
October 10, 2025
Center for Performance Research
361 Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11211
unspoken//unbroken is a multidisciplinary evening of art, performance, and dialogue presented in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Event Details
Doors open at 6:30PM, Performance at 7:00PM
Location: Center for Performance Research, 361 Manhattan Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11211
Event end time: 9:30PM
Curator & Exhibition Lead
Giada Matteini
Produced by
WADE
Supported by
NYU Tisch Dean’s Faculty Research Grant
Information and Credits
Space 1, The Small Studio
The Garden of the Taken
Femicides are too often reduced to statistics, stripped of the complexity of the lives they represent. This exhibition insists on a deeper form of witnessing. Using flowers as both artistic medium and data, the works transform remembrance into a visual archive. Each bloom marks an intersection — race, age, migration, sexuality, disability, class — so that patterns of vulnerability and resilience become visible. Together, these floral constellations honor individual lives while exposing the structures that shaped their loss.
Contributors:
Giada Matteini, Concept
Jon Allaire, Installation designer
Carissa Dahlia, Carpenter
Paper flowers handmade by Giada Matteini and members of the WADE community
Fabric faux flowers courtesy of Material for the Arts
Carissa Dahlia (she/her) has always loved building things and creating with her hands, but has been in carpentry for just over a decade now and enjoys the freelance lifestyle building sets with NYU Tisch's Grad department and loading in sets at off Broadway houses. When she isn't in a woodshop, holding a power tool, or otherwise covered in sawdust, she can be found near or on a wall at her local climbing gym, advocating for better theatre accessibility, reading at home with her senior cat Randy, or trying to tetris more art onto her apartment walls.
TITLE/PANELS
BLURB
Contributors:
Giada Matteini, Concept
Marissa Chen, Artist
Marissa Chen is a multidisciplinary artist whose work moves fluidly between dance, film, photography, and design. Based in New York City and a recent graduate of NYU’s dance BFA program, she creates playful, emotionally-driven works that explore freedom, identity, and joy. These projects include dance pieces, short films, and installations, as well as paintings and drawings. Her practice is rooted in both classical and contemporary dance, with international experience at Berlin’s B12 Program, the Festival Internacional de Baile in Peru, and various creative opportunities in Italy and London. Marissa recently performed at Radio City Music Hall for the NYU Tisch graduation and has frequently collaborated with the Rochester City Ballet. As an Asian-American woman, Marissa’s work weaves together personal narrative and imaginative exploration—blurring boundaries between mediums and celebrating the ever-evolving journey of becoming.
Data Visualization
In collaboration with the NYU Law Public Interest Law Center and the Tisch ITP program. This visualization transforms legal data and historical timelines into an accessible, emotionally resonant experience. This display humanizes the data and draws attention to the legal gaps, progress, and challenges that continue to shape the lived realities of domestic violence survivors.
Contributors:
Sai Ram Ved Vijapurapu, NYU Tisch ITP
In collaboration with NYU Law Public Interest Law Center & Tisch ITP Program
SAI BIO
ABOUT ITP PROGRAM
The History of WADE
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Contributors:
Corinne Hart, WADE Founding Member and Director of Operations
Information and Credits
Space 2, The Large Studio
Please join us at 7:00pm for a performance by choreographers Keerati Jinakunwiphat and Petra Zanki, developed through WADE’s Full ON Subject Residency in partnership with NYU Tisch Dance.
Performance run time: 60 minutes
About the Full ON Subject Residency
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 Full ON Subject Residency program 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.
The 2025 Full ON Subject Residency featured choreographers Keerati Jinakunwiphat and Petra Zanki who developed new work over a six-month period through studio rehearsal and collaborative research, culminating in this evening’s performance.
Thank you to our Full ON partners:
Peaceable Barn
New York University’s Dean’s Faculty Research Grant 2025
NYU Tisch Dance
When women are allowed to be full-on subjects, liberated from structures that confine them to objectified existences, what does our world look like? How would leadership approach issues such as homelessness, generational poverty, gun control, and educational disparities? Would our relationship with Mother Earth transform? Could oppressive religious mandates dissolve? Might reparations for historical injustices be realized? When women interrogate their own internalized misogyny, racism, classism, ableism, and homophobia, what kind of storytelling emerges? When women lead, would men finally be free?
Show order?
Petra
Bio
About work
Piece credits
soil to sky
Choreographer & Performer: Keerati Jinakunwiphat
Music/Sound: ‘New Dawn’ by Sathapat Sangsuwan, ‘Wave’ by Antonio Carlos Jobim, ‘Knives’ by Quaba Venza Ernest, 'Dreams Once Buried Beneath The Dungeon Floor Slowly Sprout Into Undying Gardens’ by Andre 3000, and 'ลำปางใหญ่’ by นิก กอไผ่
Costumes by Karen Young
Lighting Design by Center for Performance Research resident lighting designer
About the Work: soil to sky honors the labor, sacrifice, and care of past and present ancestors. With these domestic objects, we transform everyday spaces into scenes of resonance, lineage, and belonging.
