Forms & Frequencies | Temporary Body by Jerron Herman

Cantor Arts Center presents Forms & Frequencies, a Thursday night series featuring live performance from the Bay Area and beyond.

Join us on Thursday, October 8, for an immersive, participatory dance performance by New York-based dancer, choreographer, and writer Jerron Herman, who will present his multidisciplinary piece, Temporary Body. This work explores physical body movement, writing, and collaborative art-making. Temporary Body invites the audience to become a part of the performance. Attendees will be encouraged to move around and interact directly with the piece by creating unique adornments for the artist’s garment. This opportunity for participation will be followed by a procession and a 20-minute solo dance performance by Herman.

This program is presented in conjunction with Carolyn Lazard: Long Take, on view from August 6–December 13, 2026 at the Cantor. Long Take is a multimedia exhibition that begins with a score for a performance and unfolds as a series of interventions that engage accessibility as an artistic material. Made in collaboration with Herman and poet and artist Joselia Rebekah Hughes, the central work, Leans, Reverses (2022), emerges from the relationship between a dance performed by Herman, its recording, and transcription.

Whether you’re a fan of live performance, a lover of art, or simply looking for a unique night out, Forms & Frequencies promises an unforgettable experience that resonates with all your senses. All public programs at the Cantor Arts Center are always free! Space for this program is limited; advance registration is recommended.

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About the artist:

JERRON HERMAN is an artist who is compelled to create images of freedom, his own freedom stemming from the joyful interplay with forms. He has premiered works at Danspace Project, Performance Space New York, and notably his piece VITRUVIAN toured to the Baltimore Museum of Art, ODC SF and had a digital release for Lincoln Center. Jerron has also activated museums like The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum and Guggenheim, his “Museum Mile tour”, with responsive interdisciplinary installations for exhibitions and events. Alongside dance, Jerron has exhibited works for 1969 Gallery (Chella Man), LOMAA in Ontario, and ICA Philadelphia (Carolyn Lazard). His writings have been published widely including Art Papers and his play, 3 Bodies, for Theater Magazine in 2022. Jerron was also the cover story in Dance Magazine’s March 2021 issue. He is a part of INTERIM, Candace Feldman’s boutique consortium centering joy for disabled artists alongside Molly Joyce and Christopher “Unpezverde” Nuñez. Other gracious accolades include a 2024 United States Artist Fellowship, 2023 Visiting Artist for FokusTanz #10 Kampnagel, 2023-24 Fellow at the NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts, 2021 Grants to Artists Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, a 2021-2022 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship from the Jerome Foundation and a 2020 Disability Futures Fellowship from the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

All public programs at the Cantor Arts Center are always free! Space for this program is limited; advance registration is recommended. Those who have registered will have priority for seating.

Image: Jerron Herman. Photo: Liz Ligon from Cooper Hewitt Temporary Bodies

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Directions

Cantor Arts Center is located at 328 Lomita Drive on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California, about 30 miles south of San Francisco and about 20 miles north of San Jose. The campus is situated between the Bayshore Freeway (U.S. 101) and the Junipero Serra Freeway (I-280).

By Car​

From U.S. 101: Take the Embarcadero Road exit and head west toward Stanford University. Embarcadero Road becomes Galvez Street as you enter campus. Turn right onto Campus Drive, then left onto Roth Way, and right onto Lomita Drive. The Roth Way Garage, at Roth Way and Campus Drive West, is the closest parking to the Center.

From I-280: Take the Sand Hill Road exit and head east toward Stanford. Turn right onto Stock Farm Road, left onto Campus Drive West, and right onto Roth Way. Turn right onto Lomita Drive. The Roth Way Garage is located at Roth Way and Campus Drive West.

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Parking

Free visitor parking is available along Lomita Drive as well as on the first floor of the Roth Way Garage Structure, located at the corner of Campus Drive West and Roth Way at 345 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305. From the Palo Alto Caltrain station, the Cantor Arts Center is about a 20-minute walk or the free Marguerite shuttle will bring you to campus via the Y or X lines.

Disability parking is located along Lomita Drive near the main entrance of the Cantor Arts Center. Additional disability parking is located on Museum Way and in Parking Structure 1 (Roth Way & Campus Drive). Please click here to view the disability parking and access points.

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Accessibility Information or Requests

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University is committed to ensuring our programs are accessible to everyone. To request access information and/or accommodations for this event, please complete this form at least one week prior to the event: museum.stanford.edu/access.

For questions, please contact disability.access@stanford.edu and Kwang-Mi Ro, kwangmi8@stanford.edu, (650) 723-3469.

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