jhon r. stronks (she/they/he) jhon is a queer identifying, gender fluid, dancer/singer. jhon currently serves as the Director of Programming for Houston Met Dance (HMD), where they started as a faculty member and Youth Company Director in 2006. In 2011 jhon joined the administrative team as Studio Manager and the Artistic Advisory Committee. In 2020 jhon was promoted to HMD Director of Programming and tasked with developing new programming focused on supporting choreographic development and presentation on Houston. Additionally, jhon serves as Production Manager for Dance Source Houston (DSH), where they have helped to establish, develop and facilitate a number of capacity building programs including DSH’s Artist in Residence (AIR) program.

jhon is the Artistic Director of “there…in the sunlight” a project heading that functions as a vehicle for their independent choreographic projects. As a choreographer jhon’s has been accused of presenting audiences with seemingly unruly work that reveals itself according to its own logic. stronks’ choreographic expressions combine the fundamental elements of composition, with a confluence of movement styles and techniques drawn from a personal movement foundation in Modern, Post-Modern, Jazz, Ballet and Africanist dance training.

jhon’s choreographic awards and achievements include 2018 Rec Room Arts HTX Residency, Houston Press’s 2014 Houston MasterMind, two Houston Press Best of 2013 awards in the Contemporary/Modern Dance Category, two 2008 Buff Orpington Awards for Houston Contemporary Dance Achievement, Best Choreographic Work Under 15 Minutes and Best Choreographic Work 15 to 40 Minutes. Most recently jhon was the Spring 2019 Visiting Dance Artist in Residence for the BFA Conservatory Dance program at The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.

jhon is the Artistic Director of “there…in the sunlight” a project heading that functions as a vehicle for their independent choreographic projects. As a choreographer jhon’s has been accused of presenting audiences with seemingly unruly work that reveals itself according to its own logic. stronks’ choreographic expressions combine the fundamental elements of composition, with a confluence of movement styles and techniques drawn from a personal movement foundation in Modern, Post-Modern, Jazz, Ballet and Africanist dance training.

jhon’s choreographic awards and achievements include 2018 Rec Room Arts HTX Residency, Houston Press’s 2014 Houston MasterMind, two Houston Press Best of 2013 awards in the Contemporary/Modern Dance Category, two 2008 Buff Orpington Awards for Houston Contemporary Dance Achievement, Best Choreographic Work Under 15 Minutes and Best Choreographic Work 15 to 40 Minutes. Most recently jhon was the Spring 2019 Visiting Dance Artist in Residence for the BFA Conservatory Dance program at The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.