John Jasperse
John R. Jasperse (born October 8, 1963 ) is an American choreographer and dancer .
Artistic work
Jasperse grew up in Rockville, Maryland . In 1985 he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College . Since then he has lived in New York . From 1987 to 1993 he worked with Jennifer Monson . 1988 - 1989 he appeared in Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's company Rosas in Belgium.
Since 1990 he has been Artistic Director of the New York John Jasperse Company .
Joyce Morgenroth describes his work as "cryptic" and "often described with contradicting terms". One of the most important contradictions is “his play between tight structures and fleeting style of movement”. His dancers drive an “interactive choreographic process”. The set and props are closely involved in the dance, with the dancers often moving or interacting with them.
Jasper's works have been performed in the United States , Brazil , Chile , Israel , Japan, and many places in Europe; including at the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music , at the Venice Biennale , at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis , at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago , and at Tanz im August in Berlin . Michail Baryschnikow's White Oak Dance Project , the Batsheva Dance Company and the Ballet of the Opéra de Lyon performed choreographies by him.
Among the many awards he and his company won include:
- 1988 the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Prize ;
- 1992 and 1994-1996 awards from the National Endowment for the Arts
- 1988, 1994 and 2000 awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts
- Two New York Dance and Performance Awards ( Bessie Awards ); 2001 for Jasperse personally, 2002 for his company
In 2011 he was appointed a Fellow of the United States Artists .
Full evening works by him are:
- Rickety Perch (1989);
- Eyes Half Closed (1991);
- furnished / unfurnished (1993);
- Excessories (1995);
- Waving to you from here (1997);
- Madison as I imagine it (1999);
- Giant Empty (2001);
- just two dancers (2003);
- CALIFORNIA (2003);
- Prone (2005);
- Becky, Jodi, and John (2007);
- Misuse liable to prosecution (2007).
John Jasperse Company
The John Jasperse Company , founded in 1985, has been part of Thin Man Dance , Inc. in New York since 1998 . In 2003, Association Chapitre II in Lyon was added in France .
In 2008 Jasperse founded the Center for Performance Research Williamsburg, New York, together with Jonah Bokaer from the Chez Bushwick organization . Center for Performance Research.
literature
- John Jasperse Company, Misuse liable to prosecution , program for performance October 18 – October 20 at On the Boards , Seattle, Washington, a co-production with the Brooklyn Academy of Music, commissioned in part by Symphony Space (NYC).
- John Jasperse , in Joyce Morgenroth: Speaking Of Dance: Twelve Contemporary Choreographers on Their Craft , Routledge 2004, pp. 187-204, ISBN 0-415-96799-6 .
Notes and individual references
- ^ US Public Records Index Volumes 1 & 2, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo , 2010.
- ↑ a b Morgenroth 2004, p. 187
- ^ A b c Performance History on the John Jasperse Company website, accessed June 9, 2014
- ↑ wry
- ↑ often spoken of in oppositional pairs
- ^ The interplay between his tightly conceived structures and his elusive movement style
- ↑ a b United States Artists Official Website
- ↑ Chez Bushwick website , accessed June 9, 2014
- ↑ Internet presence of the Center for Performance Research , accessed on June 9, 2014
Web links
- Internet presence of the John Jasperse Company
- John Jasperse Company on On the Boards ; with audio interview
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jasperse, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jasperse, John R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American choreographer and dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1963 |