RESIDENCIES
“The entire residency was exceptional. The company was consistently professional, curious, and easygoing, making them a joy to work with. Jody Sperling is truly making a positive difference in the world, one residency at a time.”
—Yvonne Mendez, Programming Director, The Yard
“Jody’s week-long campus residency beautifully illustrated the connections that exist between sustainability and the arts. Her programming engaged folks from a variety of disciplines in deep discussion and reflection about the impacts of climate change and prompted individuals to consider the role that the arts, and dance more specifically, can play in climate action.”
— Levi Rogers, Sustainability Coordinator, Skidmore College
Our unique residencies create deeply meaningful experiences and facilitate a process of engaging with climate awareness through dance. We tailor college and university programs to each campus with programs that bring together academic departments and community stakeholders. Offerings include masterclasses in ecokinetics, Sperling’s practice that considers the moving body in relation to natural systems, as well as presentations, staging repertory, and creating new work for students. Please see below for more info and email us to discuss programming options.
RESIDENCY OFFERINGS
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MASTERCLASSES
Masterclass offered in ecokinetics, Sperling’s dance practice—part technique, part compositional method— that relates the moving body to environmental and systems. Students learn to expand energetically and consider their physical impacts in the space. Workshop may employ Loie Fuller-style costuming as a tool to help students experience a larger kinesphere. Offered as single or multi-session workshop/s.
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PRESENTATIONS
An engaging public speaker, Sperling has lectured at universities, arts centers, and conferences around the world. She offers in-person, virtual, and hybrid presentations. Residencies often include panel discussions bringing Sperling into conversation with faculty across disciplines around topics including climate change, activism, sustainability, and the arts. Sperling also offers lecture-demonstrations, part spoken presentation and part solo performance.
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STAGING WORKS
Sperling has created a number of environmentally-focused, Loie Fuller-inspired ensemble works that are available for restaging, including Wind Rose, Ice Cycle, Plastic Harvest, and Turbulence. Such works have been staged for student groups at Montclair State University, Brenau University, Fordham/The Ailey School, among others. She may also create new choreography with students employing ecokinetics processes.