ANDREA KNOWLTON
EDUCATION
BFA, Dance/Choreography, Marymount Manhattan College, New York City, NY.
MFA, Choreography/Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA.
HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING
Kennesaw State University (2018 – Present) Associate Professor of Dance
Modern Dance (Levels 2-4): Utilizes release-based techniques with an emphasis on floorwork and somatic experimentation.
Dance Pedagogy: Provides hands on teaching opportunities for future educators, imparting skills to navigate and celebrate a world of diverse learners.
Dance Improvisation: Reflects on the past, present, and future of improvisational dance while offering a safe space for exploration, research, analysis, and play.
Dance Filmmaking: Filmmakers explore and create from diverse perspectives as they gain hands on skills in cinematography, directing, and editing.
Choreography 1: An exploration of the solo form through foundational skills in dance composition. Individuals examine their relationship to creative choice-making as they build and perform movement studies.
Embodied Wellness: (Original Special Topics Course) Students explore embodied wellness through synchronous morning movement sessions, and asynchronous research modules that explore health topics relevant to dance professionals.
Dance Collaborations: (Original Special Topics Course) Students research and utilize the creative process as they collaborate with artists from across various mediums.
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA (2014 – 2018) Adjunct Professor of Dance Modern Dance: Spr16, Spr17, Spr18 Dance Improvisation : Spr15, Spr16, Spr18 Jazz Dance: Fall14, Spr15, Spr16, Spr17 Body Conditioning: Spr15, Fall15, Fall17 Ballet: (co-teach) Fall16
Dance History: (co-teach) Fall16
California State University, Long Beach (2015) Adjunct Professor of Dance
Dance Composition, Graduate level: (Sum15)
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, (2012-2014) Graduate Teaching, Lecturer
Modern Dance: Fall12
Dance Composition: Spr13, Spr14
ADDITIONAL TEACHING
Alabama Dance Festival, Guest Artist 2022. Regional Dance America Southeast, Guest Artist, Fall 2022 Emory University, Dance Department Guest Class, Spring 2022
Terminus Modern Ballet Theater, Pre-Professional Program, Summer 2021, 2022
KSU High School Dance Intensive, Teacher (Modern + Dance Filmmaking), 2021
Fly on a Wall, Atlanta, Guest Teacher, 2021
Georgia Governor’s Honors Program in Dance, Summer Program, 2019
California Institute of the Arts, Community Arts Partnership Summer Program: Head of Dance Program and Lead Teacher for large High School Arts Program in Los Angeles, Summer 2016 Arts Integration Dance Specialist
California Institute of the Arts & Los Angeles Unified School Districts, 2014 - 2017
Van Nuys High School, 2015 – 2017, Dance & Physics, Dance & Anatomy, Dance & English
Patrick Henry Middle School, 2014 – 2017, Dance & Algebra, Dance & English, Dance & Special Education
Valley Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2014 – 2015, Dance & Physics
Mar Vista Elementary School, Dance Curriculum Design and Lead Teacher for Kindergarten and PK Creative Movement/Arts Integration Programs, 2017 – 2018
Bloom School of Music & Dance, Studio Instructor: Modern/Creative Movement, 2014- 2018 Petite Feet at Live Arts Los Angeles, Studio Instructor: Ballet/Creative Movement, 2016 - 2018 Laguna Beach High School, Visiting Artist & Guest Choreographer, Fall 2016
Renaissance Arts Academy, Guest Teaching Artist, Summer 2015
Creativity & Wellness Workshop, Kennedy Performing Arts Center, NY, May 2010
New York State Head Start Program, Creative Movement Teacher, 2006-2007
AWARDS
Innovative Creativity Research Champion, Kennesaw State University Office of Research, 2023
College of the Arts' Early Career Faculty Award, Kennesaw State University 2022
National Science Foundation Award: “Participatory Sensemaking with Embodied Co-Creative Agents” funded via NSF’s Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation’s “Mind, Machine, and Motor Nexus”, 2021 - 2024
Amount: 78,714.00
Atlanta Mayor’s Cultural Grant: For post-production work and distribution of independent dance film “Dar/Land” 2020 Link (pg75)
Amount: 2,000.00
California Institute of the Arts Seed Grant : For the touring of stage work “This Land” 2019 Amount: 500.00.
