Jill Sigman


Jill Sigman is a choreographer, dancer, teacher and company director from Brooklyn. She received her PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University in 1998, as well as formed her company. Sigman is known for her audience participation and use of installations in her performance pieces.

Background

Sigman was born in Brooklyn and trained in classical ballet at both the Joffrey Ballet and the Ballet Center of Brooklyn. She began training in modern while studying for her BA at Princeton University. She is well known for both her solo performances, as well as her larger group pieces choreographed for her company. Sigman's pieces incorporate opinions and actions from the audience that she and her dancers use in the performances. They often perform pieces related to socially relevant topics in alternative spaces.

List of choreographed works

  • Embers - solo, 1997Mother's Tongue/I Love You - duet, 1997 Still Life - group, 1997 Athena, Goddess of Wisdom - solo, 2000 Warbody -, 2002 Vision Begins - solo, 2002 I Cut the Rug In My Day -, 2003 Flood Light - 2003 Pulling the Wool: An American Landscape of Truth and Deception -, 2004 Paradise and Its Dis-Ease -, 2008 ZsaZsaLand -, 2009 Our Lady of Detritus -, 2009 The Hut Project -, 2009–present Nat. Mur: 5 Rites -, 2010Fowl Play: Some Dances About Civilization - solo, 2011 Culture -, 2014 Weed Heart -, 2016

Teaching

Fellowships and residencies