Cemiyon Barber (dancer)

Mississippian Cemiyon Barber received his BFA from SUNY Purchase in 2018. He has had the pleasure of dancing works by choreographers Bill T. Jones, Kyle Abraham, Johannes Wieland, Aszure Barton, Christopher Williams, Liz Gerring, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Chase Brock Experience, Igal Perry, Merce Cunningham, and George Balanchine. In the spring season of 2024, Cemiyon joined the Metropolitan Opera. Cemiyon has been featured in fashion editorials VOGUE Russia and Numéro Berlin, and he has also made guest appearances on TV networks PBS Social, HBO, Telfar TV, and MTV. Cemiyon was mentioned in The New York Times twice in 2021 and 2022, as well as, in The New Yorker in 2017, 2021, and 2022.