Jason Herbert Dance

A Pre-Covid video dump that feels good 💜 - Jason Herbert Dance (Circa 2019)

Come BLOOM with us this Saturday for the premiere of a New Work in progress by Jason Herbert, performed by Grace McDaniel titled, FEELING GOOD 🥀 Feelin Good is a solo set to the music, voice, and words of the great Nina Simone, in tribute to the evenings theme: IN BLOOM Dance Compilation - an evening of original works by local NYC choreographers exploring transformation, growth, and in many ways we “bloom”, personally, politically, and poetically. May 16th • 8pm • Location: @baadbronx • $20 Entry (DM for FriendsOfJason Discount) • Limited Seats • Link in Bio Head uptown and see you there. Let’s BLOOM together! 🌹 * I do not own the rights to this music and is not a reflection of the actual work presented. #INBLOOM #JASONHERBERTDANCE #DAAD #NINASIMONE #CONTEMPORARYDANCE

Today, Jason Herbert gained another year of life. 🙏🏾 💜 The best birthday present would be for you to support our upcoming performance of Soul Ties at @dixonplace presented by @creativeperformances . Thank you to another year and see you there. 🙏🏾. /35526/production/1041421/?performanceId=11807056 #dance #moderndance #soulties #hasonherbertdance #viral

IN BLOOM this May in the Bronx 🌸 Jason Herbert is proud to present new solo work as part of Dance Compilation: In Bloom — an evening of original works by NYC choreographers exploring transformation, growth, and the many ways we bloom. 📍 BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance @baadbronx 📍 The Bronx, NY 🗓️ Saturday, May 16, 2026 🕗 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM In Bloom reflects on moments of transformation—what it means to open, to risk, and to take space. From fragile growth to wild overgrowth, from late bloomers to flowers breaking through concrete, this powerful night of dance celebrates resilience, emergence, and becoming. Come witness bold movement, fresh voices, and the creative spirit of NYC artists in full bloom. 🎟️ Tickets available now by clicking the link in bio/below: /e/dance-compilation-in-bloom-tickets-1986958980799 #JasonHerbertDance #InBloom #BAAD #BronxDance #NYCDance

SOUL TIES takes the stage in NYC this June. Jason Herbert presents an excerpt of Soul Ties as part of 8 in Show at Dixon Place @dixonplace presented by @creativeperformances 📍 Tuesday, June 17, 2026 🕢 7:30 PM 📍 Dixon Place Soul Ties traces the spiritual, emotional, and ancestral bonds that connect people across generations. Rooted in postmodern aesthetics and infused with African diasporic movement, modern dance, jazz, and anthropological storytelling, the work explores how identity, resilience, spirituality, and inherited memory continue to shape the human experience through one invisible thread. This is dance as living archive. This is culture carried through the body. This is history in motion. Through rhythm, ceremony, instinct, shared gestures, and collective resilience, the dancers become living museums—preserving legacy through movement. 🎟️ Tickets on sale now Purchase tickets through the link in bio / below. Direct Ticket link: /35526/production/1041421/ ✨ SPECIAL SUPPORTER OFFER — Save $5 Per Ticket Follow Jason Herbert on Instagram @JasonHerbertDance Sign up for news & updates with your email at the bottom of the ticket page DM on Instagram or email [email protected] Once confirmed, receive your discount code. Come support bold new dance, independent artistry, and a powerful evening of performance in NYC. #JasonHerbertDance #SoulTies #DixonPlace #NYCDance #BlackDance ModernDance PostmodernDance DancePerformance ThingstoDoNYC SupportTheArts JuneteenthSeason

We’re a bit late for #internationaldanceday but here’s a #TBT of the amazing @ruebrownmusic and alexisallon performing my first paid choreographic work, ‘Lilian’s Blues’ back in 2024 for the Thelma Hill Performing Arts Festival: Souls of Our Feet: People of Color Dance Festival. Big thanks to @walterutledge and @alexjr1048 for believing in a then dancer and now emerging choreographer from Harlem ❤️🙏🏾 Dance on y’all!! Sometimes that’s all you can do. 🙂 #performingart #blackdance #dancesaveslives

