Education

    2019-2020 MFA, Hunter College, 

                             Chairman’s Award for Artistic Excellence

    1997-2001  BFA, Summa Cum Laude, Purchase College

                             Dance Faculty Performance Award, 

    1995-1997  Interlochen Arts Academy

Choreography

      2024     "RETRACE", Arts On Site NYC

                  "Passage", Centro Cultural Los Talleres, Mexico City

                  "Augur", Scottsdale Community College, AZ

     2023     "Augur", Hofstra University, NY

                  "Unfold", Artfulness, Alvin Ailey Studios, NYC

                  "Passage Stripped", La MaMa Moves Festival, NYC

     2022     "Passage", Kyoto Butoh Festival, Japan

                  "Echo", EstroGenius Festival, Cooper Union Great Hall, NYC

                  "Holding You, My Heart", Limón Launch, Joyce Theater, NYC

                  Forces Within/Forces Without:

                 "Echo" and "Aak'w Kwáan Síti", 95 Avenue B, NYC

     2021    “Winnow”, Northstar Ballet Fairbanks, Alaska

                 “Within One, Within the Other”, Limón Launch, Limón Livestream 

                 “Nose Teeth” with Kyle Nassar, NYC

     2020    “be coming”, kathrynalter.com/be-coming, NYC

                 “The Third Floor”, live stream on Culture Hub, NYC

      2019    "Smolder", The Peggy Theater, Hunter College, NYC

                 “The Birds Fly So Free", Conservatorie A Rayonnement Regional,

                                               Reunion Island, France

                 “The Elements”, Kathryn Alter and Dancers with Violinist, Kinga Augustyn, 

                                               Dimenna Center, NYC

                 “Scrimshaw” Hunter College, The Peggy Theater, NYC

      2018    “Cantata” (Excerpt), Kathryn Alter and Dancers,

                                                    American Dance Guild Performance Festival, NYC

                  “The Keepers”, Friends University, Witchita, KS

                  “Grind”, Kathryn Alter and Dancers, Dance at Socrates, NYC

                  “Tephra”, Instinct Dance Corps, Scottsdale Community College, AZ

                  “Two”, Kathryn Alter and Dancers, Laguardia Performing Arts Center, NY

      2017    “Perfuse”, Kathryn Alter and Dancers, Dance at Socrates, NYC

                 “The Performer and the Performance”, Duke University, NC

      2016   “Looped Time”, Grand Valley State University, MI

                 “Intersection – Trivial Pursuit Pie”, Iona College, NY

      2015   “Ad Vitam”, Stephens College, MO

                 “Becoming” Kathryn Alter and Dancers, NYC

                 “All The Seeds” Senior Solo, University of Hartford, CT

                “Mother” Limón Professional Studies Program, NYC

      2014  “Et Incarnatus Est Redux” and “Cantata”

                          Kathryn Alter and Dancers, Cunningham Studios, NYC

                 “Skeletons” Instinct Dance Corps, Arizona

                 “Time Being”Center for Performance Research, NYC 

      2013   “Et Incarnatus Est”  Bare Bones –American Dance Guild, NYC 

      2012   “Migration”for Stevens College

                 “Epitaph” for Nemian Dance Company, Mexico D.F.

      2011   “I’s On/Gestation/Time Being”, Kathryn Alter and Dancers,

                                   Soliloquios y Dialogos Los Talleres de Coyoacan, CDMX

                 “Migration”,Escuela Nacional de Danza Gloria y Nelli Campobello,  CDMX     

                 “Anadromous and Attaca”– professional studies Limón School, NYC   

Teaching

In addition to my role at the Limón Dance Foundation, I have been an adjunct faculty at Marymount Manhattan College, Hofstra University, Purchase College, Hunter College, PACE University, and a guest artist at Friends University, Scottsdale Community College, Grand Valley State University, and Stephens College.

