embodiment + collective care
Masterclasses, workshops, and guest lecturing specifically tailored for each community (dancers and non-dancers alike). I work with individuals and groups to integrate healing modalities of breath, meditation, and imagination into their lives and physical practice. I do this in dance studios, theaters, classrooms, online, in kitchens, and in public spaces.
CURRENT OFFERINGS:
—> queering technique, reclaiming space, decolonizing the body
This class is a synthesis of my evolution and [re]discoveries as a movement artist navigating the white-contemporary artworld as a queer, colonized body. We will focus on integrating attunement of external influences (architecture and space) with internal sensory embodiment. Participants will be asked to privilege imagination, tap into cellular awareness, practice doing-and-undoing, and rediscover primal presence and awareness.
—> The Body as a Site
Sensitivity to energy, self, others, space. This workshop looks at both the body and space for compositional awareness to develop site-specific considerations for new work.
Jay has worked with communities at Pieter Performance Space, UC Irvine, CSU Long Beach, UCLA, Allan Hancock College, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Scripps College, American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Santa Monica College, Renaissance Arts Academy, homeLA PLACE-MAKING, Stomping Ground LA
building creative community
My practice is rooted in collaboration and I love working with diverse communities and creatives to develop projects and artwork. I am based in Los Angeles and I work with performers, musicians, brands, and institutions around the world.
—> dance + performance
Site responsive + public space activations, evening-length and short dance work for the stage, choreography for opera + theatrical performance, vertical + aerial dance, group shows, and showcases.
—> movement direction
Film + television projects, immersive experiences, performer training, fashion and other brand activations.
—> facilitation
Deepening the work through community conversations, talk-backs, and lectures.