Jamm
Leary {Dancing
9-5} was
born and raised in San Francisco, California and continues to be influenced
in all aspects of her life by the need to engineer earthquake resistant infrastructures,
buildings as well as water systems, models that are solid in their flexibility.
She has lived in Brooklyn, NY for the past six years, has been assistant to
Sarah Michelson and Karole Armitage, apprenticed for the Cunningham company,
costumed the work of RoseAnn Spradlin and Anna Sperber, danced for the late
Mel Wong, and dances for Luciana Achugar, Nancy Garcia and Nancy Meehan. With
Rebecca Brooks, she started AUNTS, www.myspace.com/aunts.
She recently put together Modern Garage Movement, a West Coast tour of her own
work in garages, packing sheds, and galleries and is currently working on GEO,
an evening length piece with Felicia Ballos to premiere at A.P.E. in Northampton,
MA.