James Graham

Contact

jamesgraham@berkeley.edu



James Graham Dance Theatre











Title:
Continuing Lecturer: Dance

About:
James Graham?is a San Francisco based choreographer, performer, and teacher. James Graham Dance Theatre presents the work of James Graham while also curating the work of others, namely in?Dance Lovers…duets by couples, crushes, and comrades,?an annual show of duets?around Valentine’s day in San Francisco.?JGDT has recently been presented at ODC Theatre, Micadanses in Paris, France, UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Playhouse, Bates College, in the Daegu International Dance Festival in South Korea, The Nourse Theatre and Davies Symphony Hall (commissioned by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus),?at the University of Calgary, Canada, Dominican University, National Queer Arts Festival, Kunst-Stoff Arts, Too Much! Festival, Movement Research at Judson Church, Joe Goode Annex, Kennesaw State University, The Ohio State University, HeART of Market Festival, San Francisco City Hall Rotunda, and in the Golden Gate Park National A.I.D.S. Memorial Grove.
Graham was a choreographic mentee in?Margaret Jenkins’?CHIME?program in 2018. In 2017?Graham received an?IZZIE?for “Outstanding Performance as an?Ensemble” with Sebastian Grubb for their performance in JGDT’s “Homeroom.” In 2015 he received an IZZIE award for “Outstanding Achievement in Performance for an Individual” (for his Entire Season) and was nominated that same year for an IZZIE?in Outstanding Choreography for JGDT’s “Guilty Survivor.”
In 2007,?Graham first went to Israel to study Gaga, made possible by the Kathryn Karipides Scholarship in Modern Dance.?He was chosen by Ohad Naharin (Batsheva Dance Company) to be a Certified Gaga Instructor and to take part in his pilot training program of international Gaga teachers.?He has taught Gaga extensively on the West Coast, in the Midwest, as well as in France, Canada, South Korea, Germany, Sweden, Thailand, Greece, and Israel.?He has been invited to teach at?Oberlin College, Dennison University, Kenyon College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Reed College, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Ohio State University, University of San Francisco, California State University East Bay, College of Marin,?and at the SF Clown Conservatory. He?is currently on faculty at the University of California, Berkeley and Dominican University of California/LINES BFA Program, and teaches open Gaga classes. Graham teaches Choreography, Performance, and Gaga Workshops around the world?throughout the year.
Graham received an M.F.A. in Dance from The Ohio State University in 2010, focusing on performance, choreography, and video. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 2005 with a B.A. in Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. He is a member of?Lisa Wymore & Sheldon Smith’s Disappearing Acts?and the?Joe Goode Performance Group.

Role:
Lecturer