Jill Guyton Nee is a North Carolina based dance educator and artist who is driven through the desire to move and be moved. As a choreographer, she presented in Thailand and throughout the United States. As a performer, she has worked with several distinguished choreographers including Mark Dendy, David Dorfman, Bebe Miller, Susan Hadley, Gaspard Louis, Shane O’Hara, Erin Carlisle Norton, and Carol Finley. She graduated from Meredith College with a BA in dance and BS in business management. After graduating, she joined the full-time staff at American Dance Festival and served on the Board of Directors for Code f.a.d. Company before attending The Ohio State University Department of Dance for her MFA. As a teaching artist, Jill served as the Head of Dance and an Associate Professor for the University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance for ten years, taught at several college dance festivals, and choreographed in the private studio sector for more than two decades. She is a freelance choreographer who makes highly physical works and is part-time faculty of dance at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University. Jill joined Black Box Dance Theatre in the 2025-2026 season.