Jermaine Spivey

Biography

Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Jermaine Maurice Spivey is an educator, choreographer and an award winning performer working in the field of Dance since 2002. He has spent the bulk of his career traveling throughout the United States, Canada and Europe teaching workshops, performing and staging works by artists such as Crystal Pite, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Hofesh Shecter, William Forsythe and Swedish singer, songwriter and producer Robyn. His recent choreographic commission, Terms And Conditions (2019), was premiered by Rambert 2 at Sadler’s Wells in London, UK. Jermaine’s most recent commission, The Betweens(2020), was created with collaborator and partner Spenser Theberge and the dancers of LA Dance Project for a drive-in dance performance programmed and produced by LA Dance Project. Jermaine has also created and performed two evening length works with Spenser Theberge, Rather This Then (2017) and Position 3 (2018), the later co-created and performed with filmmaker John De Menil, with support and co-production from Navel LA and Cal Arts Dance.