current
Collective Endeavours is a music/dance collective that was started by Jer Reid and Solène Weinachter in 2010. Since 2014 it has focused on group music/ dance improvisation. The current group includes, Alex South, Aya Kobayashi, Solène Weinachter, Nerea Gurrutxaga, Elena Inei, Molly Danter and Beth Edwards. | |
Rosalind Masson has been a crucial collaborator since 2009. Jer and Rosalind have improvised shows, done workshops for kids, danced together and Jer has played various analogue and digital instruments, done sound design and/or dramaturgy in her pieces. Including Before Words / Mus Robh Faclan An and No Man’s Land. | |
Shrimp Dance. Since 2017 Jer has been writing and playing music in Paul Michael Henry's performance dealing with mental health, consumer capitalism, and ecological crisis. Visuals by Jamie Wardrop. |
past
Decline. Between 2016-18 Jer played guitar with Penny Chivas and Sara Bizzoca and latterly Monika Smekot in their improvised performance Decline. Decline is a dynamic relationship instantly and continuously transforming, told through the bodies of three distinct performers. Lights improvised by David Bowes. | |
Three Lines was an improvisation group of Monica de Ioanni (movement), Jenny Soep (drawing ) and Jer Reid (music). A group that shared a lot about how to work across disciplines. Enhance what was different about the disciplines and what was shared. It existed 2012-2016. Some photos here. | |
Holy Smoke. Jer was a physical performer/ co-deviser and sound designer and live sound engineer in Louis Ahl/Ultimate Dancer's Holy Smoke in 2014-16. Performing with Louise/Ultimate and Fritz Welch and Divina Kniest: video. | |
Found. 2008-10 Jer wrote and played music for Curious Seed's Found. With Christine Devaney, Luke Sutherland and Michael Sherin. |