Born 1984 in Chicago, IL

EVENING LENGTH

“Jacklean (Jacklean),” ODC Theater; San Francisco, CA; May 2026.

“Jacklean (in rehearsal),” REDCAT; Los Angeles, CA; April 2025.

“Jacklean (in rehearsal),” The Museum of Modern Art; New York, NY; March 2025.

“Heera,” Abrons Arts Center; New York, NY; June 2022.

“Air,” Performance Space New York; New York, NY; January 2020.

“Futurity,” The Whitney Biennial; New York, NY; June 2019.

“Bouquet,” The Chocolate Factory Theater; Long Island City, NY; April 2019.

“Album,” American Realness Festival; New York, NY; January 2018.

“Originators,” ISSUE Project Room AIR Show, Abrons Arts Center; New York, NY; January 2016

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

“Yugoslavia,” Bitef Theater; Oct 27 Belgrade, Serbia; October 2019.

“Album,” The Bergen Assembly Parliament of Bodies Biennial; Bergen, Norway; September 2019.

“Soundings,” The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Chicago, Il; January 2019.

“Album,” The Hirshhorn Museum; Washington, DC; July 2018.

“Yugoslavia,” Danspace Project; New York, NY; October 2017.

”Sky Circle,” Dance Roulette; Brooklyn, NY; February 2014.

PERFORMANCE FOR VIDEO

“Brownout” Video Performance for Baryshnikov Arts Center; March 2021.

“Solo B” Video Performance for The Shed Open Call; August 2020.

PUBLISHED BOOKS

“Dance History(s): Imagination as a Form of Study,” (Big Dance/Dancing Foxes/Wesleyan Press, 2024)

“Mariana Valencia’s Bouquet,” (3 Hole Press, 2019)

“Album” (Wendy’s Subway, 2018)

GRANTS + AWARDS

Herb Alpert Award in the Arts; Valencia, CA. 2024.

Creative Capital Award; New York, NY. 2022.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Extended Life Grant; New York, NY. 2019.

The Bessie Award for Best Production (Nominee); New York, NY. 2021.

The Bessie Award for Outstanding “Breakout” Choreographer; New York, NY. 2018.

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists Award; New York. NY. 2018.

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant; New York, NY. 2015.

Jerome Travel and Study Grant; New York, NY. 2015.

The Yellow House Fund of the Tides Foundation Grant; New York, NY. 2010.

RESIDENCIES

Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at FSU; Tallahassee, FL. 2024.

Devised Theater Working Group at The Public Theater; New York, NY. 2020.

The Rosin Foundation Residency at Movement Research; New York, NY. 2019.

Dance In Process at Gibney Dance Center; New York, NY. 2019.

Creative Exchange Lab at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art; Portland, OR. 2018.

Brooklyn Arts Exchange; Brooklyn, NY. 2016.

Perform(a) Festival; Skopje, Macedonia. 2016.

Kondenz Festival; Belgrade, Serbia. 2016.

ISSUE Project Room; Brooklyn, NY. 2015.

Show Box L.A. Residency; Los Angeles, CA. 2014.

Pieter Pasd Residency; Los Angeles, CA. 2014.

New York Live Arts Studio Series Residency; New York, NY. 2013-14.

Chez Bushwick; Brooklyn, NY. 2013.

COLLABORATIONS as PERFORMER

AK Burns, Elizabeth Orr, Em Rooney, Fia Backstrom, Geo Wyeth, Guadalupe Rosales, Jules Gimbrone, Kim Brandt, Morgan Bassichis, MPA, O’Helen, and robbinschilds.

COSTUME STYLING

Works by Juliana May: “Adult Documentary” (2016), “Folk Incest” (2018), “Family Happiness” (2023), “Optimistic Voices” (2025)