Introducing the Choreographers of KoDaFe in NYC 2026 🎉 @jasonherbertdance Jason Herbert is a choreographer, performer, and entrepreneur whose work bridges artistry, culture, and community. A graduate of the Harlem School of the Arts, the Martha Graham School, the Alvin Ailey School, and the Boston Conservatory, he has performed with Philadanco!, Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Kymera Dance, Balance Dance Theater, and Ballet Noir. His stage credits include the Tony Award–winning Broadway musical FELA! and Diane Paulus and Sergio Trujillo’s Invisible Thread. As a choreographer, Herbert has created works for Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center, Emerging Artist Theatre’s Spark Festival, LIU Post Concert Dance Company, and the NYC Department of Education. His notable pieces include Lillian’s Blues, Anti-Domini, Kairos Divide, The Miles Davis Suite, and A Ramp to Paradise. Founder and CEO of JR Media Group, Herbert continues to merge dance, media, and cultural storytelling. Inspired by pioneers such as Abdel Salaam and Alvin Ailey, his work honors African diasporic traditions while celebrating innovation through the advancement of our artistic community through movement.

Throwback to a quick phrase after having the honor of teaching @evidencedance company class. If you’ve taken my class before, it may look familiar. It’s always good to witness a dancers discovery of something new. Big thanks to Ron and Arcell 🙏🏾❤️ Don’t forget to SAVE THE DATE “8 In A Show” at Dixon Place June 17th! New work. A New creation everyday. Tickets will be available in the coming weeks so stay tuned!

Covid 19 had me in my feelings and it’s ok 🙂 All of what’s inside of me will soon come out. I’m filled with excitement and am patient for wherever this next step takes me. 💚

Story Time/Long Post Alert! I’ve been contemplating doing this particular post but I trust in god to order my steps and fight these battles. November 10th, 2025 I underwent a long overdue Full Achilles Tendon surgery. Why was my Achilles only attached by about 15%-20% and didn’t even know. 😒 Ouch!! Don’t be sad because it was the first time in 25 years of dancing that I’ve had to take off more than a week or two. I feel so blessed for the body that has kept me. I also felt so defeated because I’m a full time artists and have a second career in media with @thejrmediagroup and this meant no standing walking running or dancing or money for months. To top it off, mental health shifted while Sunday online church, allot of prayer/meditation, and weekly psychiatrist kept me together. Debt increased and so much more but I persevered. Tomorrow, March 10th will be the 4th month in recovery from my surgery and two months out of a very heavy boot. All the while I choreographed and presented 10 new or in progress ballets in 2025. More than I ever did in my performing career. Thus, god told me it’s time. Ever since then, ballets, movements, themes, and dancers have been pouring out of me emotionally and mentally but I haven’t dance myself since my first American Dance Festival performance summer 2025 with Forces. Today I stepped out on faith, prayed for this new Achilles, worked out a bit, and turned on the music in preparation for the premier of my newest work in progress, “Soul Ties”. I’ve was invited to present a work in Dixon Place’s dance series “8 in Show” @creativeperformances 🙏🏾 🗓 Wednesday, June 17, 2026 ⏰ 7:30 PM 📍 161A Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002 Save the date. More details to come but here’s a sneak peak of an improve that I most likely will never set as I perform in June for the first time after the surgery. Just wanted to feel something besides walking a dog. It will be a very special evening for me and I will be very emotional so come watch a brother from harlem and a few phenomenal dancers who I adore so much share what we’ve been working on. You know my motto. There’s more to come so stay tuned!!!! #jasonherbertdance

The lab is where you make it… so let’s create… New Ballet Alert! Jason Herbert Dance has been invited to perform in Dixon Place’s dance series “8 in Show” @creativeperformances 🗓 Wednesday, June 17, 2026 ⏰ 7:30 PM 📍 161A Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002 Save the date. More details to come. And thank you @ballettech and @iamkarismajay for hosting my workshop and @creativeperformances for the opportunity to premier a new work 🙏🏾❤️ This is just the beginning. #jasonherbertdance #choreographer #artist #dixonplacr #newwork

Black History Month would not be complete without the Black Women who’ve paved the way. 🙏🏾 Here’s a TBT of Jason Herbert dancing with dance icon Dyane Harvey - Salaam @ladydy161 in one of Baba Abdel Salaams Iconic works. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackDance #DanceOrigins #historyart