Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Jade Charon Robertson
College: Hunter College
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Dance
Education
Teachers College, Columbia University — Doctor of Education in Dance Education (In Progress)
University of California, Los Angeles — MFA Dance/Choreography, Spring 2018
Columbia College Chicago — BA Interdisciplinary Degree, Dance & Theater Concentration, Spring 2011
Additional Higher Education
New York Film Academy, Filmmaking Certificate Program, July 2021
Professional Experience
Hunter College, CUNY — Associate Professor of Dance (2025- present)
Medgar Evers College, CUNY — Associate Professor of Dance & Media Technology (2024–2025)
Medgar Evers College, CUNY — Assistant Professor of Dance & Media Technology (2020–2024)
California State Long Beach — Adjunct Lecturer (2020)
Cerritos College — Adjunct Professor of Dance (2019–2020)
Saddleback College — Adjunct Professor of Dance (2019–2020)
Cypress College — Adjunct Professor of Dance (2018–2020)
University of California, Los Angeles — Teaching Assistant &Teaching Associate (2015–2018)
Choreographic Publications
Adjudicated
2026
Recharge — American College Dance Association Adjudicated Concert, Seton Hill University
2025
Precious Lord — Move to Change Festival, MOD Arts, University Settlement
2024
Gold Pylon — Dancing While Black Fellowship, Bronx Academy of the Arts and Dance
2023
Marisol — Playwrights NYU, Moss Theater
Gold Pylon — New York Live Arts Fresh Tracks Residency Performance
2022
Intercede — The Next Festival, Gibney Performance Space
Recharge — Restore Arts Festival, Danceworks Performance Space
TranscenDANCE — Sobriquet, Danceworks Performance Space
Recharge — Beyond the Classroom Faculty Exploration Exhibition, Harlem Fine Arts Show
2021
JadeSheAnd DactaBird — Journey to the Center Exhibition, Harlem Fine Arts
Flight — Eat Little and Live Long Performance Series
Precious Lord — NY Pop-Up Performance, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building
2020
Memories — Sacramento State College
Bigger — Signature Dance Company, Messemer High School
Gold — Montreal Independent Film Festival
Champion Style — MKE Film Festival
Wild Woman Comes Back — The School at Jacob’s Pillow Fellowship
Fredrick’s Dream — Installation Performance
Legacy — Baja American College Dance Festival Gala, Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Legacy — Burnight Center Theater
Process — Blaktinx Festival, Bootleg Theater
Process — BAM Fisherman Theater, Brooklyn
What Have You Done? — Pitman Theater
Trapped Consciousness — Cypress College Theater
Forget What You’ve Done — Pitman Theater
For Hire Residency Choreographer (2021-2023)
Word. Sound. Power — BAM Fisher, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Choreographic Works at Hunter and Medgar Evers College Publications
Recharge — American College Dance Festival Northeastern Conference, Seaton, New Jersey
2025
Recharge — Hunter Department of Dance Fall Performance, The Kaye Playhouse Theater
2024
My Skin is Black— Renaissance Arts Festival, Medgar Evers College.
2023
Gold Sphere — Gold Sphere Film Screening and Art Exhibit, Medgar Evers College
2022
Bigger — Dr. Iola Thompson’s Arts Alive Performance, Medgar Evers College
2021
Process — Dr. Iola Thompson’s Arts Alive Performance, Medgar Evers College
2020
Hope — Dr. Iola Thompson’s Arts Alive Virtual Concert, Medgar Evers College
Film, Film Festivals &Publications
2025-2024
Adjudicated
Gold Sphere — Director, Writer, Choreographer
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Harriet’s Gun 2 Virtual, Pan African Film Festival, Dance Camera West, Cannes World Film Festival, Reel Reflections, The Outlet Dance Project Dance Film Festival
2023
Gold Sphere Film — Vancouver Black Independent Film Festival, KNOwBOX Film Festival (Dallas, Oaxaca, Seoul), Cannes World Film Festival, Gold Sphere Screening & Exhibit, Brooklyn
2021
Gold — Director, Writer, Choreographer
Black Lives Rising Film Festival, Cultures & Communities Festival, South Chicago Dance Theater Dance for Camera Festival, Manhattan Film Festival, MKE Film Festival, Charlotte Black Film Festival, Create Art Performance Dance Film Night, Toronto International Women’s Festival
2020
Duel — Fellows of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles
For Hire Film Director (2020)
Champion Style — British Virgin Islands
Be Outside — Carson, California
Written Publications
Peer-Reviewed
Robertson, J. C. (2026). Toward an Interconnected Social Justice Dance Film Framework. Research in Dance Education. (Under-Review)
