Jerron Herman and Candace L. Feldman

Choreographer and dancer Jerron Herman joins with longtime collaborator Candace L. Feldman to develop Many Ways to Raise a Fist, a full-length devised theater piece produced by INTERIM and featuring a fully disabled cast. Drawing from Aeschylus’ Oresteia, where justice and superego are entangled in an eternal battle, the play centers Pros, who sits marooned on a literal and metaphorical island awaiting a trial on his “thought crimes.” The piece is written and performed by Herman, based on a 2019 solo. This new extension welcomes multifaceted artists Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez, vocalist/composer Molly Joyce, care and health attendant Leilani Cobb, co-producer and documentary director Whitney Davis, access designer Ezra Benus, performer Ogemdi Ude (not present, but present), and co-producer Steven Raider-Ginsburg (not present, but present). Together the ensemble will, through litigation and Structuralism, devise defenses that interrogate the method and necessity of protest.

Jerron Herman is a soulful, driven disabled artist committed to collaboration and joy as a performer/director. He has premiered works at Danspace Project, PSNY, and The Whitney Museum of American Art. Herman has activated museums like The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, and the Guggenheim with daring interdisciplinary installations. He was also the choreographer and co-director of Sensorium Ex, a new opera composed by Paola Prestini with libretto by Brenda Shaugnessey. He is a part of INTERIM, a boutique centering joy for disabled artists helmed by Candace L. Feldman. He has received fellowships through United States Artists, NYU/Center for Ballet and the Arts, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Jerome Foundation, and Disability Futures, among other accolades.

Candace L. Feldman, daughter of a Zimbabwean father and Native Hawaiian mother, is a creative alchemist and producer with 20+ years of experience. She mothers INTERIM Corporation, a boutique management consortium for disabled artists centered on joy, co-envisioned with Jerron Herman, that includes Herman, Molly Joyce, and Christopher Unpezverde Núñez. She has held leadership roles at Kinetic Light, UA Presents, and 651 ARTS, and continues to be a creative processor and encourager to colleagues. Honors include NEFA’s National Theater Project Grant, Kennedy Center Gold Medallion, and multiple awards for justice and leadership.