06/02/2026
Harrison School for the Arts Alumni Spotlight – June, 2026
Our featured alumni spotlight for this month is Ke’Ron J. Wilson, Class of 2015 from the Orchestra department (2 years) and the Dance department (2 years).
She is currently a multidisciplinary freelance artist; a choreographer, dancer, model, actor, and poet. She’s been choreographing dance in New York City for 5 years, and is currently touring internationally with TRIBE, a collective directed by award-winning choreographer, Shamel Pitts.
In her spare time, she has also appeared on talk shows, walked New York Fashion Week, read poetry, taught yoga, and led meditation and wellness workshops. When she’s not doing any of that, she works box office at a dance venue. Ke’Ron lives in New York City, NY.
Q: Why did you choose Harrison as your high school experience?
Ke’Ron: I grew up feeling like an outsider and my music practices were my refuge and my escape. Harrison was, to me, an extension of the safety that I had found in my orchestral studies, as well as a place where my fantasies of being a full-time artist could potentially find life in the physical world. It felt like the only choice.
Q: What is your fondest memory of your time at Harrison?
Ke’Ron: Getting to exercise multiple artistic disciplines surrounded by like-minded peers was and is still magical. I remember switching to the dance department my junior year, training in ballet and modern techniques during the day, having all-school musical rehearsals in the evening, and still finding time to sing in the school’s CandleLight Choir. There’s a collection of memories that speak to the rigor and artistic diversity that I was able to access being a student at Harrison.
Q: What did you do after graduation?
Ke’Ron: I moved to Texas to attend Sam Houston State University on a Dance Major scholarship, and eventually graduated from there with my BFA in Dance. Post-college, I was a founding member of Social Movement Contemporary Dance Theater and a guest choreographer for the Pilot Dance Project while working on my own choreographic practice in Houston, TX for 2 years.
Q: What influences from your time at Harrison have helped you as an adult?
Ke’Ron: Being surrounded by other talented individuals helped me navigate what it means to develop an artistic voice of my own. Harrison exposed me to a wide range of creative perspectives, disciplines, and ways of thinking, which encouraged me to stay curious and keep exploring my own artistic sensibilities. As an adult, that openness to experimentation and collaboration continues to shape both my creative practice and my sense of self.
Q: What advice would you give to your high school self based on your life experiences?
Ke’Ron: I would tell Ke’ron that art really is saving her life. She need not worry too much about the outcome of all her work, and that she can trust she is building an incredible foundation to stand upon later in life. I would tell her that the work she’s doing to know and express herself is exactly the kind of rooting she’ll need to become who she dreams of being. I would tell her to breathe and to keep dreaming impossible hopes into existence, because they have and will continue to come true.
Q: What advice would you give to current Harrison students?
Ke’Ron: I would tell current Harrison students to try it all. Act, sing, dance, and play in orchestras if it’s available. Harrison — and high school in general — is a place where you can excavate hidden talents and have the structure and support to develop them into something special. Every practice feeds another, and building an ecosystem of self-expression is an incredible gift to your evolving sense of self.
Q: What organizations do you participate in and how do you give back to your community?
Ke’Ron: I’m a trans community leader. My work speaks to the trans experience in a time where we are ostracized, politicized, demonized. I work with trans dancers in the choreography I present, and I lead free yoga classes and meditation portals for community when I can.
