JORDYN GIBSON

COMPANY MEMBER SINCE 2023

Jordyn Gibson (she/her) is an emerging dance professional based in Chicago, Illinois. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, she began her training at the Louisville Ballet School and continued with the Youth Performing Arts School. Gibson recently graduated in May of 2023 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a BFA in Dance and high academic honors. During her time at the university, she received a myriad of acknowledgments and awards, including Outstanding Undergraduate Performance Award, Undergraduate Project Award, and the Ahmad D. & Dulce G. Issa Dance Scholarship. Jordyn also received a Community Leadership Award, University YMCA Bailey Scholars Award, the LAC Fortitude Scholarship from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the Louisville NAACP Scholarship. Gibson has trained in ballet, modern, house, and other dances of the African diaspora.

At the University of Illinois, she performed works by Endalyn Taylor, Donald Byrd, Bevara Anderson, Abby Williams Chin, and Paige Cunningham-Calderella. She has participated in summer intensives such as the Professional Division of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Dance Festival, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

A leader, mentor, and advocate in her community, Jordyn believes in dedication to important causes. She is a founding member of the Black Advocacy Team at the University of Illinois where she strived to make safer spaces in the dance community for black students. Gibson is thrilled to begin her first season with Red Clay Dance.