Proliferate

about Proliferate

The idea for Proliferate developed over a dinner conversation between Karinne Keithley and Jane Jerardi.  Proliferate is a dance dvd-label and site that collects work made by dance artists for the screen -- be it for video, websites, projections, or other digital media -- with a decidedly DIY approach.

It will eventually include DVD compilations and downloads of experimental artists' work, in addition to some full-length releases of individual projects.  It aims to make compelling dances for the screen more widely available through one-of-a-kind DVDs and downloads, with the hope of inspiring other low-tech, high-concept video projects by others.

Façade

Made for DVD with seven tracks, Façade explores our ever-changing urban environment with the shifts and re-development of empty lots and neighborhoods.  It can be viewed in its entirety or as separate distinct shorts.  A second installment to a project co-directed by Jane Jerardi and Ginger Wagg, Façade first appeared as a live event on the upper floors of The Warehouse in Washington DC in fall 2007. 

View an excerpt from the DVD-R.

aprox 23 minutes, co-directed by Jane Jerardi and Ginger Wagg; score - Rebecca Mills with sound by Mills and Tristana Fiscella; videography by Michael Wichita; additional camera - Fernando Ortega; stills - Michael Wichita and Ginger Wagg; editing - Jane Jerardi; additional editing/DVD authoring - Fernando Oretega; costumes - Jane Jerardi, Ginger Wagg and Roxann Morgan. Feb 2007
created with support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
available on DVD-R - $12, including shipping

Efficiency

the documentation of a dance work by Jane Jerardi, which incorporates video-projection and an original score by Scanner (aka Robin Rimbaud)
View an excerpt.

29 minutes, with Brian Buck and Nicholette Routhier; projections videography by Michael Wichita, editing by Jane Jerardi; documentation by Natasha lili Kraus; Oct 2005.
Commissioned by the Washington Performing Arts Society in honor of its 40th Anniversary Season and created with support from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
available on DVD-R - $12, including shipping

Jane Jerardi

Jane Jerardi is an artist, dancer and choreographer based in Washington, DC, whose work moves fluidly between media, from performances for curious sites or the stage, to dance for the screen.  Her recent projects have taken her into video and include Efficiency, Façade, and Chance. She founded Proliferate in 2008.