“insistent energy, authenticity, and individuality”
Event preview in the Boston Globe, “36 of the best arts events coming to New England this spring,” March 2022
Article about award presentation in The Crimson, “Harambee Hosts Sixth Annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference at HDS,” February 2022
Interview with Jean in Voyage MIA, “Conversations with Jean Appolon,” November 2021
Event preview in the Boston Globe, “10 dance highlights to look forward to this season,” November 2021
Article in the Boston Globe, “Celebrating the strength and creativity of Boston’s immigrant communities,” September 2021
Article in the Boston Globe, “Completely traumatized: Local Haitian community members feel betrayed by US treatment of Haitian migrants,” September 2021
Article in the BU Daily Free Press, “BU Arts Initiative hosts its annual arts fair, bringing Boston arts community together,” September 2021
Event preview in the Boston Globe, “What’s happening in the arts world,” September 2021
Article in the Boston Globe, “Amid the Biotechs in Kendall Square, a place for dance,” February 2021
Grantee announcement in WBUR, “Boston Foundation Names Newest Live Arts Boston Grantees, Most Diverse Cohort Yet,” June 2021
Article in wbur’s The ARTery, “New Relief Grants Awarded to Keep Local Arts Organizations Alive",” January, 2021
Article in the Boston Globe, “Six bright spots in dance this year,” December, 2020
Article in the Boston Globe, “Roll up the rug for a surprising array of dance classes, all taught online,” March, 2020
Event preview in The New York Times, “5 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend,” August, 2019
Article in Loop Haiti, “Un Haitiano-Américain dans le plus grand festival de danse aux USA,” June, 2019
Event preview in wbur’s The ARTery, “#hellablack Provides Safe Space for Black Expression and Artistry,” February, 2019
Interview with Jean Appolon about TRAKA by Danielle Legros Georges (Professor of Creative Writing at Lesley University and Poet Laureate of Boston, 2015-2019), published in the Journal of Haitian Studies, 2018
Review in Le Nouvelliste, “Quand Jean Appolon Expressions célèbre la vie d’Emerante de Pradines",” July, 2018
Feature article in DigBoston, "Alternative Medicine: Haiti, Dance, and Healing with Jean Appolon," August 2016
Feature article in Le Nouvelliste, "Un cinquième round pour le camp de Jean Appolon," July 2016
Feature article in Le Nouvelliste, “Autour de la quatrième édition du camp de danse de Jean Appolon,” July 2016
Feature article in The Bay State Banner, “Haitian Dancer/Choreographer Jean Appolon Gives Back Through Dance,” March 2015
Feature article in Le Nouvelliste, “Une neuvième édition pour Jean Appolon Summer Dance,” July 2014
Interview with Jean Appolon on WBUR/NPR, May 2014
Interview with Jean Appolon on Kreyolicious.com, March 2014
Feature article in Dance Studio Life magazine, “Heat, Horton and Happiness,” January 2014
Article in The Harvard Crimson, “Haiti Through Dialogue and Dance,” September 2013
Feature article in Le Nouvelliste, “Comme une ode à Emerante de Pradines,” July 2013
Feature article in Le Nouvelliste, “Jean Appolon un danseur rebelle,” July 2013
Feature story in The Boston Globe, “Dancing for Haiti,” June 2013
Interview with Jean Appolon on Latitudes, broadcast on NPR stations nationwide, October 2012
Article in the Boston Haitian Reporter, “Jean Appolon Leads Dance Class in Cambridge,” December 2011
Feature story on NPR, “Through Dance, Haitians Process Their Pain,” May 2010
Jean Appolon interviewed by World Vision Report following the January 2010 earthquake disaster in Haiti
Jean Appolon featured on World Vision Report, December 2009
Press Releases
2015 Jean Appolon Summer Dance Institute To Take Place At Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince June
July 24, 2015–April 16, 2015
Jean Appolon Expressions To Premiere Angaje Production at Boston Center for the Arts
November 1, 2014
Jean Appolon Expressions Receives Grant Award from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Promote Social Equity for Young Haitians Through Dance Education
May 13, 2014