Jill Sigman is a choreographer, dancer, teacher and company director from Brooklyn. She received her PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University in 1998, as well as formed her company . Sigman is known for her audience participation and use of installations in her performance pieces.
Background Sigman was born in Brooklyn and trained in classical ballet at both the Joffrey Ballet and the Ballet Center of Brooklyn. She began training in modern while studying for her BA at Princeton University. She is well known for both her solo performances, as well as her larger group pieces choreographed for her company. Sigman's pieces incorporate opinions and actions from the audience that she and her dancers use in the performances. They often perform pieces related to socially relevant topics in alternative spaces.
List of choreographed works Embers - solo, 1997 Mother's Tongue/I Love You - duet, 1997 Still Life - group, 1997 Athena, Goddess of Wisdom - solo, 2000 Warbody - , 2002 Vision Begins - solo, 2002 I Cut the Rug In My Day - , 2003 Flood Light - 2003 Pulling the Wool: An American Landscape of Truth and Deception - , 2004 Paradise and Its Dis-Ease - , 2008 ZsaZsaLand - , 2009 Our Lady of Detritus - , 2009 The Hut Project - , 2009–present Nat. Mur: 5 Rites - , 2010 Fowl Play: Some Dances About Civilization - solo, 2011 (Perma)Culture - , 2014 Weed Heart - , 2016
Teaching Associate Professor, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, 2008 Adjunct Instructor, New York University, 2017 to present
Fellowships and residencies Swarthmore Project Residency, Swarthmore College, 2000 Kri Foundation Invited Guest Residency, New Delhi, India, 2005 Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University, 2005 Movement Research Artist in Residence, 2005 EMPAC Residency, 2010 Wesleyan University Creative Campus Fellow, 2012 - 2016 Green Choreographer Research Residency, 2013 Baryshnikov Arts Center Artist Residency, 2013 CUNY Dance Initiative Residency, 2016 Rauschenberg Residency, 2016 NYFA Fellowship in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design, 2016
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