Faye Driscoll

As an artist, Faye's goal is to be somebody in a world of "somebodies". Through choreography, she expresses interaction between others, comedy, humility and love. Faye intertwines choreography with traditional studio art as she makes dances that are mistaken for installations. Her choreography has also been seen as written plays rather than dance. Many of her performances include verbal elements as well as extensive use of props, that break away from the “real world” and focus more on fantasy. The viewer is placed on a rollercoaster as they view the performance, emotions such as joy, outrage, and discomfort are expected in a singular viewing. There is a sense of closeness and separation throughout her choreographed performances. Faye truly wants to surprise the viewer in what they expected from her choreography.[2]

Made up of three installments, Thank You For Coming explores "the question of why we come together to make and watch live art now."[3] The first part, Attendance premiered in 2014 at Danspace Project.[4] Play premiered in the 2016 Next Wave Festival.[5] Space, which featured Driscoll alone, rather than with the ensemble of the first two pieces, premiered in 2019.[3]

Driscoll has been called "a startlingly original talent" by the New York Times.[6] Her work has been presented at institutions such as Brooklyn Academy of Music, Danspace Project, Dance Theater Workshop, Wexner Center for the Arts, MCA Chicago, ICA Boston, Walker Art Center, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, and others.[1]

• 2018 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Dance Award
• 2016 Doris Duke Artist Award[7]
• 2016 United States Artists Doris Duke Fellowship[8]
• 2015 New England Foundation for the Arts, National Dance Project Production Grant for Thank You For Coming: Play[9]
• 2015 New England Foundation for the Arts, National Dance Project Production Residencies for Dance Grant for Thank You For Coming: Play
• 2015 Jerome Foundation Grant for Thank You For Coming: Play and Thank You For Coming: Space[10]
• 2015 French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) Foundation, French-US Exchange in Dance (FUSED) Grant for Thank You for Coming: Attendance[11]
• 2014 MAP Fund Grant for Thank You For Coming: PLAY[12]
• 2014 Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship[13]
• 2013-2015 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Extended Life Residency
• 2013 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award[14]
• 2013 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship[15]
• 2013 Creative Capital Performing Arts Grant for Thank You for Coming[16]
• 2012 Jerome Foundation Grant for Thank You for Coming[17]
• 2011 New England Foundation for the Arts, National Dance Project Production Grant for You're Me[18]
• 2011 Jerome Foundation Grant for notnot (working title)[19]
• 2009 New York Dance and Performance "Bessie" Award for Outstanding Production for 837 Venice Boulevard[20]
• 2008-2019 Greenwall Foundation Grant Support[21]

• Thank You For Coming: Play (Wexner Center for the Arts, 2016)
• Thank You For Coming: Attendance (Danspace Project, 2014)
• You're Me (The Kitchen, 2012)[22]
• There is so much mad in me (Dance Theater Workshop, 2010)
• 837 Venice Boulevard (HERE Arts Center, 2008)
• Wow Mom, Wow (Dance New Amsterdam, 2007)
• Eyes Eyes Eyes (Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 2006)
• Loneliness (Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 2006)
• You Should Dance To Music (Catch 19 at Galapagos Art Space, 2006)
• Cold Blooded Old Time (Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 2005)
• Maybe You Could (Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 2005)

• Official website
• Faye Driscoll on Vimeo