J H Shuǐ Xiān
Teaching Artist, Guest Artists, & Associate Company Director
She/Her
J H Shuǐ Xiān is an interdisciplinary choreographer, improviser, and sound artist. She has enjoyed presenting works at venues including Paikka, Fresh Oysters Performance Research (R.I.P.), Public Functionary, Bryant Lake Bowl, Walker Art Center, The Southern Theater, Intermedia Arts (R.I.P.), Frey Theatre (Twin Cities, MN), Rochester Art Center and 9 Herkimer Place (Brooklyn, NY). She has recently enjoyed performing for/collaborating with others, including Dua Saleh, Rosy Simas, Heather Kravas, Shayna Allen, lazer axelrood, Valerie Oliviero, Leila Awadallah, Judith Howard, Shayna Allen, Pramila Vasudevan, Megan Mayer, Emily Gastineau, and Erin Drummond. She is a 2017 Q-Stage: New Works and 2019 Momentum: New Dance Works recipient and was part of the 2022 Red Eye Works-In-Progress cohort.
2024/25 Session Teaching Roster: Choreography, Creative Movement, Performing Company
Photo by Jenny Zander
Guest Artist 2024/25 Session
Choreographic Inspiration: “What do we do when we improvise?”
This dance starts with thinking about our relationship with different seasons and how they bring back old and create new memories every year. I‘m excited to be starting this dance as we‘re beginning our transition from summer to fall. We‘ll perform it as we enter the summer again, exploring the warmth, high energy, and brightness that we often think of with this season as we rehearse and build this dance into the winter!
Another branch of this dance is synchronicity. We get excited about learning the smallest details of the movement we‘re learning from one another to get to know each other better. There will be some phrase work and choreographic tasks to generate movement together. I‘m also expecting to play a lot with stillness, finding ourselves in poses for long spells as a contrast to high-energy flurries of movement popping up in other areas of the stage.