photo by Michelle Bliss
Jonah Tran
is a queer, Vietnamese American artist, originally from Mustang, Oklahoma. He is a freelance artist based in Brooklyn, New York and earned his BFA in Dance at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. He has had the privilege of performing works by acclaimed choreographers such as Kyle Abraham, Peter Chu, Lauren Edson, Roderick George, Jiří Kylián, Megan Paradowski, Micaela Taylor, and JA Collective. He was most recently in residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, where he performed an evening-length work “On Second Thought” with BEMOVING by Bret Easterling, and was featured in a music video for the album “How To Quit Smoking” by Dominic Fike, directed by JA Collective.
Jonah furthered his training by participating in programs like the BEMOVING Dance Program under the direction of Bret Easterling, and Springboard Danse SpringboardX under the direction of Alexandra Wells, in addition to working creatively with artists such as Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, Omri Drumlevich, and Dolly Sfier.