About Burr

Burr Johnson is a dancer and choreographer living and working in New York City. His choreographic work has been presented through Movement Research, Abrons Art Center, Danspace Project, The American Dance Festival, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, GIBNEY, Works and Process at the Guggenheim Museum, and The Future Dance Festival at the Joyce Theater. He has guest-taught at Appomattox Regional Governor’s School, Philadelphia University of the Arts, the University of Utah, Salem College, MoMA PS1, Goucher College, Virginia Commonwealth University, UNC Greensboro, Purchase College, The Juilliard Dance Division, and The American Dance Festival. He has received artist residencies through New York Live Arts’ Studio Series, The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation in Rockland Maine, and Redtail Arts in Jamaica Queens. Currently, he dances with Kimberly Bartosik/daela, Netta Yerushalmy, and The Trisha Brown Dance Company. He has also performed with John Jasperse Projects (2010-2016), Shen Wei Dance Arts (2009-2017), Marina Abramović/GIVENCHY, Ryan McNamara, Boris Charmatz, Isabel Lewis, Nick Mauss, Peter Sellars, Christopher Williams, Sally Silvers, Bill Young, Jack Ferver, and Moriah Evans among others. In April 2019 he performed four solos choreographed by Merce Cunningham for “Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event” at UCLA in Los Angeles. He has also participated in Merce Cunningham Repertory workshops for “Rebus”, “Locale”, and “10s with Shoes”. He is a 2020 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award honoree for individual performance in Kimberly Bartosik’s “through the mirror of their eyes”. In Spring 2024 he will participate as a choreographer in the Alvin Ailey School’s New Directions Choreography Lab with mentorship from dramaturg Melanie George. (BFA Virginia Commonwealth University)

Photo: Trvaughn Clayton