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jeremy de’ jon guyton

@_de_jon_

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artist. alchemist. dreamer. troublemaker.
founder/curator, @althomela

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A huge milestone for our new work in development, BUNKER. 🌌

Deeply honored to receive a @nefa_1976 30th Anniversary National Dance Project Award to continue developing our immersive dance theater work. Immensely grateful for this moment and every single person who has held and shaped this journey. ✨

From dancing in school plays to joining my first dance crew, Groove Theory, at Georgetown, my artistic path has been built on community:

In 2012, I walked into @laura_stein_movement’s living room and was introduced to @dancinggrounds. 🕺🏾 Soon after, I met @m2dae_kris, who invited me to join the @beuknowu dance krewe. After one of our performances, I connected with @kmdanceproject and @catcaldi, who brought me into their company, trained me in modern dance, and expanded my choreographic toolkit.

From there, @stephaniemckeeanderson saw my work in an excerpt of @kmdanceproject’s Taken and invited me into Gomela, catalyzing my time as a core artist with @junebugnola.

Around that time, @ubwdance was piloting their Choreographic Center Initiative in New Orleans, where I met Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. After seeing a solo I choreographed and performed for @goatintheroad’s Foreign to Myself, Jawole asked me a question that changed everything: “Have you ever considered an MFA?”

One crash course in ballet with @catcaldi later, my chapter at @fsuschoolofdance began in 2019.

While moving to Florida, I joined the @reframenola cohort, incubated by fellow awardee @meryl.zaytoun.murman, which grounded my solo performance practice throughout the pandemic and led to a @mancc_fsu residency in 2023.

While there are so many artists, mentors, and moments along my journey, these specific sparks ignited the path to the artist I am today.

Beyond thankful for this lineage—stay tuned for what’s next! 🤎

and a special thank you to @katydid_katydoes for the opportunity to incubate this seed @calartsredcat NOW Fest last fall

Swipe ➡️ for some throwback footage from the archives 🎞️ by @_de_jon_

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✨ life, recently ✨

1. capture by @jdubblevision - “from rock to rock…” @jeremy.nedd
2. a STAR @obehiagbede in @jamesscruggsdigitalgriot work @herearts
3. facts of life/living
4. because when with @iamitohane, a pivot is a prophecy
5. spring sprung.
6. tea.
7. meet me at the altar 🖤🌻✨
8. love is all we need. @cap_ucla taken in Cosmos by @_de_jon_

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🌱 spring archiving 📦

this room holds 70 years of history.

this room holds the story of my family’s migration Westward ⬅️ in 1963, they planted roots in this home in South L.A. and built the foundation upon which we gather.

this room holds Black Los Angeles history.

this room is our legacy.

✨ stay tuned as we move through this room ✨

want to learn more about our archival practice and ways you can support the work??

DM us or drop a “📦” in the comments

this work is generously supported by @outsiderpreservation @mellonfoundation

#archive #culturalheritage #culturalpreservation #archival #greatmigration taken in Athens, California by @_de_jon_

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🤲🏾 manifesting ✨

inhale. exhale. breathe.

still here.

choosing to rise. choosing to grow.

a balm. a prayer. a pause. a reset.

a re//turn to self.

🎧: @saultglobal
👕: @artandpractice taken in Charleroi, Belgique by @_de_jon_

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Catch me at @ucr_dance this Friday! 🕺🏾✨

I’m so excited to announce that I’ll be sharing my research and facilitating a workshop at UC Riverside’s Experiments in Dance conference this week!

Whether you’re a dancer, scholar, or someone who knows that the dance floor holds secrets, I’d love to have you in the room. Bring your own “artifacts” (photos, songs, memories) and let’s chart a map home together. 📍 taken in UC Riverside by @_de_jon_

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Happy Love day, Jeremy!💝

I’m so grateful to have met you two years ago on the dance floor.

Thanks for bringing out the best of me and championing my growth. Thrilled for the adventures to come and grateful for the many we’ve already shared together.

Here’s to continued dancing across the globe 🕺🏽🕺🏾

I love you 🌻🖤✨
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📹: @wacepro #BlackLove #valentinesday taken in Sesimbra, Portugal by @_de_jon_

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from the archive 001

1. My grand//mother, Bernice Groves Guyton, with my father, Herbert Charles, in St. Louis | Oct 1956

2. My grand//mother with me, in Los Angeles | March 1991

3. My grand//mother with my father, in Los Angeles | date unknown

4. Nameplate from my first council meeting as a representative of the Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council | August 2025

5. My grand//father, H.C. Guyton, with my father, in Los Angeles | May 1963

6. My grand//mama’s hands built this home.

7. The shoulders upon which I stand, in St. Louis | March 1956 taken in West Athens, California by @_de_jon_

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jeremy de’jon guyton brought closet disco to IDFNOLA this year! Check out this video to hear jeremy speak about closet disco, and watch how it came to life at this year’s festival. Thank you for sharing this interactive, creative, fun work, @_de_jon_ !!

