Simone Forti

Jun 24

Written By A&A with TMP

Biography

Born in Florence, Italy, 1935

Died July 29, 2026, Los Angeles, CA

Education

1970 - 1972 T’ai Chi Ch’uan under Dr. Marshall Ho’o, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

1964 - 1965 Early Childhood Education, Bank Street College, New York, NY

1962 - 1965 BFA Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY

1960 - 1961 Dance Composition under Robert Dunn, Merce Cunningham Studio, Westbeth, NY

1957 - 1958 BA Liberal Arts, San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA

1955 - 1960 Dance, Halprin-Lathrop School, Anna Halprin Studio, San Francisco, CA

1953 - 1955 BA Liberal Arts, Reed College, Portland, OR

2023
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) (January 15, 2023 – April 2, 2023)
Simone Forti
2022
The Box, Los Angeles (April 16 – May 21, 2022)
An Other Pretty Autumn
2021
Centro Pecci, Prato, Italy (June 19 – August 29, 2021)
Senza Fretta, curated by Luca Lo Pinto and Elena Magini.
2019
ICA Milano, Milan, Italy (November 29 – February 2, 2020)
            Vicino al Cuore (Close to the Heart), curated by Alberto Salvadori and Chiara Nuzzi.
Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel, Switzerland (May 17 – July 7)
            Simone Forti, curated by Ines Goldbach.
2018
Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy (September 17 – November 22)
On An Iron Post
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (January 27 – March 24)
Time Smear
2016
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany (September 11 – October 23)
sound move, in conjunction with Beethovenfest Bonn festival.
Vleeshal Markt and Vleeshal Zusterstraat, Middelburg, Netherlands (January 30 – April 3)
Simone Forti: Here It Comes
2015
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (November 14 – January 9, 2016)
On An Iron Post
Index, Stockholm, Sweden (September 4 – November 15)
Simone Forti: Here It Comes
2014
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria (July 18 – November 9)
Thinking with the Body: A Retrospective in Motion, curated by Sabine Breitwieser with Katja Mittendorfer-Oppolzer.
2012
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (September 8 – October 27)
Sounding
2009
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (June 27 – July 25)
Work in a Range of Mediums
1979
Wright State University, Dayton, OH (January)
Simone Forti: Movement Holograms.
Holograms shown: Angel, Striding/Crawling, Figure 8, Planet in Retrograde, Dancer, Harmonics, Bug Jump.
1978
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY (September)
Simone Forti: Movement Holograms.
Holograms shown: Angel, Striding/Crawling, Figure 8, Planet in Retrograde, Dancer, Harmonics, Bug Jump
2021
Maison R&C, Marseille, France (August 26 – October 25, 2021)
Paradis
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (May 15 – August 8, 2021)
Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance
CAAM Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Gran Canaria (March 26 – July 18, 2021)
DANCE?
Frac Franche-Comté, Besançon, France (14 March, 2021 – January 2, 2022)
Dancing on a Volcano
2020
Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil (UPCOMING)
Histories of Dance, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Julia Bryan-Wilson and Olivia Ardui.
Exhibition of Sleep Walkers/Zoo Mantras video and photographs.
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria (March 13 – June 17)
Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts, curated by Philipp Kaiser and Christina Végh.
2019
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (November 16 – October 4, 2020)
Animalesque / Art Across Species and Beings, curated by Filipa Ramos.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (September 6 – February 23, 2020)
The Body Electric, curated by Pavel Pyś with Jadine Collingwood.
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany (August 28 – November 11)
Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts, curated by Philipp Kaiser and Christina Végh.
Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden (June 14 – October 20)
Animalesque / Art Across Species and Beings, curated by Filipa Ramos.
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (March 30 – July 21)
The Body Electric, curated by Pavel Pyś with Jadine Collingwood.
Navel, Los Angeles, CA (March 10)
Performative Computation, an interdisciplinary symposium and pop-up art exhibition, curated by Selwa Sweiden.
2018
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (November 16 – February 24, 2019)
Lost Without Your Rhythm
Museum of Modern Art New York, New York, NY (September 16 – February 3, 2019)
Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done, organized by Ana Janevski and Thomas J. Lax with Martha Joseph.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (July 15 – March 31, 2019)
3D: Double Vision, curated by Britt Salvesen.
Knulp Gallery, Sydney, Australia (June 29 – July 29)
Stop The World From Spinning, curated by Sean Kerr and Roman Mitch.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (June 9 – October 7)
MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art, organized by Samantha Friedman, Juliet Kinchin, Christian Rattemeyer, and Miranda Wallace.
Reading Room, Melbourne, Australia (January 24 – February 18)
Inaugural group exhibition, organized by Olivia Radonich. Work shown: Onion Walk (c.1961) and News Animation (Rehearsal) at The Getty (2004).
2017
Hollybush Gardens, London, UK (September 22 – October 28)
When My Eyes Saw And My Ears Heard
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (June 23 – July 30)
Action!
The Luminary, St. Louis, MO (June 9 – July 20)
A Collection of Slow Events
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, NY (May 24 – September 16)
Radical Bodies: Anna Halprin, Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer in California and New York, 1955–1972, curated by Ninotchka D. Bennahum, Wendy Perron, and Bruce Robertson.
Carré de Art, Nimes, France (April 7 – November 17)
A Different Way to Move: Minimalisme, New York, 1960-1980, curated by Marcella Lista.
Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY (March 7-18)
EHF Collection: Fluxus Art, Concept Art, Mail Art
Art, Design & Architecture Museum at the University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (January 14 – April 30)
Radical Bodies: Anna Halprin, Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer in California and New York, 1955–1972, curated by Ninotchka D. Bennahum, Wendy Perron, and Bruce Robertson.
2016
Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, UK (November 25 – January 15, 2017)
Breather
Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland (November 23 – March 5, 2017)
Moved Bodies: Choreographies of Modernity, curated by Katarzyna Słoboda.
Ruler, Helsinki, Finland (October 29 – November 20)
The movement that didn’t have a dog and a stick around it
Fridman Gallery, New York, NY (September 16-25)
9 Evenings +50, a concert series celebrating the 50th anniversary of 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, curated by Julie Martin, Regine Basha, and Daniel Neumann.
Bard Center for Curatorial Studies at the Hessel Museum of Art, New York, NY (April 3-24)
objects are slow events
Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna, Italy (January 29 – July 30)
66|16, curated by Lorenzo Bruni.
2015
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria (October 24 – April 10, 2016)
Setting Things in Motion: Collections in Dialogue
Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY (September 10 – November 7)
Where Sculpture & Dance Meet: Minimalism 1961-1979, curated by Wendy Perron and Julie Martin.
Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN (July 30 – October 3)
Can’t Reach Me There, curated by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer.
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (June 12)
Screening of videos in the Videodanse exhibition as part of the Nouveau Festival.
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (May 2)
Incognito benefit exhibition.
Goethe-Institut, Los Angeles, CA (March 6-7)
Noise and the Possibility for a Future, a symposium organized by Warren Neidich.
2014
356 S. Mission Rd., Los Angeles, CA (August 16 – September 14)
Another Cats Show
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (May 1 – August 23)
Nonfictions: Jeremiah Day / Simone Forti / Fred Dewey
2013
W.H. Auden House, Kirchstetten, Austria (September 1 – April 27, 2014)
About the House: Silence Turned into Objects
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (June 19 – October 28)
± 1961: The Founding of the Expanding Arts
Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp, Belgium (February 22 – May 12)
LONELY AT THE TOP: Moments on Moments
2012
Taipei Biennial, Taipei, Taiwan (September 29 – January 13, 2013)
Work shown: Contact Quarterly prints and pages from Handbook in Motion (1974).
