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Born in Alameda in 1991, Jerron Herman found his home in the arts from an early age. Exploring drama, writing, and self-expression were vital for him. His artistic life took shape in New York City, training in playwriting at NYU and New Victoria Theater and completing a degree in Media, Culture, and Art from Kings College.

If it takes two to tango, then Brooklyn-based choreographer Jerron Herman’s personal identities serve as perfect dance partners. “There’s a connection between Blackness and disability in my work and in my art,” he said in a Zoom conversation. “It supports more literacy around that deep connection that is there between the disenfranchisement of Black people and often disabled people.”

Princeton Alumni Weekly features NDI Artistic Director Kay Gayner in its "Inspiring Alumni" column: Kay Gayner (Class of ’86) Created an Inclusive Space for Children to Dance. The article focuses on Kay's inspiration and motivation for co-founding the NDI DREAM Project as an inclusive dance program that focuses on partnerships between children with and without disabilities in joyful dance collaboration with performance and live music at National Dance Institute.

Host Tiffany Hanssen on WNYC's radio show, "All Of It with Alison Stewart," interviews NDI Artistic Director Kay Gayner and NDI Board member Daniel Ulbricht, who is also Principal Dancer at the New York City Ballet. Listen as they discuss NDI's mission, the legend of Founder Jacques d'Amboise, and its impact over the past five decades in bringing free, inclusive dance education to over 6,500 children in the NYC area.

National Dance Institute (NDI) has named Jerron Herman as its 2025–2026 Helen Stambler Neuberger Artist-in-Residence. The yearlong residency supports the creative process of a movement-based artist of color and provides rehearsal space, performance opportunities, professional development, and peer dialogue at NDI’s Jacques d’Amboise Center for Learning and the Arts in Harlem.

Performers included Hamilton’s Leslie Odom Jr., New York City Ballet Principal Dancers, and the Children of NDI