, Cristina Santiago attending Greater Hartford Arts Council's 2018 United Arts Campaign!
Your gift makes SMILES happen! #GivingTuesday is only 2 Weeks Away! Please consider giving a gift to Judy Dworin Performance Project on Tuesday, November 27 and keep us #Moving4Change tinyurl.com/DonateJDPP
Tickets are still available for this Saturday's performance of How It Is at Charter Oak Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m. tinyurl.com/HowItIsCOCC
Getting ready for Mental Health Connecticut’s annual conference at Mohegan Sun’s Cabaret Theater
On Wednesday, Judy Dworin and Robin Cullen were interviewed on WTNH News 8's Good Morning CT program about JDPP's participation in Mental Health Connecticut's annual fundraiser! Tickets are still available: www.mhconn.org/AWB
Mental Health Connecticut to hold annual Art of Wellbeing fundraiser
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The Mental Health Connecticut's annual fundraiser, the Art of Wellbeing: a time to dance, is happening on November 10th. Dancers from the Judy Dworin Performance Project will be taking part in the event.News That Moves—November 2018! Check out all the great things that JDPP is up to! t.e2ma.net/message/luhe0/p54m4d
On November 17 at 7:30 p.m. JDPP will be performing How It Is at the Charter Oak Cultural Center In a powerful mix of narrative, song and dance that audiences have praised as “powerful,” and “incredibly brave… moving,” How It Is brings key issues of incarceration to the stage. Performed by members of Judy Dworin Performance Project’s Ensemble and guest artists that have, at one point, spent time in prison. Tickets are on sale now! tinyurl.com/HowItIsCOCC
Fear deprives humanity of justice, and starves us all of compassion.
JDPP stands with Tree Of Life - Or L'Simcha Congregation in this time of grief, and urges everyone to change our world through shared action.
Please #vote for peace on November 6.
This past Friday Judy Dworin and Robin Cullen attended the 26th Annual Conference on Serving Adults with Disabilities which was co-sponsored by CT State Department of Education, adult Education and Literacy and EdAdvance. Judy and Robin, seen here with Carol Boin conference co-facilitator, were keynote presenters. The CPTV doc, Making Me Whole. Prison, Art & Healing was shown as well.
Programming Coordinator Suzi Jensen is at The New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents’ See Us, Support Us Symposium at John Jay College of Criminal Justice today. The Osborne Association
We are so excited to have the talented students at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts represent JDPP in their Choreographers Showcase! Don't miss the performance on October 27!
Meet The Student Dancers In The Greater Hartford Academy Of The Arts Choreographers Showcase
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The student dancers at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts are working with six professional choreographers for the school's fall dance concert on Oct. 27.
We are THRILLED to have Judy's work on the program! Thank you for all of your support throughout the process.
This piece is amazing and so relevant today! Hard to believe this was choreographed in 1993- a must see!! 😘👍
Thank you Andy Hart for the beautiful pictures from the debut performance of (US) at the Hartford Public Library this past weekend!Judy Dworin Performance Project debuted its latest work, (US), at Hartford Public Library last night. It was quite a show. (US) illustrates the immigrant experience past and present through dance, music and spoken word. Congrats to the group and to all the HPL staff who kept things flowing smoothly (the piece was performed at three different areas of the Downtown Library).
J. Walton Bissell Foundation, Inc. 
Digel Family Foundation Ensworth Charitable Foundation 
Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Memorial Charitable Trust through Trinity College 
Isabella's Pink Bus George A. and Grace L. Long Foundation 
Sharon R. O’Meara Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Stewart B. McKinney Foundation 
Charles Nelson Robinson Fund 
Watkinson Prisoners Aid Society Sponsors: BlumShapiro Budwitz & Meyerjack P.C. Hardman Law Offices GeoQuest, Inc. Roger’s Fine Liquors Yankee Discount Liquor … and a huge THANK YOU to the many Friends who have supported JDPP over the years!