PRESENTATIONS + WORKSHOPS
Adapting the Unspoken: Improvisational Influences on Co-Creative Artificial Intelligence:
National Dance Education Organization (NDEO), 2022 Conference
Editing for Dance Filmmakers: Industry Workshop for Dance Canvas, 2021, 2022,
Digital Solutions for Dance Educators: KSU High School Festival, Professional Development Session, 2022
Responsive Filmmaking: National Dance Education Organization (NDEO), 2021 Conference Womxn in Academia Panel, Kennesaw State University, 2021
Science as Process in Choreographic Research: KSU College of the Arts Research Symposium, 2019
Arts Integration in Dance: Guest Lecture, California Institute of the Arts, 2016
Arts Integration in Dance: Professional Development Workshop for LAUSD Educators in
collaboration with California Institute of the Arts, 2018
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS
Proximity Distorts: Link: Multimedia Dance Work, Kennesaw State University, Nov 2021 Pop Rocks: Link: Kennesaw State University, Nov 2020
This Land: Link: The Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles, Jan 2020
This Land: Presented by Kennesaw State University, Nov 2019
HER: Link: Mixtape 2019 presented by Zoetic, July 2019
Unearthing: Link: Alabama Dance Festival, June 2019
Unearthing: presented by Kennesaw State University Department of Dance, Nov 2018 Fission/Fusion: T4THERING, Live Arts LA, April 2018
Future Memory: T3THERING, Live Arts LA, March 2017
Future Memory: Pieter Performance Space, Nov 2016
Cumulus: Laguna Beach High School Artists Theatre, Dec 2016
WARNING: This Piece Contains Dark Themes Link: Dance Resource Center: Home Grown, Bootleg Theater, July 2016
WARNING: This Piece Contains Dark Themes: T2THERING, Live Arts LA, April 2016 WARNING: This Piece Contains Dark Themes: Contemporary Modern Dance Collective’s Showcase, Brockus Performance Space, Dec 2015
Pulsar: TETHERING, Live Arts Los Angeles, April 2015
Remezcla Link: Pasadena City College, Sexson Auditorium Theater, April 2015
Hor: Dance & Multimedia, California Institute of the Arts, ROD Theater, Nov 2015
INFLUENTIAL BODY: Digital Arts Expo, California Institute of the Arts, Sharon Disney Lund Theater, May 2014
Substrata Link: REDCAT Theater, Los Angeles, May 2014
Substrata: California Institute of the Arts, Sharon Disney Lund Theater, May 2014
Vessels: Dance Multimedia, California Institute of the Arts, Center for Integrated Media, 2014 INFLUENTIAL BODY Link: MFA Thesis in Dance and Interactive Media, California Institute of the Arts, Sharon Disney Lund Theater, Feb 2014
HER Link: California Institute of the Arts, Sharon Disney Lund Theater, May 2013 Self-Reflexive: California Institute of the Arts, Sharon Disney Lund Theater, Feb 2013
I See You: Cross-Disciplinary collaboration, California Institute of the Arts, Jan 2013
RUBICON: California Institute of the Arts, Sharon Disney Lund Theater, Oct 2012
TYPE3: Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NYC, June 2012
TYPE3: Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NYC, Oct 2011
Vibe: New York City Center Studios, Oct 2011
Canon in Flux Link: Choreographers' Collective, Merce Cunningham Studios, NYC, July 2011 Vibe Link: Tibet House Museum, gallery opening, May 2011
TYPE 3: Alternative Arts Association, The Brooklyn Lyceum, NYC, May 2011
12 SOLOS Link: Evening length collection of solos, Red Bean Studios, NYC, Feb 2011
Canon in Flux: NEWSTEPS Choreographer's Series, Mulberry Street Theater, Dec 2010
The Well: Movement Research, Dance Theater Workshop, NYC June 2010
Vibe: The Spoon Theater, Alternative Arts Association, NYC, May 2010
