Jay Carlon

Photo by Marissa Mooney

Jay Carlon (he/they) is a performance artist, choreographer and community organizer whose work facilitates shared healing, exploring postcolonial identity, ancestry, and the complex queer/Filipinx experience. The youngest of 12 in a migrant family, Carlon connects a global network of AAPI creatives and communities. Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 To Watch,” Carlon has shown work with the Filipino American National Historical Society, at REDCAT, homeLA, Lincoln Center, and more; and performed with The Industry Opera, Oguri, Bill T. Jones, and the Metropolitan Opera. Commercial work includes performance and choreography for Mndsgn, Kanye West, and Solange Knowles; and as associate director with aerial spectacle company Sway at the Olympics and Super Bowl.