Jermaine Rowe’s theatre career started in high school in Jamaica, where as president of his performing arts lead the group to the Pan-African Festival in Ghana, West Africa, where they performed a show he co-created. He returned to Jamaica to become a principal dancer with the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica, and for his theatrical productions at the University of the West Indies dance and theatre departments, he was awarded the Prime Minster’s Youth Excellence Award, the nation’s most prestigious youth award. This was achieved while completing a BA in Broadcast Journalism and Education (Hon), at the same university.He then moved to New York on a dance scholarship at the Alvin Ailey School. He went on to dance with the world-renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem. He moved to London to join the West End production of the Lion King as a dancer-singer swing and understudy performer, after which he was selected by Bill T. Jones to aid in the creative process of the first cast in the British National Theatre’s production of Fela!, where he was also an actor in the National Theatre Live’s international broadcast of the show. He then became the dance captain for the 1st US National tour of Fela! and its return to Broadway.
As a singer he has recorded with the BBC orchestra’s life broadcast of The Music of Disney at the Lyceum Theatre in London, as well as the Royal Variety Show for the royal family in London. He recently was a baritone in the Maritna Arroyo Foundation’s Prelude to a Performance, young opera singers’ program in New York. An all-round performer Jermaine was a recently featured actor in Peter Cousins upcoming feature film Carry Me Home starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
Jermaine is an Associate Artist at New York Live Arts.
December 9, 2013
Creating an artistic work that can be controversial - where smiles and laughter do not always reflect joy, happiness, criticism and conflict do not always represent anger and shame--cannot be an easy task.
November 15, 2013
The recently opened BRIC House made history on Tuesday evening as Ronald K Brown's Evidence, A Dance Company became the first company to perform in its intimate performance space.
October 25, 2013
'Give the people what they came for' James Brown said in reference to his shows, and it seemed that the Apollo set out to do just that on the opening night of 'James Brown - Get on the Good Goot' dance celebration concert in Harlem.
October 2, 2013
As I sat in the half filled house at the Citigroup Theater to watch Pentacle's Fall Further II, I could not help buzzing with excitement from the success of last year's show, and Pentacle's reputation at hosting such exciting and diverse performances. Unfortunately, I started to feel my excitement waning as the evening progressed. There were a few standout performances and moments that were sometimes upstaged by unclear artistic direction and technical issues.
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