Photo by Kitoko Chargois
Jasmine Hearn
Jasmine Hearn was born and raised on occupied lands now known as Houston, TX. They are an interdisciplinary artist, director, choreographer, organizer, teaching artist, and a 2017 and 2021 Bessies award-winning performer. Jasmine’s commitment to dance is an expansive practice that includes performance, collaboration, and memory-keeping.
Jasmine’s creative embodied practice is rooted in a layering of dance, somatic, and vocal traditions and methodologies. As a teaching artist and choreographer, they are greatly influenced by teachers and mentors, Claudette Johnson, Byronné J Hearn, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Marlies Yearby, Kathryn Leary, Staycee Pearl, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, jhon r. stronks, Samantha Speis, Chanon Judson, Kendra Portier, Barbara Mahler, Pamela Pietro, Sherie van den Wijngaard, Joy KMT, Alisha B. Wormsley, Samita Sinha, and Li Harris.
2016 Van Lier Emerging Artist of Color Fellow,
2018 Artist-in-Residence,
Faculty,
Morning Class Faculty,
MELT Faculty,
Spring 2020 [email protected] Artist,
[email protected] Artist
Past Classes & Events
[In-person] A patient unfolding: We will build this moment together |
Jul 11 – Jul 15, 2022 | melt |
[Virtual] Map 003: Listening to Color |
Jan 17 – Jan 21, 2022 | melt |
[In-person] Morning Class |
Wed & Fri, Dec 8 – Dec 18, 2021 | class |
[Virtual] mapping pleasure in my/your body |
June 01, 2021 | class |
[Virtual] mapping pleasure in my/your body |
Tue, May 4 – May 11, 2021 | class |
[Virtual] Morning Class |
Mon, Nov 2 – Nov 23, 2020 | class |
[Virtual] Morning Class |
September 18, 2020 | class |
[Virtual] Morning Class |
September 14, 2020 | class |
[Virtual] MELT – make me a home |
Jul 20 – Jul 24, 2020 | melt |
[Virtual] Morning Class |
Tue & Thu, Apr 21 – Apr 23, 2020 | class |
[Virtual] Morning Class |
Tue & Thu, Apr 7 – Apr 9, 2020 | class |
Movement Research at the Judson Church |
March 09, 2020 | performance |
Morning Class |
Mon & Fri, Sep 23 – Sep 27, 2019 | class |
MELT–listening to pleasure at the boundary |
Jul 29 – Aug 2, 2019 | melt |
Morning Class |
Mon & Fri, Mar 25 – Mar 29, 2019 | class |
[email protected] – Morning Class |
January 18, 2019 | class |
Movement Research at the Judson Church |
December 10, 2018 | performance |
Morning Class |
Tue & Thu, Dec 4 – Dec 18, 2018 | class |
Morning Class |
November 26, 2018 | class |
MELT–fantasy feeling and the erotic |
Jul 30 – Aug 3, 2018 | melt |
Morning Class |
April 05, 2018 | class |
Movement Research at the Judson Church |
February 26, 2018 | performance |
Vertigo |
June 03, 2017 | event |
A Glit Together |
Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2016 | performance |
Movement Research at the Judson Church |
September 19, 2016 | performance |