Joan Bradford

Categories: Teaching Artist, Theater & Performance, Dance

Joan Bradford (she/her) is a choreographer, dancer, arts administrator, and teaching artist proudly born, raised, and still residing in The Bronx, ancestral and 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, liryan movement, MizantyMoves Dance Works, KamrDANCE, Praevado Dance Collective, and Mise en Danse throughout the tri-state and in residencies through Temple University, Penn State, Wilson College, Dance Place, Double Edge, The Iron Factory, NCCAkron, Middlebury College, 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, 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 Dancing Futures Residency presented by Pepatián and BAAD! under the mentorship of Sydnie L. Mosley and Alexandra Beller, and was a 2021-2022 Fellow with the University Settlement’s Performance Project. Currently, Joan is a Creative Partner, Rehearsal Director, and Production & Administrative Manager with Sydnie L. Mosley Dances, a Teaching Artist with The Bronx House Senior Center, a freelance arts project manager, and Co-chair of the Dance/NYC Junior Committee. Joanbradford.com