Jack Ferver

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Jack Ferver
BornFebruary 1, 1979
Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, USA
NationalityAmerican
EducationInterlochen Arts Academy
Known forChoreography
Websitehttps://www.jackferver.com/

Jack Ferver is a New York based dancer, choreographer, educator, director, writer, and actor.[1]

Early life

Jack Ferver grew up in rural Wisconsin, the youngest of three children by 18 years. Experiencing bullying and harassment from Kindergarten through high school, Fever escaped into films like The NeverEnding Story (film), Return to Oz.[2] After attending Interlochen Center for the Arts|Interlochen Arts Camp, they received a scholarship to the Interlochen Arts Academy, where they met collaborator Reid Bartelme.[3][4]

Style

Ferver is most known for their dance-theatre shows that examine trauma, otherness, and queerness.[5][6] Ferver's work is characterized by "high-energy, often violent choreography and the juxtaposition of hyperbolic prose with hyper-real dialogue."[6] In interviews, Fever has cited Martha Graham and her autobiography Blood Memory as a particular influence in their exploration of concepts like "contraction and release", dark facets of the human psyche, as well as ritual and repetition.[3]

Ferver takes inspiration from films such as Poltergeist (1982 film) (Rumble Ghost) and Suspiria (I Want You To Want Me) in much of their work. In 2011 with the QWAN (Quality Without a Name) Company, Ferver created and performed in satirical live readings of the films Notes on a Scandal (film)|Notes on a Scandal and Black Swan (film) titled Notes!!! and SWAN!!![7][8]

Expression of gender and sexuality are central themes throughout Ferver's work. Their piece Two Alike, described as a "psycho-sexual semi-autobiographical choreographic piece" explored their childhood through repetition.[9] In Everything is Imaginable, Ferver choreographed four soloists to "collectively exhume their personal queer histories and celebrate their childhood icons."[10]

Career

Ferver's works have been presented in numerous New York City venues, throughout the United States, and around the world. Fever teaches and is an artist-in-residence at Bard College.[11]

Productions

Ferver's performances have been developed and presented in NYC venues such as Performance Space New York, New York Live Arts, Abrons Arts Center, the New Museum, and The Kitchen.

  • When We Were Young And Filled With Fear (2007)[12]
  • MEAT (2008)[13]
  • Death Is Certain (2009)[14]
  • A Movie Star Needs A Movie (2009)[15]
  • Rumble Ghost (2010)[16]
  • Me, Michelle (2011)[17]
  • Two Alike (2011)[18][19][1]
  • Mon, Ma, Mes (2012)[20]
  • Mon, Ma, Mes (Revisité) (2017)[21]
  • All of the Sudden (2013)[22]
  • Chambre (2015)[23] - nominated for a 2016 Bessie Awards|Bessie Award for Outstanding Production[24]
  • Night Light Bright Light (2015)[25]
  • I Want You To Want Me (2016)[26]
  • Everything is Imaginable (2019)[10]

What’s Going on With Dance and Stuff

Reid Bartelme and Fever began the What’s Going on With Dance and Stuff podcast in 2017[27][28] releasing new episodes every Friday (their one rule). Topics discussed include contemporary dance performances, books, Martha Graham, astrology, and their work.[4] Guests on the show have included Pam Tanowitz, Parker Posey, Larissa Velez-Jackson, Perfume Genius, Cole Escola, and others from in and out of dance field.[29] In addition to the podcast, Bartelme, Fever, and collaborator Jeremy Jacob create The Dance and Stuff Show on YouTube.[30]

Acting

On stage, Ferver has performed in Betty's Summer Vacation at Playwrights Horizons, the 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival's musical adaption of But I'm a Cheerleader|But I'm a Cheerleader,[31] and in 2018 Ferver choreographed and portrayed Tinker Bell in a production of Peter Pan (1950 musical)|Leonard Bernstein's Peter Pan at Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts|The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.[32] On film and TV, Ferver portrayed Jimmy Tickles in Strangers with Candy, and had roles in High Maintenance, Gayby, Hunting Season (web series)|Hunting Season, Outside Providence (film)|Outside Providence, and numerous others.[33]