São Paulo Bienale at the Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil (September 8 – December 9)
The Imminence of Politics
Galerie Micheline Szwaicer, Antwerp, Belgium (June 21 – July 24)
A Drawing Show, curated by Dan Graham.
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (June 6 – December 8)
Move: Choreographing You, curated by Stephanie Rosenthal.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (June 6 – September 16)
Participant in Yoko Ono’s instruction piece, Search for the Fountain, as part of the exhibition, Grapefruit, curated by Cecilia Widenheim.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (June 2 – September 9)
Explosion! Painting as Action
Made in L.A. 2012 at the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery/Barnsdall Park and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (June 2 – September 2)
Made in L.A. Biennial. Work shown: News Animation drawings and Anatomy Maps.
Ellen de Brujne, Amsterdam, Netherlands (May 26 – June 30)
Work shown: News Animations: Mad Brook Farm and Untitled Drawing (2012).
Hauser & Wirth, London, UK (May 23 – July 28)
The Historical Box, curated by Mara McCarthy.
ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (March 8 – April 29)
Moments: A History of Performance in 10 Acts
Pace Gallery, New York, NY (February 10 – March 17)
Happenings: New York, 1958-1963
2011
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland (November 18 – January 21, 2012)
The Historical Box, curated by Mara McCarthy.
Kunstsammlung, Dusseldorf, Germany (July 19 – September 25)
Move: Choreographing You, curated by Stephanie Rosenthal.
The Kitchen, New York, NY (June 30 – August 27)
The View from a Volcano: The Kitchen’s SoHo Years, 1971-1985
Fitzroy Gallery, New York, NY (March 26 – April 30)
Shelf Ramp Wedge Bridge
David Zwirner, New York NY (March 11 – April 30)
Proofs and Refutations
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (February 11 – May 15)
Move: Choreographing You, curated by Stephanie Rosenthal.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark (2011-2013)
Re.act.feminism #2, a traveling archive, exhibition and series of performances.
2010
Goethe-Institut at Ludlow 38 Gallery, New York, NY (December 2-19)
Nonfictions: Jeremiah Day / Simone Forti / Fred Dewey
Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY (December 3)
Nonfictions: Jeremiah Day / Simone Forti / Fred Dewey
Hayward Gallery, London, UK (October 13 – January 9, 2011)
Move: Choreographing You, curated by Stephanie Rosenthal.
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (May 1)
Incognito, benefit exhibition.
2009
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (May 2)
Incognito benefit exhibition.
2008
University Art Museum, Cal State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA (September 4 – October 19)
Art/Tapes/22, curated by Alice Hutchison.
Project Arts Center, Dublin, Ireland (March 25 – May 3)
Simone Forti / Jeremiah Day “News Animations” / “No Words For You, Springfield.”
2003
Lisbon Biennial, Lisbon, Portugal (September 17 – November 2)
Experimenta Design 2003. Work shown: integral hologram, Angel (1977).
2002
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 30 – September 8)
Into the Light: The Projected Image in American Art, 1964-1977. Work shown: video, Striding/Crawling and integral hologram, Striding/Crawling.
2001
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (October 18 – January 6, 2002)
Into the Light: The Projected Image in American Art, 1964-1977. Work shown: video, Striding/Crawling and integral hologram, Striding/Crawling.
1989
National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs, NY (May – December)
The Fugitive Gesture: Masterpieces of Dance Photography, 1849-Present. Shown: integral hologram, Angel.
1984
Museum of Holography, New York, NY (June 14 – October 7)
Holography (Re)Defined/Innovation through Tradition. Work shown: integral hologram, Bug Jump.
1983
Moreau Gallery at St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN (January 21 – February 18)
Light Vistas Light Visions: International Exhibition of Creative Holography. Work shown: integral holograms, Planet in Retrograde and Harmonics.
P.S.1, Long Island City, NY (January 30)
P.S.1 Reopens the 60’s. Two early works shown.
1981
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (April)
Judson Theater Reconstruction. Two early works shown.
1978
International Center for Photography, New York, NY (November 12 – January 28, 1979)
Fleeting Gestures: Treasures of Dance Photography. Work shown: integral hologram, Dancer.
Museum of Holography, New York, NY (June 7 – August 27)
Light Years. Work shown: integral hologram.
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY (February)
Dance Scope, benefit exhibition. Work shown: integral hologram.
1977
Museum of Holography, New York, NY (September 16 – December 31)
Holodeon. Work shown: integral hologram, Movements.
1976
Museum of Holography, New York, NY (December 8 – February 27, 1977)
Through the Looking Glass, opening exhibition. Work shown: integral hologram, Angel.
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (October 9 – November 1)
WHOLE MESSAGE holos: whole gram: message HOLOGRAPHY. Work shown: integral hologram, Angel.
1975
Upstairs Gallery, San Francisco, CA (August 15 – 31)
Simone Forti and Peter Van Riper: Graphics and Drawings
1973
Anna Leonowens Gallery at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (January 25-29)
Continuous Sound Environment, exhibition with Charlemagne Palestine
2020
REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA (February 1)
Al Di Là: An Evening of Sound Works by Simone Forti, collaborative performances with Tashi Wada, Julia Holter, Jessika Kenney and Corey Fogel.
2019
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (August 9)
Good Times, a collaborative performance with Jason Underhill, incorporating movement, drawing, multimedia video installation, casual ventriloquism and poetry.
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (May 16-17)
Forti, Paxton, Rainer Read Their Writings, two evenings of performative readings with Steve Paxton and Yvonne Rainer.
2018
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL) at the University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA (November 1)
The Art of Performance in Irvine: Simone Forti and Friends, organized by Simon Leung and Deborah Oliver. An evening of performance, films, and discussion. Performed News Animations, Huddle with students and a conversation with professors Carol Burke and Simon Leung.
WeisAcres, New York, NY (March 18)
Sundays on Broadway series, an evening of experiments by Simone Forti and Cathy Weis.
Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY (March 12) Performance by Jeremiah Day with a reading by Simone Forti.
Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (February 9-11)
Simone Forti With Obstructions by Robert Morris, a collaborative performance with Robert Morris and conversation with Barbara Castelli.
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (January 19-20)
Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine, in conjunction with the exhibitions, Time Smear at The Box and CCORNUUOORPHANOSSCCOPIAEE AANORPHANSSHHORNOFFPLENTYYY at 356 S. Mission Rd.
2017
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (December 8-9) Rematch, a collaborative performance with Carmela Hermann Dietrich.
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (October 26-28)
Tea for Three, a collaborative performance and improvised conversation with Steve Paxton and Yvonne Rainer.
Sophiensaele, Berlin, Germany (September 29-30)
TIERFORME/L/N, performance of Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras as duet for the first time with Claire Filmon, Striding Crawling, and participation in artist talk with Claire Filmon, Sigrid Gareis, and Martin Nachbar.
Sala Fontana at Museo del Novecento, Milan, Italy (September 21-23)
Furla Series #01, Simone Forti: To Play the Flute, organized and performed by Claire Filmon: Dance Constructions pieces, Huddle and Censor, Cloths, and Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras.
WeisAcres, New York, NY (June 4)
Sundays on Broadway series. Performance of News Animations and conversation with artists, moderated by Wendy Perron.
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, New York, NY (May 31)
Radical Bodies, an evening of dance performances by Anna Halprin, Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer and the UCSB Dance Company. In conjunction with the exhibition, Radical Bodies: Anna Halprin, Simone Forti, Yvonne Rainer in California and New York, 1955-1972.
The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA (February 11-12)
Performed News Animations as part of KCHUNG radio program, Performance Now.
2016
International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY (December 20) Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras performance and artist talk.
