Sloan Pearson

Sloan Pearson is a multifaceted artist based in New York City. Originally from Charlotte, she began studying at Charlotte Ballet under the direction of ballet luminaries Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride. She received her BFA with a modern dance emphasis from the Point Park University Conservatory of Performing Arts. While there, Pearson was offered an apprenticeship with the August Wilson Dance Ensemble. She has danced with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Kybele Dance Theater, and Debbie Allen as a dancer in Allen’s dance ensemble—later to be featured in a Netflix documentary. Pearson was honored to dance with the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company, where she was Taylor’s last chosen dancer. During her four seasons there, she worked with Ronald K. Brown, Larry Keigwen, and Peter Chu, before joining Chu’s company chuthis. Pearson has since worked with Tommie Waheed-Evans as a Princess Grace Award recipient, both dancing and remounting his works; Holly Blakey for Puma New York Fashion Week; Yin Yue Dance Company; the Metropolitan Opera in Carmen, choreographed by Ann Ye and directed by Carrie Cracknell; and, most recently, with Mark Morris Dance Group in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. Pearson first performed with MMDG in 2024 and became an apprentice in 2025.