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Toshimi and William Sembo Masterclass Artist
Born in Baltimore, Maryland USA, Jermaine Maurice Spivey began his dance training at the Baltimore School for the Arts. After graduating with a BFA in dance from The Juilliard School in May 2002, he moved to Europe to begin his professional career with Ballet Gulbenkian and was a member till 2005. Jermaine then joined the Cullberg Ballet until summer 2008. He has since been a member of The LID, a production by Ayman Harper in Co-production with The Forsythe Company and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, guest artist with the Hofesh Shechter Company, a member of The American Repertory Theater's original production The Shape She Makes, conceived by Susan Misner and Jonathan Bernstein, performer in Hercules and Love Affair's music video Do You Feel the Same, guest performer in Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada at LACMA, guest artist with The Forsythe Company from 2013-15 and an active member of choreographer Crystal Pite's company Kidd Pivot since 2008. Jermaine has also enjoyed setting works of Crystal Pite for companies such as Nederlands Dans Theater, Carte Blanche and Hessisches Staatsballett Wiesbaden, as well as teaching various workshops and masterclasses for professional companies, schools and conservatories throughout Europe and North America.
Jermaine is a 1998 National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts 1st Level Awardee and a 2001 Princess Grace Awardee.