J’Sun Howard is a Chicago-based dancemaker whose work centers intimate, generous, and compassionate play between Black and Brown men. His interdisciplinary performances draw from improvisation, visual art, ritual, and poetics to explore care, queer lineage, memory, and transformation through the body. His choreography has been commissioned or presented by institutions such as Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Arts Club of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, Danspace Project (NYC), Center for Performance Research (NYC), Art Theatre Dance Box Kobe (Japan), and M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. His work has also appeared at the New Dance Festival (South Korea), where he received the Best Dance Choreographer Award in 2019, as well as international festivals in Taiwan and Vietnam.
 
Howard is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including the inaugural 2020 Esteemed Artist Award from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and support from the Asian Cultural Council, the National Performance Network, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the US-Japan Friendship Commission. He has been a Links Hall Co-MISSION Fellow, Ragdale Foundation Sybil Shearer Fellow, 3Arts Make A Wave Awardee, and a Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist. His choreography has also been commissioned by Common Conservatory, Northwestern University, Columbia College Chicago, and World Dance Alliance. He holds an MFA and a Graduate Certificate in World Performance Studies from the University of Michigan.