JEAN APPOLON

Jean Appolon is a successful choreographer and teacher based in Boston and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Appolon received his earliest training and performance opportunities in Port-au-Prince with the Lynn Williams Rousier Dance School, the Viviane Gauthier Dance Company and the Folkloric Ballet of Haiti. Appolon continued his dance education in the U.S. at the Harvard and Radcliffe Dance Program (1995-1996, Boston, MA), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (1996-1998, New York, NY) and the Joffrey American Ballet School (1998-2003, New York, NY), where he graduated in 2003. In addition to the companies and schools listed above, Appolon has also performed with Rainbow Tribe Company, Elma Lewis Productions (Black Nativity), Marlene Silva, North Star Ballet Company, Black Door Dance Company, and the Atlantic City Ballet Company.

While directing his own company, Jean Appolon Expressions, Appolon teaches regularly at The Dance Complex, Boston Ballet, The Gold School, Wellesley College, UMass Boston and Brown University, among other locations. Beginning in 2006, Appolon conceived and has directed a free annual summer dance course in Port-au-Prince that serves young, aspiring Haitian dancers who do not have regular access to dance training. Appolon’s vision is to expand the summer course into a year-round performing arts school based in Port-au-Prince.

Jean Appolon can be contacted at jaexpressions@gmail.com.