Originally from Flint, Michigan, Joy Douglas is a Jersey based choreographer, artist, and dancer. They hold a BFA degree in dance and minor in Spanish from Adelphi University. In the Fall of 2017, during Joy’s final year at Adelphi University, she established her own company, Douglas & Co. Since graduating Joy has worked as the Training and Projects manager at Gibney, while also freelancing, and directing Douglas & Co. Joy has danced for Grazia Capri, Morgaine DeLeornardis, MeenMoves, and as a part of Gibney’s Hands are for Holding program. Joy was a 2018-2019 LEIMAY Artistic Process Fellow at CAVE, Brooklyn, NY and received an Emerging Artist residency at Mana Contemporary in the summer of 2019.