 

Faculty at Limon Institute 2004-present  

Open classes, Limón Dance Company, Limón4Kids, Limón Outdoors, and workshops

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Associate Program Director

Limon Professional Training Programs Fall 2018–Spring 2023

In collaboration with the Artistic Director of the Limón Dance Company and the Director of Education, I planned the yearly curriculum for the professional training program, acted as lead teacher, rehearsal director, and mentor.

2024   Coloquio PENSARLAESCENA, Universidad de las Artes de Yucatán, Mexico

           Limón Dancers Summer Intensive, repertory, New York City

           Academia de la Danza Mexicana, Limón Technique Workshop, Mexico

           Marymount Manhattan College, Adjunct Assistant Professor

           Scottsdale Community College, Master Classes, Limón Technique

2023   Hofstra University, Adjunct Assistant Professor -

                    Limón Technique and choreographic commission

           Nimbus Dance, Master Class, New Jersey

           Limón4Kids Training for Semilleros Creativos, Mexico City

           Limón Dancers Intensive, New York City

           The Artist Collective LA, Master Class, New York City

           Regional Dance America Northeast Festival, Harrisburg, PA

           Universidad Nacional Autónoma De Yucatán, Master Class, Mexico

2022   Hunter College, Adjunct Assistant Professor - Limón Repertory

           Scouting Dance, Master Class, Mexico City

           Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance, Limón Repertory, Hofstra University

           Ketchikan Theater Ballet and Andiamo Dance Company-

                   Limón Technique Workshop, Alaska

           El Cisne, Technique and Repertory, Valle de Bravo, Mexico

 2021  Purchase College, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Limón Technique

           Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance, Master Class- Virtual

           Los Talleres, Mexico City - Contemporary Limón Workshop

           Dosson Arte en Movimiento/ La Espiral, Bogotá, Colombia – 

                                       Contemporary Limón Workshop – Basic and Advanced

           Escuela de Danza Petipa, Bogotá, Colombia - Limón Technique and      

                                        Repertory Workshop

           American College Dance Association, Western Regional Conference,         

                                        Master Class - virtual

2019   Mission Intercommunale Ouest, Reunion Island, France – Social          

                                         Intervention for unemployed youth

           Village Titon, Reunion Island – Masterclasses

           Conservatorie A Rayonnement Regional, Reunion Island - Limón technique   

           Contemporary Limón Intensive- POP Studio, Mexico City

           Limón Dancer and Teachers Workshop, Kent State University, OH

           LimonWest Summer Workshop–Dance as a Creative Act,

                                          California State University Fullerton, CA

2018  Conservatorie A Rayonnement Regional, Reunion Island - Limón technique

          Friends University, Witchita, KS, , technique and new rep,

          Limón Dancer and Teachers Workshop, Kent State, OH

          Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, Hofstra University, NY- Limón technique

          Summer Dance Lab, Whitman College, WA –modern technique

          Compañía Estatal de Danza Contemporánea de Oaxaca, Mexico 

          Instituto de Estudios Superiores en Artes Escénicas de Oaxaca, Mexico - Limón technique

          Taller Coreográfico de UNAM, Mexico City – Limón technique

          El Cisne, Valle de Bravo, Mexico – technique and repertory

          Centro por Investigación Coreográfico,Escuela Nacional de Danza   

          Gloria y Nelli Campobello, Mexico City -repertory/technique, substitute teaching

          Scottsdale Community College, AZ –technique and new rep

          Dance Source, Phoenix, AZ – masterclass

2017  Limon4Kids Teacher Training- Mexico D.F.

          Compania Delohumano, Bogota, Colombia– technique

          Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, CA- masterclass

          Brigham Yong University, UT -masterclass

2016  Grand Valley State University, MI –technique/choreographic commision

          Limon Teachers Workshop New York University

          Limon4Kids Teacher Training – Mexico City

2015  Stephens College, Mo – Limón technique/choreographic commision

          Limon Teachers Workshop New York University

          Conservatorio de la Danza/G. MaldonadoMexico City  - technique

          Academy of Performing ArtsBratislava, Slovokia – technique and repertory

          Purchase College, NY – substitute teaching

2014  PACE University, NY – Limón Technique

          Scottsdale Communitiy College, AZ – Limon technique and new repertory

          Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli, Mexico City - Limon technique

