Mak Thornquest

Mak Thornquest (they/them) is a trans, Idaho-born dancer, writer, choreographer and first-generation college graduate. They received their BFA in Dance from the California Institute of the Arts in 2022 and has since relocated to New York City. Mak was a 2023 Artist in Residence with Ghostlight Residency (Los Angeles, CA) alongside their creative partner Max Martin, 2020 Artist in Residence at MING Studios (Boise, ID),and is a two time Alexa Rose Foundation grantee. As a company artist with Sidra Bell Dance New York, Mak performed in their Bessie Award nominated show IN | REP in October of 2022. In April of 2023, Mak debuted of their original work, an echo that doesn’t rhyme, in collaboration with composer Daniel Newman-Lessler, commissioned by Hear Now Music Festival. Notable performance credits include works by Trisha Brown, Danielle Agami, Peter Chu, Yusha-Marie Sorzano, and Merce Cunningham at venues including Arts On Site, Gibney, REDCAT LA, Los Angeles Dance Project, Hauser & Wirth, and the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. They are immeasurably excited to be joining the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company for their first season! 

Photo by Lizaveta Bakhurevich