Burr Johnson is a dancer and choreographer currently living and working in New York City. As a performer, he has danced with John Jasperse Projects, Kimberly Bartosik/daela, and Shen Wei Dance Arts. He has also worked for Marina Abramović/GIVENCHY, Walter Dundervill, Ryan McNamara, Boris Charmatz, Isabel Lewis, Nick Mauss, Peter Sellars, Christopher Williams, Sally Silvers, Bill Young, Jack Ferver, Moriah Evans, Brittany Bailey, and Netta Yerushalmy. His choreographic work has been presented through Movement Research, Dixon Place, Abrons Art Center, Danspace Project, New York Live Arts, The American Dance Festival, 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, and The American Dance Festival. 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 is a 2020 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award honoree for individual performance in Kimberly Bartosik’s “through the mirror of their eyes”. He also works as a gardener and floral designer. (BFA Virginia Commonwealth University 2009)
