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John Jasperse Giant Empty

Discipline
Performing Arts
Medium
Dance
Subject

Environment
State
New York
Year
2000
Status
Completed

Description

Giant Empty is about the relationship between the architectural environment of a set and the physical/emotional state expressed in dance and performance. Jasperse’s aesthetic explores how environment affects behavior and emotion.

John Jasperse

John Jasperse lives & works in New York City. He has created several shorter works & 12 evening-length works including Prone, Becky, Jodi, John …
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Project Updates

2001: Giant Empty is performed at BAM Harvey Theatre in Brooklyn
2002: Giant Empty is performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
2003: Giant Empty is performed at the 1st International Festival of Contemporary Dance at the Venice Biennale
2003: Giant Empty is performed at Schaubuhne in Tanz im August in Berlin
2003: Giant Empty is performed at Festival International de Danse in Cannes, France