Summer 2022 Cohort

Alana Liu - BA, Computing and the Arts ‘23 - Yale College

Alfred Wong - M.Arch ‘24 - Yale School of Architecture

Chloe Hou - M.Arch ‘23 - Yale School of Architecture

Daedalus Guoning Li - MFA Graphic Design ’24 - Yale School of Art

Julio Correa - MFA, Graphic Design ’24 - Yale School of Art

Sam Skynner - MFA, Design ‘24 - Yale School of Drama

Sarah Feng - BA Humanities, BS Neuroscience ’25 - Yale College

Will Suzuki - BA, Architecture(Design) ’23 - Yale College

Professional Advisory Board

Andrew Benner, Director of Exhibitions and Critic- Yale School of Architecture

Lisa Dent, Executive Director- Artspace

Matthew Suttor, Professor in the Practice of Sound Design - David Geffen School of Drama at Yale

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On Dance in our Community

The question we pose to Design Brigade:

Design Brigade students will design and fabricate an exhibition for the New Haven Dance History Project, an initiative spearheaded by the Yale Dance Lab that includes a diverse cross-section of the city's dance community. Students will be asked to build upon the project's research to conceptualize a multi-site exhibit to be launched in 2023. Students will carry out research, community engagement, client design presentations, and the fabrication of exhibition components.

The project as conceived by Design Brigade:

This summer, Design Brigade students designed an exhibition called Speaking Dance in response to the emotional joy, collectivity, & innovation of the New Haven dance community.

Speaking Dance is the culmination of 33 oral history interviews conducted by the New Haven Dance Project. As an installation of moving images, it represents dance spaces integral to New Haven’s dance history: the studio, the institutional stage, and the communal dance scene.

Oral histories accompany archival and original footage gathered from New Haven dances still active today to create a playful, interactive installation.