JESSICA RAY

EDUCATION

2011 B.F.A. Stephens College, Dance and minor in Media Studies

WORK HISTORY

2023 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (full-time)

Digital Video Producer/Editor

2022 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (full-time)

Video Project Coordinator

2021-2022 Lincoln Center Education

Video Editor and Virtual Stage Managing for ACTIVATE series

2021 SPARK! Creative Lab

Production Associate + Dancer

2020- Jkaris Creative LLC

Founder, Head Video Editor & Videographer, Visual Artist, Dancer and Choreographer

2016- Park Boulevard Productions

Stagehand, Videographer, Live Stream Switcher, Stage Managing

2013 Dance into Deliverance

Founder, Videographer, Development, Video Editor, Choreographer

2013-2021 The New York Public Library

Event Videographer for LIVE from the NYPL series

2011-2020 Nel Shelby Productions

Videographer, Video Editor, Video Direction, Video Assistant

2014-2016 Essence Magazine Online

Video Archivist, Video Assistant, Video Intern

PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

2021 Chiron In Leo, J. Bouey Projects

Film Editor 

2021 Notes On Survival, Djaspora Productions and Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center

Creative Collaboration and Production Assistance 

2021 131, Film

Assistant Director 

2020 ON EGO, Dance into Deliverance

Director, Producer, Choreographer, Editor 

2020 VACUUM, Nina Chong & Dance into Deliverance

Co-Director, Producer, Editor 

2013-2020 The New York Public Library

Event Videography for LIVE from The NYPL series

2016-2019 Vail Dance Festival, Nel Shelby Productions

Videographer, Video Editor, Short Documentary Direction

2014-2016 Black Women In Hollywood, Essence Magazine Online, Galex Media Group

Assistant Video Editor, PA, Video Editor

CHOREOGRAPHIC HIGHLIGHTS

2022 YIELD, Spark Creative Lab in partnership with Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center

2021 ECHO IN SOLO, Oklahoma International Dance Festival

2019 CONNECTIVITY, Jessica Ray/Dance into Deliverance for Speak Through Movement

2019 WST B, Jessica Ray Dance into Deliverance for Speak Through Movement

2019 ECHO IN SOLO,Jessica Ray/Dance into Deliverance for Speak Through Movement

2018 Black Being: Iterations 1 & 2, Jessica Ray/Dance into Deliverance

2018 Working Separately Together Version A, Jessica Ray/Dance into Deliverance

2017 CULTure, Jessica Ray/Dance into Deliverance

2016 Progression, dance film, Jessica Ray/Dance into Deliverance

2015 Let The Light In, Jessica Ray for Liberty Church NYC

2014 LOST/FOUND, Jessica Ray/Dance into Deliverance at Dixon Place

2014 As It Happens, in collaboration with Nina Chong at Belhaven University

2013 Freed From Egypt, Jessica Ray for The Masters School 2013

DANCE PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

2022 YIELD, Spark Creative Lab in partnership with Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center

2021 Notes On Survival, Marie Casimir

2021 ECHO IN SOLO, Oklahoma International Dance Festival

2019 Speak Through Movement, Dance into Deliverance

2018 CAKE, PURPLE, SOUNDSTEP II, SLM Dances/Sydnie Mosely

2018 Black Being: Iterations 1 & 2, Dance into Deliverance/Jessica Ray

2018 Working Separately Together Version A, Dance into Deliverance, Jessica Ray

2018 Three Sandburg Songs at the Wadsworth Museum, Jessica Ray

2017 CULTure, Dance into Deliverance, Jessica Ray

2017 Food for Thought: Movement Research, Mariangela Lopez

2016 Three Boroughs, Chloe Chotrani

2016 Repairing Permissions, Mariangela Lopez

2015 Between The Two, Dance into Deliverance, Jessica Ray

2011 Blanco Never Cried, Tawanda Chabikwa

2009 Hey Eric, Amy Smith

2009 Lynch-town, Charles Wideman set by Deborah Carr

2009 Brahms Waltzes, Charles Wideman set by Deborah Carr

2007 Mothers Of War, choreographer Christopher Huggins

FILM FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

2022 Dance On Camera at Lincoln Center, New York, NY, BRAIN BLOW

2021 Vancouver Independent Film Festival, Je Te Souhaintes to Bien et Apres

2021 DeadCenter Film Festival, Oklahoma City, OK, ON EGO

2021 Contact Dance International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, selection ON EGO

2021 Opine Dance Film Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, selection BRAIN BLOW

2021 Third Coast Dance Film Festival, Reno, Nevada, selection ON EGO

2020 InShadow Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, selection VACUUM

2020 DanceBARN ScreenDANCE Festival, Salt Lake, Minnesota, selection ON EGO

2020 CASCADIA Dance And Cinema Festival, Vancouver, BC, selection ON EGO

2020 EnCore: Dance on Film, Decatur Georgia, selection ON EGO

2020 EXCHANGE Choreography Festival, Tulsa, Oklahoma, selection CONNECTIVITY

2017 Hope Film Awards, Texas, selection Spirit Soul Series: Memory

2017 Spark Summer Dance Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York, selection PROGRESSION

2016 Opine Dance Film Festival, selection Spirit Soul Series: Memory

VISUAL ART

2020 LITTLE SKIPS EAST

Artwork Display

2019-2020 BURLY COFFEE

Artwork Display

2019 DWEEBS Coffee Shop

Full Cafe Display

2019 DAILY PRESS COFFEE

Full Cafe Display