I am a dancer, choreographer, producer, and sometimes sculptor based in New York City. I trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet, and hold a Certificate in Contemporary Dance from Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet Training Program. I was a company dancer with Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theatre from 2021-2023. In New York City, I have performed for Mark Bankin in a manmade lake, with Elena Dahn inside her silicon painting, and in other works at Westbeth Artist Housing, Brooklyn Peace Center, Barnard Movement Lab, Physfest NYC, A Space Gallery, and Jeff’s East Village apartment.
My dance work is based in neo-classical ballet and modern dance techniques, because they are my first language. I am interested in challenging these techniques, arranging steps into a syntax that surprises me and challenges the notion of what steps can say. Always, I am using the body to express what I think it shows best: connection, emotion, effort, gravity, and decay.
I produce site specific performances in New York City through Body Artifacts. Body Artifacts curates queer, conceptual performances in unconventional spaces. So far, I, with a number of indelible collaborators, have produced sold-out performances in the chapel of St. John the Divine and the halfpipe of Substance Skatepark.
Resume
Chloe Sonnet Brown
EDUCATION
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City College of New York January 2024-May 2028
Double Major, Psychology and Art
Academic Awards and Fellowships: S. Jay Levy Fellowship for Future Leaders, Queen’s College Arts Leadership Certificate, Dean’s List (all semesters)
Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet Training Program September 2019-June 2021
Certificate in Contemporary Dance
Pacific Northwest Ballet School September 2007-June 2019
Certificate in Contemporary Dance
Summer Intensives
Orsolina 28 Kylian Intensive
Royal Danish Ballet Elite Women
SELECTED DANCE WORK
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Company Dancer, Spectrum Dance Theatre Seattle, WA, August 2021-June 2023
The Harlem Nutcracker, Occurrence 11, Strange Fruit, Grief, Love Is, and Occurrence 10, Donal Byrd
In Search of Something Real, Gregory Dawson San Francisco, May 2021
Uncovering Form, Sidra Bell San Francisco, May 2021
New Bodies, Elena Dahn New York, November 2023
Before I was a Chicken I Was an Egg, Lulu Munteanu New York, March 2024
Disputation Between the Body and The Worms, Mark Bankin New York, December 2024
Joan’s After, Chloe Brown with Alicia Steeves New York, March 2025
Spontaneous Attachment, Sarah Yasmine Marazzi Sassoon New York, January 2026
SELECTED CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK
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Choreographic Commissions: Alibi for the Despairs, Westfest Allover Dance Festival (May 2025), Joan’s After, Angel Visits (March 2025) Terra, Counterpointe 11 (March 2024)
Additional Presentations: I Dug This Hole So You Could Fill It, Worlds In Progress Gallery Show (March 2026), Vessels 2, A Space Gallery (March 2024), Vessels 1, Greenspace (December 2023)
ADDITIONAL CREATIVE WORK
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Founder and Producer, Body Artifacts (Dance Production Company) New York, June 2024-Present
Role Overview: Programming and producing dance performances in unique venues across New York City
Responsibilities: Scouting venue; organizing open call and curating artists; managing rehearsal and performance schedules, ticket sales; producing promotional materials; backstage and front of house management
Key Achievements: Sold out 2025 and 2026 performances; positive reviews in CultureBot, The Dance Enthusiast
Curator, Supr Omen New York, August 2026-October 2026
Role Overview: Curation of 3 monthly performances created by emerging choreographers