Biography
Jeremy Williams is a director, choreographer, and playmaker. As a playmaker he has led the creation of over 20 original works with theatre, dance, music, puppet, visual, and technology artists as well as numerous smaller pieces with students and professional companies. Highlights include Darger (with Susan Ferrara), The Three Sisters (with Taavo Smith & Benjamin Stuber), Counter Thrust (with Kate Kohler Amory), Harriet Tubman, and The Girls of the Pieta (with composer Lori Isner). As a director and choreographer he has staged traditional plays, musicals, and concert dance in New York, regional theatre, and for universities. Highlights include Medea, Robert Schenkkan’s Handler, and Miss Saigon. Williams has also collaborated with Cabaret, Burlesque, and Variety performers to create production numbers which highlight their unique entertainment personas. Working with a highly theatrical sensibility, Williams creates within a large range of genres and styles through compelling storytelling, heightened sensory entertainment, and a great love for old fashioned showmanship.
As a teacher Williams has served as a resident faculty member, guest teaching artist and master teacher for colleges, universities, community centers, and professional performing arts organizations. He is a practitioner and teacher of multiple approaches to performance including The Viewpoints, Somatic/Experiential Anatomy, Developmental Movement Technique, Suzuki Actor Training, and Psycho-Physical Acting. As a choreographer he has taught technique and style classes in Contemporary, Jazz, Modern, Ballet, and Theatre Dance. Additionally he has taught theatrical composition, choreography, and playmaking as approaches to developing new work. Mr. Williams has also served as a movement and acting coach and is available for personal coaching.
Williams holds a BA in Artistic Leadership from the Liberal Studies department at the University of Louisville. He is a graduate of the MFA Theatre: Contemporary Performance program at Naropa University. He is a member of the international Butoh company KAN BUTOH. Affiliations include Founding Director of Convergences Theatre Collective (a national network of contemporary theatre artists and innovative teachers), founding member of Contemplative Dance Practice/NYC, founding member/teacher of Dance!Kentucky, and Associate Member of The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. He has received multiple grants and awards for his work in theatre and dance.
Upcoming Events & Performances
Open Training: Physical Acting
Sunday, January 8; 4 – 9 PM (Downtown NYC studio)
Click HERE for more information. To register, email Jeremy@Jeremy-Williams.org
Price: $75 ; $60 for current students/emerging artists. Price includes ticket to the studio showing of “Refracting Miss Julie” on Jan. 11.
Acting Out: Desire
Wednesday January 11; 7:30-8:30 PM (Space on White: 81 White Street, Btw. Broadway & Lafayette)
We’re making a new show! It’s an investigation of the titillating topic of DESIRE. Inspired by the text and themes of Strindberg’s Miss Julie- the tragic tale of a woman’s ill-fated consummated desire leading to her suicide. Click here for more info about this studio event: Acting Out: Desire
Web Reading Series – “The Shore”
Thursday January 12, 7:30 PM (Online!)
Start the new year off with a new play! Join Convergences Theatre Collective for the reading of “The Shore” – an evocative new play by Kate Michael Gibson. Tune in to watch the reading and engage with the artists about the play and the playwrighting process. http://jeremy-williams.org/ctcnow/
Projects in Development
Find out about more upcoming events created specifically with you in mind: behind the scenes access, workshops and educational programs, as well as innovative ways for us to engage with the artistic process. Click the AEP logo below to find out how you can get involved!
