Night Light Bright Light 

Written and Choreographed by Jack Ferver 
Performed by Jack Ferver, Reid Bartelme
Costume Design by Reid Bartelme

 

In Night Light Bright Light, Jack Ferver draws inspiration from, and parallels to, the life, art and death of Fred Herko. 

Herko was a dancer, an actor, a choreographer, and he took a bath and got out and danced naked in front of his friend to Mozart, finally dancing out of a window to his death. I am a dancer, an actor, a choreographer, and I love taking baths and I have danced naked though have yet to jeté out a window. I have often talked about suicide with my childhood friend Reid Bartelme. Reid will join me in the work. Reid is a beautiful dancer. Reid will make sure I don’t jump.

“…combining extreme highs and devastating lows in riotous yet heartbreaking ways that will have some people in stitches, others praying that it ends quickly.” — - Mark Rifkin, This Week In New York. Choreographed and Written by Jack Ferver Performed by Jack Ferver and Reid Bartelme Costumes by Reid Bartelme Film (excerpt of JACK) by John Fireman Music by Jack Ferver/Wendy Carlos/Hector Berlioz, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jeff Silbar/Larry Henley Lighting by Jack Ferver Performance filmed during American Realness at Abrons Art Center, January 2015 In Night Light Bright Light, Jack Ferver draws inspiration from, and parallels to, the life, art and death of Fred Herko. "Herko was a dancer, an actor, a choreographer, and he took a bath and got out and danced naked in front of his friend to Mozart, finally dancing out of a window to his death. I am a dancer, an actor, a choreographer, and I love taking baths and I have danced naked though have yet to jeté out a window. I have often talked about suicide with my childhood friend Reid Bartelme. Reid will join me in the work. Reid is a beautiful dancer. Reid will make sure I don’t jump." - Jack Ferver on Night Light Bright Light Night Light Bright Light was commissioned through New York Performance Artists Collective in partnership with New York University’s Department of Performance Studies and with residency support from Abrons Art Center’s AIRspace Residency.
“…combining extreme highs and devastating lows in riotous yet heartbreaking ways that will have some people in stitches, others praying that it ends quickly.”
— - Mark Rifkin, This Week In New York.

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

2015  *Abrons Art Center. American Realness. New York Performance Artists Collective. New York, New York

 

*Premiere

Night Light Bright Light was commissioned through New York Performance Artists Collective in partnership with New York University’s Department of Performance Studies and with residency support from Abrons Art Center’s AIRspace Residency.