Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Jess Forest (Jesse Neumann-Peterson) - Season 11, Episode 131

Jess Forest (Jesse Neumann-Peterson) is a dancer, theater performer, choreographer, and visual artist residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a nationally touring company member, teacher, and community outreach worker with Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater (SPDT) for eight seasons he has performed in the following company repertory works, Tales From the Book of Longing, Matinee, Bohemian Grove, Walking, Singing and Other Habits, Ways to Be Hold, You and The Others, Sentry, The Listen Project, and Terra Incognita. He studied dance at the University of Minnesota, and the University of Minnesota Duluth. Before joining SPDT he was a company member, performer, and teacher with Intergenerational dance company Kairos Dance Theater (Kairos Alive!). As an independent dancer he has performed with Flying Foot Forum, Christopher Watson Dance Company, Minnesota Opera, Minnesota Dance Theater, Zenon, Rosy Simas, Vanessa Voskuil, Sharon Picasso, Off-Leash Area, Tino Sehgal, Claude Wampler,and many others. As a choreographer he has created works for Sally Dixon, 16 Feet, 9X22, Cities Ballet, and the 2022 Right Here Showcase. Jesse is a 2014 Sage Award Recipient for Outstanding Dance Performer, awarded for his performances in The Student by Vanessa Voskuil, Under the Current by Sharon Picasso, and Azalea Nights by Christine Maginnis.