Robertson, J. C. (2025). Dance as Public Humanities. Public Humanities, 1, e55. https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2024.31
Robertson, J. C. (2024). Empowering Dance and Technology Education: 10 Vital Steps for Implementation in Underfunded Spaces within Predominantly Black Institutions. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research, 6(1), 110–115. https://doi.org/10.37534/bp.jhssr.2024.v6.n1.id1231.p110’
Invited / Written Curated Publications
Robertson, J. C. (2024). Moving through Karnak. The Dancer-Citizen. https://dancercitizen.org/issue-18/jade-robertson/
Self-Published
Gold: Made Just for You, Children’s Book, 2021
Fellowships & Awards
Jody Arnhold Scholarship Award, Teachers College, Columbia University 2025
Dance Pillar Award, Signature Dance Company 2024
Dancing While Black Fellowship, Angela’s Pulse, 2024
Gold Technology Residency / NYU, 20223
Best Futurist Filmmaker / Cannes World Film Festival, 2023
Best Social Justice Film Semi-Finalist / Cannes World Film Festival, 2023
Fresh Tracks Artist in Residence / Bill T. Jones / NY Live Arts, 2023
The Next Festival Emerging Artist Fellowship, Peter Askim, 2022
Gallim Moving Artist Residency, 2022
Montreal Independent Film Festival Semi-Finalist, 2022
Cream City Film Director Award, Milwaukee Film Festival, 2020
Anne Weston & Hicks Choreography Fellow / Jacob’s Pillow, 2020
Brooklyn Academy of the Arts: Chuck Davis Emerging Choreographer Fellowship, 2018
CUNY Fellowships & Awards
Hunter College, NCFDD Rethinking Your Research Funding Course.
CUNY Career Success Fellow, 2023-2024
CUNY BRESI Award, 2022/2023
CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program, 2022/2023
Media Features, Reviews, and Mentions of Jade Charon Robertson’s Research and Creative Work
2025
Love Dance More — Review contextualizing contemporary identity and performance in relation to Strands of Identity and Irishia Hubbard Romaine, including Jade Charon Robertson’s Gold Sphere in the pre-screening. (2025).
https://lovedancemore.org/reviews/2025/10/31/looking-back-at-strands-of-identity-with-irishia-hubbard-romaine
2023–2024
Fjord Review — Feature on seasonal contemporary dance works and performance aesthetics, including Fresh Tracks–affiliated artists (2023).
https://fjordreview.com/blogs/all/change-of-season
Theater in the Wire (TWI-NY) — Coverage of New York Live Arts Fresh Tracks 2022–23 cohort (2023).
https://twi-ny.com/2023/06/13/fresh-tracks-2022-23-cohort/
BroadwayWorld — Coverage of New York Live Arts Fresh Tracks performances (2023).
https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/regional/Fresh-Tracks-3823585
The Dance Enthusiast — Event listing and coverage of New York Live Arts’ 58th Year of Signature Fresh Tracks Program (2023).
https://www.dance-enthusiast.com/dance-listings/events/view/NEW-YORK-LIVE-ARTSS-58TH-YEAR-OF-SIGNATURE-FRESH-TRACKS-PROGRAM-PRESENTS-NEW-WORKS-2023-06-16_17/
City University of New York — Institutional feature on selection as a CUNY Career Success Fellow (2023).
https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/transformation/careers-across-disciplines/2023-cuny-career-success-fellows/
Amsterdam News — Coverage of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and BAM programming contextualizing Word. Sound. Power (2023).
https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/06/08/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater-bam/
2022–2023
BroadwayWorld — Feature on BAM’s WORD. SOUND. POWER: The New Storytellers (2023).
https://www.broadwayworld.com/brooklyn/article/BAM-Presents-WORD-SOUND-POWER-2023WORDTHE-NEW-STORYTELLERS-20230309
The Grio — National feature highlighting BAM’s Word. Sound. Power and its lineage from African griot traditions to hip-hop culture (2023).
https://thegrio.com/2023/04/24/bams-word-sound-power-program-highlights-the-storytelling-tradition-from-the-african-griots-to-the-hip-hop-mcs/amp/
2021–2022
WISN ABC 12 — Featured Jade Charon Robertson’s The Gem Project Initiative in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, highlighting performing arts education and mental health conversations for girls ages 9–18 (2022).
https://www.wisn.com/article/arts-avenue-danceworks-jade-charon-company/39544965
BK Reader — Coverage of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Word. Sound. Power performance series.
https://bkreader.com/2022/03/30/word-sound-power-hip-hop-and-spoken-word-celebration-returns-to-bam/
Time Out New York — Event coverage highlighting New York City performance programming (2022).
