Burr Johnson (dancer)

Burr Johnson has danced for John Jasperse Projects, Kimberly Bartosik/daela, and Shen Wei Dance Arts. He has also worked for Marina Abramović/Givenchy, Walter Dundervill, Ryan McNamara, Netta Yerushalmy, Boris Charmatz, Isabel Lewis, Nick Mauss, Peter Sellars, Christopher Williams, Bill Young, Jack Ferver, and the Merce Cunningham Trust. His choreographic work has been presented through Movement Research, Dixon Place, Abrons Art Center, Danspace Project, The American Dance Festival, GIBNEY, and Works and Process at the Guggenheim. He has guest-taught at Philadelphia University of the Arts, the University of Utah, Salem College, Goucher College, Virginia Commonwealth University, UNC Greensboro, and The American Dance Festival. He has received artist residencies through New York Live Arts Studio Series, The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, and Redtail Arts. He is a 2020 Bessie Honoree, Outstanding Performer, Kimberly Bartosik's “through the mirror of their eyes”. He also works as a gardener and assists New York Times garden writer Margaret Roach with her hillside garden in Copake, NY.