hi I'm jayde
JAYDE SPIEGEL is a Los Angeles–based dancer, choreographer, and performance artist. She earned her BFA in Dance from CSULB in May 2024, studying under mentors including Rebecca Lemme, Dolly Sfeir, Keith Johnson, Danzel Thompson-Stout, and Rebecca Bryant. Jayde has performed across the Southwest U.S., as well as internationally in San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, and Kiel, Germany. Her choreography has been presented in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Lucca, Italy, in local and international festivals and specialized studies. Her work in choreography, sound design, and costuming earned Gala selections at ACDA’s 2023 and 2024 Baja Conferences. In Las Vegas, she has contributed to several multimedia gallery spaces and recently debuted a solo exhibition featuring live performance and video installation at South Square Studios.
artist statement
I'm a visual artist with a emphasis on movement and live performance. My work is rooted in the body, with a background in modern dance and design, while remaining deeply informed by spontaneous curiosities such as sound design, sculpture, fiber art, and theatre. I approach these disciplines not as separate mediums, but as interwoven languages that help construct immersive, embodied worlds.
My process often begins with a brief piece of writing or drawing. An intuitive gesture that can establish an emotional landscape or thematic intention rather than a fixed outcome. From there, I work experimentally across forms and media, allowing ideas to unfold through physical exploration, material play, and repetition. Ultimately, my work is less about imposing meaning and more about allowing the piece to reveal itself. In doing so, I’m particularly drawn to the absurd and the surreal as ways of bypassing the intellectual and accessing something more instinctual. Through exaggeration, dissonance, and humor, I aim to uncover what is raw, fragile, and deeply human.
