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John Jasperse Company Giant Empty

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"A remarkable blending of mind, matter and movement...solidifying Jasperse's leading position in the avant-garde."--New York Times

John Jasperse's brainy, precise dance pieces revel in finding moments of wonder in everyday actions, skewed perspectives, and seemingly odd details. Conceptually inventive, his work is meticulously structured and performed with a vitality that reflects the buzz of his radical ideas.

Championed in Europe as one of the most fascinating dancemakers of today, Jasperse is also receiving overdue recognition at home in the U.S., with audiences and critics alike applauding his recent New York season.

His next work, Giant Empty, explores concepts of division: between inside and outside; self and other; intimacy and distance; future, present, and past. This new work is a collaboration with set designer Matthias Bringman, whose flexible constructions will amplify Jasperse's vanguard ideas.

Season Support

Lead support for the Wexner CenterÌs 2001-02 performing arts season is provided by AT&:T and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Major season support provided by Philip Morris Companies Inc.

Additional season support provided by the Ohio Arts Council and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.

Event Support

Giant Empty is a coproduction of Ballett Frankfurt and The Brooklyn Academy of Music in collaboration with co-commissioning partners the American Dance Festival and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.

The John Jasperse Company's performances at the Wexner Center funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Philip Morris Companies Inc., Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the British Council.

Development of the work was also made possible through the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Phillip Morris Companies, Inc., Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and The British Council.

Additional funds for the development of the work were provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Jerome Foundation of St. Paul, MN, Creative Capital Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, an Artist's Fellowship in Choreography from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the James E. Robinson Foundation, and the Goethe Institute.

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John Jasperse Company Giant Empty