About: Jess Curtis
Jess Curtis is an award-winning choreographer and performer committed to an art-making practice informed by experimentation, innovation, critical discourse and social relevance at the intersections of fine art and popular culture. In 2000, Curtis founded his own trans-continental performance company, Jess Curtis/Gravity, based in Berlin and San Francisco. Curtis is active as a writer, advocate and community organizer in the fields of contemporary dance and performance, and teaches accessible Dance, Contact Improvisation and Interdisciplinary Performance courses throughout the US and Europe. He holds an MFA in Choreography and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the University of California at Davis. jesscurtisgravity.org
Articles by Jess Curtis:
- Describing Dances: Increasing Access for Blind and Visually Impaired Audiences Mar 21, 2019
- Speak: Beyond Gravity Oct 01, 2018
- SPEAK: Performing Science: Dancing by Numbers Jan 01, 2014
- Jérôme Bel and Myself: A Choreographer Interrogating Dance Mar 01, 2009
- The Symmetry Project: A non-linear, graphic embodiment of our performance process Mar 01, 2009
- Under The Radar; Discovering our Sameness Mar 01, 2007
