Jade Manns is a dancer, choreographer and co-founder of the artist-run performance space PAGEANT in New York. Her work has been shown at Danspace Project (NYC), Movement Research at the Judson Church (NYC), Sundays on Broadway at Weis Acres (NYC), The Brooklyn Rail, Singing in Unison (NYC), New Dance Alliance Performance Mix Festival (NYC), The Provincetown Dance Festival (Truro Center for the Arts, MA) and PAGEANT (NYC) among others. Jade has received support from The Foundation for Contemporary Art (FCA Emergency Grant), The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, NYU Artist Development Program for Dance and Kino Saito Arts Center. She is a 2024/2025 NYLA Fresh Tracks Artist.
As a performer Jade has worked with artists such as Evvie Allison, Ayano Elson, Phoebe Berglund, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Luis Lara Malvacias, Alexa West, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Boychild, Cherrie Yu and Rosario Zorraquin.
Jade is an alumna of the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and holds a BFA in dance and minor in performance studies from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.