Naj, Jean de Boysson
Visual Design/VJ

Came to New York City from France in 1983 with a grant from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a dancer. Since 1986, he has made a variety of video works as a director, cameraman and editor: dance videos such as "Teile dich Nacht," a collaboration with Korean choreographer Hyon Ok Kim which received the Grand Prize Award at the 1992 International Film Festival of Teruel, Spain and the Gold Award at the 1991 Dance on Camera Festival in New York City, and "La Promenade,' commissioned by the Dia Center for the Arts; documentaries such as "New All The Time," a film by Dick Fontaine about jazz legend Betty Carter or "Amalia, Uma Estraqa Forma de Vida" about legendary fado singer Amalia Rodrigues; as well as music videos with jazz greats Graham Haynes and Roy Ayers. His work has been exhibited internationally at festivals, museums, art galleries, theaters and clubs such as the Berlin Film Festival, the American Film Institute, the World Wide Video Festival in the Netherlands, the Australian International Video Festival, the Reina Sofia Museum of Art in Madrid, the Folkwang Museum of Essen, Germany, the Knitting Factory, Anthology Film Archives, Dance Theater Workshop in New York City and has been broadcast on television in China, Korea, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, France and the USA. Since 1998, Naj has been collaborating with Tamango on Urban Tap projects.