trisk [verb]: the process of throwing ideas around & turning them into action.
Founded in 2000, Triskelion Arts is a Brooklyn-based organization dedicated to the growth and celebration of dance in NYC. Our programming, performance venue, and rehearsal studios support innovative dance artists at every stage of their creative journey, serving as an incubator for their artistic development. Through the transformative power of dance, we aim to enrich NYC’s cultural dialogue, inspire local audiences, and strengthen our community, particularly advocating for our queer, trans, and BIPOC community members.
In our theater and in our studios, we actively cultivate an ecosystem where individuality is celebrated, artists are emboldened to share their authentic stories and kindness is the cornerstone of our interactions. We see ourselves as thought partners and collaborators, intentionally dismantling traditional institutional hierarchies to create a home for self-expression that amplifies diverse voices and prioritizes accessibility. With dance, we engage, connect, provoke thought, and catalyze meaningful systemic change.
Every step we take builds not just a stage but a platform for voices that need to be heard, a canvas for stories that need to be told, and a sanctuary for shared dreams.
THE VISION
WHAT WE DO
Learn more about our programming, performances and community events here.
Trisk has been an integral part of Brooklyn’s cultural landscape for the past 24 years, presenting movement-based artists on our stages and fostering their creative processes in our rehearsal studios. With founding Artistic Director Abby Bender, we opened in 2000 in Williamsburg with a single studio, and in 2015 moved to our current Greenpoint home with an 80-seat black-box theater and four rehearsal studios. More than 800 original productions have taken place on our stages, and artists have used countless subsidized rehearsal hours in our studios.
The city of New York has recognized us for our outstanding work in our community with an official citation and the seal of our borough.
THE HISTORY
Executive Director
Rachel Mckinstry
Director of Production
Anna Wotring
Director of Operations & Marketing
Miriam Rose
Resident Lighting Designer
Connor Sale
THE TEAM
President
Larry Keigwin
Board of Trustees
Ken Colangelo // TREASURER
Juliette DeCarlo // SECRETARY
Melissa Grillo Aruz
Monica Burton
Freja Poulin
THE BOARD
Trisk agrees to provide and maintain a safe space and an inclusive home free of mistreatment, judgment, and dismissal. We do not tolerate violent or abusive speech or actions. Operating with compassion, love, and consideration, we continually cultivate an environment where care and trust inform our actions. We respect each person's humanity. We work in collaboration with our community to find solutions and evolutions. We constantly evaluate ourselves and hold ourselves accountable. We look at ourselves as collaborators, not gatekeepers. We strive to listen and not assume. We understand that there is more than one way to achieve a goal.
Everyone is entitled to arts and culture without fear.
Our ears and hearts are open.
Please join us in collectively agreeing to these guidelines to ensure safety, respect, and kindness within our community.
COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We respectfully acknowledge that the work of Triskelion Arts is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of Lenapehoking, the homeland of the Lenape peoples. We pay our respects to their land, water, and ancestors, past, present, and future. This acknowledgment demonstrates a commitment to the process of working to dismantle the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism and to learn to be better stewards of this land.
