• Steffani Jemison with Leslie Cuyjet on Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger

    at Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY, April 30, 2026, photo by Robyn Farrell

  • Steffani Jemison with Leslie Cuyjet on Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger at Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY, April 30, 2026, photo by Robyn Farrell
  • Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger rehearsing Senga Nengudi (left) and Maren Hassinger rehearsing at Pearl C. Woods Gallery, Los Angeles, May 1977. Photo: Harmon Outlaw. Courtesy of Senga Nengudi, Maren Hassinger, and Sprüth Magers


Steffani Jemison and Leslie Cuyjet on Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi

Artist Steffani Jemison and choreographer Leslie Cuyjet perform a collaborative piece that reflects on the dynamic artistic relationship between Maren Hassinger and Senga Nengudi. Performing alongside projections of archival images depicting Hassinger and Nengudi’s collaborations, Jemison and Cuyjet improvise together with text, dance, and thread. The performance meditates on the intense intimacy and attunement involved in longstanding artistic collaborations like Hassinger and Nengudi’s, paying homage to the powerful intergenerational legacy of their collective works.

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