Research Discipline/Bio
Jade Charon Robertson is an award-winning choreographer, filmmaker, author, educator, entrepreneur, and mother, hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is an Associate Professor of Dance and Media Technology at Medgar Evers College and the Founder and Artistic Director of 30:11 By Jade Charon and By Jade Charon Company. She is currently pursuing the Interdisciplinary specialization doctoral degree in the Ed.D. Dance Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, with research interests in digital choreography that combines dance films and new media technologies, digital Black feminism, and interdisciplinary dance curricula.
Educational Background
Masters of Fine Arts, Dance, The Department of World Arts &Cultures/Dance,University of California,Los Angeles, 2018.
Bachelors of Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts concentration Dance & Theater, Columbia College Chicago, 2011.
Honors/Awards
2024 Award Recipient Arnold Scholarship/ Teachers College, Columbia University
2024 Choreographic Fellow Dancing While Black/ Angela’s Pulse
2023 Award Recipient Best Futurist Filmmaker /Cannes World Film Festival
2022 Fresh Tracks Artist in Residence Bill T Jones/ New York Live Arts
2020 Anne Weston & Hicks Choreography Fellow at The School of Jacob’s Pillow
Publications/Exhibitions
Selected Film Publications
Robertson, Jade Charon, director, writer, and choreographer. Gold Sphere. Vimeo, 2023, https://vimeo.com/813045906. Accessed 2024.
Robertson, Jade Charon, director and choreographer. Gold. Vimeo, 2020 Gold. Vimeo, 2020, https://vimeo.com/ondemand/golddancefilm. Accessed 2024.
Robertson, Jade Charon, director and choreographer. Recharge. Vimeo, 2018, https://vimeo.com/274188323. Accessed 2024.
Multimedia Works Publications
Robertson, Jade Charon, choreographer and director. “Gold Pylon.” 2023, New York City, Bill T. Jones/New York Live Arts.
Journal Publications
Robertson, Jade C. “ Dance Films as Public Humanities.” Public Humanities Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
In-press
Charon Robertson, Jade. “Empowering dance and technology education: 10 vital steps for implementation in underfunded spaces within predominantly Black institutions.” Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research, vol. 6, no. 1, July 2024, pp. 110–115, https://doi.org/10.37534/bp.jhssr.2024.v6.n1.id1231.p110.
Robertson, Jade Charon. “Moving Through.” The Dancer-Citizen, no. 18, 15 May 2024. The Space In-Between, https://doi.org/https://dancercitizen.org/issue-18/jade-robertson/.
Last Updated: Nov 3, 2024