Photo by Joerg Eckarth
Jess Curtis
Jess Curtis is a director and performer of interdisciplinary dance/performance. Working independently, and in the colledive performance groups CAHJN-CAHA, Cirque Batard (France/ USA’98-2002) CORE (USA,94-98), and CONTRABAND (USA’85-’94) he has created and collaborated on numerous award-winning performance works known for their intense physicality, emotional honesty and athletic beauty. In 2000 he founded GRAVITY PHYSICAL ENTERTAINMENT as a research and development vehicle for very live performance. Gravity aspires to the creation of exceptionally engaging physical entertainment that explores and addresses issues and ideas of substance and relevance to a broad popular public.Jess has received four Isadora Duncan Dance awards, was a recipient of the prestigious 2001 California Dancemakers Fellowship and recently was awarded a Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for his work, fallen. He is currently at work or a rew evening length piece entitled ,,Touched: symptoms of being human” which will premiere in Jure 2005 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts where he is a Fellow in the Wattis artist in residence program.