Joy-Marie Thompson
Teaching Artist
Joy-Marie Thompson is a performing artist, writer, and educator from Pittsburgh, PA. After receiving her BFA from SUNY Purchase’s Conservatory of Dance in 2018, they professionally performed work by Shamel Pitts, STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos, Sidra Bell and Maxine Doyle. Joy-Marie was a resident at The McKittrick Hotel in Sleep No More (NYC) and is currently working with Baye and Asa under the direction of Amadi Washington and Sam Pratt. As a movement director and collaborator, they have presented work at: August Wilson Center, American Dance Guild, the Women in Dance Conference, Festival PRISMA, Derida Stage, PearlArts Studios, Arts on Site, and many film festivals including the Dance Film Association’s #mydancefilm at Lincoln Center. As an educator, Joy-Marie teaches various forms of movement improvisation as a guest lecturer at SUNY Purchase, Montclair State University, and Gibney Dance Education teaching improvisation and pilates. Joy-Marie’s writing has been published by Imagining: A Gibney Journal and Thinking Dance. They currently live in Queens, NY.
IG: @joymarie.thompson