Center for Performance Research

CPR – Center for Performance Research is dedicated to supporting artists in the development of new work in contemporary dance, performance, and time-based art. It forefronts the artistic process, upholding a belief that embodied art forms are vital vessels for creativity, connection, and social change. CPR's programs are concentrated in three areas: artistic residency programs offering creative and professional development support to a diverse range of artists working across contemporary performance practices; curated and open-call public programs focused on incubation and research that expose local audiences and the wider NYC arts field to contemporary performance practice and process; and a Subsidized Space Rental Program that ensures artists can access affordable space for creation and presentation. CPR is committed to an arts environment that is aesthetically, racially, and ethnically diverse, inclusive of bodies of all backgrounds and abilities, and supportive of a broad range of embodied modes of expression.