Ep. 36 Immersive Artistry with Clinton Edward

leadership, theater, and olympic dreams

Jessica Altchiler

Jul 08, 2025

Brooklyn based Clinton Edward (he/they) is a choreographer, writer, actor, educator, and creator who has been the associate choreographer on productions including the Met Gala (with headliner, Ariana Grande), and Urinetown at City Center Encores (starring Jordan Fisher and Rainn Wilson), the assistant dance captain in the original cast of Queen of the Night (off Broadway), and founder of an immersive events company.

Ariana Grande headlines the Met Gala via people.com

In today's episode, Clinton shares how they've crafted their career in a way that's aligned with their desires, needs, and curiosities. He discusses the responsibilities of leadership in theater productions, what was harmful and helpful about his college experience, and what is his biggest dream of choreographing on the biggest stage in the world.

Urinetown at City Center Encores via https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/2024-2025/urinetown/

💝 Inside the Episode

“I love being on the creative side because I love having an opinion.

I have a lot of opinions and I love having a voice, but I also love being a representative and getting to be on that side and understand what dancers need and what is necessary for a show and also for their health and wellbeing.

And I hope that when I'm on that creative team side, I am being an advocate for that because I think I've been in experiences where there wasn't that.

And I've been in experiences where there was that and it's felt incredible and it makes the getting to perform and really it allows artistry to flourish because you feel taken care of and you feel like the people on the other side of the table aren't just caring about how many tickets are being sold or just the way something looks.

It's also like, who is this person and are they feeling okay?

Are they enjoying this process?”

— Clinton Edward