DANCE
Justin Morrison is a dancer, teacher, and performance maker. He is based between San Diego and New York City and remains connected to the Amsterdam and European dance communities.
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Notable collaborations in dance include the work of Pavel Zustiak, Sara Shelton Mann, Hope Mohr, AVYK, Leslie Seiters, Christine Bonansea, Katie Duck, the Amsterdam-based MAGPIE Music Dance Company, Wally Cardona, Diego Piñon, and others.
While living in Amsterdam Justin was a frequent guest teacher at the Amsterdam School for the Arts, SNDO: The School for New Dance Development, Rotterdam Dance Academy, and ArtEZ in Arnhem.
In 2014 Justin served as a guest Professor of Dance in the Choreography Department of K-Arts, The Korea National University of Arts (KNUA), in Seoul, South Korea.
From 2016 for 6 years Justin served as Lecturer in Dance at San Diego State University
from the Blog:
FLOATERS #3, Dock 11 Berlin, July 25-27
July 25 – 27 20:30 (8pm) Dock 11, Berlin Direction: Christine Bonasea Dance: Justin Morrison with Sherwood Chen and Raoul Germano
Between The Cracks with Dana Reason
Between the Cracks Forum: a new and improvised music and performance series produced and curated by Dana Reason at The Arts Center in Corvallis, Oregon.…
Speculations on Spectatorship by Irene Hsiao
By Irene Hsiao (SF Weekly) Published Mon., Jun. 10 2013 at 12:49 PM [Excerpted] In Pageantry, June 7-9 at CounterPULSE, Liz Tenuto and Justin Morrison presented two…
‘Pageantry’ and the premier of WEAPON opens Friday-Sunday
‘Pageantry’ and the premier of WEAPON opens Friday-Sunday Details here: WEAPON We were picked by the SF Bay Guardian: Addressing the unspeakable by Robert Avila…
Addressing the Unspeakable, SF Bay Guardian interviews Justin Morrison on WEAPON
http://www.sfbg.com/2013/06/04/addressing-unspeakable -by Robert Avila Morrison, a graceful and intelligent force on stage, has been a member of Hope Mohr Dance Company, and continues to work…
WEAPON trailer, June 7, 8, 9, CounterPULSE
For complete event information, go here: https://justin.dance/works/weapon
April 24 Sonic Bodies #3 with Katie Duck & Alfredo Genovesi
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013: 7:30 PM Center for New Music, 55 Taylor St. (at Market) Three local and international groups of electro-acoustic and noise musicians…
VIDEO: Crimes & Casualties with Katie Duck & Alfredo Genovesi
Go here for complete event details. Excerpts from our San Francisco performances, April 2013: Friday, April 5th Saturday, April 6th
April 5 & 6 CRIMES & CASUALTIES with Katie Duck & Alfredo Genovesi
UPDATE: Go here for video excerpts of the performances. Facebook Event Details Katie Duck & Alfredo Genovesi/MAGPIE (Amsterdam) with Justin Morrison‘CRIMES & CASUALTIES’ > PerformancesFriday
Interview: Tere O’Connor and Monique Jenkinson
Transcribed by Justin from http://www.saltadance.info/index.php?/performance/ppp-8/ Monique: By way of a quick introduction, [Tere and I] met through a program called CHIME, which stands for CHoreographers…
VIDEO: Practice Group 3-17-2013
Video compilation from our music/dance Practice Group
VIDEO: Oakland Nights @ SudoRoom with Christine Bonansea
Final 3 minutes from a 20 minute set at Oakland Nights, hosted by The SudoRoom, an East Bay hackerspace. Be sure to check us out…
Movement Postcard: with Sara Shelton Mann, okay elbows, architect
Performances & Improvisation Workshop with Katie Duck
Performances & Improvisation Workshop with Katie Duck & Alfredo Genovesi along with the complete webcast recordings from all 5 days.
SF Music Dance Sessions Video
I’ve created a page with video from our weekly practice sessions VIDEO: SF Music Dance Practice Group Initiated in December 2012, a weekly practice group…
VIDEO: Practice Group 1-31-2013
Video compilation from our music/dance Practice Group
VIDEO: Practice Group 1-10-2013
Video compilation from our music/dance Practice Group
VIDEO: Practice Group 1-3-2013
Video compilation from our music/dance Practice Group
VIDEO: PPP is dance, Oakland
PPP is dance is an occasional dance & performance series in Oakland Stills from a solo: “Baby Piece” Complete performance – 35 min (click through…
DO IT NOW, with Raoul Freitas Vale Germano
Video stills compliments of Mark McBeth, Saturday March 10th 2012 as part of Kathleen Hermesdorf’s “DO IT NOW” improvisation series.
Oct 3rd & 4th: Shared Legacies with Sara Shelton Mann
Solo excerpt from Shapeshifter from Justin Morrison on Vimeo. Presented by ODC Theater, San Francisco: An evening of concert dance with new work by…
Summer Workshops in Europe
A handful of people have asked for references to Summer workshops abroad. While there are Bates and ADF here in the states (along with a few other options at various companies and studios) Europe has a lot to offer in the area of Contemporary Dance. Many mistakenly believe the cost to visit Europe would be prohibitive but I’ve found that there are many resources one can leverage to make the journey affordable. See me for information on housing, travel, etc.
Here is a sampling of workshops I’ve participated in:
VIDEO: Duet with Leslie Seiters
Back in April, Leslie and I performed with Charles Curtis at the SDSU experimental theater. I’m only now getting around to putting up video from…