“Using the Sky weaves together a series of questions, thoughts, and actions aimed at stepping, literally and figuratively, into the unknowable.” —Didier Morelli, The Drama Review

Deborah Hay is an internationally renowned dance artist whose unique approach to bodily practice has had lasting impact on American choreography. Her commitment to dance as a process is as exquisite as it is provoking. Rooted in NYC’s 1960s experimental Judson Dance Theater in New York, Hay’s work has evolved through experimentation with a use of language that is unique to dance. Using the Sky is an exploration and articulation of Hay’s process, focusing on several of her most recent works. It is a follow up to her successful book My Body the Buddhist, and now available again from Wesleyan University Press.

Hay is the subject of the documentary Turn Your F*^king Head, made in 2012 by British filmmaker Becky Edmunds, about Deborah Hay’s last Solo Performance Commissioning Project at the Findhorn Community Foundation, near Inverness, Scotland.

DEBORAH HAY is a dancer, choreographer, writer, and teacher working in the field of postmodern dance and one of the founding members of the Judson Dance Theater. She is the artistic director of the Deborah Hay Dance Company, based in Austin, Texas. More information can be found on her website.