Berries and Creme

Ferver became popular in 2007 for their appearance in a viral commercial for Starburst (candy)|Starburst’s Berries and Creme flavor.[34] The commercial featured Ferver portraying the character “Little Lad”, a man with a bob haircut, dressed in Victorian era|Victorian/Georgian era|Georgian clothing, expressing his love of the candy flavor in the form of a song and dance routine to two men at a bus station. The commercial gained so much popularity, Starburst made a follow-up tutorial on how to do the dance.[35] In August 2021, the tutorial, rather than the commercial, rose to fame on TikTok. Many users recorded themselves doing the dance to the audio of Ferver reciting their famous Berries and Creme jingle. This audio has been used in more than 27,000 TikTok videos.[36][37]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Franko, Mark; Ferver, Jack; Swanson, Marc (2013). "Ferver Between Fear and Hope". PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art. 35 (1): 58–63. doi:10.1162/PAJJ_a_00125. ISSN 1520-281X. JSTOR 26376117.
  2. ↑ Studio, Familiar (2021-07-13). "Jack Ferver in conversation with Marissa Perel". Movement Research. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Drip - Debbie Millman". Drip - Debbie Millman. 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2020-07-25. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kourlas, Gia (2020-05-05). "Where Dance Fans Can Escape From Our 'Sci-Fi Horror' Moment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  5. ↑ Barone, Joshua (2017-12-19). "Gibney Dance Expands Its Residency Program". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Jack Ferver :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts". www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  7. ↑ "SWAN – Performance Space New York". Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  8. ↑ "Spawn of "Black Swan": A new parody from Jack Ferver's QWAN Company". Dance Magazine. 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  9. ↑ "Jack Ferver Tells All". www.out.com. 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Talijancic, Ivan (2018-05-01). "JACK FERVER with Ivan Talijancic". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  11. ↑ "Jack Ferver". Bard.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ Network, Premier Dance. "Uptown, Meet Jack Ferver | Premier Dance Network". Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  13. ↑ "Meat (Closed September 06, 2008) | Off-Off-Broadway | reviews, cast and info". TheaterMania. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  14. ↑ "Dance: Best of 2009". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  15. ↑ "American Realness Festival". Culturebot. 2009-12-26. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  16. ↑ "This Week In New York". twi-ny.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  17. ↑ "Jack Ferver with Michelle Mola | American Realness". Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  18. ↑ "Two Alike: The Cogent and Irrational Dance of Jack Ferver". www.artsjournal.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  19. ↑ "Jack Ferver & Marc Swanson: Two Alike". DiverseWorks. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  20. ↑ "Impressions of Jack Ferver's "Mon, Ma, Mes (Revisité)"". www.dance-enthusiast.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  21. ↑ "A Call-and-Response Response to Jack Ferver's Mon, Ma, Mes (Revisité)". Culturebot. 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  22. ↑ "Jack Ferver unveils All of a Sudden at Abrons Arts Center". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  23. ↑ "Jennifer Krasinski on Basil Twist and Jack Ferver and Marc Swanson". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  24. ↑ "The Bessie Awards Announce 2015–16 Nominees". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  25. ↑ "Jack Ferver | American Realness". Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  26. ↑ Seibert, Brian (2016-07-01). "Review: An Innocent Abroad (Beware the Boss's Bite)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  27. ↑ "What to Listen to: Our Top 3 Dance Podcast Picks". Dance Magazine. 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  28. ↑ "Reid Bartelme and Jack Ferver, hosts of the podcast "What's Going on With Dance and Stuff."". Conversations on Dance. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  29. ↑ "Guests". Dance And Stuff. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  30. ↑ "Dance and Stuff - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  31. ↑ Desk, BWW News. "But I'm A Cheerleader To Debut At NYMF With Chandra Lee Schwartz, Kelly Karbacz, Natalie Joy Johnson, John Hill And More". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  32. ↑ "Jack Ferver is Playing Tinker Bell, But He's Not a "Playful Queer Person" Right Now". Dance Magazine. 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  33. ↑ "The Passion of Saint Ferver". www.out.com. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  34. ↑ Polly 5/4/2007, John. "Berries & Cream! Little Lads! Remixes!". LOGO News. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  35. ↑ "How this "cursed" 2007 Starburst commercial became TikTok's latest trend". Newsweek. 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  36. ↑ Travis, Abi (August 31, 2021). "Why Is Everyone on TikTok Singing About Berries and Cream?".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  37. ↑ "How this "cursed" 2007 Starburst commercial became TikTok's latest trend". Newsweek. 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2021-10-24.

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