Jaz ‘Fairy J’ Simone
choreographer
Jaz ‘Fairy J’ Simone, formerly known as Jasmyn Fyffe, is a Barbadian-Canadian multi hyphenate artist based in Toronto ON. She is a performance artist, choreographer, movement director, dancer, singer/song writer, outside eye/creative mentor, group facilitator and handmade skincare small business owner.
Jaz has created over 28 original dance works, presented in Toronto, Montreal, North Bay, Brooklyn NY, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Berlin, Birmingham UK and Sinop, Turkey. Choreographic commissions include Cahoots Theatre, Toronto Dance Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Cawthra Park Secondary School, and Obsidian Theatre, to name a few. She has been working as a movement director and choreographer for theatre since 2017 when she made her debut with Soulpepper Theatre as the Co-Choreographer for “For Coloured Girls” under the direction of Djanet Sears. In 2019 she had the opportunity to work under the direction of Mumbi Tindyebwa as the Movement Director (MD) for “The Brother’s Size” and made her return to the theatre post pandemic, working with Mumbi again as the MD of “Is GOD Is” through Obsidian Theatre, Canadian Stage and Necessary Angel Theatre.
Jaz ‘Fairy J’ Simone makes her debut at the Stratford Festival this summer as the Choreographer for “Death and the King’s Horseman” under the direction of Tawiah BenEben Mfoafo-M’Carthy. In addition, she will also make her debut at the Shaw Festival as the MD for Just to Get Married directed by Severn Thompson. She is the co-choreographer for Bahia Watson & Liza Paul MASHUP pon di road and she feels so blessed to perform her solo work “open light” and teach a workshop at the first Yensa Dance Festival created by Lua Shayenne Dance Company. Jaz ‘Fairy J’ Simone, formerly known as Jasmyn Fyffe, is a Barbadian-Canadian multi-hyphenate artist based in Toronto ON. She is a performance artist, choreographer, movement director, dancer, singer/song writer, outside eye/creative mentor, group facilitator and handmade skincare small business owner.
Jaz has created over 28 original dance works, presented in Toronto, Montreal, North Bay, Brooklyn NY, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Berlin, Birmingham UK and Sinop, Turkey. Choreographic commissions include Cahoots Theatre, Toronto Dance Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, Cawthra Park Secondary School, and Obsidian Theatre, to name a few. She has been working as a movement director and choreographer for theatre since 2017 when she made her debut with Soulpepper Theatre as the Co-Choreographer for “For Coloured Girls” under the direction of Djanet Sears. In 2019 she had the opportunity to work under the direction of Mumbi Tindyebwa as the Movement Director (MD) for “The Brother’s Size” and made her return to the theatre post-pandemic, working with Mumbi again as the MD of “Is GOD Is” through Obsidian Theatre, Canadian Stage and Necessary Angel Theatre.
Jaz ‘Fairy J’ Simone makes her debut at the Stratford Festival this summer as the Choreographer for “Death and the King’s Horseman” under the direction of Tawiah BenEben Mfoafo-M’Carthy. In addition, she will also make her debut at the Shaw Festival as the MD for Just to Get Married directed by Severn Thompson. She is the co-choreographer for Bahia Watson & Liza Paul MASHUP pon di road and she feels so blessed to perform her solo work “open light” and teach a workshop at the first Yensa Dance Festival created by Lua Shayenne Dance Company.