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Ashley Ferro-Murray

Curator, Theater and Dance

Ashley Ferro-Murray is Senior Curator for Theater and Dance and joined EMPAC in 2016. Her curatorial practice focuses on expanding histories of performance and technology artworks while supporting artist-centered approaches to media in contemporary performance.

Recent commissions include works by Maria Hassabi, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Su WenChi, and Ni’Ja Whitson.

Most recently, Ferro-Murray has published in TDR: The Drama Review (2022) and has a book chapter forthcoming in Informatics of Domination from Duke UP. She co-teaches Curatorial Theory and Practice at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and currently serves on the boards of TURBA: The Journal for Global Practices in Live Arts Curation and Body, Image, Movement Biennial in Madrid, Spain. She has received major awards from The MacArthur Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and has served as an advisor for the Institute of Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University.

Ferro-Murray holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

Events and Residencies

2023

May 12, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Work in Progress
Outside / In
Theatre Junction
April 6, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Installation
Transtraterrestrial
A Prequel and Premiere of the Unarrival Experiments—Unconcealment Ceremonies
March 20–April 7, 2023
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
The Unarrival Experiments — Unconcealment Ceremonies
Sage Ni’Ja Whitson
January 11, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater
J’ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction)
Daina Ashbee
January 11–May 12, 2023
Season
2023 Spring
January 11—May 12, 2023

2022

December 2, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Dance/Theater
Serpentine
Daina Ashbee
November 9, 2022 at 6:00 pm
Talk
Title 42, or, The Flight of the Pallindrone
Ricardo Domingeuz & Amy Sara Carroll
November 4, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Commission
ANTHEM
Adam Weinert
October 31–November 4, 2022
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
ANTHEM
Adam Weinert
September 14, 2022 at 6:00 pm
Talk
Surveying the Land Back: How a Problematic History can Help Indigenous Nations
Heather Bruegl
August 31, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Time-Based Visual Art
Northern Sparks: Innovation, Technology Policy, and the Arts in Canada from Expo 67 to the Internet Age
Michael Century
August 26, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Performance
PROPHET: The Order of the Lyricist
7NMS
August 26–December 7, 2022
Season
2022 Fall
August 2–4, 2022
Dance/Theater, Residency
New York State DanceForce
August 2, 2022 at 11:28 am
Dance/Theater
Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener
As part of NYS DanceForce
June 27–29, 2022
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
ANTHEM
Adam Weinert
March 16, 2022 at 6:00 pm
Talk
A Black Technologic: Considering Liberatory Imaginaries in Emerging Technologies
Ni'Ja Whitson
March 14–31, 2022
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
The Unarrival Experiments — Unconcealment Ceremonies
Sage Ni’Ja Whitson
February 18, 2022 at 3:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance
Black Body Amnesia
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
February 7–18, 2022
Dance/Theater, Performance, Residency
Black Body Amnesia
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
February 1, 2022 at 6:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Performance
Work-in-Progress: PROPHET
7NMS
January 24–February 2, 2022
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Performance
PROPHET
7NMS
January 7–May 31, 2022
Season
2022 Spring

2021

August 1–December 17, 2021
Season
2021 Fall
March 3, 2021 at 10:00 am
Dance/Theater, Talk
Hammers, Paintbrushes, Robots, and Glitter
Embracing Duality in Movement Design and Creating New Tools for Expression with Artist-Engineer Teams
January 27, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Talk
Performing Waria: Genre as Technology for Shaping Trans-Identity in Indonesia
Paige Morgan Johnson
January 25, 2021 at 8:00 pm
Film/Video, Music/Sound, Commission, Work in Progress
Rest
Annie Saunders & Wild Up
January 25–April 16, 2021
Season
2021 Spring

2020

December 4, 2020 at 5:00 pm
Art_x, Workshop
Feminist and Antiracist Science and Technology Studies
Nancy Campbell, Vic Brooks, and Ashley Ferro-Murray
December 3, 2020 at 8:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Talk
Annie Saunders & Wild Up
In conversation with Ashley Ferro-Murray on their upcoming new work, Rest
October 28, 2020–March 31, 2021
Dance/Theater, Residency, Remote Residency
3 RITES: Life
DELIRIOUS DANCES/Edisa Weeks
October 12, 2020–January 25, 2021
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency, Remote Residency
Rest
Annie Saunders & Wild Up
October 9, 2020 at 5:00 pm
Art_x, Workshop
Feminist and Antiracist Science and Technology Studies
Nancy Campbell, Vic Brooks, and Ashley Ferro-Murray
October 1–December 15, 2020
Season
2020 Fall
September 18–December 18, 2020
Art_x, Workshop
Feminist and Antiracist Science and Technology Studies
Nancy Campbell, Vic Brooks, and Ashley Ferro-Murray
September 16–December 25, 2020
Dance/Theater, Residency, Remote Residency
Desire Lines
Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Riener
June 11–21, 2020
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
The Unarrival Experiments — Unconcealment Ceremonies
Sage Ni’Ja Whitson
April 22, 2020 at 11:00 am
Dance/Theater, Talk, Commission
Chameleon (The Living Installments)
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
April 2, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater
Chameleon: A Biomythography
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
March 23–April 3, 2020
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
Chameleon: A Biomythography
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
February 27, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Work in Progress
Michelle Ellsworth
Work in Progress
February 25–March 4, 2020
Dance/Theater, Residency
Artist Residency
Michelle Ellsworth
February 20, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Work in Progress
Native Intelligence / Innate Intelligence
Christopher K. Morgan
February 11–23, 2020
Dance/Theater, Residency
Native Intelligence / Innate Intelligence
Christopher K. Morgan
January 29, 2020 at 6:00 pm
Talk
The Robotic Imaginary: The Human & the Price of Dehumanized Labor
Jennifer Rhee
January 23, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Work in Progress
Su Wen-Chi
Work in Progress
January 23–May 8, 2020
Season
2020 Spring
January 13–24, 2020
Dance/Theater, Residency
Artist Residency
Su Wen-Chi

