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Jonah Bokaer (born October 1, 1981) is an American choreographer and media artist. He works on live performances in the United States and elsewhere, including choreography, digital media, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and social enterprise.[1]

Jonah Bokaer
Bokaer performing "Three Cases Of Amnesia" in 2011
Born (1981-10-01) October 1, 1981 (age 41)
Ithaca, New York
OccupationChoreographer, Media Artist
GenreChoreography, Dance, Performance, Media, Activism, New Genres
Notable worksWhy Patterns, REPLICA, STACKS, The Invention Of Minus One, A Cure For Surveillance
Website
jonahbokaer.net

Education


Originally from Ithaca, New York,[2] Bokaer trained in dance at Cornell University, and subsequently graduated from University of North Carolina School of the Arts as a North Carolina Academic Scholar (Contemporary Dance/Performance, 2000).[3] Recruited for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at the unprecedented age of 18,[4] Bokaer pursued a parallel degree in Visual & Media Studies at The New School (2003–2007),[5] where he received the Joan Kirnsner Memorial Award. Additional studies in media and performance occurred at Parsons The New School for Design, NYU Performance Studies, and through self-taught explorations into digital media and 3D animation: such studies led to the development of a rare, multi-disciplinary approach to choreography, addressing the human body in relation to contemporary technologies.[6]


Dance and choreography


As a dancer, Bokaer has worked with Merce Cunningham (2000–2007), John Jasperse (2004–2005), David Gordon (2005–2006), Deborah Hay (2005), Tino Sehgal (2008), and many others. He has also interpreted the choreography of George Balanchine as restaged by Melissa Hayden. Bokaer is also a frequent choreographer for Robert Wilson (2007–Present).[7]

Bokaer is the author of 30 original choreographies, produced in Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Recent engagements include the Attakalari Performance Biennale (Bangalore 2009), the Rotterdamse Schouwburg (Holland 2010), Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Becket, MA 2011), Festival d'Avignon (Avignon, 2012), BAM Next Wave Festival, and a commission from the National Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.).[8]


Activism and social enterprise


Under the leadership Bokaer in 2002, a group of artists and choreographers formed Chez Bushwick,[9] an adventurous arts organization that has significantly impacted a new generation of dance artists, choreographers, and performers in the United States, and beyond. Founding artists developed a series of public programs that have become emblematic of a new way of working in New York City: across borders, across disciplines, employing variable aesthetic signatures, and overturning divisions between choreographer, curator, producer, and audience member. Through strategies of collaboration, activism, and public dialogue, these cultural strategies have achieved economic justice during a challenging real estate and funding climate in NYC. Chez Bushwick was recently awarded by the Rockefeller Foundation NYC Cultural Innovation Fund.[10]

Bokaer is a co-founder of the Center for Performance Research (CPR), a nonprofit organization in collaboration with John Jasperse/Thin Man Dance. CPR's L.E.E.D.-certified green building, the first in Brooklyn, provides affordable space for rehearsal and performance, arts programming, education and engagement with the community.


Writing


Bokaer's writings have been published in Artwurl, The American Society for Alexander Teachers, Critical Correspondence, AADIAL Magazine, Goldrush Dance Magazine, ITCH, Movement Research Performance Journal, and NYFA Current.


Selected works



Collaborations



Museums, performances and commissions



Relations with France


Bokaer's choreography over the past decade has been made possible in large part through a vigorous artistic relationship with France.

Dance and choreography

Production and presentation

Leadership

Partnerships


Awards and honors


Bokaer has been honored with a Human Rights Award (Public Volunteerism, 2000), a fellowship from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (Dance & Media, 2005–2006), the inaugural Gallery Installation Fellowship from Dance Theater Workshop (2007), and one of four national Dance Access Scholarships from Dance/USA, with funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2007), and the Alumni Achievement Award from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (2009).[11] Additionally, Bokaer recently accepted the Special Citation at the New York Dance & Performance / Bessie Awards, for the arts organization Chez Bushwick (2007); his choreography "The Invention Of Minus One" was also awarded a Bessie Award for original lighting design by Aaron Copp (2008). He is also a 2008–2009 Young Leader of the French American Foundation, and is the first dance artist to have been awarded.[12]

Awards, honors, fellowships


References


Notes

  1. "Artist Residency". Knight Foundation. 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  2. "New Museum - Digital Archive". Archive.newmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  3. "Academic Scholars Program". Ncpublicschools.org. Archived from the original on 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  4. Alastair Macaulay (August 2, 2012). "Exploring The Space With Stillness". The New York Times.
  5. Weinstein, Tresca (2011-07-31). "Choreographer's new work mixes dancers and 5,000 ping-pong balls". Times Union. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  6. Simon, Edward. "Jonah Bokaer - Profile - Dance, Media, Visual Arts - USA Projects - Artist Fundraising & Advocacy". USA Projects. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  7. Caden Manson (Editor In Chief) (12 December 2009). "In Performance: Jonah Bokaer's REPLICA (NYC)Contemporary Performance". Contemporary Performance. Retrieved 2013-02-05. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. "UC Berkeley Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium - Bio: Jonah Bokaer". Atc.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  9. "Chez Bushwick". hezbushwick.net.
  10. 06/15/2010 in Pivotal Place: New York City (2010-06-15). "Replica Performs at Pocantico's Kykuit Forecourt | Rockefeller Brothers Fund". Rbf.org. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  11. "404 Error" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2013-01-31. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  12. "Jonah Bokaer | French-American Foundation". Frenchamerican.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  13. Heyman, Stephen (2010-01-08). "The Nifty 50 | Jonah Bokaer, Choreographer - NYTimes.com". Tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  14. "NEA 2013 GRANT AWARDS: State Listings for the Art Works I/Literature Fellowships (Poetry) categories". Arts.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2013-02-05.

Further reading




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Jonah Bokaer est un chorégraphe et artiste américain multimédia international. Il a consacré une partie de sa vie au développement du spectacle vivant à travers la chorégraphie, les médias numériques et de nombreuses collaborations interdisciplinaires, aux États-Unis comme à l’international. Il est également à l’origine de nombreux projets philanthropiques, artistiques et culturels.


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