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WADE Team
Giada Matteini | Founder, Artistic and Executive Director
Giada Matteini (she/they) is an Italian performer, educator, choreographer, and cultural producer based in New York City. She is the Founder and Director of WADE (Wandering Avian Dance Experience), a women-led multifaceted performing arts company working at the intersection with social justice and focused on supporting the voices and artistic expressions of women and historically underrepresented artists. Giada is also an Assistant Arts Professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Principal Investigator of an NYU funded research project investigating somatic movement rehabilitation models for perpetrators of gender-based violence. They have traveled as a guest artist to Germany, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Spain, China, The Philippines, Mexico and across the U.S. and Italy.
Corinne Hart | Founding Member, Director of Operations
Corinne Hart (she/her) is an accomplished dancer, educator, and arts administrator. She has performed with reputable companies such as Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, WADEensemble, and RIOULT Repertoire Group at venues including New York City Center Studios and The Ailey Citigroup Theater. Corinne holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a minor in Nutritional Studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her performance repertoire includes classical and contemporary works by Pascal Rioult, Ori Flomin, Roy Assaf, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Stephanie Batten Bland, and Sadé Alleyne. In her role as an arts administrator and freelancer through Corinne Hart LLC, she provides advice and strategic planning to enhance her clients' operations through grant writing, digital marketing, and more.
Dahyun Kim | Public Relations and Research Director
Dahyun Kim, pronounced [Da-hyeon Khim] is a dancer, choreographer, and educator from Seoul, South Korea. She has recently received her M.F.A. in Dance at Tisch School of the Arts and M.A. in Dance Education at Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Dahyun is deeply passionate about creating a culturally responsive and research based practice. Her artistry recently has been focused on understanding her cultural identity, and sharing with the world the nuanced beauties that lie in Korean art forms. This can be seen in her works such as ‘흥 | Joy’ premiered in Queensboro Dance Festival 2022, ‘수심가 | Depth of Water’ premiered in Tisch Masters Concert 2023, and ’일엽편주 | Paper Boat‘. A versatile mover, Dahyun has performed in choreographies by Ronald K. Brown, Jesse Obremski, Kaya Wolsey, Deborah Damast, Austin J Eyer, Michele Dunleavy, Esl Kim, Yunjung Jang, Rafael Cañals, David Cartahena Lee, and more. She is currently a company member with Gotham Dance Theatre, and she works as a freelancer based in NYC. Dahyun is a deep believer that dance is for everyone, and they wish to live as living proof of this statement.
Alisha Kathwani | Marketing Director
Alisha Khatwani (she/her) is a dynamic dancer and digital artist. After relocating to New York in 2021 to pursue her dreams at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Alisha earned her BFA in Dance with a minor in Digital Art and Design. Her training under prestigious artists from companies such as Gallim Dance Co., AIM by Kyle Abraham, and Limón has shaped her into an expressive artist. Alisha's artistic evolution extends beyond dance; she also thrives as a digital artist, exploring avenues in graphic design, photography, and video projects. Her experiences studying abroad in Berlin with the B12 dance program and performing at renowned festivals, like Battery Dance, at NYU Tisch Graduation at Radio City Music Hall, and in the Eden Gardens, have broadened her artistic horizons. As Alisha continues to blend her passions in dance and digital art, with great emphasis on connection and expression through art.
Natasha Rotondaro | Lighting Designer and Stage Manager
Natasha Marie Rotondaro is a Canadian-born international lighting designer, currently based out of New York City. She uses light to build new worlds and tell stories within them. She loves collaboration, and explores light through theatre, dance, and other art forms where light can shape space. Natasha received her MFA in Design from the NYU Tisch Design for Stage and Film program. Portfolio: www.natasharotondaro.com Instagram/TikTok: @natashagetslit
John Eng | Photographer
John Eng (he/him) is a freelance photographer who is based in the NYC metro area. His clientele includes a diverse portfolio of organizations and dance companies and his award-winning work has been featured in online and print publications. John’s passion for photography comes from the desire to capture fleeting moments in time with lasting images that evoke emotion.
Matteo Ferrone | Production Assistant
Matteo Ferrone, a native New Yorker, is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Biology at City College of New York to focus on a career in healthcare. This past summer he worked his first job in the field as an occupational therapist assistant at the Methodist Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Riverdale. A competitive ice hockey and soccer player, he grew up surrounded by dancers who have influenced his understanding of a healthy mind-healthy body connection and of a deep commitment to one's craft. He has served as WADE's production assistant and videographer since 2021 working both in Italy and in New York and has been present at every Dance HUB Italy since its inception in 2010 at the tender age of six.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WADE extends heartfelt thanks to its dedicated board members, Seàn Curran and Adia Edmonson. We are deeply grateful to WADE’s donors and the many generous supporters who made this performance possible. Giada offers her sincere appreciation to the incredible WADE team and talented artists who brought this vision to life.
Special thanks and recognition to the NYU Tisch Dance Department for their unwavering support.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCE
UPCOMING PERFORMANCE
The International Human Rights Art Festival 25
Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
8:30 pm
The Tank, 312 W 36th St., New York, NY 10018
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