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (November 18-19)
Tea for Three, a collaborative performance with Steve Paxton and Yvonne Rainer.
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (September 28)
Read prose and poetry in Drifting Down the River Styx: A Poetic Walkabout, an event in conjunction with Barbara T. Smith solo exhibition, Words, Sentences & Signs at The Box.
Phi Centre, Montreal, Canada (June 22)
Performed News Animations as part of Affinities, a series of performance evenings related to the exhibition, Joan Jonas: From Far Away.
Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Culver City, CA (May 15)
Performed Dance Constructions piece, Huddle with 14 high school students as part of a SASSAS public concert.
Vleeshal Markt, Middelburg, Netherlands (April 2-3)
Performed Illuminations with Charlemagne Palestine in conjunction with solo exhibition, Simone Forti: Here It Comes.
Electric Lodge, Venice, CA (March 18-20)
Journey Dream Flower performance series with Oguri.
The GYM at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (February 1)
Dance Constructions piece, Huddle performed by workshop students and artist talk.
Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna, Italy (January 29 – May 15)
Weekly performance of Dance Constructions piece, Censor as part of group exhibition, 66|16.
2015
Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL (December 1-7)
Performed the Dance Constructions piece, Slant Board as a special curated presentation with Loretta Howard Gallery at Untitled Art Fair. In conjunction with the group exhibition, Where Sculpture & Dance Meet: Minimalism from 1961 to 1979.
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (November 14)
Performed News Animation in conjunction with solo exhibition, On An Iron Post.
Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö, Sweden (September 26-27, October 31, November 29, December 5)
Performed Dance Constructions pieces, Slant Board, See Saw, and Huddle as part of the group exhibition, Objects and Bodies at Rest and in Movement.
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (September 26)
A singing performance as part of the two-day event, All the Instruments Agree: an exhibition or a concert.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (September 5)
Performed News Animation with Batyah Schachter in conjunction with solo exhibition, Simone Forti: Here It Comes and group exhibition, Objects and Bodies at Rest and in Motion at Moderna Museet Malmö.
Weld, Stockholm, Sweden (September 3)
Trio, an evening of performances with Jeremiah Day and Fred Dewey. In conjunction with solo exhibition, Simone Forti: Here It Comes.
Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN (July 30)
Performed News Animation for opening of group exhibition, Can’t Reach Me There. Also performed and shot Flag in the Water video with Jason Underhill at this time.
Centre National de la Danse, Paris, France (June 29) Performed Dance Constructions throughout the buildings.
Electric Lodge, Venice, CA (May 25, 30-31)
Flowers and Vessel, a collaborative performance with Body Weather Laboratory artists, Oguri and Roxanne Steinberg.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA (April 25)
Presentation by workshop participants as part of the Louis Vuitton Young Arts Program for high school students.
WeisAcres, New York, NY (February 22)
Sundays on Broadway series. Screened Nonfictions, a three-channel video collaboration with Jeremiah Day and Fred Dewey.
2014
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK (November 10)
Performed Dance Constructions piece, Slant Board, taught by Tania Arias Winogradow as part of the exhibition, The Event Sculpture.
Louvre Museum, Paris, France (October 25)
Performed Illuminations under the Pyramid with Charlemagne Palestine.
Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco, CA (September 24-27)
The Bridge Project 2014: Have We Come A Long Way, Baby? Presented by Hope Mohr Dance in association with Joe Goode Annex. Performed with Anna Halprin, Peiling Kao and Hope Mohr and taught workshop.
Biel/Bienne 2014: Le Mouvement: Performing the City, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland (August 26- 31)
Performance of Dance Constructions piece, Huddle taught by Claire Filmon and performed thrice daily for 6 days.
Mark Taper Auditorium at Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, CA (June 10) Moving, Speaking, Watching: Talk and Dance Performance, an evening shared with Wendy Perron and Victoria Marks as part of the ALOUD lecture series. Performed News Animation, participated in panel discussion, and gave Handbook in Motion book signing.
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (May 1, 3)
Two performance evenings, each with a solo News Animation performance, a News Animation performed with Jeremiah Day, and a presentation by Fred Dewey. In conjunction with the group show, Nonfictions: Jeremiah Day / Simone Forti / Fred Dewey.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (April 13-14)
Two performances of Illuminations with Charlemagne Palestine in conjunction with the exhibition, Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador of the New.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (March 28) Gave performance with workshop participants.
Salt, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey (March 15-20)
Performed News Animation with Jeremiah Day.
Pieter Performance Space, Pasadena, CA (February 24)
Performed Icebergs with Rae Shao-Lan and Tashi Wada.
2013
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (September 20-21)
Performed That Fish is Broke with Terrence Luke Johnson and Brennan Gerard.
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (April 27)
Dance Constructions piece, Huddle performed by Forti’s UCLA class, conversation with Yvonne Rainer moderated by Julia Bryan-Wilson, and Nonsense performed with Terrence Luke Johnson as part of the conference, Dancing with the Art World.
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (March 22)
Performed the Dance Constructions piece, Huddle in Ei Arakawa’s Concrete Escort I, II, III, IV, a Guggenheim public program related to the exhibition, Gutai: Splendid Playground.
Museum of Modern, New York, NY (March 6-8)
Performed King’s Fool, a News Animation piece as part of Performing Histories: Live Artworks Examining the Past.
2012
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (November 8-10)
Performed That Fish is Broke with Terrence Luke Johnson and Brennan Gerard as part of PLATFORM 2012: Judson Now.
Sao Paulo Bienale at Pavilhao Ciccillo Matarazzo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (September 8 – December 9)
Dance Constructions pieces, Huddle, Slant Board, and Hangers taught by Sarah Swenson.
Made in LA 2012 at the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery/Barnsdall Park and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (June 12, July 26, August 16)
Performed several News Animations with Batyah Schachter, Brennan Gerard and Fred Dewey.
The High Line, New York NY (May 24)
Performed Dance Constructions piece, Huddle and gave a lecture.
Errant Bodies, Berlin, Germany (March 15)
On News Animations: Fred Dewey, Simone Forti, Jeremiah Day, a performance evening with a solo News Animation performance by Simone, screening of News Animation footage with Forti and Day, a discussion by Fred Dewey, a duet Improvisation performance by Forti and Day, and a trio Improvisation by Forti, Day, and Dewey.
2011
Roulette, New York, NY (October 28)
Performance with Claire Filmon and Batyah Schachter and a reading from The Bear in the Mirror manuscript.
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (August 18-19)
First Complete Presentation of Dance Constructions, a two-day performance event of the entire set of seven Dance Constructions: Huddle, See Saw, Slant Board, Hangers, Platforms, Accompaniment for La Monte’s 2 sounds and La Monte’s 2 sounds, and Roller Boxes. Performed by Forti’s UCLA class.
Kunstsammlung, Dusseldorf, Germany (July 19 – September 25)
Performed Dance Constructions pieces, Huddle and Hangers in conjunction with the group exhibition, Move: Choreographing You.
Festival d’Avignon, Avignon, France (July 17-22)
Participated in poster session with Boris Chamatz and an improvisational performance withPhilipp Gehmacher.
Agitprop Gallery, San Diego, CA (May 5)
Performed News Animation and read from The Bear in the Mirror manuscript.
Eye of the Storm symposium at The Art Workers’ Guild, London, UK (April 9)
Performed News Animation and participated in panel discussion with Asifa Majid, Frank Bock, Martin Hargreaves, Doran George, and Catherine Long.
Fitzroy Gallery, New York, NY (April 14)
Performed Dance Constructions piece, Slant Board in conjunction with group exhibition, Shelf Ramp Wedge Bridge.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (February 11 – May 15)
