Jesse Phillips-Fein is a Brooklyn-based dancer,

dance maker, dance educator and producer of multi-genre shows. Her choreography dissects how large forces affect the fabric of the individual life, exploring the spaces where personal and political meet. She brings attention to experiences that are often ignored, misconstrued or avoided. The goal of her work is to create visceral experiences that cultivate reflection, expression and connection.

photo: M. Arce

Final Performances of the 2009-2010 Season: Thursday-Saturday, February 11-13th, 8:00 PM RAW Material at Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, entrance on Chambers Tickets $17: www.dnadance.org In this evening, I will present Unbind it!, a response to the public execution of Saddam Hussein in 2006, with new material that addresses the continuation of the Iraq War under the Obama Administration. Monday, February 15th, 8:00 PM Movement Research at Judson Church, 55 Washington Square South FREE! www.movementresearch.org NEED is an exploration of how what sustains us can also destroy us, moving in the space between breath and suffocation, thirst and drowning, beginning life and ending it. Performed with my mother, a 10 year old child, and 900 plastic bags. http://www.bax.orgshapeimage_2_link_0