Darion Adams is a South African performance-maker, dancer, choreographer, educator, curator, and cultural producer, born and raised in Manenberg, Cape Town. Their multi-hyphenate practice spans live performance, screen dance, public art, education, and cultural production. Grounded in memory, lived experience, and collective embodiment, Darion approaches the body as an archive where histories of colonialism, displacement, Queer identity, and intergenerational trauma are held and reimagined through movement. A graduate of the UCT Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies and Jazzart DanceTheatre, Darion has worked across performance, facilitation, curation, and community arts initiatives in South Africa and internationally. In 2025 they were awarded the prestigious Pina Bausch Fellowship, developing research with the Manenberg community that explores lived realities through movement and the embodied impact of colonial trauma, alongside mentorship with Moya Michael. Darion is also the founder of The AIM Society and creator of Art in Manenberg.