2019
I painted & dyed the costumes for Ode, an original Alvin Ailey Dance Theater ballet, created by their first ever resident choreographer, Jamar Roberts.
The dance payed tribute to victims of gun violence & expresses the reverberations felt across families & communities that lose their young men due to these senseless acts.
The garments were hand-painted in subtle tones & dip-dyed as if the dancers were coming out of the ground, floating in the space between death & rebirth.
The ballet was featured here in the The New York Times.
Photo by Paul Kolnik
Photo by Paul Kolnik
Photo by Paul Kolnik
Photo by Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times
Photo by Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times
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SEA CHANGE
2023
I painted & dyed the costumes for Sea Change, an original performance choreographed by Jamar Roberts for Miami City Ballet.
2019
I hand-painted the costumes for the New York City Ballet's rendition of Merce Cunningham's Summerspace. The original 1958 production featured a backdrop and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg. I was brought into match NYCB's version of Rauschenberg's designs. The ballet was featured here in the The New York Times
2017
80-foot custom shade structure designed & executed in collaboration with Hannah Jill Ross; commissioned by Rhizome NYC for SPRAY, Fire Island's "most ridiculous beach party."
2017
Hand-dyed, sunset-inspired canopies. Made to provide shade for dreaming & scheming at a beach-side music festival.
Commissioned by Debra Tigerlily Lin & Julianne Irene for Gratitude Migration; cabana bed frames by Evan Collier.
2018
Juggy Jazz Cave was a multimedia installation created in collaboration with artist, Joe Winograd, for BangOn! NYC’s Warehouse of Horrors festival in Brooklyn, NY.
I created the hanging fabric stalactite sculptures, which ranged from 5 to 15 feet long. During the multi-day event, Joe’s visuals were projected onto the stalactites so that colors & patterns danced along the forms in time to the music.
2017
Hand-dyed & sewn 15-foot feather banners for BangOn! production company's 3-day event: Elements NYC Music & Art Festival; commissioned by Julianne Irene.
Let your freak flag fly
All works & images © Jasmine Williams 2017
