Jill Johnson
Senior Fellow 2024–2025

Jill Johnson is an internationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer, director, and educator. She has performed on over sixty tours across five continents, was a principal dancer with William Forsythe’s Frankfurt Ballet (DE), and served as Director of Dance at Harvard University (US), where she founded the Harvard Dance Project and led equity-driven initiatives.
Jill has collaborated with renowned institutions like Sadler’s Wells Theatre (UK), PBS (US), The Louvre (FR), and The Getty Museum (US). Her choreographic commissions include works for Rambert Dance Company, L.A. Dance Project, and the American Repertory Theater. Her recent work Analogue, for Rambert, received critical acclaim and was named one of the top five dance productions in the UK in 2024 by The Stage.

Jill's interdisciplinary research brings together architects, philosophers, technologists, sociologists, economists, and other thought leaders. She is focused on developing sustainable economic frameworks for artists and arts organizations, while exploring how artists’ collaborative problem-solving can inform effective public policy, urban planning, crisis management, and business strategies in a complex global environment. Jill is based in Los Angeles (US).