Alison D’Amato
Alison D’Amato is a researcher, choreographer, and performer based in Los Angeles. She is Assistant Professor of Practice at University of Southern California’s Kaufman School of Dance, and has also taught dance history, theory and practice at UCLA and CalArts. She holds a PhD from UCLA (Culture and Performance), an MA in Dance Theater Practice from Trinity Laban (London) and a BA in Philosophy from Haverford College. As a practitioner, her work has long been entwined with her academic research. In 2015 she completed a dissertation on contemporary choreographic scores (Mobilizing the Score: Generative Choreographic Structures, 1960-Present). Her dances and scores have been presented in Los Angeles (PAM Residencies, Pieter PASD, The Hammer Museum, HomeLA, and Anatomy Riot), New York (Movement Research, the Tank, AUNTS, Waxworks, Dixon Place, and BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange), San Francisco, Philadelphia, the UK, and Poland. As a performer, she has worked with choreographers such as Rebecca Bruno, Jmy James Kidd, Maria Hassabi, and Simone Forti.