ELEVATE CHICAGO DANCE 2018

LAB ARTIST 2014

Originally from Chattanooga, TN, J’Sun Howard is a Chicago-based dancemaker, poet, and arts administrator. He creates intimate performances that express generous, loving, and compassionate play between Black and Brown men. J’Sun’s works have been presented many venues including Links Hall, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Defibrillator Performance Gallery, Patrick’s Cabaret (Minneapolis, MN), Danspace Project (NYC), Center for Performance Research (NYC), Detroit Dance City Festival (Detroit, MI) and the World Dance Alliance’s International Young Choreographers’ Project (Kaohsiung, Taiwan). He has been commissioned by Northwestern University, Columbia College Chicago, World Dance Alliance, and The Art Institute of Chicago.