JESSIE SMITH

PMB 1132, 1122 E. PIKE ST.

SEATTLE, WA 98122

deadbirdmovement@gmail.com

www.deadbirdmovement.com

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COMPANIES

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• Saint Genet: experimental performance/visual art company

- choreographer, performer

• Rollin’ Hazard: vintage country band

- composer, piano, vocals

• Dayna Hanson: dance/theater/music performance company

- dancer, musician, actor, choreographic collaborator

• The Gargle Blasters: metal/punk band

- composer, guitar

• locust: dance/music/video performance company

- dancer

• Dead Bird Movement: dance performance and film production company

- artistic and administrative director, choreographer, performer, film editor, costume/set/lighting/graphic designer

• SOM: dance/music/video performance company

- dancer

• Acorn Dance: dance performance company

- dancer

• LeGendre Performance: dance performance company

- dancer

• Implied Violence: experimental theater performance company

- founding member, movement director/choreographer, performer

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CHOREOGRAPHY (also performed in most productions)

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• Transports of Delirium: First Conversion, Defiance of All, and Sacred History (series of Saint Genet productions)

- former Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA

• Trios (Dead Bird Movement production)

- PROJECT: Space Available, Seattle, WA

• Craning Revisited (Dead Bird Movement production)

- The Pink Door, Seattle, WA

• Thrashoholic (Dead Bird Movement production)

- Pozen Center, Boston, MA

- West Street Market, Reno, NV

- 21 Grand, Oakland, CA

- eighteen-thirty, Los Angeles, CA

- The Underground, Reno, NV

- 85 South Hanford, Seattle, WA

- K.D. Japon, Nagoya, Japan

- Village, Kyoto, Japan

- Organ’s Melody, Yamaguchi, Japan

- Café Flying Teapot, Tokyo, Japan

- Artland, Tokyo, Japan

• this letter a lie (Dead Bird Movement production)

- Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA

• Flinch Not and Give Not Back (Implied Violence production)

- The Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY

• Our Summary in Sequence: BarleyGirl, Versus, and Eat Fight Fuck (a trilogy of Implied Violence productions)

- A warehouse in South Lake Union, Seattle, WA

• Entry by Entrance (Dead Bird Movement production)

- All City Coffee, Seattle, WA

- Branx, Portland, OR

- ATA, San Francisco, CA

- 21 Grand, Oakland, CA

- eighteen-thirty, Los Angeles, CA

• In Between More And More History (Implied Violence production)

- Smoke Farm, Arlington, WA

• Tough Luck for Marshmallow Face (Dead Bird Movement production)

- Vill-Ville, Seattle, WA

- Someday Lounge, Portland, OR

• The Air is Peopled with Cruel and Fearsome Birds (Implied Violence production)

- Vill-Ville, Seattle, WA

- On the Boards, Seattle, WA

- extensive West Coast tour

• Solo Platform (Dead Bird Movement production)

- Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA

- Someday Lounge, Portland, OR

• cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes, yes and more cupcakes (Implied Violence production)

- Contemporary Gallery, Reno, NV

• Seneca & 4th (Dead Bird Movement production)

- Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA

• Craning (Dead Bird Movement production)

- Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

• Die Wandlung (Implied Violence production)

- CoCa, Seattle, WA

• Cavity (Dead Bird Movement production)

- On the Boards, Seattle, WA

• Everything Without Exception (Implied Violence production)

- Vertebrae Theater, Seattle, WA

• All Sleep Here (Implied Violence production)

- Vertebrae Theater, Seattle, WA

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DANCE VIDEOS/FILMS

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• Left and Leaving (Super 8mm)

- All City Coffee, Seattle, WA

- 85 South Hanford, Seattle, WA

- Northwest Film Forum’s Local Sightings Film Festival, Seattle, WA

- FRED Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA

• In Memory of Corrosion (Super 16mm)

- Slamdance Anarchy Film Festival, Internet

- Worldwide Short Film Festival (official selection), Toronto, Canada

- Dance Camera West Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA

- Cinematic Experiments from the Pacific Northwest Film Festival, Macedonia

- Northwest Film Forum’s Local Sightings Film Festival (nominated for best short film), Seattle, WA

- Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

• Rivet/Rivulet (24P MiniDV)

- Kozy Kino, Seattle, WA

- Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

• Berlin Spiel (24P MiniDV)

- Kozy Kino, Seattle, WA

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AWARDS & HONORS

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• PROJECT: Space Available, Artist in Residence

• Watermill Center, Artists in Residence

• The Stranger Genius Award

• Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation Grant

• 4Culture, Individual Projects Grant

• Artist Trust, GAP Grant

• 911 Media Arts Center, Artist in Residence

• Impulstanz Vienna International Dance Festival, DanceWEB Europe Scholarship

• Washington State Arts Commission, Professional Development Assistance Program Grant

• Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs/City of Seattle, smART ventures Grant

• Art Patch Healthy Funding Grant

• Guest Curator for On the Boards 12 Minutes Max

• Artist Trust, GAP Grant

• Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation Grant

• Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs/City of Seattle, City Artists Grant

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OTHER PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

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• Dayna Hanson, Improvement Club

- feature film

• Dayna Hanson, Gloria’s Cause

- T:BA Festival, Portland, OR

- On the Boards, Seattle, WA

- The PuSh Festival, Vancouver, B.C.

• locust, Crushed

- The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA

- T:BA Festival, Portland, OR

- ODC, San Francisco, CA

- The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN

- Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA

- UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

• locust, Mockumentary

- On the Boards, Seattle, WA

- University of Montana, Missoula, MT

- Sushi Performing Arts, San Diego, CA

• Acorn Dance, Slice

- Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA

• SOM (Sonic/Optic/Movement), And to a Cycle

- On the Boards, Seattle, WA

• SOM (Sonic/Optic/Movement), Flux

- Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

• Amy O'Neal, (Conveniently) Interrupted

- Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA

• LeGendre Performance, Blue Space

- Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA

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EDUCATION

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• Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA (Dance major)

• Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA (Dance major)