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To Download Mcqueen's CV JEREMY MCQUEEN C H O R E O G R A P H E R 2214 Frederick Douglass Blvd, #161, New York, NY 10026 (347) 674-4522 [email protected] www.blackirisproject.org Jeremy McQueen is an award-winning choreographer, dedicated to storytelling rooted in experience and social engagement. His work aims to create spaces of comfort, solace, and connection through reflection–a sharing of observations of what is going on around him. EDUCATION THE AILEY SCHOOL/ ABT® CERTIFIED BALLET INSTRUCTOR FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance Trained to teach Pre-Primary through Level 3 of Awarded May 2008 the ABT® National Training Curriculum SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF CREATIVE AND SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING PERFORMING ARTS High School Diploma with Academic Distinction, San Francisco Ballet – San Francisco, CA Awarded June 2004 Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet – San Francisco, CA American Ballet Theatre – New York, NY THE BLACK IRIS PROJECT Founded in 2016 by Jeremy McQueen, The Black Iris Project is a ballet collaborative and educational vehicle creating relevant classical and contemporary works that celebrate diversity and Black history. Based in New York City, The BIP hosts a team of predominantly artists of color delivering cross- discipline and wholly original works. The collaborative aims to harness the Black community’s inherent creative spirit to encourage and inspire youth of color to pursue art, movement, and music as an expressive outlet and a means for collective healing. In 2017, The BIP was personally invited by American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Misty Copeland to perform MADIBA, a new ballet tracing the journey of Nelson Mandela, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Ballet Across America festival. A Mother's Rite is one of McQueen’s most daring ballets which explores one mother's journey through stages of grief after being thrust into the spotlight by way of her son's racially motivated murder by police. Developed while an Artist-in-Residence at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, A Mother's Rite is a thirty-seven minute solo set to Igor Stravinsky's iconic Rite of Spring musical composition. Additionally, the ballet has been adapted into a dance film to provide wider accessibility to The BIP’s audiences. The film adaptation of A Mother’s Rite has received a 2020 Emmy® Award nomination from The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. FEATURED COMMISSIONS Since 2008, McQueen’s work has been supported through residencies, performances and commissions of over 30 works by institutions across the U.S. Below are some highlights. PRESENTER PIECE YEAR Miller Outdoor Theatre in Houston, TX The Storm 2019 Commissioned by the Ford Foundation & The Radio City Rockettes® City Parks Foundation's SummerStage in New York, NY A Mother's Rite 2018 Commissioned by the Bronx Museum of the Arts and 651 Arts John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Garden of Dreams 2017 for select dancers from American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in Washington, DC Stacey Rose Concert at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY Body & Soul 2017 The Town Hall in New York, NY Black Excellence 2017 Broadway Dance Lab in New York, NY Too Darn Hot from the 2017 musical Kiss Me, Kate American Ballet Theatre's Summer Intensive in New York Keep Breathing 2014 Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee, WI Hair 2014 Joffrey Academy of Dance in Chicago, IL Black Iris 2013 Dancers Responding to AIDS’ Fire Island Dance Festival Only the Beginning 2013 in Long Island, NY COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES & PRESENTATIONS Alabama State University in Montgomery, AL MOVE[ment] 2020 Residency at Vineyard Arts Project in Martha's Vineyard A Mother's Rite 2018 Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, KY Panther Power 2018 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' MADIBA 2017 Ballet Across America in Washington, DC BIP Debut Season at New York Live Arts in New York, NY MADIBA, Brown Baby & 2016 Black Iris Center of Creative Arts (COCA) in St Louis, MO Dreaming wide awake 2015 Troy University in Troy, AL Untitled 2015 Joffrey Ballet School’s Summer Intensive in New York, NY Summer 2014 San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts in CA RUSH 2014 Columbia Ballet Collaborative in New York, NY Danse des petits cygnes 2014 Harvard Ballet Company in New York, NY Four Letter Word 2014 Stephens College in Columbia, MO Au bord de l'eau 2013 The Ailey School in New York, NY Connect [4] 2013 Riverside Theatre’s NuDance Festival in New York, NY What lies within 2013 Mickey Sakai’s House of MisFitz in New York, NY The Red Door 2013 Dixon Place’s Under Exposed series in New York, NY Untitled 2013 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Beckett, MA Over the Rainbow 2012 Dance Teacher’s Summit in New York, NY Not without a fight 2012 Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, KY Legit Symphony 2011 Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, KY Dreamcatcher 2011 DJ Pete Miser music video in New York, NY Honest Mistakes 2011 Perceptions Dance Festival in New York, NY Hindered Souls 2010 WHITE WAVE’s DUMBO Dance Festival in New York, NY Lamentation 2009 LaMama Moves Dance Festival in New York, NY Concerto Nuovo 2009 American Dance Guild Festival in New York, NY Incandescent Paths 2008 EVOLVING: Beyond the Essence Thinking POZitivie and 2008 (an evening of works by Jeremy McQueen) in New York, NY Woman in Blue AWARDS & GRANTS 2020 Emmy® Award-nominee - The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. BRIO Award (Bronx Recognizes It's Own) – 2019 awardee for Excellence in Choreography, presented by the Bronx Conuncil on the Arts Artist-in-Residence at the Bronx Museum of the Arts – 2018 Residency Choreographers of Color Award [Winning Works] presented by the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago - 2013 Finalist of the Capezio A.C.E. Award for Choreographic Excellence - 2012 & 2013 Pentacle ART (Administrative Resource Team) Fellowship - 2016-2018 CUNY Dance Initiative - 2016 & 2019/2020 Developmental Residency Awarded foundation grants from Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and New Music USA Featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, Out Magazine, Elle, Village Voice, Dance Magazine, Pointe Magazine, New Yorker, The Root, A Plus, NY1 and Martha's Vineyard Times TEACHING McQueen’s extensive teaching experience includes master classes and workshops at studios, conservatories and universities around the country in contemporary jazz, musical theater and ballet. As a frequent Teaching Artist in New York City, McQueen has been fingerprinted with the NYC Department of Education. Teaching resume available by request. FEATURED PERFORMING EXPERIENCE PRODUCTION ROLE COMPANY/CHOREOGRAPHER Wicked Featured Ensemble 1st Broadway Nat’l Touring Co./ Wayne Cilento The Color Purple Older Adam/Ensemble 1st Broadway Nat’l Touring Co./ Donald Byrd Radio City Christmas Ensemble Radio City Music Hall/ Linda Haberman Spectacular Die Fledermaus Swing The Metropolitan Opera/Stephen Mear Aida Corps de Ballet The Metropolitan Opera/Alexei Ratmansky Les Contes d’Hoffmann Dancer The Metropolitan Opera/Dou Dou Huang Don Giovanni Swing The Metropolitan Opera/Ben Wright Complete list available upon request COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT/PANEL DISCUSSIONS McQueen gives back to the arts community by participating in outreach and panel discussions, sharing hi s knowledge and experiences with both aspiring young professionals and captivated audiences. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Ballet Across America Marymount Manhattan College - Dialogues in Dance MOLD (Moving Out LouD) Conference at Marymount Manhattan College Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The Ailey School Big Brother Big Sister NYC Dance/NYC 2018 Symposium Dancing Through College and Beyond at Juilliard REFERENCES References available upon request @blackirisproject @blkirisproject /blackirisproject.
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