Jordan Massarella
Contemporary Dance Artist/Choreographer
Yorkshire Dance New Associate

"Dynamic, beautiful, grotesque and bold, and pulls no punches!" - The Civic Barnsley, #Visitors 2012

Jordan Massarella is one of the most exciting creative talents emerging from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) since graduation in 2011. His most recent work Visitors, supported by Arts Council England, toured successfully in the north of England before going to The Place, London in 2013. Jordan was associate artist at the NSCD and is currently New Associate with Yorkshire Dance. With a powerful sense of zeitgeist and popular culture, he creates evocative atmosphere through eclectic music, rich visuals and strong direction.

Commissions include The Yorkshire Flock (mass dance commission with Gary Clarke as part of The Big Dance); Just 30 (community dance commission co-choreographed by Gary Clarke); For Dear Life for Verve, post graduate performance company of the NSCD; assistant choreographer for Not, performance art festival in Brooklyn, New York and A Long Way Of Seeing, a sound and movement project collaborating with the ‘Gamalan Orchestra’ choreographed for the students of York University.

Independent choreographic projects include amongst others; 'Wannabe' Premiered at 'Arrivals and Departures' at The Loft Yorkshire Dance and The Riley Theatre NSCD; #MeetTheVisitors toured nationally from June 2013 - September 2013 and was programmed as part of Beacons Festival in Skipton, Mint Fest in Kendall, Danza! in Hull and Hebden Bridge Arts Festival; The #Visitors present a #Visitorial (Mentored by Gary Clarke) was performed at London Contemporary Dance School, Unity Theatre Liverpool and Leeds Trinity shopping centre; Thanks For Your Concern (Research and Development Project with Ben Wright, Artistic Director of Bgroup); Reminds Me Baby Of You Premiered as part of Live Bites at Yorkshire Dance; The Crying Light Performed at Leeds Festival Fringe as part of a site specific platform; Mansion: movement based installation at East Street Arts Patrick Studio (visual arts studios, Leeds).

In 2013 Jordan was shortlisted for the IdeasTap 'Gi20' bid.