Performed Dance Constructions pieces, Huddle and Hangers in conjunction with group exhibition, Move: Choreographing You.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (January 23)
Forti On All Fours, performed Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras, Striding Crawling, and News Animation with Claire Filmon.
2010
Goethe-Institut at Ludlow 38 Gallery, New York, NY (December 2-19)
Reading from Oh Tongue and The Bear in the Mirror manuscript. In conjunction with group exhibition, Jeremiah Day / Simone Forti / Fred Dewey.
Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY (December 3)
News Animation solo performance and News Animation duet with Jeremiah Day. In conjunction with group exhibition, Jeremiah Day / Simone Forti / Fred Dewey.
Hayward Gallery, London, UK (November 26-28)
Performance and panel discussion. In conjunction with group exhibition, Move: Choreographing You.
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria (November 19-21)
Performed Dance Constructions piece, Huddle as part of conference and workshop, This Sentence is Now Being Performed.
Hayward Gallery, London, UK (October 13 – January 9, 2011)
Ongoing performances of Dance Constructions pieces, Huddle and Hangers in conjunction with group exhibition, Move: Choreographing You.
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (September 19, 26) Conversation Piece, a collaborative performance with The Sleeves.
Moorat Raphael Cultural Centre, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy (June 18) Performed early Dance Constructions pieces and a News Animation improvisation.
Berlin Biennale: The Living Currency (La Monnaie Vivante) at Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany (June 17-19)
Performed Dance Constructions piece, Huddle as part of the 6th Berlin Biennial.
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (April 15-16)
Performed a News Animation improvisation and read a selection of published and recent writings in program shared with Jeremiah Day and Fred Dewey.
Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY (January 23)
Performed a News Animation improvisation and read a selection of published and new writings
Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY (January 14)
Screened Artpix film, Simone Forti: An Evening of Dance Constructions and performance of Dance Constructions piece, Huddle.
2009
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (June 27, July 25)
Performed News Animation and Dance Constructions piece, Huddle.
The Box, Los Angeles, CA (June 19-20)
To Borrow Salt, a performance with ensemble group, The Sleeves (Terrence Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, Douglas Wadle) and guest, Kristen Smiarowski.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK (May 7)
Jeremiah Day + Simone Forti book launch, published by Project Arts Center, Dublin. Performance with Jeremiah Day with a talk by Fred Dewey.
Marseille-Objectif-DansE, Marseille, France (May 5)
Solo performance and duet performance with Claire Filmon.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (March 7-8)
Performance 2: Simone Forti, part of the MoMA Performance Exhibition series. Performances of three Dance Constructions pieces from 1961 with installation of video works.
Los Angeles Improv Dance Festival, Los Angeles, CA (January 6-11)
Performed on two evenings and taught Improvisation in Movement & Language workshop.
2008
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA (April 10)
Talking Dance duet performance with Carmela Hermann Dietrich as part of UCLA’s Performances in the Garden series.
Project Arts Center, Dublin, Ireland (March 25 – May 3)
Live performances of News Animations and Open-Form Duet with Jeremiah Day, in conjunction with group exhibition, Simone Forti / Jeremiah Day “News Animations” / “No Words For You, Springfield.”
Galleria L’Attico, Rome, Italy (March 18) Solo performance.
Teatro Vascello, Rome, Italy (March 16)
Taught workshop and performed with workshop participants.
2007
The Unknown Theater, Los Angeles, CA (October 18-21, 25-29)
Turtles All The Way Down, a dance theater piece performed with The Sleeves (Terrence Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle).
2006
ZIP Festival, Orvieto, Italy (October 14-21)
Taught a one-week workshop, presented a performance by workshop participants and performed solo.
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (July 22-25)
101, a dance theater piece created and directed by Simone in collaboration with The Sleeves (Terrence Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle).
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (May 25-27)
Carmela Hermann & Lionel Popkin. Performed improvisation duet with Carmela Hermann Dietrich.
Church in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA (April 22)
Vox Dance Theatre Annual Fundraiser. Performed solo improvisation
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (January 15)
Los Angeles Dance Improv Festival. Performed solo improvisation.
2005
Zen Sushi, Los Angeles, CA (December 12)
Anatomy Riot. Performed News Animation and solo improvisation.
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (December 4)
Movement Research Festival 2005: Open Source. Performed Deep Feelers with Pauline Oliveros and the Brooklyn Adult Recorder Choir (BARC).
Sentiers, Ales, France (November 1-15)
Directed Circles of Moving, Speaking and Writing Project for dancers, writers and a geologist.
Ecole superieure d’art de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (November 16-17) Public performance, conference, and interview with art students.
Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA (October 29)
Beyond Text: The Constitution, a collaborative performance with Carmela Hermann Dietrich.
REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA (July 28-31)
New Original Works (NOW) Festival. Created and directed Unbuttoned Sleeves, a dance theater piece with Terrence Luke Johnson, Sarah Swenson, and Douglas Wadle.
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (May 12-14)
Choreographing Democracy. Performed improvisation duet with Carmela Hermann Dietrich.
Church in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA (April 2)
Vox Dance Theater Annual Fundraiser. Performed solo improvisation.
2004
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (December 5)
Improvisation Festival 2004: Improvisation is Hard. Performed in festival with post-performance benefit honoring Simone.
Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY (December 4) Performance and reading from Oh, Tongue.
Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA (October 17)
Performance of early works and News Animation improvisation.
Pole Sud Studios, Strasbourg, France (September 26 – October 7)
Dance and Narrative workshop and public performance at the park on the Rhine river.
Festival des Deux Rives, Strasbourg, France (September 17) Improvisation performance in landscape with Sylvie Brucker.
Tanz im August Internationales TanzFest, Berlin, Germany (August 28-29) Participation in three performances of improvisational dance.
Festival of Interactive Physics, Toronto, Canada (June 24)
Performance with participants of two-week intensive Logomotion workshop.
Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA (June 18-19)
Beyond Text: Beyond Geometry in conjunction with exhibition, Beyond Geometry exhibition at LACMA. Performed Face Tunes and Asymmetry 222.
Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (May 8-9)
Performed Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras, Cloths, and News Animation in two programs shared with Yvonne Rainer.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA (May 2)
An Evening of Dance Constructions, a program of early performance works presented in conjunction with the exhibition, A Minimalist Future?
Musique et Danse en Bretagne, Rennes, France (April 5-17)
Two-week intensive Logomotion workshop and performance with workshop participants.
Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA (March 11) Guest lecturer and performer.
Crazy Space at the 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA (March 5)
News Animation performance, reading from Oh, Tongue, and book signing.
Mark Taper Auditorium at Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, CA (March 4)
A Window on Movement and Language, a performance evening shared with Carmela Hermann Dietrich and Victoria Marks. News Animation performance and Oh, Tongue book signing.
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA (February 27) Faculty Festival of Performance. Performed News Animation.
2003
Susan Hess Modern Dance Studio, Philadelphia, PA (December)
Performed Structured Improvisation with Eric Schoefer and Leah Stein.
Le Lazeret, Corsica, France (October 2)
Performance with participants of two-week intensive Logomotion workshop.
Dance Hakushu / Min Tanaka Dance Festival, Tokyo, Japan (August 17)
