Jessica Jobaris
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Teacher, dancer, yogini |
| Location | SEATTLE, WA, Bangladesh |
| Introduction | I birthed myself with help of a polish/german mother, Joanna and a Czech/Lithuanian father, Leonard, in New Jersey, raised mostly Santa Barbara, California, though can't shake the childhood stint in Denver, Colorado. Moved to Seattle, 1993, to pursue BFA in Choreography/performance from Cornish College of the Arts. Left for NYC 2001, returned to Seattle for gigs in late 2002. Have been performing, teaching,choreographing, and creating all the while. I've studied dance in Vienna, Amsterdam, NYC, and of course Seattle. Movement will always resume. |
| Interests | Choreography, flim/video making, drinking champagne, teaching dance/yoga, finding poetry in the world, the body, and death, Death is definitely a great interest for me. I study it daily. |
| Favorite Movies | I could leave these blank but...here are a few, Waiting for Guffman (I know it's everybody's...)Paris, Texas, Talk to Her, The Graduate, Les Enfants, anything Ingmar Bergman, a few Jean Cocteau, The Ballet Russe documentary, You me and everybody we know (Miranda July) |
| Favorite Music | Currently: The Gun Club, Jamie Lidell, Neko Case, Roots Manuva, My Morning Jacket, Tiny Lanscapes, Milky Fresh Foundation (my own comedy/video/music/performance group), Arcade Fire, Marvin Gaye, Cat Stevens, Dolly Parton, Ryan Adams, Reggie Watts, I am the Internet, Feist, Kings of Convenience, Borken Social Club, Damien Jurado, Ken Stringfellow...too many others |
| Favorite Books | I don't read much, but...: The Passion (Jeannete Winterson), Love in the Time of Cholera ( Gabriel Garcia Marques), Writers On Artists (Daniel Halpern), Everybody Poops, Foundations for a Theatre (Richard Foreman), anything Zora Niel Houston, Catcher in the Rye, and Breaking the Rules (Wooster Group), Of course Blood Memory (Martha Graham). |
Please come up with a more appropriate name for the ringtoe:
The unknown beloved, Ignacio.