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JA Collective, founded by Los Angeles–born artists Jordan Johnson and Aidan Carberry, is a creative duo that fuses contemporary dance, hip-hop, theater, and video to craft a distinct and compelling artistic world. They first gained widespread attention through their direction and choreography for the band half•alive, whose visually striking music videos have garnered millions of views online.
...Read moreJA Collective, founded by Los Angeles–born artists Jordan Johnson and Aidan Carberry, is a creative duo that fuses contemporary dance, hip-hop, theater, and video to craft a distinct and compelling artistic world. They first gained widespread attention through their direction and choreography for the band half•alive, whose visually striking music videos have garnered millions of views online.
Beyond that, their commercial work includes collaborations with major artists such as The Talking Heads, Doja Cat, Future, Paul McCartney, Frank Ocean, Reggie Watts, Margaret Qualley, Mike Mills, Taika Waititi, and Brockhampton, as well as global brands like Apple, Allstate, Snapchat, and Invisalign. Their choreography has received accolades at RIDCC, MasDanza, and Choreography 38, and they recently debuted their first ballet with BalletX at the Vail Dance Festival. In addition to their creative projects, Jordan and Aidan tour internationally as dancers in William Forsythe’s Friends of Forsythe.
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Combining a range of movement forms, JA Collective’s class moves fluidly between the theatrical and the everyday. They build pedestrian gestures into complex sequences, weaving in peculiar pathways and cross-lateral patterns that challenge coordination and expand body awareness. Their goal is to push both mind and body, exploring the edges of creativity and connection through movement. Each class focuses on learning phrases born from their ongoing collaboration.