Performance with participants of one-week intensive Logomotion workshop.
Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA (June 27-29)
Beyond Text Festival. Presented work developed in the Movement and Writing workshop co- taught with Terrence Luke Johnson.
Bennington College, Bennington, VT (March 28)
Taught dance workshop and performed News Animation.
Les Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France (March 14)
Improvisation duet with Claire Filmon, Lionel Marchetti and Jérôme Noetinger.
Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA (February 3)
News Animation performance and reading from Oh, Tongue in program shared with Carmela Hermann Dietrich, Terrence Luke Johnson and Dale Eunson.
Siteworks at Skirball Center, Los Angeles, CA (February 2)
Improvisation performance in landscape.
Church in Ocean Park, Los Angeles, CA (February 1)
Audience-interaction performance project by Simone, Terrence Luke Johnson and Dale Eunson.
Musée d’art modern et contemporain (NAMCO), Geneva, Switzerland (January 18)
Improvisation performance with Claire Filmon.
2002
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (December 12-14)
War & Variations, a dance theater piece with Simone, Terrence Luke Johnson and Dale Eunson based on childhood memories of World War II, performed in Forti’s Logomotion form, initiated and guided by Johnson.
Fondation Cartier-Les Soirćes Nomades, Paris, France (October 22-24)
Oh, Langue, a structured improvisation piece with Simone, Claire Filmon, Karim Zabar, Said Si Mohammed and Garrett List.
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA (September 20)
Fringe Festival. Performed Waking the Forest on a flatbed truck parked on Hollywood Boulevard.
Max 10 at Electric Lodge, Los Angeles, CA (September 2)
Performed News Animation in an evening shared with other artists.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 23)
Performed Dance Constructions piece, Huddle; Striding/Crawling with recording of John Cage’s 1984 piano piece, Dream; Scramble; Animation; and Waking the Forest. In conjunction with exhibition, Into the Light: Projected Image from 1966-1974.
Bates College, Lewiston, ME (August 17)
Bates Dance Festival. Performed Be Orators, an audience-interaction performance project by Simone and Tom Young.
Bates College, Lewiston, ME (August 9-10)
Bates Dance Festival Faculty Gala. Performed News Animation and Waking the Forest.
Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA (July 20) Beyond Text Festival. Performed Waking the Forest.
MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA (June 29) sound., third annual summer concert series. Performed solo Striding/Crawling with James Tenney performing John Cage’s 1948 piano piece, Dream.
Judy Ganz Studio, Los Angeles, CA (June 15)
Be Orators, an audience-interaction performance project animated by Simone and Tom Young.
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA (April 12)
Performed Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras with James Tenney performing John Cage’s 1948 piano piece, Dream.
Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA (March 10)
Performed Open Air Improvisation in a program shared with other members of “5” group (Simone Forti, Jeremiah Day, Carmela Hermann Dietrich, Lisa Bruno and Dana Hirsch).
Les Soirćes Nomades at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France (January 24-27)
Improvisation performance with Charlemagne Palestine and performance of Dance Constructions piece, Huddle.
Meet the Parents: International Improvisation Festival at DanseSCENEN, Malmo, Sweden (January 18)
Improvisation performance with Pierre Dørge.
2001
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (November 8-10)
Improvisational solo Illuminations performance with recorded music by Charlemagne Palestine and Logomotion; one set solo and one set with guest performer, Danny Lepkoff.
Centre International de Formation en Arts du Spectacle, Brussels, Belgium (November 2)
Performance with participants of two-week intensive Logomotion workshop.
Baryshnikov Productions at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY (June 7)
Guest performer in White Oak PastForward production, Study: An improvisation inspired by bears, flamingos and the paintings of Willem de Kooning featuring Forti’s Huddle and Scramble.
Now Festival at Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (May 17-20)
Guest performer in Study: An improvisation inspired by bears, flamingos and the paintings of Willem de Kooning featuring Forti’s Huddle and Scramble. Curated by Carmela Hermann Dietrich.
Sushi Performance & Visual Art and Lower Left, San Diego, CA (April 21)
Logomotion improvisation in evening shared with other artists.
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA (April 5)
Logomotion improvisation with Carmela Hermann Dietrich as featured guest in Artists Alphabet series.
Side Street Performance Space, Los Angeles, CA (March 24)
An Evening of Dance, Words and Video: Simone Forti in Logomotion. Logomotion improvisation with Carmela Hermann Dietrich.
Ivy Theater, Los Angeles, CA (January 23) Logomotion solo improvisation.
2000
Baryshnikov Productions at Columbia College, Chicago, IL (November 19)
Guest performer in White Oak PastForward production featuring Forti’s Huddle and Scramble. Performed a Logomotion improvisation.
Contredanse at P.A.R.T.S., Brussels, Belgium (October 19)
Improvisation with international dance-artists.
David Zambrano Invites at Stichting Nestheatres, Amsterdam, Netherlands (October 17)
Improvisation with David Zambrano.
Centre National de la Danse, Paris, France (October 14)
Performance with participants of two-week intensive Logomotion workshop.
Mark Taper Auditorium at Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, CA (August 6) Soundings.
Performed Turtles All the Way Down, a structured improvisation with Carmela Hermann Dietrich and Claire Filmon and video projection by Pooh Kaye. Interlude with Carmela Hermann Dietrich and Claire Filmon with John Cage music piece, Sonata 1946. Larousse with Carmela Hermann Dietrich and Claire Filmon based on three random words from the French/English dictionary.
Links Hall, Chicago, IL (March 10-12)
Performance of participants of two-week intensive Logomotion workshop. Jackdaw Songs performance as part of The Territory Between performance series.
Lower Left, San Diego, CA (April 15-16)
Logomotion solo improvisation.
Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA (January 28-29)
Binding, a structured improvisation with Eric Schoefer.
Helsinki Improvisation Festival at Zodiak, Helsinki, Denmark (January 24-25)
Animations (improvisation, interchangeable with Logomotion).
1999
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (December 10-11)
L.A., Logomotion duet with Carmela Hermann Dietrich based on impressions of downtown Los Angeles.
Castello di Rivoli Museum, Torino, Italy (September 23-25)
Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine and Dance Constructions pieces, Huddle and Slant Board.
Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance and Improvisation, Seattle, WA (August 12)
Logomotion duet with Carmela Hermann Dietrich based on impressions of Seattle.
Fundacao Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal (June 19-20)
Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine and Dance Constructions pieces, Huddle and Slant Board.
Cheminements ’99 European tour, Aachen, Germany; Maastricht and Roermond, Netherlands; Togrenen and Liège, Belgium (April 7-11)
Structured improvisational piece directed by Simone with dancers Hazel Carrie, Lieve Hermans, Concita Fernandez del Campo, Claire Filmon, Bettina Neuhaus, Pascal Queneau and Véronique Delmelle.
Peter Van Riper Memorial at Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY (March 26)
Big Room, a structured improvisation with recorded music by Peter Van Riper.
Igniting the Edge conference at The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA (February 11)
Performance of Dance Constructions piece, Huddle as part of the Women’s Caucus for Art conference, Igniting the Edge, Forging New Geographies, Categories, and Identities.
1998
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (December 11-12)
Performances of Jackdaw Songs, Animation, The Plant People and a Logomotion duet with Carmela Hermann Dietrich.
On the Edge: Festival of Improvisation at Menagerie de Verre, Paris, France (November 20- 21)
Performed Animation in program shared with Steve Paxton and Lisa Nelson.
Available Space at Lower Left, San Diego, CA (July 10)
Participation in An Evening of Improvisation.
Les Soirées Nomades at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France (May 7)
Improvisation with Joëlle Leandre.
Theatre d’Alès en Cevennes, Alès, France (April 26)
Full program of structured solo improvisations.
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (February 15)
Logomotion performance.
Beyond the Pink Performance Festival at Hollywood Methodist Church, Los Angeles, CA. (February 13-14)
