Jeremy Nedd

Guest 25/26

Jeremy Nedd is a choreographer and performer originally from Brooklyn (New York) who lives in Basel. After studying at SUNY Purchase College in New York, he worked with various choreographers, notably Kyle Abraham, who blends hip-hop, street dance and expressive dance. Jeremy Nedd has lived in Europe since 2010. As a dancer, he has performed at the Semperoper in Dresden, Ballett Basel and in works by Trajal Harrell at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, amongst others. As a choreographer, he incorporates dance styles from different communities into contemporary dance. His works have been presented at venues including the Kaserne Basel, the Arsenic Lausanne and the Münchner Kammerspiele. Nedd holds a Master’s degree in Expanded Theatre from the Bern University of the Arts (HKB).

He was awarded the Swiss Performing Arts Award in 2023 and received the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Choreographer Award in 2025.
In 2026, his piece from rock to rock... aka how magnolia was taken for granite was selected and presented as part of Swiss Dance Days in Basel. He taught for the first time on the Bachelor’s programme in Contemporary Dance at La Manufacture.