WCCB Alumni performs “Canyon” with John Jasperse Company

Note: James McGinn is a WCCB alumni and dancer of the NYC-based John Jasperse Company

The New York Times – November 11, 2011 – “Body and Brain Both Stretched To Their Limits” by GIA KOURLAS - IN 1991 John Jasperse presented his first evening-length show, “Eyes Half-Closed,” at Performance Space 122 with no expectation of where it would take him. Now, as he sits in a Midtown cafe 20 years later, his eyes are wide open as he contemplates the longevity of his career in contemporary dance. “That’s a while,” Mr. Jasperse said, not without a little awe, before letting loose a peel of his trademark laughter. “A document of tenacity.”

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