Kevin Williamson is a L.A. based dancer and Associate Professor at Scripps College. He is a Lester Horton Award recipient, Scripps’ Faculty Achievement Awardee in research and teaching, a Bates Educators Fellow, and Center Theatre Group Sherwood Award Finalist. His most recent film collaboration “Safe and Sound” was recognized with an “Excellence” stamp as an Official Selection of the 2021 LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival. Performance and choreography works have been presented by DanspaceProject, REDCAT’s NOW Festival, Dixon Place’s HOT! Festival of Queer Performance, CounterPulse, LACMA, Austin’s OUTsider Festival, Minnesota Fringe, Diversionary Theater SD, and the Beijing Dance Festival. Choreography for theater and opera includes collaborations with Washington National Opera, Atlantic Theater Company, the Juilliard School, Geffen Playhouse, Yale Theater, and Opera UCLA; and commissioned works for CSULB, LMU, and AMDA. Kevin was a dancing member of David Rousseve/REALITY, Maria Gillespie's Oni Dance, LA Contemporary Dance Company, and Robert Moses' Kin. He received his BA and MFA in Dance and Choreography from UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance. Kevin is a certified yoga instructor, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, and somatic dance educator, registered with Yoga Alliance and ISMETA.
*Photo by Ken Gonzales-Day