Small Dance for Big Music with Charlemagne Palestine.
1997
Improvisation Festival at The Kitchen, New York, NY (December 13)
Solo performance with Wendell Beavers.
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (December 4-6)
Performance with class participation.
Flynn Theater, Burlington, VT (October 7-8)
Program shared with Polly Motley.
Contredanse, Brussels, Belgium (September 13)
Performance with participants of two-week intensive Animations (Logomotion) workshop.
Tanzprojekte Koln, Cologne, Germany (August 24)
Solo performance as part of Vexations performance evening.
Menagerie de Verre, Paris, France (May 31)
Performance with David Zambrano and Jennifer Lacey with Joëlle Léandre.
Intermedia Arts Festival at Ceres Gallery, New York, NY (May 22-23)
Performance with Bruice Gremo.
Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY (May 19)
Logomotion performance.
Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY (May 15)
Performance in Robert Dunn memorial.
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY (January 31 – February 2)
Logomotion performance.
1996
A Cappella Motion Festival, Northampton, MA (June 29)
Still Life with Framing Music performance in faculty concert with recorded music by Jon Gibson.
1995
The Kitchen, New York, NY (December 7-10)
Performances of Jackdaw Songs, Animations and Still Life. Performed with Steve Paxton for the Improvisation/NY Festival.
A Cappella Motion Dance Intensive at Smith College, Northampton, MA (June 24)
Performance in faculty concert.
Fort Wayne Dance Collective, Fort Wayne, IN (January 21)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
1994
Z.O.A. House, Tel Aviv, Israel (November)
Performance.
Gerard Bechar Center, Jerusalem, Israel (November) Performance.
Center for New Dance Development, European Dance Development Center, Arnhem, Netherlands (September – October)
Performance in faculty concert and taught workshop.
Salle Patiño at City University of Geneva, Geneva Switzerland (September 10)
Solo performance of Animation.
International Improvisation Symposium at The Western Front, Vancouver, Canada (August)
Performed and taught workshop.
Dancin’ City Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark (June 8-26)
Solo performance.
Engaging the Imagination: Festival of Improvisation at Footwork, San Francisco, CA (May 23 – June 5)
Logomotion workshop and performance with workshop participants.
Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY (April 2)
Performance with Lauri Nagel and Jon Gibson.
1993
New York Improvisation Festival at Downtown Art Co, New York NY (December 3)
Performance with Movement Research.
Montreal Dance Exchange, Montreal, Canada (November 4-6)
Performed with Kirstie Simpson, taught Logomotion workshop, and participated in conference.
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA (May 14-16)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Festival de Danza Postmoderna at Instituto Superior de Danza, Caracas, Venezuela. (February 15-26)
Performed and taught two-week improvisation workshop.
1992
Studio Area, Barcelona, Spain (November)
Solo performance.
House of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary (October – November)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, NY (July 29-30)
Performance of Dance Constructions pieces, Huddle and Slant Board in Serious Fun! Megadance series.
Sound Symposium, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (July 2)
Solo dance performance.
P.S. 122, New York, NY (January 30)
Performed Animation.
1991
Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY (April 16, 19)
To Be Continued performed by Simone Forti & Troupe (Simone Forti, KJ Holmes, Lauri Nagel, Eric Schoefer, David Zambrano). Music by Jon Gibson.
Warren Street Performance Loft, New York, NY (October 24-26)
New Dance / New Music 1991. Solo improvisation by Forti; solo music and visuals performance by Peter Van Riper; Big Room collaborative performance with Van Riper.
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (April 16, 19)
To Be Continued performed by Simone Forti & Troupe with music by Jon Gibson.
Festival de Danza Postmoderna at Instituto Superior de Danza, Caracas, Venezuela (March 4-10)
Taught improvisation workshop and performed with David Zambrano, Alexis Eupiere and Donald Fleming.
Movement Research, New York, NY (February 18-22, February 25 – March 1) Taught Moving the Telling workshops and performed with Jon Gibson.
1990
Footwork, San Francisco, CA (September)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Center for New Dance Development, European Dance Development Center, Arnhem, Netherlands (May – June)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
A Life in Dance at Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA (February 2)
Performance and interview with Sally Banes in Talking Dance Project.
1989
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (September) Dive In performance.
Wave Hill, Riverdale, NY (August 17-18)
Touch, an outdoor performance by Simone Fort & Troupe with live music by Charlemagne Palestine.
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT (August)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO (July)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
American Dance Performance, Durham, NC (June)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
The Theater School, Amsterdam, Netherlands (May)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, NY (April 7) News Animation and other performances.
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL (February 11)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
The State Street Center, Madison, WI (February)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Independent Performance Alliance of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (January) Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
unknown venue, Allentown, PA Improvisation performance with Lauri Nagel.
1988
Spoke of the Hub, Brooklyn, NY (October)
Performance.
Movement Research, New York, NY (October)
Performance.
Boston University, Boston, MA (October 14-15)
Taught intensive workshop with two evenings of performance by Simone Forti & Troupe.
Manitoga Nature Center, Garrison, NY (September)
Simone Forti & Troupe performance for NYFA public service.
Wallenboyd Theater, Los Angeles, CA (August)
Performance.
Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO (July 22)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (April 26; May 3, 10, 17)
Green Mountain performed with Simone Forti & Troupe and solo performance of News Animation.
Boston Arts Group, Boston, MA (April)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Mad Brook Farm, East Charleston, VT (April)
Simone Forti & Troupe performance.
The Theater School, Amsterdam, Netherland (February)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
The Knitting Factory, New York, NY (January)
Solo performance.
1987
St. John’s College Summer Workshop, Santa Fe, NM (August 16)
Logomotion performance with David Rosenmiller based on impressions of environment.
American Dance Festival, Durham, NC (July 7)
Performed News Animation at faculty concert.
Gowanus Dance Exchange, Brooklyn, NY (May)
Simone Forti & Troupe performance.
Roulette, New York, NY (April)
News Animation and collaborative work with Takehisa Kosugi.
Movement Research Benefit at Triplex Theater II, New York, NY (April)
Performed News Animation.
P.S. 122, New York, NY (March)
Performed News Animation.
1986
Dancers Warehouse, Santa Barbara, CA (November)
News Animation and performance with workshop participants.
Colby College, Waterville, MA (October)
Simone Forti & Troupe performance.
Movement Research at Ethnic Folk Arts Center, New York, NY (October 18-20)
Roadcut performed by Simone Forti & Troupe as part of Movement Research’s The Presenting Series. In program shared with David Zambrano.
Yellow Springs Institute, Chester Springs, PA (August 16)
The Foothills performed by Simone Forti & Troupe.
Mad Brook Farm, East Charleston, VT (July 26)
Performance of News Animation.
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA (May 5)
Performances of News Animation and Full Moves, taught intensive workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
School of Visual Arts, New York NY (May)
First performance of News Animation as guest artist in SVA students’ concert.
The Theater School, Amsterdam, Netherlands (April)
Performance with Lisa Nelson and Misha Mengelberg.
New York Open Center, New York, NY (March)
Performance with Charles Morrow, Glen Velez and Don Cherry.
1985
Studio 200 at Ikebukuro Community College, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (September – October)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Osaka Theater, Osaka, Japan (September)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Plan B, Tokyo, Japan (September)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.

