Jamila completed a two-week choreography residency with L.A. Contemporary Dance Company where she created a new work set to premiere Fall 2024. Stay tuned for performance dates.
Lectures at Pace University
Jamila returned to Pace University for the 2nd year in a row to lead two lectures on her work as choreographer in film and television. In the Choreography For Camera Class, Glass spoke to the process of translating from script to screen and shared how her journey (USC, LACDC) is woven into her creative process.
2ND TCU CHOREOGRAPHY RESIDENCY
Texas Christian University’s (TCU) dance students had such a wonderful experience with Jamila Glass during her Spring 2023 residency that their School of Classical & Contemporary Dance invited her to return in the Fall of 2023 to do another teaching & choreographic residency. She is honored to share the bill for their Fall Concert with world-renowned choreographer Sidra Bell.
CATCH ME ON THE SMALL SCREEN
You can spot me in a national commercial for Mastercard featuring Jennifer Hudson and in a music video for the new film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts: “On My Soul” by Tobe Nwigwe and Nas, featuring Jacob Banks.
I JOINED THE CHOREOGRAPHERS GUILD!
Excited to be a part of the CHOREOGRAPHERS GUILD - a movement representing professional choreographers and choreography teams working in film, television, commercials, music videos, live concerts, and other media. LEARN MORE
TCU Choreography Residency
Many thanks to Texas Christian University (TCU) for hosting me in Fort Worth, Texas for a 10-day choreography residency where I created a 10-minute work on their students. Despite a winter storm in the middle of the process, where the campus was closed and my rehearsals were cancelled for four days, we managed to finish (and clean it) and the work is a whole vibe! SUPER PROUD.
After watching a run-through, TCU’s Dean of the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance Elizabeth Gillaspy described my new work as “endlessly fascinating.”
TCU Professor Keith Saunders (formerly of Dance Theatre of Harlem) said the work is “hella nasty, funky, and super sophisticated.”
FUN FACT: TCU was the first university in the nation to offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts in ballet.
L.A. TIMES FEATURE
'It was very cathartic to allow ["and then life was beautiful"] to unfold out of me, and it allowed me to create from a very honest place, rather than being concerned about what people might want to see,' [Jamila] says.” - Steven Vargas (L.A. Times) | READ MORE (7 choreographers on how dance changed in Southern California in 2022)
DANCING IN SNOW REVIEW (SF)
"L.A. Contemporary Dance Company… performed it flawlessly Friday evening in a touring presentation at San Francisco’s ODC Theater. …It's one hour of highly theatrical contemporary dance [with] a distressing undercurrent. The costumes alone are worth the trip.” - Jennifer Norris (Jen Norris Dance Reviews) | READ MORE
LACDC DELIVERS A VERY POWERFUL PERFORMANCE
“LACDC is rapidly becoming one of LA’s strongest companies... With three world premieres on the program, Artistic Director Jamila Glass has guided to greater heights of professionalism. The work presented was powerful and the cast is probably one of the strongest since LACDC was co-founded in 2005 by Kate Hutter Mason.” - Jeff Slayton, L.A. Dance Chronicle | Read full article
Cal State Fullerton Choreography Residency
Created a new work for the juniors and seniors of Cal State Fullerton and taught classes in an 8-day choreography residency. The work is about spies. They were super into it. We laughed a lot.
3 WORLD PREMIERES IN NOVEMBER
L.A. Contemporary Dance Company presents…
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK
Featuring 3 World Premieres
NOVEMBER 4-6, 2022
FRIDAY at 7:30pm // SATURDAY at 2:00pm & 7:30pm //
SUNDAY at 2pm
STOMPING GOUND LA
5453 Alhambra Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90032
Featuring:
and then life was beautiful
Supervising Choreography by Jamila Glass with choreography contributions from the company
Two works commissioned by the Spanish Consulate
INSECTOS: arte y vida - Choreography by Elías Aguirre
yet to be titled work (TBD) - Choreography by Iker Karrera
NEW WEEKLY CLASS
NEW WEEKLY CLASS: TUESDAYS ONLY AT GENESIS STUDIOS FROM 2:45-4:15PM
The Space In Between (Contemporary Grooves): This contemporary class lives somewhere in the middle of accented and released movement. Class will begin with a warmup focused on accessing our core while introducing key movement from the phrase work. Discover how to quickly sit in the pocket of music that may be new to your ears and how to efficiently fill up all the spaces in between from moment to moment.