About

Me.

Jerron Herman is a dancer and writer who is compelled to create images of freedom. His process is supported by personal histories and social legacies of disability aesthetics that undermine notions of production in favor of welcoming. The nuanced pieces Jerron exhibits contend with an early childhood desire to create many worlds in which others inhabit.

In addition to his award-winning works in 2019, Jerron’s pieces include PHYS ED (2018) which premiered at Gibney Dance Center following in-progress showings at Marlboro College and Snug Harbor. a Rest, a multimedia P.E. simulation involving looped video of the dance and an adjoining choreo-map, exhibited at the Dedalus Foundation in ABS’ Art & Disability Cohort’s show, Means of Egress, curated by Lisa Dent. Untitled Red (2019), was a cyclical movement response to Constantina Zavitsanos’ first solo show, L&D Motel, at Participant, Inc.

Jerron has served on the Board of Trustees at Dance/USA since 2017, most recently as Vice Chair. He’s been a Selection Committee member for the NY Performing Arts “Bessie’s” Awards and also served on panels for NYSCA, Dance/NYC, The Lark, Eyebeam, and Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. As a curator, Jerron facilitated the series Access Check 2.0: Mapping Accessibility for the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. In 2021 he developed a speaking series for the Joyce Theater called Discourse: Disabled Artists at the Joyce, bringing together NYC-based disabled artists to showcase their work across three distinct conversations. In addition, his writings on arts and culture have been published in the US and internationally and his play, 3 Bodies, appears in Theater Magazine’s May/June 2022 issue.

Jerron has also been featured as a model for Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, Chromat, and FFORA campaigns. He modeled a prototype of adaptive wear he consulted on during Nike’s Fashion Week show in 2018. He serves as an Ambassador for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation and regularly works with designers and artisans to realize beauty.

From 2011-2019 Jerron was a core member of Heidi Latsky Dance, having been featured at Lincoln Center, ADF, and abroad in Greece and Armenia in tandem with his occupation as the Development Director from 2017-2019. He’s since joined Disability Arts collective Kinetic Light as a choreographic collaborator realizing the work Wired. Jerron has guest lectured at The New School, NYU, Harvard University and was the Artist/Scholar in Residence at Georgetown. He was also a visiting choreographer for Mark Morris Dance Group’s Student Company. He studied Playwriting at NYU/Tisch School of the Arts and received a B.A. from The King’s College.