Jōvan Dansberry is a St.Louis native who received his Bachelor of Arts from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Now based in New York City, Jōvan is a movement director, choreographer, and performer in both the theatre and commercial sectors, as well as a professor of dance at Rider University. Broadway/Tours: Bob Fosse’s Dancin, Wicked, King Kong. He has had the honor of working at some of the best theaters in the country including: The Metropolitan Opera, Roundabout Theater Company, The Goodman Theater in Chicago, The Alliance Theater in Atlanta, and New York City Center. TV/Live Performance: “SNL!”, “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”, The Tony Awards, “POSE”, “Up Here.” Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement in Theater. Jōvan is currently the Associate Choreographer on two Broadway-bound projects: The Preacher’s Wife musical directed by Michael Arden and Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil directed by Rob Ashford.
