Jorie Goins

Jorie Goins is a dancer based out of Chicago. Jorie earned a bachelor's degree in journalism with a minor in dance from Northwestern University in 2016. While at Northwestern, Jorie was a member of Tonik Tap, Northwestern's premiere tap dance company, where she choreographed five original pieces. Over her near-decade as a professional dancer in the Windy City, Jorie has been blessed to dance on some of Chicago's biggest stages, including the Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts, Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion and The Auditorium Theatre. She has performed works choreographed by Brenda Bufalino, Rich Ashworth, Mark Yonally, Nicole Clarke Springer and Martin "Tre" Dumas III. Her choreography recently appeared in the video for Tarde, a music video created by the web-based Spanish-language learning company, Señor Wooly, and Glow, a tiny dance film produced for Project Bound Dance's "The One Hour Project" and screened at the 2025 Short Stack Film Festival. Jorie graduated with her Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises from Northwestern University in 2023. In 2025, she presented her master's thesis, Machine to Body: Digitally Archiving Black Diasporic Dance, as a breakout session at DANCE/USA 2025 in Chicago. As a communications director, dance performer, teacher, choreographer and founder of her multimedia company, Jorieography, Jorie continues to use her dual passions for writing and dance to shape and craft the narratives she wishes to see in the world.