MDD's Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change: February 5th

Mark DeGarmo Dance’s 16th annual interactive Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change (VSPS) presents 12 Global Choreographers with 4 Alternate Artists on Thursdays, Feb. 5, Mar. 5, & Apr. 2 at 7:00 PM ET via Live Zoom* with the VSPS 2026 theme Dance and Social Change.

MDD’s February 5th VSPS is a curated sharing of original transcultural transdisciplinary work from Florida, Michigan, New York, and North Carolina. MDD’s Thursday, February 5 salon features the work of Andrea Agostini (Florida), Barbara Mahler (NYC), Carolyn Pampalone Rabbers (Michigan), and Tanu Sharma (North Carolina). The Alternate Artist is Kara Brems (Michigan).

Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change provides an opportunity for the public to view and engage with original performing arts and dance works-in-progress of curated artists. Since 2019, Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change has featured the work of 566 presenting artists and performers from over 31 countries and 23 U.S. states in 39 in-person and live virtual salons.

Tickets:

By donation on Eventbrite

Suggested donations:

Salsa -- $10

Step -- $15

Break -- $20

Improv -- $50

Aerial -- $100

Other

*Zoom Link will be sent to attendees by 5:00 PM ET the day of the performance from info@markdegarmodance.org. If a donation for tickets is made after that time, the MDD staff will send the link via email as soon as possible. Contact info@markdegarmodance to communicate regarding ticket status.

About the Artists & Works-in-Progress

The artists will present a range of dance works-in-progress exploring the VSPS 2026 theme, Dance and Social Change. The works will explore themes of immigrant resilience, rest, recognition, and respect (Andrea Agostini; Florida), women’s autonomy, resistance, and embodied response to political control (Barbara Mahler; NYC), a global water crisis and melting ice caps (Carolyn Pampalone Rabbers; Michigan), and women’s sacrifice, resilience, and the invisible labor imposed by patriarchal norms (Tanu Sharma; North Carolina).

About MDD’s Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change

Founded in 2010 by choreographer and curator Mark DeGarmo, the Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change (VSPS) encourages discourse between the public and choreographers to support the creation of original dance and movement works-in-progress. The goal of VSPS is to produce under-recognized choreographers from New York City and State, the U.S., and globally. The series encourages the works-in-progress of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), Hispanic and Latinx, and Multiracial artists as well as those who are people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, and over 50, 60, 70, and 80 years old.

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