By Raven Crosby, Emory Dance Program Office Assistant
We are pleased to have Emory Dance alumna Jessica Bertram choreograph a new work for the Emory Dance Company this semester. Read on for more about Bertram’s background and her new piece for the company!
Jessica Bertram is an Atlanta-based movement artist driven by storytelling, research, and ultimately, play. Bertram, an Emory alumna, is a driven member of Atlanta’s dance community and has had the opportunity to perform with staibdance, Emily Cargill + Dancers, ImmerseATL, Kristel Tedesco, Dana Sokolowski, Lindsay Renea, the Mediums Collective, and Catellier Dance Projects. As a choreographer, she has had her solo works performed and awarded at the American College Dance Association, Emory University, Inman Park Festival, 7 Stages Theatre, Dance Canvas 2019 Choreographers Initiative, Atlanta Dance Collective's FEMMEfest, and the staibdance Summer Intensive in Sorrento, Italy. In addition, Bertram is a teaching artist for Moving in the Spirit and Assistant Director of the Move/Dance! Program of the National Black Arts Festival.
Bertram’s newest work set on the Emory Dance Company debuts November 21-23 in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts dance studio. In After Love, Bertram investigates the human desire for closure through duets and movements that demonstrate “moments of frustration and tenderness, oppositional force and support.” She asked her dancers to journal and reflect on love lost in their own lives, and to draw upon those personal experiences while performing the piece.
Tickets for the Emory Dance Company's fall showcase are on sale now and can be purchased below.
Image from Bertram's Dance Canvas 2019 Choreographers Initiative piece.
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