Chanon is an investigative-innovator. In the tradition of a litany of makers that have used the arts to unmask history, mend, learn and access liberation, Chanon collages multiple modalities of performance practice to craft solutions. Largely, Chanon makes by way of dance-theatre, performance, visual design, and the curation of art-based communal practices that encourage play, self reflection and engagement with jazz as an organizing aesthetic. 

 

Chanon is an Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo. She served as Co-Artistic Director and ensemble performer with Urban Bush Women. Choreographic credits include “Haint Blu,” “Hair and Other Stories” (UBW), “The Priestess of Twerk” (Nia Witherspoon),“The Hang” (Taylor Mac, Niegel Smith), “Cannabis! A Viper Vaudeville” (Talvin Wilks, Baba Israel, Grace Galu) “The Invention of Tragedy” (Meghan Finn). Performance-Collaborator Credits include, Dancing with Glass - The Piano Etudes, Snake Hips in our DNA, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, God’s Trombone, and the Tony award winning musical Fela!