Jeremy Wade is a choreographer, a dancer and a musician from New York, who now lives in Berlin. He has been exploring the field of performance since he was trained at the SNDD (School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam) in 2000. Jeremy has received several awards for "Glory", a duo created in 2006. His latest creation, "…and pulled out their hair" is a play for five dancers, a grotesque combination of violent behaviours and an unstable emotional state.
“Chez Bushwick”, an alternative venue, was created in 2002 by artists Jeremy Wade and Jonah Bokaer (full-time dancer with the Merce Cunningham dance company, who came to Les Subsistances during the ça change Weekend in January 2007). Michel Guttierez got involved in 2004 as an artist in residence and a curator in 2004.
Chez Bushwick has become in the space of a few years a Mecca for the new « choreographic generation » (John Jasperse, Jeremy Wade, Chase Granoff, Ann Liv Young, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Douglas Dunn, Eileen Myles and Maia Sage Ermansons) mentioned by Gérard Mayen in his article in Mouvement (Oct. 2006), and was created in reaction to the precariousness of the New York art scene at the time. Studio hire at ridiculously low prices ($5/hr), monthly free-of-charge or cheap high-level events, residences for foreign or passing artists.
Faced in 2006 with an exponential increase of its audience, Chez Bushwick started showing a new series of extramural performances of all kinds, through a partnership with nine spaces in Brooklyn called AMBUSH.
The following artists have been or will be showcased: Elke Rindfleisch and Wanjiru Kamuyu, Jim Staley, Bruce Nauman, David Vaughan, Michael Cole, Jonah Bokaer, Yasuko Yokoshi & Erin Cornell, Matthew Barney, Holley Farmer, Levi Gonzalez, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Daniel Squire, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Angel & The Prime Timers, Martha Rosler, Ann-Liv Young, John Jasperse, etc.
Directed and designed by Jeremy Wade
Performers:
Jeremy Wade (vocals and keyboard), Frederic Bigot (guitar and effects), Brendan Dougherty (percussions and machines)
Adapted by Eike Wittrock
Production Manager/Administrator: Gabi Beier
Tour Manager:
Wassili Zigouris
Co-production & Residence: Les Subsistances / Lyon / France.
With the help of the cultural services of the French Embassy in the US.
Our thanks go to:
Springdance Festival Utrecht, Hebbel Am Uffer Berlin, PS122 NYC