Vibe: Green Space, Green Space Blooms Festival, NYC, April 2010
Vibe (excerpt): World Financial Center Winter Garden, 60X60 Dance Festival, NYC, Nov 2009 Collection of Shorts: John Ryan Theater, Cool New York DANCE Festival, NYC, Feb 2009 Collection of Shorts: Spoke the Hub, Winter Follies, NYC, Jan 2009
Evening Length Concert, Andrea Gise & Dancers, New Dance Group Theatre, NYC, Dec 2008 Built to spill: Reverb Dance Festival, Ailey Citigroup Theatre, NYC, Nov 14, 2008
Built to spill: John Ryan Theatre, DUMBO Dance Festival, NYC, Sept 2008
Built to spill: American Dance Guild, Dance New Amsterdam, NYC, Sept 2008
House of Leaves: Steffi Nelson Emerging Choreographers Showcase, SUNY Purchase, Dec 2008 No Way Out But Back: Dance New Amsterdam, NYC, Oct 2007
House of Leaves: Solar1 Solar Powered Dance Festival, NYC, July 2007
House of Leaves: Oasis 2007, Chashama, NYC, July 2007
Built to spill: WAXworks, Triskelion Arts, NYC, April 2007
House of Leaves: Spoke the Hub, Gowanus Arts Exchange, NYC, March 2007
Built to spill: Green Space, Fertile Ground Showcase, NYC, Jan 2007
Built to spill: Laboratory in Composition, Dance Theatre Workshop, NYC, Dec 2006
House of Leaves: Jennifer Muller/The Works, The HATCH, NYC, Nov 2006
Monumentality: Dance Theatre Workshop, Bessie Schonberg Theater, NYC, Feb 2006
DANCE FILMS (CHOREOGRAPHER / DIRECTOR)
DAR / LAND (4 mins, experimental documentary) Link Dance Camera North, 2021
Dance Camera West, March 2022
Portland Dance Film Festival, July 2021
Frame Rush @ The Place London, July 2021
TDP International Dance Festival of Screendance, July 2021 Lights Dance Festival, August 2021
Eastern Oregon Film Festival, August 2021
Modern Atlanta Dance Festival, 2021
Plaza Theater Atlanta, Atlanta Film Society, 2020
POP ROCKS (6 mins, experimental) Link
Screendance International, Women’s History Month March 2022 Link Alabama Dance Festival, March 2021
Kennesaw State University, November 2020
TWELVE: A Hero’s Journey (36 min, experimental) Link Cascadia Dance & Cinema Festival, Toronto, CA, 2019
Defy Film Festival, Nashville TN, 2019
Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival, Washington DC, 2019
Nola Critical Edge Film & Live Art Festival, New Orleans, 2019
Bang Bang: (4 min, music video) Link
Music Video Choreographer Andrea Knowlton for Artist Utkarsh Ambudkar (Ghosts, Pitch Perfect, The Mindy Show), 2016
Over Here: (8 min, experimental) Link
Choreographer Andrea Knowlton, Directed by Mavra Peponis, 2014
Te Vuelvo A Ver: (3 min, Music Video) Link
Choreographer for artist Felipe Santos, over 3 million views, 2013
SNAP: (5 min, experimental)
Brooklyn Ballet’s First Look: The Actors Fund Art Center, June 2016
Hulu: TenduTV's Essential Dance Films, Nov 2012 – Nov 2014
DMJ International Video-Dance Festival, Saitama Arts Theater, Tokyo, January 2012
Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, CO, Atlas Center for Media Arts and Perf., Sept 2011 The Brooklyn Lyceum: Alternative Arts Association, May 2011
Baltimore Art & Music: Web Feature, May 2011
Gadling.com: Web Feature, May 2011
Elizabeth STREB's Motion in Media Film Festival: (Premiere), NYC, March 2011
Wandering Streets: (3 min, Music Video) Choreographer for artist Mike Higbee, Oct. 2011
Tetrapteryx: (5 min experimental)
The Production Lounge, Rapid Eye Movement, NYC, June 2010 Hell Gate Social, Lucky 7 Arts Festival, NYC, June 2010
SERVICE
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
College of the Arts (COTA) DEI Committee, Committee Chair, 2021 – 2023 COTA Diversity Liaison, 2021 – 2022
