Joan Bradford (she/her/hers) is a choreographer, dancer, arts administrator, and teaching artist proudly born, raised, and still residing in The Bronx, NY, ancestral, stolen, Siwanoy Lenapehoking land. Joan earned her BFA in Dance and minor in Theatre from Long Island University with awards in choreographic achievement and has since collaborated with Sydnie L. Mosley Dances, Alexandra Beller, Alethea Pace, MizantyMoves Dance Works, liryan movement, KamrDANCE, Praevado Dance Collective, and Mise en Danse throughout the tri-state and in residencies through Temple University, Penn State, Wilson College, Middlebury College, Dance Place, Double Edge, The Iron Factory, Gibney Dance, and Lincoln Center. Joan has shared her choreography at venues including Symphony Space, Triskelion Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture, Hunter College's Kaye Playhouse, The Old First Reformed Church, Atlas Studios, The Ritz Theater, Arts on Site, The Tilles Center, Pepatián: Bronx Arts ColLABorative, BAAD! (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance) and The Knockdown Center. Joan has completed choreographic residencies with Lost Dog Dance Theatre in Lewes, England, with the Dancing Futures Residency presented by Pepatián and BAAD! under the mentorship of Sydnie L. Mosley and Alexandra Beller, and was a Fellow with the University Settlement’s Performance Project. Currently, Joan is a Wildlife Theater Performer at The Bronx Zoo, Co-chair of the Dance/NYC Junior Committee, a Teaching Artist with the Bronx House Weinberg Senior Center, and a Bronx Dance Fund Grantee.