unknown venue, Kyoto, Japan (September)
Performance in an evening shared with choreographer Kamizawa.
Extentions Studio, Melbourne, Australia (August)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Coleman’s Performing Arts Studio, Sydney, Australia (July)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
The Theater School, Amsterdam, Netherlands (June)
Performance with Misha Mengelberg.
Dartington Festival at Dartington College, Totnes, UK (April)
Performance with Steve Paxton and Kirstie Simpson.
Riverside Studios, London, UK (April)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
1984
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (December)
First performance of Face.
American Center, Paris, France (September)
180 degrees, a collaborative performance with Joan Logue and composer Tod Machover.
Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO (August)
Performance of Full Moves.
Roulette, New York, NY (April)
First performance of Full Moves.
Experimental Intermedia, New York NY (March)
Performance of new and early work.
1983
Andere Avantgarde Festival at Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria (September 16-20)
Collaborative performance of Board Game / Animal Stories with Susan Rethorst and taught intensive workshop.
Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO (August)
Collaborative performances with Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark and Barbara Dilly.
American Dance Festival, Durham, NC (August)
Performed with local students in faculty concert and taught intensive workshop.
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (May 5-8)
Spring, performance with Susan Rethorst and Z’ev.
Chara, Padova, Italy (March)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain (February)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
1982 Washington Square Church, New York, NY (October)
Asymmetry 222 performance with Steve Paxton based on a poem by Jackson MacLow.
Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO (August)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Steinernes Haus, Frankfurt, Germany (May)
Solo performance.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (May)
Performances of Dance Constructions pieces, Huddle and Slant Board and performance of Illuminations with Charlemagne Palestine.
The Kitchen, New York, NY (April 1-4)
Performance of Door Studies, a full-length piece performed with a large group; set design by Ivy Sky Rutzky.
Spazio Zero, Rome, Italy (April)
Taught workshop and gave performance in operatic work by Alvin Curran with workshop particiapnts.
1981
Boston Film Video Foundation, Boston, MA (October)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants.
Bennington College, Bennington, VT (October)
Taught workshop and gave performance with workshop participants,
Performing Garage, New York, NY (March 30-31; April 1, 6-8, 13-15)
Jackdaw Songs, a full-length piece performed with Susan Rethorst, Richmond Johnstone, Rex Shrout, Gitta Gsell, Lyon Balliett, Ivy Sky Rutzky and Deborah Day with live music by Peter Van Riper.
Mont-Royal Pavilion, Montreal, Canada (January 23)
Solo performance in Danse Post-Moderne.
Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (January 18)
Solo performance.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada (January)
Solo performance.
1980
Festival at Aix, Aix en Provence, France (August)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Arci, Bari, Italy (July)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Holland Festival De Appel, Middelburg; Rotterdam; Utrecht; Groningen, Netherlands (June)
Solo performances in program shared with Min Tanaka.
CAPC, Bordeaux, France (February)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
White Chapel, London, UK (February)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
1979
The Kitchen, New York, NY (November 15-18)
Home Base: New Dance New Music, performances with Peter Van Riper. Included: Day Night; Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras; Circling; Six; Twig; Turning in Place.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (August 3-4)
Umi Aui Owe performance with Peter Van Riper for Summergarden series.
Forum für aktuelle Kunst at Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria (July 4)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Expansion: Internationale Biennale für Grafik und visuelle Kunst at the Secession Building, Vienna, Austria (June 23-24)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland (June)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland (June)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (June)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Galerie Vega (Nanette Repriels), Liege, Belgium (May)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Merce Cunningham Studio, New York, NY (April 25-27)
Performance of Estuary: A Nature Fantasy, a full-length piece by Forti, performed with a large group and musicians Peter Van Riper and Terry Fox and set sculpture designed by Harriet Feingenbaum.
Washington Irving High School, New York, NY (April 1)
Solo performance of Proceeding in The School for Movement Research & Construction Benefit Concert.
Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C. (March 30-31)
New Dance / New Music performance with Peter Van Riper.
1978
The Kitchen, New York, NY (December)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Sports Arena (Marilena Bonomo), Bari, Italy (November)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
La Piramide, Rome, Italy (November)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Modern Art Agency (Lucio Amelio), Naples, Italy (November)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Spazio dell’Agro, Nocera, Italy (November)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Certosa Monastery, Padula, Italy (November)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (October)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Battery Park City Landfill, New York, NY (September)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper for Art on the Beach / Creative Time Series. Set sculpture by Harriet Feingenbaum.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (August)
Performed in MoMA’s Summergarden series with Peter Van Riper. Included: Phoenix; Circling I/II; Huddle; Garden; Fountain.
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Arts (LAICA), Los Angeles, CA (June 17)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Video Free America, San Francisco, CA (May)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Oregon State College, Eugene, OR (May)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center and Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY (May)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Kunstverein at Köllnerhofgasse 6, Vienna, Austria (April 21-30)
Internationales Performance Festival 1978. Performances with workshop participants; Plant (Cactus), Turtle Dropping Eggs, Crescent Roll, Waking the Forest, Plant (Fern), Huddle, Dog Falls Over, Rollers, and Bicycles.
Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX (April)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Studio D, Austin, TX (April)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
1977
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (November 22, 29)
For You performance with Terry O’Reilly and Peter Van Riper.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (October 13)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK (October)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Van Riper Forti Studio at 537 Broadway, New York, NY (summer)
Sound and Movement performance with Terry O’Reilly and Peter Van Riper.
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY (April)
performancenumbernine / Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA (February 9)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
80 Langton Space, San Francisco, CA (February 6)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
And/Or Gallery, Seattle, WA (February)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Theatre Vanguard, Los Angeles, CA (January 19-20)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY (January 14-15)
Performances with Peter Van Riper: Paper Piece; Two Inches; Big Room.
Premier Recontres Internationales d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine and exhibition of integral hologram, Angel.
1976
The Kitchen, New York, NY (December 18-19)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
The Kitchen, New York, NY (December 7-11)
Screenings of video works, Tokyo Dance Festival and This by Forti and Peter Van Riper and readings from It.
P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY (October 29-31)