2019

December 6, 2019 at 2:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Residency
Exploring Wave Field Synthesis in Dance
Yanira Castro and Stephan Moore
December 5–6, 2019
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Residency
Exploring Wave Field Synthesis in Dance
Yanira Castro and Stephan Moore
November 21, 2019 at 6:00 pm
Talk
Artist Curation as Queer Archival Practice
Ann Cvetkovich
November 18–27, 2019
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
Chameleon: A Biomythography
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
October 30, 2019 at 6:00 pm
Talk
Quantum Mechanics. Quantum Sound. Quantum Love.
Ashon Crawley
October 24, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater
Dolap
Taldans
October 21–30, 2019
Dance/Theater, Film/Video, Residency
less than no time
Taldans
October 21–30, 2019
Dance/Theater, Residency
Taldans
September 19, 2019 at 6:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Talk
Dark Elegies: The Choreographics of Surveillant Systems and National Defense
Sydney Skybetter
September 14, 2019 at 11:00 am
Talk, Tour
Behind the Scenes
with Vic Brooks and Ashley Ferro-Murray
September 4–December 7, 2019
Season
2019 Fall
July 17–23, 2019
Dance/Theater, Residency
Artist Residency
Su Wen-Chi
April 18, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater
>>returner<<
Findlay//Sandsmark
April 9–19, 2019
Dance/Theater, Residency
>>returner<<
Findlay//Sandsmark
March 13, 2019 at 6:00 pm
Talk
Slowness and Agitation as Embodied Politics
Mel Y. Chen
February 7, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Work in Progress
Chameleon (The Troy Installments)
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
February 5–10, 2019
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
Chameleon: A Biomythography
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
January 24, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Work in Progress
Let ‘im Move You: This is a Formation
jumatatu m. poe and Jermone “Donte” Beacham
January 22, 2019 at 6:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Talk
Improvising the Interface: Dance Technology and the New Black Dance Studies
Thomas F. DeFrantz
January 22–April 18, 2019
Season
2019 Spring
January 16–28, 2019
Dance/Theater, Residency
Let ‘im Move You: This is a Formation
jumatatu m. poe and Jermone “Donte” Beacham

2018

November 16, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater
DESCENT
Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light
November 15, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater
DESCENT
Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light
November 5–18, 2018
Dance/Theater, Residency
DESCENT
Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light
November 1, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Talk, Workshop
Sonification: Making Data Sound
Chris Chafe
November 1, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Talk, Workshop
Sonification: Making Data Sound
Chris Chafe
October 15–20, 2018
Dance/Theater, Installation, Commission
SlowMeDown
Maria Hassabi
October 13, 2018 at 10:30 pm
Dance/Theater
In the Mood for Frankie
Trajal Harrell
October 13, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater
In the Mood for Frankie
Trajal Harrell
October 12, 2018 at 9:30 pm
Dance/Theater
In the Mood for Frankie
Trajal Harrell
October 12, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Commission
Sagittarius A.
Yara Travieso
October 12–13, 2018
Dance/Theater, Installation, Commission
SlowMeDown
Maria Hassabi
October 11–13, 2018
Festival
10YEARS
Celebrating 10 years of Experimental Media and Performing Arts
October 7–12, 2018
Dance/Theater, Film/Video, Performance, Commission, Residency
Sagittarius A.
Yara Travieso
September 20, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Talk
Creating Time Through Design
Dawna Ballard
September 19–23, 2018
Dance/Theater, Film/Video, Performance, Commission, Residency
Sagittarius A.
Yara Travieso
September 15, 2018 at 5:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Commission
Listening Creates an Opening
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater
September 14, 2018 at 5:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Commission
Listening Creates an Opening
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater
September 13, 2018 at 5:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Commission
Listening Creates an Opening
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater
September 12, 2018 at 5:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Commission
Listening Creates an Opening
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater
September 6–December 22, 2018
Season
Fall 2018
10th Anniversary Season
August 20–25, 2018
Dance/Theater, Film/Video, Performance, Commission, Residency
Sagittarius A.
Yara Travieso
July 1–3, 2018
Dance/Theater, Installation, Commission, Residency
SlowMeDown
Maria Hassabi
June 27–30, 2018
Dance/Theater, Film/Video, Performance, Commission, Residency
Sagittarius A.
Yara Travieso
April 16, 2018–April 27, 2016
Dance/Theater, Installation, Commission, Residency
SlowMeDown
Maria Hassabi
April 5, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater
A Meditation on Tongues
Ni'Ja Whitson
March 26–April 4, 2018
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
Listening Creates an Opening
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater
March 20, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance, Installation
This Was the End
Mallory Catlett / Restless NYC
March 19, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance, Installation
This Was the End
Mallory Catlett / Restless NYC
March 13–21, 2018
Dance/Theater, Performance, Installation, Residency
This Was The End
Mallory Catlett / Restless NYC
March 3, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Commission
echo/archive
Elena Demyanenko & Erika Mijlin
February 16–March 2, 2018
Film/Video, Commission, Residency
echo/archive
Elena Demyanenko & Erika Mijlin
February 8, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Talk
Pornography's Graphical Interface
Patrick Keilty
January 16–July 22, 2018
Season
2018 Spring

