Amanda Krische

Known for creating thought-provoking, emotionally moving dance-theater works that use performance as a site of social practice, Amanda Krische is an interdisciplinary choreographer, dancer, scholar, educator, and herbalist using dance to be in dialogue with disciplines as diverse as neuroscience, theoretical physics, ecology, anthropology, and ethnography.  Her choreography has been shown at prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Joe’s Pub, Danspace Project, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Kitchen, as well as in public spaces such as shopping malls, public parks, and gallery spaces. She has been an artist-in-residence at institutions such as LMCC, Perelman Arts Center, Omi International Arts Center, Kaatsbaan, Rosas/P.A.R.T.S., and the Camargo Foundation; has been a guest teacher at Harvard, NYU, and Cooper Union; and has collaborated with institutions such as the Pina Bausch Foundation and the Louis Armstrong House Museum.