Justin Jones
Teaching Artist
They/Them
Justin Jones (they/them) is an educator and composer, and they are so excited to return to Young Dance for summer 2025! From 2007-2021, they taught Creative Movement, Modern, Choreography, and directed the Young Dance Company, and they are currently a Special Education teacher at Anthony Middle School in Minneapolis. They have created music in collaboration with choreographers Mikey Rioux, Chris Yon, Chris Schlichting, Bodycartography Project (Olive Beiringa+Otto Ramstad), and have been the composer for Ivy Baldwin Dance NYC for 17 years. Their music has been presented alongside the work of choreographer collaborators nationally and internationally at The Weissman Art Museum, Abrons Arts Center, BAM, MANITOGA/The Russel Wright Design Center, The Chocolate Factory, SFMOMA, Dance Place in Washington DC, The Phillip Johnson Glass House, and the Performance Arcade in Wellington, NZ. They hold a BFA in dance from NYU and a Masters of Education from St. Thomas University. Additionally, they were the recipient of the 2007 McKnight Fellowship for Choreography. They have released two albums on Minneapolis micro-label, AEther Sound; the most recent, “welwitschia mirabilis,” (2023) an album inspired by the world’s oldest living organisms.