Stacy Matthew Spence is a New York City based choreographer, teacher, and dancer. Stacy’s choreography has been commissioned by Danspace Project with his most recent premiere in April 2026, The High Line in collaboration with visual artist Ronny Quevedo, The New School, Ishmael Houston-Jones’s Platform 2012: Parallels for Danspace Project, Tisch School of the Arts and London Contemporary Dance School. Stacy has been honored to perform in co/motion directed by Margaret Peak as part of Jason Moranʼs Whitney Biennial: Bleed, Deborah Hayʼs Blues as part of Ralph Lemonʼs Some Sweet Day at The Museum of Modern Art NY, Vespers Reimagined and Indifferent Forest with Bebe Miller and Joanna Kotze’s BIG BEATS.
Stacy had the pleasure of dancing with The Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1997-2006, was Education Director 2018-2020 and continues collaborating with the company as a board member, through teaching and also re-staging Trisha’s work. He has 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’s work has been supported through 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; Movement Research Artist-in-Residence, 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.
ID: A photo of Stacy Matthew Spence smiling at the camera. He has short afro hair and wears a blue top. Photo by Michael Argilla.
