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Updated 9/27/2020

Jennifer Passios and Jacob Regan (J&J)

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Institution/Business Type: Performing Group

J&J/ CoGRAVITY

Founded in the spirit of nomadism and chance, CoGRAVITY is a dance focused 24/7 collaboration between Jen Passios and Jacob Regan. Initially devised out of necessity (submitting work often requires delegating a title to the performance ensemble - go figure), the name stuck as a representation of the partnership that marks all aspects of life for the dynamic duo. Honing in on the realities of every day, from cohabitation to collaboration, the pair utilizes performance, teaching, creation, and improvisation as entry points for investigating movement as a radical act of physical empathy. Their first co-creation, Terms & Conditions, a six episode saga featuring flying antics, text games, and improvisational oddities, set to a score by Iranian born composer Bita Bell, premiered at the Boulder Fringe Festival in 2018 (Hibner-Brown Award). The pair’s performance style has been dubbed “Masterful dancing with wonderful nuance and sensitivity” (Mary Wohl Haan - Boulder Office of Arts + Culture). The pair recently embarked on their first year long tour of the United States to research the intersections of contact improvisation, contemporary dance, and regional culture. Follow @cogravity.dance and #jandjtaketheusa on Instagram to take part in the journey.

 

Jen Passios

Dancer by day, wordsmith by night, Jen Passios is a nomadic artist-athlete and educator with a vivid imagination and a knack for spot on description. 

Tapping into her enthusiasm for all things that crawl, Jen received dual degrees in Dance and Biology from Mount Holyoke College (Magna Cum Laude). She now utilizes that connection to animal physicality in performance - most recently with Boston Dance Theater and Lorraine Chapman the Company, through her education of young movers, and while throwing her body at other human-animals during weekly contact improvisation jams

An aficionado of marathon driving and early morning espresso, she has traveled extensively across the United States, holding ties to several dance communities including those in San Francisco, CA; Houston, TX; Durham, NC; and Boulder, CO where she and partner Jacob Regan premiered their first work “Terms & Conditions” (Hibner-Brown Award, Boulder Fringe Festival Award) under the alias J&J in 2018. 

During her half-decade in Boston, Jen has engaged in performance opportunities ranging from the First Friday Series at the Institute of Contemporary Art, to the 2018 New Balance International Conference, and the Inside/Out Festival at Jacob’s Pillow. She will receive her first on-screen dance credit upon the December 2019 release of the feature length film “Little Women” (Columbia Pictures) directed by Greta Gerwig and choreographed by Monica Bill Barnes.

When she isn’t dancing, Jen can be found innovating product names, linguistically archiving her travels, and flaunting her flip-phone which she has proudly dubbed “The Dinosaur”.

IG: @nonjenue

 

Jacob Regan

 

Jacob Regan grew up in North Carolina where he began his movement studies with capoeira, accumulating skills in breaking and contemporary dance during his high school years at Northwest School of the Arts.

While furthering his studies at East Carolina University (B.F.A. Dance Performance and Choreography, Philosophy minor), he discovered a deep passion for both dance choreography and contact improvisation, the latter of which he has continued to deepen his understanding of as a facilitator and frequent jammer with Contact Improvisation Boston and JP Contact Improvisation.

For the last 4 years, Jacob has lived in the Boston area creating, teaching, and performing with Urbanity Dance, Prometheus Dance, Lorraine Chapman the Company, and as a freelance artist.

As a wanderer, Jacob has connected with communities across the United States, from presenting a self created solo at BAM (New York), to dancing with his much better half as the dynamic duo J&J in an evening of dance they created together at the Boulder Fringe Festival (Colorado), and diversifying his training through the Fact SF Summer Dance Lab (California) and multiple iterations of the Doug Varone and Dancers Summer Workshop (New York) and many years of the Contact Improv Boston annual May Jam (Massachusetts).

IG: @FlyingFloorward

Find Me

Jennifer Passios
Job Title: Dancer/ Collaborator
Phone: 9784076530
Address:
125 Gilchrest St.
Lunenburg, MA 01462

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2018

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Performing Group

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2018

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - General

Additional Disciplines:

  • Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Professional Network Gatherings / Events
  • Writing Services
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 10

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Families
  • General Public
  • School Groups

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • Opportunity Fund 3.0 (2019) - Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture
  • New England Dance Fund (2019) - New England Foundation for the Arts
  • Dance Documentation Initiative (2019) - Boston Center for the Arts
  • City of Boston Artist Certification (2019) - Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the Boston Planning and Development Agency
  • Boulder Fringe Festival Awards (2018) - Most Athletic/ Best Onstage Engagement
  • Hibner-Brown Award (2018) - Best Love Story Present/Future, Boulder International Fringe Festival 2018
  • Opportunity Fund 2.0 (2018) - Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture, MCC/BCC to support creation of Terms & Conditions

Awards

Awards:

  • Opportunity Fund 3.0 (2019) - Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture
  • New England Dance Fund (2019) - New England Foundation for the Arts
  • Dance Documentation Initiative (2019) - Boston Center for the Arts
  • City of Boston Artist Certification (2019) - Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the Boston Planning and Development Agency
  • Boulder Fringe Festival Awards (2018) - Most Athletic/ Best Onstage Engagement
  • Hibner-Brown Award (2018) - Best Love Story Present/Future, Boulder International Fringe Festival 2018
  • Opportunity Fund 2.0 (2018) - Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture, MCC/BCC to support creation of Terms & Conditions

Education

Education:

  • BA, Dance/Biology - Mount Holyoke College (Jen)
  • BFA, Dance Performance and Choreography (minor in Philosophy) - East Carolina University (Jacob)

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance

Certifications and Training:

  • Dance Teacher's Club of Boston Graduate with Distinction (Jen)

Fee range:

$100

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Dance

Certifications and Training:

  • Dance Teacher's Club of Boston Graduate with Distinction (Jen)

Fee range:

$100

Touring Artist

Fee Range:

$500

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

2

Maximum Number of Performers:

2