Darvejon A. Jones (dar-vee-yawn) (he/they) is a father of two + a multidisciplinary dance-based artist, teacher, and scholar. Dance, for him, is a sacred private and public act; a kind of prayer, and a way to conjure spirit and truth from the body, reliant on sweat, rhythm, and ceremony. Since 2020, Darvejon has made work concerned with death, harnessing phantasmagoric elements, grief rituals, and Americana imagery, using rage as a potent research tool to convey the United States of America as being in a state of emergency to call his audiences to action. These works have been showcased at La MaMa Moves festival at La MaMa Experimental Theater, Triskelion Arts, The Kraine Theater, and The Kaye Playhouse, and Pioneers Go East Collective’s Crossroads series at Socrates Sculpture Park in New York City.
Darvejon is a protean dancer and dance maker. He attests that dance is a genuine way of knowing and is inherently transdisciplinary. He approaches making linguistically and conceptualizes movement phrases as languages, emissaries of knowing. His written work deals with interpretation as a byproduct of the inescapable spheres in which the interpreter and the interpreted are located. Jones brings his whole (sentient) self with him into the studio, the notebook, the keyboard, and the theater. His writing appears in CULTUREBOT, BOMB Magazine, Pepatián’s Write Your Future 2024, and 2025 Collected Essays. His scholarly writing is under peer review.
Darvejon holds a BA in Dance Performance and Choreography, a minor in Japanese Language and Literature from San Francisco State University, and an MFA in Dance from Hunter College. As a student, he received many awards, scholarships, and distinctions that recognized his scholarly contributions, outstanding performance, and technical skill. He is the recipient of the FY 2025 Faculty Advancement Award from the Office of the Provost at Hunter College and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s 2026 Creative Engagement Grant. Darvejon is a four-time reappointed, tenure-track assistant professor of Dance at Hunter College, part of the City University of New York. He has provided instruction and mentorship to students across various levels in the BA, MA in Dance Education, and MFA programs intended for returning professionals. Additionally, he has developed curricula, written courses, and serves as the dance department's assessment coordinator.