James Boyd III
James L. Boyd III, an artist who excels in choreography, pedagogy, performance, direction, and executive leadership, was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. He continues to entertain the world with his knowledge of multiple dance methods and professional dance styles. James Boyd is a Douglas Anderson School of the Arts graduate and received his B.F.A from SUNY Purchase College in dance and choreography. While attending school, Mr. Boyd performed works by dance giants such as Merce Cunningham, Bill T. Jones, George Balanchine, and Paul Taylor. Since graduation, he’s shared the stage and performed with Elton John, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, and Bruce Springsteen. This led to performing around the world as a principal artist in the technical dance companies Bad Boys of Dance and Bad Boys of Ballet, which allowed sharing moments onstage with iconic dance artists, including Misty Copeland, Joseph Gatti, Isaac Hernandez, Eric Underwood, and Rasta Thomas. Mr. Boyd
made guest appearances with Bad Boys of Dance on the hit dance show, “So You Think You Can Dance,” and two television appearances as a semi-finalist on the competitive show, “America’s Got Talent.”
James Boyd obtained his M.F.A degree in choreography from Jacksonville University, and has an intermediary perspective on the dance industry, and shares objective and subjective reasons in dance with all people. Mr. Boyd is a former adjunct professor of dance at Jacksonville University and Alabama State University, and is currently a full-time faculty member and Lecturer of Dance for the Troy University Department of Theatre and Dance. As a leading choreographer and educator, James was honored to serve as resident choreographer for the professional ballet company, United Ballet Theatre, led by international star and Artistic Director Joseph Gatti. Mr. Boyd created main stage works, such as a contemporary ballet for United Ballet Theatre called Quintessence, and a classical work titled Carousel, which premiered at the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando, Florida, as an opening celebration for the new Steinmetz Hall. James recently choreographed an abstract solo work, which premiered in Italy with the dynamic talent, Dominique Guerra - Orlando Ballet. Currently, Mr. Boyd is crafting an original work for San Francisco Ballet’s Katherine Barkman.
Regarding research, James Boyd is a leading Certified Movement Assessment Professional (CMAP) who curiously explores our Universe and Cosmos with a choreographic perspective, identifying complex movement by making connections between opposite energies: entities and methods found in Science and Dance. Mr. Boyd is known for his intermediary approach in the dance industry and is sought after by movement experts curious about artistic approaches and amplification. James is an expert in handling both objective and subjective insights on qualitative movement and injury prevention. Leading scientists and anatomical specialists, including Dr. Lesley Parrish, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, support this approach. Together, they’ve created a leading injury prevention and movement awareness program called Dance Movement Analysis—all research supported by Faulkner University, Troy University, Ohio University and technology company, ETRAK Technologies.
James Boyd, as a producer and director, produced his first dance concert for Northeast
Florida in 2012 titled “Rasta Thomas’ Rock the Ballet.” Since then, Mr. Boyd has crafted,
created, and collaborated with Troy University to direct and produce six formal dance
concerts: Vibe, Illusions, Momentum, Tempo, Nutcracker, and an original story, Chaos. Mr. Boyd artistically directed fifty-five artists minimum per concert along with industry leading choreographers such as, Gregory Dolbashian (DASH Ensemble), Brynt Beitman, Lloyd Culbreath (Fosse Fellow), James Kinney (Fosse Fellow), Take Ueyama (Take Dance Company), Kelsey Metz (Conservatory of Dance), Chalvar Monteiro (Alvin Ailey), Jamal White (Body Traffic), Dance Look LLC (Media Company), Michael McBride (Alvin Ailey), and Katie Breland (Artist) to name a few. James Boyd’s latest project, Chaos: An Original Dance Story, was created in collaboration with Troy University Dance and the DTM Faculty. Mr. Boyd choreographed and artistically directed Chaos with considerable success.
Furthermore, James Boyd is the acting Assistant Artistic Director for the DAP Festival,
annually, during summer months located in, Pietrasanta, Italy, a national and international faculty member for inspiring dance entities such as, Manhattan Dance Project, on faculty for Dance Educators of America, annual faculty member for Ballet Fest as Dance Fest Productions and a board member for the Alabama Dance Council. A high-ticket remote setter and closer for the networking company, Vashti Talent and Services, a Remote Closer trained by Closers iO, a creative executive for the media production company, Dance Look LLC., an established Keynote Speaker as a Certified Movement Assessment Professional (CMAP) and the worlds first and only dance representative for the crypto company, Backstage.Global.
