Jolly good fellow

New York-based dancer/choreographer Jeremy Nelson was named a Guggenheim Fellow for 2004 in April. The prestigious award is granted annually to scientists, scholars, and artists at the peak of their achievements. Nelson was born in NZ, trained at the London School of Contemporary Dance, and moved to New York to further his career in 1984. He has taught and performed in Spain, Germany, Chile, Venezuela, Japan, Belgium, Mexico, Cuba, Greece, Canada and England, and is currently a faculty member at Movement Research in New York.