Access the press release for The Joyce Theater engagement May 7-12, 2024
Remains
For the creation of Remains, Spivey and Theberge, along with the performers, developed a way of working that centers improvisation, composition, and reduction as tools for responding to time as an instigator and observation as a system of support. The performers use their bodies and voices to form layers within the space, reacting in real-time to the choices being made on stage. Remains is a performance that pursues this work, requiring urgent attention and rigorous action.
Choreography by Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge
Original Score by Jermaine Spivey
Original Text by Spenser Theberge
Lighting Design by Kate Ashton
Costume Design by Victoria Bek
World Premiere: The Joyce Theater, May 7, 2024
Run Time: 30 minutes
PERFORMED BY
Graham Feeny, Miriam Gittens, Eddieomar Gonzalez-Castillo, Eleni Loving, Jesse Obremski, Jordan Powell, Jie-hung Connie Shiau, Madi Tanguay, and Jake Tribus
The choreographers wish to acknowledge the critical role played by the performers in the creation of this work. The creation of Remains was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the SHS Foundation, Andrew A. Davis and the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund, and Larry Keigwin and Christian Keesee.
Press Release
Bios
JERMAINE SPIVEY (he/him)
Jermaine Maurice Spivey is a graduate of Baltimore School for the Arts and The Juilliard School. He has performed with Ballet Gulbenkian, Cullberg Ballet, American Repertory Theater, Robyn Live 2016, Hofesh Shechter Company, The Forsythe Company, and Kidd Pivot. Jermaine is a Princess Grace Awardee, who instructs dance nationally and internationally, creates and performs interdisciplinary works with partner Spenser Theberge, as well as choreographs his own works commissioned by companies such as XTINA Hollywood Bowl 2021, LA Dance Project, Rambert 2, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, NDT 2, Sacramento Ballet, Nashville Ballet, and Royal Ballet of Flanders.
SPENSER THEBERGE (he/him)
Spenser Theberge is a Los Angeles based creator, performer, and educator. He is a graduate of the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics and The Juilliard School, as well as a former dancer with Nederlands Dans Theater, The Forsythe Company, and a guest artist with Kidd Pivot and GoteborgsOperans Danskompani. He has created independently and with partner Jermaine Spivey for organizations including The Broad Museum, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, LA Dance Project, Groundworks Dance Company, and GoteborgsOperans Danskompani, among others. He, along with Spivey, was an inaugural Artist-In-Residence at The Juilliard School of Dance, and Spenser was additionally an Artist-In-Residence at USC’s Kaufman School of Dance and a faculty member at CalArts. Spenser is a Princess Grace Award winner, a YoungArts winner, and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts.
Tech Rider
To receive Gibney Company’s Technical Rider for Remains, please reach out to Karen Kitchen, Executive Producer, at karen@gibneydance.org.