#internationaldancefestnola

#internationaldancefestnola taken in New Orleans, Louisiana by @_de_jon_

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✨ thank you, family ✨

I’m still feeling deeply held after this past weekend’s run of notes on building a foundation, 1963 at @calartsredcat New Original Works Festival

Sharing this work, rooted in memory, legacy, and the stories we carry, was an honor and my ancestors showed up and showed out!

To our badass team, @obehiagbede @iamitohane , truly an honor to work alongside you. Each day, I am in awe of your brilliance and what we built together (in a 5-hour tech day, no less) is stellar, magical, divine, and precious. And to know this is just the beginning…

Everlasting gratitude to everyone who showed up, witnessed, and filled the room with such care, and for those who tuned in virtually. Your presence truly shaped the space.

Grateful to @katydid_katydoes , REDCAT and the NOW Festival for supporting this work. I can’t wait to share what’s next as the piece continues to grow.

until next time, enjoy some BTS footage at the mini-documentary linked in my bio, shot and edited by @l_i_l_l_e_t_h 🎥

With love, jeremy

photos by @angeloriggi

notes on building a foundation, 1963
Creator, Choreographer, Sound Designer: @_de_jon_
Director, Dramaturg: @obehiagbede
Lighting Designer: @iamitohane taken in REDCAT - Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater by @_de_jon_

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✨ scenes from our last rehearsal at REDCAT ✨

@l_i_l_l_e_t_h captured @obehiagbede and I in conversation about our process and the futuring ritual embedded in the work. here are a few snippets from that conversation - the full video releasing Monday, Nov. 24 🗓️

tickets are selling fast! grab yours at the link in bio! we’ve crafted a beautiful world and can’t wait to share it with you 🌍

notes on building a foundation, 1963
presented @calartsredcat NOW Festival
Nov. 20-22, 2025

Created and Performed by @_de_jon_
Directed by @obehiagbede
Light Designed by @iamitohane taken in REDCAT - Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater by @_de_jon_

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The third and final week of the New Original Works (NOW) Festival begins this Thursday! 11/20–11/22 see new works by Lu Coy, jeremy de’jon guyton, and Luna Izpisua Rodriguez.

🌛 Lu Coy, BECOMING THE MOON: Coy (Music Performer Composer MFA 18) crafts an opera that illuminates the Florentine Codex’s account of Tecciztecatl—a gender-expansive Mexica moon deity.

📓 jeremy de’jon guyton, NOTES ON BUILDING A FOUNDATION, 1963: Blending lyrical text, fluid movement, and nostalgic audio-visual elements, this poetic autofiction is a meditation on legacy, displacement, and the desire for sanctuary.

🏚️ Luna Izpisua Rodriguez, OPEN HOUSE: Directed by Izpisua Rodriguez (Art and Theater Directing MFA 24), is a meditation on erosion, both geological and psychic—on how losing land can feel like losing self.

See the link in our bio to purchase tickets.

#LAArt #CelebrateLA #ExperimentalPerformance by @_de_jon_

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Thrilled to be sharing my latest work, notes on building a foundation, 1963, next week, November 20-22, at @calartsredcat 2025 NOW Festival! Swipe ➡️ to the end for a peek into our process ✨

Set in an underground bunker in 2033, this piece moves between autobiography and archival imagination, offering a critical fabulation, a survival strategy for when the world gets too hot and memory becomes the architecture that keeps us alive. Weaving together fluid movement, lyrical text, and audiovisual materials from my family archive, this work explores how stories live through the body, how we inherit and transform what’s passed down, and what it means to build a future from fragments.

Join us (ticket link in bio):  🎟️ In person at REDCAT: Nov 20–22  💻 Livestream: Sat, Nov 22 at 8pm PT

Creator/Performer/Sound Designer: @_de_jon_
Director/Dramaturg: @obehiagbede
Lighting Designer: @iamitohane

Photography by @angeloriggi

#performanceart #contemporarydance #theatre #performingarts #experimentaltheatre #interdisciplinaryperformance #dance #choreography #losangelesculture #REDCAT #NOWFestival #archivalpractice #familyarchives #memorywork #artsandarchives #criticalfabulation #Afrofuturism #storykeeping #ancestralmemory #Blackperformance #queerperformance #QTBIPOCcreatives #Blackcontemporaryart #queerart taken in REDCAT - Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater by @_de_jon_

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