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/things-to-do-in-new-york-this-week
Shepherd Express — Feature on Danceworks Milwaukee performance examining identity and self-labeling (2022) .
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/dance/danceworks-performance-mke-examines-how-we-label-self-and-ot/
2020–2021
Dance Magazine — Feature on the dance film Recharge, curated by Kyle Abraham (2020).
https://www.dancemagazine.com/jade-charon-film-2648553889.html
Milwaukee Film Festival — Coverage announcing award winners, including Gold (2020).
https://mkefilm.org/news/mff2020-award-winners-announced
Dance Magazine — National feature on dance filmmakers working across screen and stage, including Jade Charon (2020).
https://dancemagazine.com/dance-filmmakers-2/#gsc.tab=0
KCET PBS — Feature highlighting dance films that shaped the cultural moment during 2020 (2020).
https://www.kcet.org/shows/southland-sessions/7-dance-videos-that-helped-us-get-through-2020
Live Design Online — Coverage of BAM’s interactive Word. Sound. Power hip-hop concert (2021).
https://www.livedesignonline.com/concert/word-sound-power-2021-interactive-hip-hop-concert-at-bam
BroadwayWorld — Feature on artists participating in BAM’s Word. Sound. Power (2021).
https://www.broadwayworld.com/brooklyn/article/Sa-Roc-Okai-Nejma-Nefertiti-and-More-Featured-in-BAMs-WORD-SOUND-POWER-2021-20210408
BKlyner — Coverage of BAM’s virtual spring performance programming (2021).
https://bklyner.com/rejuvenation-celebration-and-ridiculous-emceeing-at-bams-first-live-virtual-spring-event/
Conferences, Lectures, & Public Presentations (2014–2025)
2026
Research Presenter: Toward an Interconnected Social Justice Dance Film Framework, American College Dance Association Northeastern Conference, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Invited Children’s Book Author: Gold Children’s Book Reading, P S 11 The Purvis J. Behan Elementary School, Brooklyn, New York
Invited Children’s Book Author: Gold Children’s Book Reading, Milwaukee College Preparatory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2025
Moderator: In Process: Irishia Romaine Residency Presentation, Jerry’s Place- Louis Armstrong Center, The Louis Armstrong Museum, Queens, New York City
Guest Speaker and Embodied Workshop Facilitator: CE 173 Leadership & Love: Bridging the Relationship Between Self & Community, Equal Opportunity Scholars Summer Institute, Drew University’s Equal Opportunity Scholars Office, Madison, New Jersey
2024
Invited Participant: Innovation, Creativity, & Culture, UCLA and National Science Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Invited Technologist: Developing Dramaturgical Strategies for AI and XR alongside NYC’s Contemporary Performance Scene, New York University, Brooklyn, New York
Presenter: Gold Sphere, International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference, Collage Dance Collective, Memphis, TN, January
2023
Interviewer & Panelist: Gold Sphere Post-Screening Conversation with Mecca Madyun, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY, March
Invited Technologist: LIVABLE FUTURES Pre-Symposium Think Tank, NYU, New York, NY, January
Guest Lecture: Digital Choreography, Marymount College, New York, New York.
