by Ilena Peng | Dec 9, 2021 | Onstage, The Latest
In early 2020, while choreographer Jeremy McQueen was visiting The Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, a photograph caught his eye. It shows a young Black boy in a narrow cell. He faces a wall covered in sketches, like one of a spaceship beaming down next to the...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 29, 2020 | Instagram, News, The Latest
When the coronavirus pandemic forced choreographer Jeremy McQueen to cancel performances of his summer collaborative, The Black Iris Project, he took time to regroup—and then brainstormed on how he could continue to create and use his voice. Dedicated to sharing...
by Julia Guiheen | Aug 11, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. The Joyce Theater Ballet Festival Gets the Royal Treatment The Joyce Theater’s Ballet Festival, curated by a team of colleagues from The Royal Ballet, continues this week....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 2, 2018 | Career, Profiles
In 2016, choreographer Jeremy McQueen founded the Black Iris Project with the aim of bringing together predominantly minority dancers each summer to create works that celebrate diversity and black history. This year, he’s mixing it up. In honor of South African...
by Amy Brandt | Jul 26, 2016 | Company Life
For the past few months, a new ballet collaborative called the Black Iris Project has steadily gained momentum. Founded by choreographer Jeremy McQueen, the project brings together dancers of color from different companies to perform original works about the black...