Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Jess Forest (Jesse Neumann-Peterson) - Season 11, Episode 131

Jess Forest (Jesse Neumann-Peterson) is a dancer, theater
performer, choreographer, and visual artist residing in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a nationally touring company member,
teacher, and community outreach worker with Stuart Pimsler Dance
and Theater (SPDT) for eight seasons he has performed in the
following company repertory works, Tales From the Book of
Longing, Matinee, Bohemian Grove, Walking, Singing and Other
Habits, Ways to Be Hold, You and The Others, Sentry, The Listen
Project, and Terra Incognita. 

He studied dance at the University of Minnesota, and the
University of Minnesota Duluth. Before joining SPDT he was a
company member, performer, and teacher with Intergenerational
dance company Kairos Dance Theater (Kairos Alive!). As an
independent dancer he has performed with Flying Foot Forum,
Christopher Watson Dance Company, Minnesota Opera, Minnesota
Dance Theater, Zenon, Rosy Simas, Vanessa Voskuil, Sharon
Picasso, Off-Leash Area, Tino Sehgal, Claude Wampler,
and many others. As a choreographer he has created works for
Sally Dixon, 16 Feet, 9X22, Cities Ballet, and the 2022 Right
Here Showcase. 

Jesse is a 2014 Sage Award Recipient for Outstanding Dance
Performer, awarded for his performances in The Student by Vanessa
Voskuil, Under the Current by Sharon Picasso, and Azalea Nights
by Christine Maginnis.