Facilitator: GENERATION Z: Challenges to Principles of Good Practice in Teaching and Learning, Faculty Staff Institute, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY, January
2022
Guest Lecturer: Gold Research Presentation, School of Professional and Community Engagement, Director’s Meeting/President’s Conference Room, Medgar Evers College, November
Lecture Presentation: Gold Research Presentation, Faculty Research Presentations, Founders Recognition & Inauguration, Medgar Evers College, October
Moderator: A Conversation with Brandee Evans and Professor Jade Robertson, Medgar Evers College, May
Guest Lecturer: Creative Career Collective Chat with Jade Charon, BAM Education / Creative Career Collective, Brooklyn, NY, April
Guest Lecturer: Black Artist Talk, California State, Fullerton College, March
Panelist: Am I Living Resistance Presentation, Collegium for African Diaspora Dance Conference, Duke University, Durham, NC, February
2021
Guest Lecturer: Women in Film Lecture Series, Barnard College, Columbia University, October
Facilitator: Celebrating Latinx Culture in the Arts, Medgar Evers College, October
Guest Artist: Jam & Toast, Virtual, September
Panelist: Performance Art, Trauma, and Healing, MKE Film Festival, Virtual, May
Panelist: #BLACKGIRLQUARANTINE Exhibition Week, UC Berkeley Virtual, April
Guest Artist: Jacob’s Pillow Instagram Takeover, Virtual, April
Panelist: Melanin Coalition: Black Film, Television Movement, Virtual, March
Panelist: Melanin Coalition: Black Creatives in Academia, Virtual, March
Roundtable Panelist: It Takes a Village, Milwaukee Rep Theater, Virtual, February
2020
Dance Facilitator: Community Stretch and Conversation, Harvard School of Education & Street Dance Activism, Virtual
Panelist: Screen Dance, Beijing Dance Academy, Virtual
Film Presenter: Take Me Home Event, Post-Screening Discussion, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, March
2019
Film Presenter: Restore Film, Women in Dance Leadership Conference, Drexel University, October
Panelist: Art & Entrepreneurship, UCLA, April
Panelist: Schoolin’ Life: Black Graduate Students Navigating Public White Institutions, International Association of Blacks in Dance, January
2018
Guest Lecturer: Histories, Healing, and Movements, UC San Marcos, October
Speaker & Performer: Dance as Ministry: From Compton to UCLA, TEDxUCLA, April
2017
Keynote Speaker: Take a Stand, Milwaukee College Preparatory School, November
Guest Lecturer: Multicultural Psychology, Pepperdine University, November
Guest Artist Presenter: Why I Choreograph, University Neighborhood High School, October
Lead Panelist: Eliminating Body-Shaming in Western Dance, 30:11 Launch & Networking Event, Signature Dance Company, April
Keynote Speaker: Surveying Our Bodies and Finding Our Truths, Royals Inc., April
2016
Presenter: Creating High Quality Dance Programs in Non-Specific Youth Organizations, Signature Dance Company, December
2015
Presenter: Wake Up, Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Conference, May
Presenter: Securing Community Partnerships, Engaging Parents & Community Stakeholders, and Youth Retention, Wallace Foundation, March
2014
Presenter: Dance Culminations in Free Public Spaces, Wallace Foundation & Boys & Girls Clubs of America, August
Intensives, Master Classes, & Workshops (Non-Academic, 2016–2023)
2023
Joffrey Ballet School NYC Summer Ballet Intensive, Joffrey Ballet School, New York City, NY — Afro-Contemporary Dance Class (In-person & Hybrid)
Dance is Healing, The Paige Frasier Foundation, Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center, Bronx, NY — Afro-Contemporary Dance Class
Word. Sound. Power Workshop Series, By Jade Charon Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY — Two-day dance workshop focusing on repertory from Word. Sound. Power
2022
Danceworks Teaching Residency, By Jade Charon Company, Danceworks Performance Company, Milwaukee, WI — Choreographed on the company during Winter Intensive
Dance in Focus / Dance in Technology Workshop Series, By Jade Charon Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY — Three-part workshop series on Dance and Technology for after-school program
Restore Arts Festival, By Jade Charon Company, Danceworks Performance Space, Milwaukee, WI — An Interdisciplinary showcase and mentorship program for women of color choreographers and dance filmmakers; included performances, talkbacks, and feedback sessions
The Gem Project Initiative, By Jade Charon Company, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI — Three 1-hour workshops in dance and art-making with facilitated discussion on mental wellness; culminated in a 20-minute showing and talkback
Guest Artist / Gallim Dance Company, Brooklyn, NY — “Jam and Toast with Jade Charon”
2021
Artist in Residence / Gallim Dance Company, Brooklyn, NY — Moving Women Residency, week-long residency to develop new work
Gold Workshop – An Interdisciplinary Dance & Art Experience, Cumbe Center for African & Diaspora Dance, Brooklyn, NY — Three-session interdisciplinary experience combining dance, film, and imagination