COTA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee, Member, 2020 – 2021 COTA Lead Author: Strategic Report on DEI Initiatives, 2021 – 2022
COTA Organization and Facilitation of DEI Trainings for Faculty, Staff & Students, 2021 – 2022 Organization of Israeli Dance Performance Panel in Collaboration with Breman Museum, 2021
Shared Governance
COTA Leadership Council, Diversity Liaison/Committee Member, 2021 – 2022 Department of Dance Faculty Committee, Committee Chair, 2020 – 2022 Department of Dance Faculty Committee, Committee Member, 2018 – 2020 College of the Arts, College Faculty Committee, Committee Member, 2020 – 2022 Kennesaw State University Faculty Senate, Senator, 2019 – 2022
Searches & Planning
Dept. of Dance Assistant Professor Search Committee, Committee Member, 2021 - 2022 Dept. of Dance Assistant Professor Search Committee, Committee Member, 2020 - 2021
KSU Choreographic Residency Search Committee, Committee Member, 2020
Dept. of Dance PhD Assistant Professor Search Committee, Committee Member, 2019 - 2020 Dept. of Dance Lecturer Search Committee, Committee Chair, 2018 - 2019
KSU Assess: Curriculum Assessment & Reporting for Department of Dance, 2018 – 2019 ACDA Planning Committee, Committee Member 2018-2019
Hosts of ACDA Southeast Region at KSU Dept. of Dance, 2018 - 2019
KSU High School Dance Festival Planning Committee, Member, 2018 - 2022
Faculty Advising
Student Dance Collective, Faculty Advisor, 2019 – 2021 Hip Hop Club, Faculty Advisor, 2019 – 2020
Faculty Academic Advisor, 2018 – 2020
Additional Committees
College of the Arts Awards Committee, Committee Chair, 2020 – 2021 College of the Arts Awards Committee, Committee Member, 2018 – 2020
PERFORMANCE CAREER
Hor: Solo dance performance. Interactive sound/film work in collaboration with Andreas Levisianos, California Institute of the Arts, Nov 2015
I See You: Dancer. Interactive, mixed media performance, Black & White Theater, California Institute of the Arts, Black & White Theater, Jan 2013
Tina Croll + Company: Company Member, Regular performances at venues such as Joyce Soho, 92nd St. Y, St. Mark's Church, John Ryan Theater, La Mama, Judson Church, University Settlement, Dance New Amsterdam, NYC, 2007 – 2012
Alexandra Rose & Dancers: Dancer, Queens Sculpture Garden 2009
Jocelyn Soulet: Dancer, Spoke the Hub, NYC, Nov. 2006
Keigwin + Company: Dancer, Dancing in the Streets, Sept. 2006
John Crawford and Elizabeth Higgins: Dancer, Active Space: Vocabularies of Interaction, Dance Theatre Workshop, NYC, April 2006
Peter Pucci: Dancer, Hofstra University Dance Program, Long Island, NY. Nov. 2002
Amy Marshall Dance: Dancer, Carver Center for Arts & Technology, Baltimore, May 2002
TRAINING
Composition & Improvisation
Pat Catterson - Composition
Helen Pickett - Composition, Improvisation
Elizabeth Higgens – Composition
Yvonne Meir - Laboratory in Composition, Dance Theater Workshop
Modern & Contemporary
Stephanie Nugent – Release Technique Rebecca Lemme – Release Technique Julie Bour – Modern Technique
Colin Connor – Limon Technique
Andre Tyson – Horton Technique
Kristina Berger - Horton Technique
Ken Skrzesk -Limon Technique
Helen Pickett - Forsythe Improvisation
Nancy Lushington -O'Donnell Technique Denise Vail - Graham Technique
Amanda Thom Woodson – Modern Technique
SPECIAL SKILLS & INTERESTS
Yoga Certification, White Lotus Yoga Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA
Film Director/Film Editor, Dance & Technology, Artificial Intelligence, DEI in the Arts Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Arts Integration, K-12 Dance
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