Forms & Frequencies | Temporary Body by Jerron Herman @ Cantor Arts Center
Cantor Arts Center presents Forms & Frequencies, a Thursday night series featuring live performance from the Bay Area and beyond.
Join us on Thursday, October 8, for an immersive, participatory dance performance by New York-based dancer, choreographer, and writer Jerron Herman, who will present his multidisciplinary piece, Temporary Body. This work explores physical body movement, writing, and collaborative art-making. Temporary Body invites the audience to become a part of the performance. Attendees will be encouraged to move around and interact directly with the piece by creating unique adornments for the artist’s garment. This opportunity for participation will be followed by a procession and a 20-minute solo dance performance by Herman.
This program is presented in conjunction with Carolyn Lazard: Long Take, on view from August 6–December 13, 2026 at the Cantor. Long Take is a multimedia exhibition that begins with a score for a performance and unfolds as a series of interventions that engage accessibility as an artistic material. Made in collaboration with Herman and poet and artist Joselia Rebekah Hughes, the central work, Leans, Reverses (2022), emerges from the relationship between a dance performed by Herman, its recording, and transcription.
Whether you’re a fan of live performance, a lover of art, or simply looking for a unique night out, Forms & Frequencies promises an unforgettable experience that resonates with all your senses. All public programs at the Cantor Arts Center are always free! Space for this program is limited; advance registration is recommended.
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About the artist:
JERRON HERMAN is an artist who is compelled to create images of freedom, his own freedom stemming from the joyful interplay with forms. He has premiered works at Danspace Project, Performance Space New York, and notably his piece VITRUVIAN toured to the Baltimore Museum of Art, ODC SF and had a digital release for Lincoln Center. Jerron has also activated museums like The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum and Guggenheim, his “Museum Mile tour”, with responsive interdisciplinary installations for exhibitions and events. Alongside dance, Jerron has exhibited works for 1969 Gallery (Chella Man), LOMAA in Ontario, and ICA Philadelphia (Carolyn Lazard). His writings have been published widely including Art Papers and his play, 3 Bodies, for Theater Magazine in 2022. Jerron was also the cover story in Dance Magazine’s March 2021 issue. He is a part of INTERIM, Candace Feldman’s boutique consortium centering joy for disabled artists alongside Molly Joyce and Christopher “Unpezverde” Nuñez. Other gracious accolades include a 2024 United States Artist Fellowship, 2023 Visiting Artist for FokusTanz #10 Kampnagel, 2023-24 Fellow at the NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts, 2021 Grants to Artists Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, a 2021-2022 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship from the Jerome Foundation and a 2020 Disability Futures Fellowship from the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
All public programs at the Cantor Arts Center are always free! Space for this program is limited; advance registration is recommended. Those who have registered will have priority for seating.
Image: Jerron Herman. Photo: Liz Ligon from Cooper Hewitt Temporary Bodies