FELLOWS
Satellite Fellows 2026
Wanderer Dance Works
MOVEMENT THROUGH VULNERABILITY AND CONNECTION
Wanderer Dance Works is a New York based company committed to making honest dances on an intimate scale
Founded in 2026 by Jordan Wanderer, Wanderer Dance Works is a NYC based contemporary dance company committed to nurturing artistry and creative expression through the body. Wanderer Dance Works aims to inspire fellow artists and audiences alike to contemplate all facets of human connection through the research, creation, and performance of original choreographic works. Through refined dance-centered projects, the company uses embodied empathy to explore the full range and nuance of human emotions from introspective meditations to the interpersonal struggles and joys of existence.
As a late diagnosed autistic woman, founder Jordan Wanderer is fascinated by her own internal world and the ways that manifests through interpersonal relationships, from friends and lovers to communities and larger systems of power. Her art is her way of attempting to be understood and revealing those parts of herself that have been deemed not socially acceptable. The company’s aim is to provide Wanderer and other guest choreographers a way to better understand themselves, and in doing so, evoke a shared humanity.
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In its first season, Wanderer Dance Works will present barren landscapes, an evening of four choreographic works around themes of emptiness, longing, and the small glimpses of solace and hope that come from maintaining connection in the midst of an increasingly corrupted world.
The evening will include a world premiere duet by Wanderer as well as a solo incubated as an associate artist with Molissa Fenley at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in October of 2026 and a restaging of a trio from February of 2020. The performance will also feature a piece by guest choreographer Alexis Borth.
PREVIOUS WORK
Learn about previous work by Jordan Wanderer
Opia reflects on how it feels to be perceived but not really seen, what is left unsaid in eye contact, and the tension this creates between us as we balance between tenderness and destruction.
