Djassi DaCosta Johnson is a dancer, choreographer, actor, photographer, filmmaker, writer, designer & doula. She has worked and apprenticed with MOMIX, Pilobolus, Dance Brazil, Earl Mosley, Bill T. Jones, Hernando Cortez, Ron Brown’s Evidence, Forces of Nature and Urban Bush Women among others. Djassi worked as a dancer & choreographer in Brazil, & in Italy for 8 years in TV & film. Her choreography has been displayed in fashion shows, music videos, and films, including for ESSENCE, NIKE, PNB Nation, Morellato &Pandora Jewelry & NYFW for Isamar Designs & Studio 189. Djassi performs in collaboration with visual artists & jazz musicians and has collaborated with Eddie Peak, Lia Chavez, Nate Lewis and Alice Walker. She has choreographed music videos for Gloria Gaynor & Joan Baez among others. Djassi’s dance films have appeared in the Moving Body Moving Image & Cinema Verde’s Environmental Film festivals. She started the Modern Dance program at Brooklyn Ballet in 2014 and is an Assistant Professor of Dance. She holds a BA in Anthropology and an MFA in Dance, New Media Technology from NYU Tisch and was a 2023-24 Artist in Residence at Barnard’s Movement Lab. Djassi is a judge & Horton teacher for YAGP and Joffrey Ballet School.