jonathan clarke sypert

Festival Artist / Dancer

Jonathan Clarke Sypert, “a smiling, encouraging dance teacher who makes even the most reticent students feel like they can fly” (Lee Cataluna, Star Advertiser), is a performing artist and educator from Honolulu, Hawaii. An accomplished actor, dancer, singer, slam-poet, teacher, choreographer, and hip-hop artist known as iNTREPiD, Jonathan is proud to be a teaching artist for Honolulu Theatre for Youth and a lecturer in dance at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, where he helps usher the next generation into a world of creativity and artistic exploration.

 Jonathan has served as choreographer for and has been in productions with the Hawaii Shakespeare Festival, Kumu Kahua Theatre, Chaminade Theater, HI Frequency Dance Squad, Vocal and Dance Expressions, and tours of Why?, and for legendary Hawaiian artist Henry Kapono. He has danced for Iona Dance Company, Tau Dance Theater, Derek Daniels Productions, and Waikiki Neī; and has appeared with Manoa Valley Theatre, Diamond Head Theatre, Army Community Theatre, and Hawaii Opera Theatre. He was also a featured dancer in the touring and film production of Kealoha's The Story of Everything. Highlights of his stage productions include Paul in Six Degrees of Separation, the title character in MacBeth, Hector in Troilus and Cressida, and Cole in The Underneath. His on-screen credits include appearances in Hawaii Five-O, Street Wars, and Lost.

 Jonathan was the Executive Director and Founder of HI Frequency School of Performing Arts and a member of the HI Poets Society. He spent a delightful year as a puppeteer for Disney World, and two and half seasons as a company actor with Honolulu Theatre for Youth. Above all else, Jonathan enjoys passing along the joys of being a lifelong learner.