When women are allowed to be full on subjects, without the structures and narratives that shackles them to limited objectified existence, what does our world look like?
How would those in charge approach homelessness, generational poverty, gun control, and educational disparities? Would our relationship to Mother Earth change? Would oppressive religious mandates disappear? Would reparation for genocide and forced labor happen?
When women are given the space to interrogate our own internalized misogyny, racism, classism, ableism, homophobia, what kind of storytelling emerges?
When women are in charge, would men finally be free?
The Full ON Subject Residency is WADE’s inaugural multidisciplinary residency program that supports New York City-based, women-identifying and nonbinary choreographers in developing original dance works centered on feminist narratives, free from the constraints of the patriarchal male gaze. Rooted in WADE’s mission to amplify historically underrepresented voices and create systemic change through the arts, the residency offers choreographers a rare opportunity to explore themes of identity, power, and social transformation within a supportive, equity-centered environment.
This multi-year initiative provides artists with financial support, rehearsal space, curatorial mentorship, and production resources. The program challenges participants to examine how empowering women and nonbinary individuals can open new pathways to addressing deeply rooted systemic issues such as domestic violence, generational poverty, and social injustice.
The 2025 Full ON Subject Residency features choreographers Keerati Jinakunwiphat and Petra Zanki, who will create new work developed over a six-month period through studio rehearsal and collaborative research. Their works will premiere as part of WADE’s unspoken//unbroken public event at the Center for Performance Research in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, an institution dedicated to supporting embodied art practices as powerful tools for creativity and change.
Full ON Subject functions as both a platform for bold artistic experimentation and a catalyst for dialogue around social justice. It exemplifies WADE’s core belief that feminist leadership in the arts is essential to imagining and building a more just world. Through movement, storytelling, and intentional community engagement, the residency supports the development of work that is not only artistically impactful but deeply connected to collective healing and action.
Thank you to our program partners:
Peaceable Barn
New York University’s Dean’s Faculty Research Grant 2025