2017 Activities:
2017 Year in Review!
Kennesaw State University
“Six Degrees of Freedom”
Smith/Wymore’s Disappearing Acts, ODC Theater, Nov. 30- Dec. 2
CORD/SDHS Conference
Graham presents his research “The Book is my Body: Demystifying the Improvisational Pedagogy of Gaga” at the annual CORD/SDHS conference October 22, 2017.
“ALPHA MOUSE”
September 28 – October 1, 2017
ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA
“Alpha Mouse”…an evening-length dancetheatre piece looking at gender and the desire to understand. With a cast of 13 dancers!
SF Chronicle article
Daily Cal article
Lake Tahoe Dance Festival
July 26-28, Tahoe City, CA
JGDT performs an excerpt of “Mouse Marrow” (duet) with Galen Rogers and James Graham
SFDanceworks
June 22-24, 2017 ODC Theater, SF
“Two Dimes and a Nickel” (World Premiere)
James Sofranko commissions James Graham to choreograph for his Repertory Company SFDanceWorks.
IZZIE Award
James Graham & Sebastian Grubb were recently awarded an IZZIE (Isadora Duncan) Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance as an Ensemble in their duet performance of JGDT’s “HOMEROOM.”
“Going Gaga: Q&A with James Graham”
Published May 2017
Interview and conversation with Culture Vulture’s David Moreno about Gaga, being a teacher in the Bay Area, and JGDT’s work.
July Workshops:
Lyon, France
July 1-3, 2017
Resodancer produced/hosted a Gaga and JGDT Repertory workshop.
Paris, France
July 3-8, 2017
Gaga Paris produced/hosted a Gaga, Repertory, and Improvisation workshop taught by James Graham and Stefan Ferry in Micadanses Studios.
***With a special performance of “HOMEROOM” by Sebastian Grubb & James Graham July 7!
UC Berkeley, Berkeley Dance Project 2017
James Graham Choreographed “Meta Morphic” a world premiere group work focusing on Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Marrow (Human). April 20-29, 2017, Zellerbach Playhouse
Choreography & Performance Workshop 2017
The participants of James Graham’s Choreography & Performance Spring Workshop at LINES Dance Center shared their culminating piece in two live performances in San Francisco…
Mint Plaza, HeART of Market, April 21, 11-12Noon
Union Square, Bay Area National Dance Week, April 26, 12:30-1:30pm
DANCE LOVERS 6
February, 10-12, 2017, Joe Goode Annex
JGDT’s 6th Annual Valentine’s Weekend event
…duets by couples, crushes, and comrades
James Graham & Galen Rogers
Arletta Anderson & Adam Smith
Rogelio Lopez & Andrew Merrell
Anna Long & Daniel Chenoweth
Grace Towers & Ismael Acosta
Rachel Laws & Jane Selna
BLAST FESTIVAL
February 3-4, 2017, Shotgun Players’ Ashby Stage
Shotgun Players presented 2015’s crowd-favorite HOMEROOM. JGDT performed an excerpt from this duet, and shared the evening with Home Mohr Dance’s Manifesting.