JOAN PASION

Professional dance educator, choreographer and administrator Joan Pasion uses dance to promote mental health, passion for the arts and community. The Sacramento native graduated Cum Laude from San Jose State University and received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree in Dance in Fall 2020. She trained in Ballet, Hip-Hop, Lyrical, Jazz, Modern and Contemporary dance techniques and has experience in teaching all skill levels and age groups, ranging from 6 months to adults. Pasion trained with San Jose State’s pre-professional dance ensemble, University Dance Theatre (UDT), under the direction of Raphael Boumaila, former principal dancer at Limon Dance Company, while also educating members of her college community through the Filipino-American Akbayan Organization as a three year standing Director of the Hip Hop and Contemporary aspects. Furthermore, Pasion has performed at Jacob’s Pillow Inside Out stage in Becket, Massachusetts, and has worked with New York choreographers/companies Doug Varone and Dancers, Maleek Washington, Kyle Abraham and A.I.M., Mike Esperanza, and Andrea Miller with Gallim; additionally, Sean Dorsey, Nhan Ho, Laja Field, Derion Loman and James Gregg within California. Pasion has served as studio manager, dance educator and guest master instructor for a plethora of dance studios and schools throughout Northern California. Currently, Pasion is a professional Modern-Contemporary and Vertical dance performer for TwoPoint 4 Dance Theatre, in Sacramento, CA and Outreach Teacher Artist for the Twin Rivers, Washington, Stockton, San Juan, and Sacramento City Unified School Districts, bringing dance to the classroom of TK to 12th grades. Furthermore, she is a Adjudicator at Team Dance Competition based in Las Vegas, NV, an Instructor/Administrator at Rize All Arts Center in Elk Grove, CA, and Teaching Artist/Choreographer for NorCal School of the Arts and E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts in Sacramento, CA.