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Davon SuttlesDavon Suttles (they/he) is a multidisciplinary artist in Chicago, who grew up studying and performing American tap dance in Keane Sense of Rhythm’s Youth Tap Ensemble. Suttles is also an actor and an alumnus of both Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and Columbia College Chicago’s Musical Theatre Performance program. In 2019, they received the Cultural Community Partnership Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board for their first self-produced work MELANIZED, a multimedia tap dance show about living as a person of color. This show addressed macro- and micro- aggressions towards people of color, as well as showcased the beauty of living as a POC.
In 2025, Suttles received an artist residency with Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble in their newly reinstated Body Passages program; with whom they had been working with as a teaching artist since 2021. Since August 2025, Davon has been the assistant artistic director of Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble; whose mission is to “engage, inspire, and challenge audiences, both onstage and in the classroom, through innovative, multidisciplinary storytelling. We do this in the genre of Tanztheatre," which unites all art media to achieve an all- embracing, radical change in humankind." They are also a company member of M.A.D.D. Rhythms, a non profit tap company based on the South Side of Chicago, whose mission is to preserve, promote, and contribute to this art form called tap. |
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