Jacob Zimmer
Artist
Jacob Zimmer is a theatre maker, facilitator and dramaturge. Born in Cape Breton, raised in Halifax, studying in Vancouver and creating in Toronto, Jacob now lives outside of Whitehorse, Yukon, where he is Artistic Director of Pivot Theatre. In 20 years of co-creating and collaborating, he is grateful to have worked with remarkable people in Canada and internationally.
As a dramaturge in dance, he’s worked with Ame Henderson, Public Recording and Dancemakers. He received a BFA from
Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts and his MFA in Theatre from University of British Columbia
Adaptation Project
Michael Trent’s response to choreographer Mitchell Rose’s 1974 Following Station Identification
Dancemakers Centre for Creation
Apr 19, 2012 – Apr 29, 2012
Love Loss
In loveloss, Michael Trent mines personal experience, investigating the bodily affects of love and loss.
Dancemakers Centre for Creation
Feb 17, 2013 – Feb 24, 2013
Around
Celebrating Dancemakers 40th anniversary, this new work mines all the ways we encounter ourselves and others in our pursuit of being human.
Dancemakers Centre for Creation
Mar 26, 2014 – Apr 6, 2014
Hi-Fi: Rumschpringe
In response to Lo-Fi in 2012, Michael Trent has relinquished his fall season and handed it over, along with all the authority, to the resident company dancers.
Dancemakers Centre for Creation
Nov 18, 2013 – Nov 24, 2013
Jacob and Nova
Story Dance Radio & Red and Yellow double bill by Jacob Zimmer and Nova Bhattacharya
Dancemakers Centre for Creation
Dec 8, 2011 – Dec 18, 2011
It’s about time: 60 dances in 60 minutes
How is time both so absolute and so shaped by our perception?
Enwave Theatre
Feb 11, 2009 – Feb 14, 2009