Will Ervin Jr.
Will is an East Coast native. He earned his BFA in dance from Montclair State University, and his MFA in dance from the University of Illinois. He has also trained with Joffrey Ballet, EMIA, Rennie Harris, Jacobs Pilow, and Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet.
Since graduating, Ervin has performed at the Alexander Kasser Theatre, the Joyce Theatre, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music with the Hearts of Men ensemble. As Artistic Director of his company Erv Works Dance Theater, he has presented choreography at the University of Illinois, the Dumbo Dance Festival, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. His body of work includes choreographing for Kemar Jewels Dance Film project - headlining the Global Black Pride event where Kemar’s work was presented after the keynote speaker President Joe Biden - Battery Dance Festival, Maria Torres’s Sol El Bario, the Joyce Theatre in partnership with Future Dance Festival, 92nd Y, and The Martha Graham Dance Company.
Other accomplishments include performing in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club on Broadway, apprenticing with Camille A. Brown & Dancers, and interning with American Ballet Theatre’s Major Gifts Department. He was named Dance Lab NY Fall Cycle Choreographer, and Dance on the Lawn's emerging commissioned choreographer. He has also set work on Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami, Accent Dance NY & Brooklyn Ballet.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Contemporary Dance Practices, Continued
LINKS:
williamervin.com
