KE'RON J. WILSON
2026 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
Photo by Alicia Steeves
JUNE 11-13, 8PM
EARLY BIRDS
$22 / $30 SUPERFAN / $50 🌟 SUPPORTER
$17 HEARTS
AT-THE-DOOR
$26 / $30 SUPERFAN / $50 🌟 SUPPORTER
$17 HEARTS
All seating is general admission
This performance contains nudity, the use of water based haze and strobe lighting.
Photo by Grant Hao-Wei Lin
in essence
in essence is a movement-based performance work exploring trans embodiment, spiritual exile, and personal power. It draws on the history and ongoing realities of how trans and queer people have been demonized rather than recognized as healers, visionaries, and stewards of communal care.
Rooted in the understanding of transition as an alchemical process, the work abstracts the journey of self-inquiry, transformation, and becoming. It explores both the triumph and isolation that can emerge when one undergoes profound internal change alone, questioning what it means to reach new states of awareness without reflection, witness, or community.
Through ritual performance, voice, and movement, in essence examines the safety, recognition, and grounding that become possible when these journeys are shared collectively. At the same time, the work confronts the ongoing surveillance and politicization of trans bodies, asking what happens when joy, softness, intimacy, and self-possession are treated as threats. In this landscape, survival demands both vulnerability and resistance, transforming care, embodiment, and togetherness into acts of defiance.
Photo by Alicia Steeves
KE’RON J. WILSON
Ke’ron J. Wilson (she/they) is a New York City–based movement artist and choreographer whose interdisciplinary practice spans performance, text, and sound. Born in Lakeland, Florida, she began her training at Harrison School for the Arts and Florida Dance Theater before earning a BFA in Dance from Sam Houston State University in 2019. She was a founding member of Social Movement Contemporary Dance Theater and a recurring guest choreographer with Pilot Dance Project in Houston, TX (2018-2021).
Her work explores trans embodiment, alchemical processes, and the spiritual possibilities of using art-making as a tool for reclamation within the trans and queer community. Drawing on ritual performance and informed by occult symbolism, Jungian psychology, and shadow work, Ke’ron creates spaces that center care, compassion, and collective witnessing as pathways toward transformation. In addition to her performance work, she has facilitated wellness and meditation portals independently and in collaboration with Angelito Collective for NYC’s trans and queer community.
Recent support includes Movement Research’s Van Lier Emerging Artist of Color Fellowship (2024), MNE’s Emerging Choreographer’s Series (2022–24), and WADEintoActivism / NYU Tisch’s PRIDE Residency (2023), and GALLIM’s Moving Artist Residency (2025).
Ke’ron is currently Triskelion Arts’ 2026 Artist-in-Residence and a performing artist with TRIBE (led by Shamel Pitts). @keronjwilson
@keronjwilson