Cycles of time and self-invention
A ritual of compositional practice

Bone branches that root in the collective
Refolding entangled identities

Each posture is another angle

Establishing rhythm without symmetry

A game of hide and seek
Self- isolation and disappearance

Manic gatherings of research

A dream of that which can only be felt

A visual offering, intended to bring movement to the landscape of the mind.

“My time at DAS has brought deep reflection of my artistic past. I’ve been confronted with old value systems that have made me reconsider how I work with form in dance. It has been a time of artistic recalibration. MOONCRY is a container for my research, my thinking, my questions, and my emotional journey here at DAS. It is not an end, but rather a means to move forward.”

Jordan Demetrius Lloyd is a dance artist based in Brooklyn, NY. He is currently pursuing a Master’s in Choreography at DAS and holds a BFA from The College at Brockport. Jordan works as a choreographer, teacher, and performer, creating a multidimensional practice that allows him to explore dance from different orientations.

As a performer, he has collaborated with and performed for Beth Gill, Netta Yerushalmy, Jonathan Gonzalez, Tere O’Connor, David Dorfman Dance, Donna Uchizono, Monica Bill Barnes, Joanna Kotze, and more. 

His teaching practice has brought him to the American Dance Festival, where he is currently on faculty. He has also taught at Rutgers University, New York University, University of the Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, and Mark Morris Dance Center. 

His work has been produced by: Danspace Project, New York Live Arts, BRIC, ISSUE Project Room, LaMama, BAAD!, Movement Research at Judson Memorial Church and the Center for Performance Research. 

He received the 2021-2023 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship and is a recipient of the Mertz Gilmore/New York Foundation for the Arts Dancer Award. He was listed on Dance Magazine’s 2023 ‘25 to Watch’ list, and his work Blackbare in the Basement was nominated for two NY Dance & Performance Bessie Awards. For more, head tojordandlloyd.com