José Rivera, Jr.
They/Them, He/Him
5’10” 165lbs Brown Hair/Eyes
Select Digital Works
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- premiered June 2020, October 2020 OutTv EU & AUS
- Funded +$12k electro-pop new music fantasy with 250+ Individual Backers as a Creator-in Residence at Kickstarter HQ Fall 2019
- Choreographer - Prezzee TikTok/Insta Commercials - The Old Gays Valentines Day, Mothers Day TBA
- Concept, Director, Choreographer, Vocals - Somebody to Love (cover) by Queen, YouTube
- Director, Choreographer - #SpreadQueerJoy World Pride 2019 starring Desmond is Amazing, Tyler Ford,
Zenobia Teague by Queer Kid Stuff YouTube Channel, YouTube
- Director, Choreographer - I Don’t Want to Find the One starring Natti Vogel, February 2018, YouTube
- Choreographer - Circles starring Brittain Ashford, YouTube
- Concept, Director, Vocals - When We Were Young (cover) by Adele, YouTube
- Concept, Choreographer - Where They From (dance video) by Missy Elliott, YouTube
Select Live Works
- Performer House of Yes (VIP, Fri-Sat)
- Lead Artist and Creator LQQK (Multiple Venues) Amsterdam, NL, Berlin, DE, Los Angeles, NYU Washington, DC, New York City. Creator-in Residence at Kickstarter HQ, Brooklyn NYC.
- Assistant Director - Untitled: The B52s Musical by Sam Pinkleton and Ani Taj, Ideal Glass
- Choreographer - The Sandalwood Box dir. Kate Moore Heaney and Tyler Thomas &
The Fez dir. Michael Raine, by Mac Wellman, The Flea Theater
- Producer - FringeClub NYC at Nuyorican Poets Cafe
- Performer - Extinct: A New Immersive Play by Kate Douglas, NYC Park Ave Office
- Company Manager - Cellular Songs by Meredith Monk, Le Poisson Rouge; Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; Diaghilev Festival, Perm, Russia; Brooklyn Academy of Music; Grace Farms, CT; Wesleyan University; Jim Hodges Queenslab
- Assistant - Dancing Voices by Meredith Monk ft. Young People’s Chorus of NYC, Lincoln Center
- Assistant Producer - CUNY PRELUDE Festival, work by Helga Davis, Daniel Alexander Jones,
Pig Iron, Seonjae Kim, and more incredible artists, CUNY Graduate Center
- Choreographer - The Legend of Yma Sumac by Steve Willis starring Scarlet Envy
of Rupaul’s Drag Race Season 11, Laurie Beechman Theater
- Assistant - The Rally from Quarry by Meredith Monk, restaged by Paul Langland,
University of Michigan, Glancing Back, Dancing Forward
- Performer, Deviser - On False Tears & Outsourcing by Cally Spooner, New Museum,
cur. Helga Christoffersen
- Concept, Director, Choreographer, Writer, Performer - OF CAKE & VANITY by José Rivera Jr.,
Dixon Place HOT!, The P.I.T. NYC
Education
New York University Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors, Drama – Acting
Martin Luther King, Jr. and J. Eckhouse Scholar (Merit-based full ride)
Meisner Studio: Vicki Hart, Director
Experimental Theater Wing: Rosemary Quinn, Director
International Theater Workshop - Amsterdam: Kevin Kuhlke, Director
RT-200 Hours Yoga (Vinyasa)
Yoga Vida NYC - Cat Aquaviva, Lindsey Freeman, Nathan Lowry, Marisa Martin,
Adam Vitolo, Jeffery Villenueva
The Bar Method
Bar Method + Express, Bar Method Advanced, Bar MOVE, Bar Restore
Press
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Logo New Now Next
Latinx Singer José Rivera Jr. Turns Queen’s “Somebody To Love” Into A Queer Resistance Anthem
The Advocate
José Rivera Jr. Creates Queer Resistance Anthem From Queen’s 'Somebody To Love'
NPR
On Being Gay and Latino After Orlando
NYU DC
José and Jonathan Capehart Speak on Panel “Race in Trump’s America” at NYU Washington DC.
Special Skills
- Practicing Trapeze + Aerial at TSNY West Village and Brooklyn
- Dog parent to my sweet two year old yellow lab/german shepherd mix, Ivy
- All current and emerging social platforms