Amari Jones is an educator, choreographer, and performer based in Raleigh, NC. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis from Duke University (2022), where her research focused on racial identity formation and the role of public education in shaping this process. This work led to the creation of Embodied Resonance, a liberatory pedagogical intervention that uses improvisation to explore Black girls’ embodied knowledge. Amari also earned a BA in Dance Studies and a minor in Entrepreneurship from UNC Greensboro.

Amari has taught in both studio and public school settings, fostering inclusive, culturally aware environments that encourage self-expression and critical thinking. Amari has performed in repertory work by Mari Meade, The Clarice Young Dance Project, and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Amari has presented her research at the Conference on African- American & African Diasporic Cultures and at the Collegium for African American Dance.