Joffrey Ballet School NYC Summer Ballet Intensive, New York City, NY — Afro-Contemporary Dance Class (In-person & Hybrid)
Saturday Master Classes Curated by Kyle Abraham, Los Angeles, CA (Virtual) — Afro-Contemporary Master Dance Class
Creating Reflexive Assessments in Dance & Technology Workshop, Medgar Evers College, Virtual — Using cultural identity to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes
Gold Workshop: Forward Space New York, Virtual — Interdisciplinary dance & film experience inspired by Breonna Taylor
Gold Workshop: Santa Rosa Junior College, Virtual, CA — Same as above
Imagination of Liberation: Word. Sound. Power, New York, NY — Multidisciplinary artist process exploring movement and self-reflection
2020
Afro-Contemporary: From Lester Horton to the Milly Rock, American College Dance Festival Baja Conference, Long Beach, CA — Fusion of hip hop, gospel, Afro-Diaspora, and modern dance
Good Kid, Maad Supreme, ACDA Baja Conference, Long Beach, CA — Spiritual movement exploration inspired by John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN
2019
Afro-Contemporary Dance Master Class, Dance Gambia, Gambia, Africa — Fusion of Afro-Diaspora, hip hop, gospel, and modern dance
Sankofa: Looking Back to MOVE Forward, Moujuba Dance Collective Incubator, Cleveland, OH — Master class and incubator exploring dance as activism
Histories, Healing, and Movement, Concordia International School, Shanghai, China — Workshop examining ancestry, connection, and movement in Black Diaspora
“i”, Downtown Movement and Dance, Los Angeles, CA — Grassroots movement study inspired by the Black Arts Movement
Afro-Jazz & Dance for Social Justice, The Dancer in Me Long Beach Dance Festival, CA — Arts activism and Afro-Jazz master classes
Histories, Healing, and Movement, BAM Dance Africa, Brooklyn, NY — Workshop exploring Acogny Technique, Contemporary Modern, Djembe Dances
Community Dance Circle, Milwaukee, WI — Healing drum and dance circle rooted in African experience
2018
Ecole des Sables: Black Danse III, Toubab Dialaw, Senegal — Six-week intensive in West African traditional dances & Germaine Acogny Technique
Napaam Beogo: Lacina Coulibaly, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso — One-week intensive in Mande Technique (West African dance)
Restore Arts Festival, Los Angeles, CA — Festival for women of color choreographers and filmmakers
Restore Weekend, Milwaukee, WI — Dance festival for women of color choreographers & youth initiative (The Gem Project)
2016–2017
Signature Dance Company Intensive, Milwaukee, WI — Ballet, Afro-Modern, Horton, Jazz, African, Repertoire (Beginning–Professional)
The Jade Charon Experience, Milwaukee, WI — Afro-Modern, Dance Composition, Pedagogy of Trauma (Beginning–Professional)
CUNY Service & (2020–2026)
Assessment Coordinator for the Department of Dance, Hunter College, Present
Co-Creation in the Arts Faculty Committee, Hunter College, Present
Faculty Senate, Alternate, Hunter College, Present
CUNY Dance Initiative Selection Committee, Hunter College, 2026
American College Dance Association, Faculty Chaperone, Hunter College, 2026
Winter Dance Intensive Co-Leader, Hunter College, 2026
Dance Department Assembly, Co-Facilitator, Hunter College, 2025
Placement Auditions, Teacher, Hunter College, 2025- Present
CUNY Dance Initiative, Campus Partner, Medgar Evers College, 2024-2025
Middle States Self-Study Standard IV – Support of the Student Experience Working Group, Committee Member, Medgar Evers College, 2024-2025
BRESI Grant, Peer Reviewer, The City University of New York, 2024
Student Success Committee, Committee Member, Medgar Evers College, 2024-2025
Dance & Media Unit, Unit Leader, Medgar Evers College, 2023- 2025
College Council, Committee Member, Medgar Evers College, 2023-2025
Department P&B, Committee Member, Medgar Evers College, 2023-2025
Graduation Ceremony Committee, Committee Member, Medgar Evers College, 2023-2024
Medgar Evers College Dance Ensemble, Faculty Advisor, Medgar Evers College, 2022-2025
Governance Committee, Committee Member, Medgar Evers College, 2022–2023
Recruitment Committee, Committee Member, Medgar Evers College, 2022–2025
Curricula Committee, Committee Member, Medgar Evers College, 2021–2024
Arts Alive Committee, Chair, Medgar Evers College, 2020–2024
Community Service & Affiliations (2017–2025)
Dancing While Black, Co- Director, Angela’s Pulse, Present
Dancing While Black, Grant Selection Panelists, Angela’s Pulse, 2025
Dance on Camera, Grant Selection Panelists, Dance Films Association, 2025
Saudi Aramco Expatriate Schools, Career Day Speaker, Invited Guest 2024
Reba J Crawford Memorial Day Tribute Community, Program Designer, 2023
MEC Transition Academy, Food Giveaway, Volunteer, 2023
Free Gold Children’s Book Readings, Donated Services, Reader and Author, 2022-Present
UCLA's Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Commission, University Committee, Subcommittee Member, 2020
The Milwaukee Give, Volunteer/Service Work 2020- Present
Restore Dance Festival, founder, 2017-Present
International Association of Blacks in Dance, Member, 2017–Present