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Contemporary Modern Choreographer

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In 2017, Jackie Goodman dismantled the proscenium at The Kitchen by staging 'Echo Chamber', a durational piece where dancers wore real-time biofeedback sensors that altered lighting and sound based on collective heart-rate variance, exposing how political polarization physically reshapes group movement. Her choreographic method, 'fractured consensus,' rejects narrative coherence in favor of intentional dissonance: performers rehearse opposing emotional directives for the same phrase, grief and defiance, reverence and mockery, then perform them simultaneously, forcing audiences to confront embodied contradiction. She co-founded the Movement Equity Lab in Brooklyn, not as a studio but as a rotating civic space where housing activists, public school teachers, and disabled artists co-design movement scores rooted in local policy struggles. Goodman’s work refuses spectacle; instead, it treats the rehearsal process itself as public testimony, often documented via unedited audio diaries released alongside premieres. Her 2023 piece 'Redacted Rehearsal' used FOIA-obtained NYPD surveillance footage of protest choreography as movement source material, reconstructing gestures censored in official records.

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  • “How did your 'fractured consensus' method change after working with NYC tenant organizers?”
  • “What ethical boundaries do you set when using biometric data in live performance?”
  • “Why did you choose FOIA documents, not protest videos, as source material for 'Redacted Rehearsal'?”
  • “How does your Movement Equity Lab decide which policy issue becomes a new choreographic score?”

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What is 'fractured consensus' and how does it differ from contact improvisation?
Fractured consensus is a compositional framework Goodman developed in 2014 that prioritizes simultaneous, non-harmonized intentionality, unlike contact improvisation’s shared weight and responsiveness. In fractured consensus, dancers execute the same phrase while embodying contradictory internal states (e.g. surrender and resistance), generating visible tension rather than flow. It emerged from her observation that social movements rarely move in unison; cohesion is often performative, not physiological.
Has Jackie Goodman ever collaborated with non-dancers on choreographic development?
Yes, extensively. Her 2021 project 'Zoning Score' involved collaborating with urban planners and community board members in Queens to translate land-use hearings into movement sequences. She also co-authored 'The Embodied Policy Workbook' (2022) with disability justice advocate Leroy Moore, using somatic prompts to reinterpret ADA compliance guidelines as choreographic constraints.
What role does silence play in Goodman's recent work?
Silence functions structurally, not atmospherically. In 'Echo Chamber', 47 seconds of absolute silence followed each sensor-triggered sound burst, a duration calibrated to match average police response time to 911 calls in the Bronx. Goodman treats silence as scored duration with civic weight, not absence. Her 2023 solo 'Unamplified' used no microphones or speakers; all sonic texture came from amplified floor vibrations transmitted through audience seating.
How does Goodman address accessibility beyond captioning or ASL interpretation?
She embeds accessibility into choreographic architecture: tactile floor textures guide blind dancers’ spatial navigation, scent cues (e.g. burnt sugar, wet concrete) signal scene shifts for Deaf audiences, and ticketed 'co-regulation hours' offer pre-show nervous-system preparation with trauma-informed somatic practitioners. Her 2024 residency at MASS MoCA included a parallel 'access score', a live, evolving document projected onstage, revised nightly based on audience feedback.
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