About Stacy

Stacy Matthew Spence is a New York City-based choreographer, dancer, and teacher. Stacyʼs choreography has been commissioned by Danspace Project, New York Live Arts: Live Artery, The High Line with visual artist Ronny Quevedo, The New School, Ishmael Houston-Jones’s Platform 2012: Parallels for Danspace Project and Tisch School of the Arts. Stacy has performed in co/motion directed by Margaret Peak as part of Jason Moranʼs Whitney Biennial: Bleed, in Deborah Hayʼs Blues as part of Ralph Lemonʼs One Fine Day at The Museum of Modern Art NY, Joanna Kotze’s BIG BEATS, as well as Vespers, Reimagined (2025) and Indifferent Forest with Bebe Miller. Stacy danced with The Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1997–2006, was Education Director 2018–2021 and continues collaborating with the company through teaching and re-staging Trisha's work. He has also taught nationally and internationally at institutions such as The New School, Juilliard, Barnard College, Tisch School of the Arts, Manhattan Marymount College, London Contemporary Dance School, Centre National de Danse Contemporaine, and Movement Research. Stacy is currently an instructor at The New School in NYC. Grants and residencies include New York State Council on the Arts Support for Artists Grant 2026, Gibney Dance in Process (DiP) Resident Artist 2022–23, Movement Research Artist Parent Residency; Workspace Artist-in-Residence, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council NY; Manhattan Community Fund, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NY; New York Live Arts Studio Series Residency; Artist Residency at Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in Angers, France; Movement Research Artist-in-Residence.

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photo: Elyssa Goodman