2017

November 9, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Talk
My Paradoxical Knives
Ali Moini
November 1, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Talk, Demo
Microsoft’s HoloLens and the Future of Human-Computer Interaction
Kayla Kinnunen
November 1, 2017 at 10:00 am
Talk, Demo
Microsoft’s HoloLens and the Future of Human-Computer Interaction
Kayla Kinnunen
October 27, 2017 at 5:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Work in Progress
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater
Listening Creates an Opening
October 19–28, 2017
Commission, Residency
Listening Creates an Opening: Work-in-Progress
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater
October 19–28, 2017
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
Listening Creates an Opening
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater
October 6, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Work in Progress, Performance
Elena Demyanenko and Erika Mijlin
Echo/Archive
September 26–October 7, 2017
Film/Video, Commission, Residency
echo/archive
Elena Demyanenko & Erika Mijlin
September 13, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Talk
The Media Crease: Traces of Reuse in Hard and Soft Copies
Abigail De Kosnik
September 1, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance, Commission
AFTER
Andrew Schneider
August 31, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance, Commission
AFTER
Andrew Schneider
August 24–September 5, 2017
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
AFTER
Andrew Schneider
August 21–December 22, 2017
Season
2017 Fall
August 11, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance
YOUARENOWHERE
Andrew Schneider
August 10, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance
YOUARENOWHERE
Andrew Schneider
May 26–August 16, 2017
Season
2017 Summer
April 25, 2017 at 5:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance
The Return of La Argentina
Trajal Harrell
April 24–May 3, 2017
Residency
Calm House Terrace
Trajal Harrell
April 12, 2017 at 5:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Film/Video, Workshop
From Feldenkrais to GoPro
Mary Armentrout
April 10–19, 2017
Residency
From Feldenkrais to GoPro
Mary Armentrout
March 30, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance, Work in Progress
FIELD
Andrew Schneider
March 29, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Talk
When Performance and Philosophy Become Design Materials
Dialogues Between Dance and Interaction Design / Susan Kozel
March 27–April 7, 2017
Commission, Residency
FIELD
Andrew Schneider
February 21–23, 2017
Residency
Period of Animte Existence
Pig Iron Theater Company
February 10, 2017 at 8:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance
Poor People's TV Room
Okwui Okpokwasili
February 1, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Talk, Demo
Kill the Overseer! Playing the Rebel Slave in Videogames
Sarah Juliet Lauro
February 1, 2017 at 10:00 am
Talk, Demo
Kill the Overseer! Playing the Rebel Slave in Videogames
Sarah Juliet Lauro
January 17, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Talk
Digital Tribalisms
Millennials, Hashtag Activism, and the New DIY Movements / Anna Everett
January 17–April 26, 2017
Season
2017 Spring
January 2–20, 2017
Residency
I Have Loved The Stars Too Fondly To Be Fearful Of The Night
Rachel Arianne Ogle

2016

October 18–31, 2016
Commission, Residency
FIELD
Andrew Schneider
October 17, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Talk, Workshop
Black Power of Hip Hop Dance: On Kinesthetic Politics
Naomi Bragin
September 23–30, 2016
Dance/Theater, Commission, Residency
Listening Creates an Opening
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater
September 7, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Dance/Theater, Performance
Three Cases Of Amnesia
Jonah Bokaer
August 22–December 16, 2016
Season
2016 Fall

Articles / News / Press

Article

Chameleonic Survivalism
June 16, 2022
By Ashley Ferro-Murray
Cambridge University Press