Group Works by Simone Forti, presented by The Institute of Art and Urban Resources. Three performances of large group piece, Planet with live music by Peter Van Riper; solo performance of Fan Dance; quartet performance of Green Green. Dancers included David Appel, Sally Banes, Pooh Kaye and Terrence O’Reilly.
Artists Space, New York, NY (October)
Angel performance with Angel integral hologram.
Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, New York, NY (May 25)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Loft Concert Series at Pooh Kaye Studio, New York, NY (May)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Fordham University Festival at Lincoln Center, New York, NY (April 30)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper and solo performance, Crawling with Stories.
Fine Arts Building, New York, NY (April)
Some Images, a multi-media performance with Angel integral hologram.
Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY (January 8-10)
Performance including Angel integral hologram for 3 Evenings on a Revolving Stage.
1975
Dance Today ’75 Festival at Parco Theater, Tokyo, Japan (December 12-17)
Performed Zero with Pooh Kaye and Terry O’Reilly with projected Illuminations drawings.
Artists Space, New York, NY (November 14-15)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
The Western Front, Vancouver, Canada (September)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
A Space, Toronto, Canada (September)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (September)
Performance of new and early work.
80 Langton Street, San Francisco, CA (August 22-23)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Idea Warehouse, New York, NY (June 8)
Performance of new and early works including Red Green with Pooh Kaye and Terry O’Reilly.
Idea Warehouse, New York, NY (June 6)
Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine.
University of California Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (January)
Big Room performance with Peter Van Riper.
Salvatore Ala Gallery, Milan, Italy (January)
Performance of new and early work.
1974
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY (September)
Performance of new and early work including Censor; Numbers; Crawling; Demon and screened videos, Twirling Bears and Largo Argentina.
Projekt ’74: Kunst bleibt Kunst, Köln, Germany (July 6 – September 8)
Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine and solo performance of Bird’s Dance Studies.
Musica e Danza Contemporanea Festival, Rome, Italy (February 8)
Una serata di danza e suono (An Evening of Dance and Sound) as part of Fabio Sargentini’s Musica e danza contemporanea. Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine.
1973
Sonnabend Gallery at Musee Galliera, Paris, France (September 14 – October 25)
Festival d’Automne: aspects de l’art actuel. Various performances including Illuminations with Charlemagne Palestine.
Grand Union Dance Gallery, New York, NY (May 30)
Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine for Dance Gallery Festival.
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (February)
Collaborative performance with Charlemagne Palestine.
1972
Galleria L’Attico, Rome, Italy (June 12-23)
Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine for Festival Music and Dance U.S.A.
Dancers Workshop, San Francisco, CA (March)
Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine and Open Gardenia workshop.
University Art Gallery at University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA (February 4)
San Diego Gardenia We Sound We Dance With You From CalArts Valencia, a collaborative performance with Charlemagne Palestine.
1971
University of California Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA (November)
Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine.
Pasadena Art Museum (Norton Simon Museum), Pasadena, CA (March 6)
Two Evenings at the Pasadena Art Museum. Dance Constructions and Illuminations performance with Charlemagne Palestine.
Pasadena Art Museum (Norton Simon Museum), Pasadena, CA (February 26)
Two Evenings at the Pasadena Art Museum. Retrospective performance of Dance Constructions, Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras, Face Tunes, and Folk Dance.
1969
Danza Volo Musica Dinamite at Galleria L’Attico, Rome, Italy (June 9-23)
Danza Volo Musica Dinamite (Dance, Flight, Music Dynamite Festival), organized by Simone with Fabio Sargentini. Performance of Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras; Dance Constructions piece, See Saw with Steve Paxton; Throat Dance.
Loeb Student Center at New York University, New York, NY (May 4)
Performance of Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras and Dance Constructions pieces, Roller Boxes, Platforms, and Huddle.
Galleria L’Attico, Rome, Italy (February 26)
Serata di Violoncello...Saxofono...Batteria...Voce...Recita...Danza...Irene Aebi, Micheline Pelzer, Simone Forti, Steve Lacy, Carlo Colnaghi. A collaborative evening at Galleria L’Attico’s new exhibition and performance space.
Yoko Ono Studio, New York, NY
An evening of rule games in collaboration with Trisha Brown and Steve Paxton.
1968
Galleria L’Attico, Rome, Italy (October 30-31)
Danze-costruzioni e altri danze pezzi di Simona Forti (Dance Constructions and other Dance Pieces by Simone Forti). A two-evening retrospective of Dance Constructions and other performances including Bottom and Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras. Piazza de Spagna with Galleria L’Attico, Rome, Italy (October 25-26)
Performed with Musica Electronica Viva music group.
Cornell University School of Architecture, New York, NY (June 7-9)
Performance of new minimalist conceptual pieces including Face Tunes and Fallers. Other performances include Bottom and the Dance Constructions piece, Accompaniment for La Monte’s 2 Sounds and La Monte’s 2 Sounds.
1967
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (November 10-12)
Performed new minimalist conceptual pieces Two At Once; Cloths, Dance Constructions pieces Huddle and Slant Board; Bottom; and Face Tunes as part of the Fall Gallery Concerts performance series.
1962
Living Theater, New York, NY (February 5)
Performed solo voice improvisation in an evening of performances by artists published in An Anthology... [ed. La Monte Young].
1961
Merce Cunningham Studio, New York, NY (May-June)
Performance of student work by the composition class of Robert Dunn (the nucleus of which would become the Judson Group). Performed untitled solo piece and presented a “dance report” about an onion (later known as Onion Walk), later published in An Anthology... [ed. La Monte Young]
Yoko Ono Studio, New York, NY (May 26-27)
Five Dance Constructions & Some Other Things, an evening of Dance Constructions including Huddle, Slant Board, Hangers, Platforms, Accompaniment for La Monte’s 2 sounds and La Monte’s 2 sounds. Other performances included From Instructions, Censor, Herding and Paper Demon. Performers: Simone Forti, Ruth Allphon, Marni Mahaffay, Robert Morris, Steve Paxton and Yvonne Rainer.
1960
Reuben Gallery, New York, NY (December 16-18)
varieties. happenings at the Reuben Gallery. Performance of Dance Constructions pieces, See Saw (performed by Robert Morris and Yvonne Rainer) and Roller Boxes (performed by Simone Forti, Patty Oldenburg and members of the audience) in an evening shared with Jim Dine and Claes Oldenburg.
1956-1960
Anna Halprin’s Dancers’ Workshop of Marin, Marin County, CA
Numerous performances collectively choreographed with Anna Halprin.
Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement for Dance Recipient, 2023
Danspace Project Rebel Angels Gala Honoree, 2019
New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance, 2018
Anonymous Was a Woman Award, 2015
Movement Research Gala Honoree, 2014
Yoko Ono Lennon Courage in the Arts Award, 2011
CHIME (Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange) Grant, 2008
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 2005
Los Angeles Dance Resource Center Lester Horton Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2003
New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award for Sustained Excellence, 1995
NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Individual Fellowship, 1991; 1992
NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Choreographers Fellowship, 1990; 1988; 1980; 1976
NYSCA (New York State Council on the Arts) Choreography Commission Grant, 1988
NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts) Choreography Grant, 1988
Australian Council Theater Board Award, 1985
NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Interdisciplinary Fellowship, 1983
NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) Special Projects Grant, 1976
NYSCA (New York State Council on the Arts) CAPS Grant, 1976
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York, NY
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, NY
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Collection of Paul & Karen McCarthy, Los Angeles, CA