spencer.weidie@gmail.com
SPENCER
JAMES
WEIDIE
Dancer, Choreographer, & Photographer
Spencer James Weidie (they/them) is a New York–based performance artist working at the intersection of choreography, theater, and improvisation. Their career spans Broadway, concert dance, opera, film, and television, with a practice rooted in physical rigor, emotional depth, and queer world-building.
Spencer is a company member with the Trisha Brown Dance Company and currently appears as the Prologue Dance Captain/Swing in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club on Broadway. They are actively creating new movement for devised theater and film projects, and are the founder of FREEPLAY—an open, community-led space for performance-based improvisation.
Dance
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Opal Loop, Choreography by Trisha Brown
Son of Gone Fishin’, Choreography by Trisha Brown
Time Again, World Premiere. Choreography by Lee Serle in Collaboration with Dancers.
In the Fall, World Premiere. Choreography by Noe Soulier in Collaboration with Dancers.
Working Title, Choreography by Trisha Brown.
Let’s Talk About Bleeding, World Premiere. Choreography by Judith Sanchez Ruiz in Collaboration with Dancers.
For MG: The Movie, Choreography by Trisha Brown.
The Metropolitan Opera Ballet
The Hours, Original Cast. Choreography by Annie-B Parson
Cinderella, Choreography by Laura Scozzi
Eurydice, Original Cast. Choreography by Denis Jones
Der Fligende Hollander, Original Cast. Choreography by Carolyn Choa
Marnie, Original Cast. Choreography by Lynne Page.
Brian Brooks/Moving Company
Flight Study, World Premiere. Choreography by Brian Brooks in collaboration with Dancers. Risa Steinberg, Rehearsal Director.
Closing Distance, World Premiere. Choreography by Brian Brooks in collaboration with Dancers.
Prelude, World Premiere. Choreography by Brian Brooks.
Division, Choreography by Brian Brooks.
Torrent, Choreography by Brian Brooks.
Keigwin + Co
Sleepless, World Premiere. Choreography by Larry Keigwin in collaboration with Dancers. Wall to Wall Festival at Symphony Space, 2022.
MADBOOTS Dance
MASC, World Premiere. Choreography by Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz.
GAY GUERRILLA, World Premiere. Choreography by Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz.
Gallim
Stone Skipping, World Premiere. Choreography by Andrea Miller in Collaboration with Dancers. Bret Easterling, Rehearsal Director. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Doug Varone and Dancers
In the Shelter of the Fold, World Premiere. Choreography by Doug Varone. Pepsico Theater at the Performing Arts Center. Purchase, NY.
Select Performance Projects
Trisha Brown Co.
Cabaret at the Kit Kat CLub
Sleep no more
purgatory: a short film
Choreography
As a choreographer, Spencer explores the relationship between structure and sensation. Drawing from queer theory, architecture, and their postmodern lineage, Spencer’s choreography blends compositional rigor with emotional depth—creating performances that question systems while holding space for tenderness, reflection, and transformation.
Weidie’s movement language is rooted in improvisational research and refined through formal phrasework, emphasizing spatial architecture, shifting weight, and internal perception. Their work is informed by years of study and performance with artists including Trisha Brown, Brian Brooks, and MADBOOTS Dance, and shaped by a deep interest in visual composition drawn from photography and film.
As a nonbinary artist, Weidie approaches choreography as a method of resistance and reimagining. They design their own sound, light, and costuming, and collaborate closely with dramaturgs and performers to build conceptually rich, emotionally resonant worlds. Their work shifts across formats—from proscenium to site-specific to immersive—and invites audiences into experiences that disrupt expectation and offer new ways of seeing the self and the body in motion.
Latest Projects
