The Odds: A 10-Day Workshop Intensive with Deborah Hay

March 21 – April 1, 2027 · Austin, Texas

Deborah Hay will lead “The Odds,” a 10-day workshop intensive in Austin this spring.

“I will do everything to summon your dance through simple language-based movement directions and intermittent performance-based coaching intended for your cellular body.

The tools we use will steadily decrease any assumption that you know how to do this dance.”
– Deborah Hay, July 2026

Schedule
Daily hours: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (some days may end a little earlier, between 3 and 4 PM)
Week 1: Sunday–Thursday, March 21–25, 2027
Off days: Friday–Saturday, March 26–27
Week 2: Sunday–Thursday, March 28 – April 1, 2027

Location
Historic 1858 Charles Johnson House
404 Atlanta St, Austin, TX 78703

Tuition
$900. A $200 non-refundable deposit reserves your place. The remaining $700 is due by December 30, 2026, to confirm enrollment.

Registration
Registration closes November 30, 2026. Places are first-come, first-served, and space is limited.
Register

Travel and Accommodations
Participants arrange their own travel and housing. Discounted rooms are available at Casa Azul; write info@casaazulatx.com for details. The Theorists can provide letters of support for grant applications to help cover fees, and will try to connect artists in need with local hosts and sublets. If you need housing or know of an opportunity, contact Amy Morrow.

Contact
Amy Morrow · amy@thetheorists.org

https://www.thetheorists.org/dhdc

DHDC 2026 calendar of events

March 28

Deborah, invited by artist Caroline Wright and gallery owner Diana Chriswisser, to share an art

exhibit with Caroline at Austin’s new Verdant Gallery, 703 West 10 th Street, Austin. Following

the guidance and support of Flatbed Press’ Master Printer Joshua Orsburn, 14 of Hay’s

monoprints will be shown.

June 7-12

Deborah conducts a 6-day residential dance workshop at Groundworks, in Gardiner, NY

Currently full. For waiting list email info@groundworks.space

July 6-10

Hay workshop Athens, Greece / TBA

July 17, 18

Athens Epidaurus Festival performances, Athens, Greece / TBA

Hay performs her solo No Time to Fly (2010), followed by her duet, As Holy Sites Go (2011)

adapted and performed by Jeanine Durning and Ros Warby

Sept 7-11

Hay conducts residential dance workshop at Vitlycke, in Sweden / TBA

Sept 17-27

Hay presents 10 Performance Club events at How to Make A Life – festival on aging

Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany

For information: wdcMousonturm

Fall 2025 Workshop with Deborah Hay: re-inhabitation

"Our 2-week workshop is about movement that appears ordinary on one hand, but on the other is surprisingly invigorating in its simplicity.

I will choreograph a sequence of material directed to whatever number of your cells potentially engage. Over the course of the workshop, we will come to inhabit this material with tools you can take with you.

There will be some element of writing as well."

– Deborah Hay

SCHEDULE

Daily Hours: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

*with the understanding that some days may end slightly earlier between​

Week 1: Sunday–Thursday, October 19–23, 2025

*Off Days: Friday–Saturday, October 24–25, 2025

Week 2: Sunday–Thursday, October 26–30, 2025

REGISTRATION

→ Register online here at bit.ly/dhdc25apply

→ Registration deadline: August 1, 2025

*Registration is first-come, first-served. Space is limited to support the depth of inquiry.

LOCATION

Charles Johnson House

404 Atlanta Street, Austin, TX

TUITION

$900​​

→ $200 non-refundable deposit is due by August 1, 2025, to reserve your place.

→ The remaining $700 is due by September 1, 2025, to confirm enrollment. 

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS

Participants are responsible for their own travel and housing. The Theorists will provide letters of support to aid in grant applications to help subsidize fees. We will also try to accommodate artists in need with local hosts and suggested sublets.

If you are in need of housing or know of housing opportunities, please write to Amy Morrow.

CONTACT

Amy Morrow amy@thetheorists.org