          Ballet Tech, NY – Limon Technique,

          Queens College, NY – masterclass

          Limon Summer Workshop at Montclair University, NJ – technique and composition

Limón Reconstructions

2023  Missa Brevis - Limón Dance Company, NYC

2022  There is a Time- Saving Grace Dance Company, New Hampshire

2020  Chaconne -Ballet Am Rhein, Germany

2018  The Moor’s Pavane– Compañía Nacional de México

          Psalm- Taller Coreográfico de UNAM

2017  Psalm– Ailey/Fordham, 

2019-2014   Professional Studies Program and L2– Limon Institute:

                          The Winged, There is a Time, A Choreographic Offering, Chaconne, Missa Brevis,

                     Dances for Isadora, Psalm, Mazurkas

Performing 

Limon Dance Company  2002-2017  

As a member of the Limón Company, I participated in national and international touring, teaching at annual summer workshops, offering masterclasses, participating in lecture demonstrations and educational outreach, and cultural diplomacy in Africa through Dancemotion USA.  I was a faculty member of Limón4kids, and was a part of the team that trained and established a Limón4kids program in Mexico City.  

     Repertory Performed: 

José Limón: The Moor’s Pavane, Chaconne, Concerto Grosso, Dances for Isadora, Psalm, Choreographic Offering, There is a Time, The Winged, Carlota, Orfeo, La Malinche, Mazurkas

Doris Humphrey: Day on Earth, New Dance, Passacaglia

Others: Susanne Linke, Jiri Kylian, Rodrigo Pederneiras, Lar Lubovitch, Sean Curran, Clay Taliaferro, Jonathan Fredrickson, Neta Pulvermacher

 

Kathryn Alter and Dancers 2011-present

Arts On Site-NYC, 2024

Los Talleres de Coyoacán -Mexico City, 2024

La MaMa Moves-NYC, 2023

Kyoto Butoh Festival-Japan, 2022

Estrogenius Festival at Cooper Union-NYC, 2022

Store Front Pop-Up-NYC, 2022

Virtual Offerings: “Nose Teeth”, 2021 and “be coming”, 2020 

Culture Hub NYC, live stream, 2020

Theatre Luc Donat, Reunion Island, 2019

Socrates Sculpture Park, 2017

Center for Performance Research, Spring Movement, 2014

Los Talleres de Coyoacán, Mexico City, 2011

 

Riedel Dance Theater  2004-2012  

Joyce SOHO 2003, 2007,

NYC Fringe Festival 2009

 

Independent Projects

• Sameena Mitta – Graham Studio, NYC, 2015, 2017

• Kazuko Hirabayashi Memorial – Symphony Space, NYC, 2016

• Daniel Fetecua – Flushing Town Hall, NYC, 2013  

• Kazuko Hirabayashi – Ailey Citigroup Theater, NYC, 2010

• Kazuko Hirabayashi - KHDT Studios, NYC 2009  

• Mary Siedman -  Ailey Citygroup Theater, NYC, 2009

• Belinda McGuire - Judson Church, NYC, 2009

• Jonathon Fredrickson - American Theater of Actors, NYC, 2008

Grants/Awards

Fulbright Garcia Robles Visiting Scholar to Mexico 2024/25

Women In Motion commissioned choreographer 2023/2024

AIR Eva Dean Dance, 2023/2024

Hunter College, Chairman's Award for Artistic Excellence, 2021

Graduate Scholarship, Hunter College, 2019-2020

Dance at Socrates Residency, Norte Maar, 2018

CUNY Dance Initiative Residency, Queens College 2014

Services

Audition Teacher, Scouting Dance Mexico, 2023

Adjudacator – Dance Prix de NY, Tisch NYU, 2019

Audition Teacher – Dancewave Dancing Through College and Beyond, 2019

Organizer – Choreographer’s Collective, LPAC, Queens, 2018

Related Practices

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