Jonah Carrel (he/him) is a North Carolinian postmodern contemporary choreographer, performer, and dance scholar currently working in Manhattan. His choreography converses with and interrogates an assortment of histories relating to dance, society, and the natural world. Grounding these conversations with physically demanding, irreverent, and absurd movement, Carrel aims to illuminate these histories' affects in the present and their future potentials. How can the body be a site for historical research and understanding? How can our present bodies shift perspectives of the past and make changes in the future?

Through group and solo performances in environments, ranging from proscenium and black box theaters to studio spaces and museum galleries, Carrel upends the historical norm of exclusivity and makes concert dance more accessible and approachable to audiences.

As a freelancer, Carrel has choreographed and presented an array of live performances for venues like the Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro, BOOM Charlotte, College of Charleston, and Greensboro Project Space. As a performer, Carrel has worked with prominent contemporary choreographers Joanna Kotze, Jordan Llyod, Hélèn Simoneau, Chelsea Hilding, B.J. Sullivan, and ShiYu Liu among others. He holds an MFA in Dance and a BFA in Choreography and Performance from the University of North Carolina Greensboro.