Degrees:
M.F.A., Univ. of Washington
B.A., Kenyon College
Peter Kyle is a dancer, choreographer, filmmaker and Artistic Director of Peter Kyle Dance. He has toured internationally as a soloist with Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance, and performed with the companies of Mark Morris, Erick Hawkins, Gina Gibney, Laura Glenn and the theater company P3/east. He has taught at Bard College, Marymount Manhattan College, Sarah Lawrence College, University of Washington and Cornish College of the Arts, among others. He has received choreographic commissions and residencies across the U.S., in Scotland, Norway, Germany, Cyprus, Mexico, China, and Ukraine. From 2017-2020 he served as Associate Director at Bearnstow, a summer arts retreat in Maine, and from 2010-2019 he served on the Board of Directors at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn, NY. At present, he is a member of the Board of Directors at Connecticut Dance Alliance. He approaches teaching and learning as reflexive processes wherein each moment is an opportunity for being mindful or mindless, embodied or disembodied, creating a space where each person feels empowered to reach beyond assumptions and expectations.
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Dance/Movement practice and performance
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Improvisation
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Dance composition
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Cross-disciplinary collaboration
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Aesthetics
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Translation
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Neuroaesthetics
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Pedagogy
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Anatomy, biomechanics, experiential physics
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Cross-cultural exchange and diplomacy
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Creative Works:
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Dancing Through Translation
- yearlong collaborative research and performance project, culminating in 4-city tour across Ukraine, 2017-present.
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What For? Why Not?
- curated two week-festival of split bill programs featuring mixed-discipline artists, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY, 2017.
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Vigilance,
evening-length performance, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY, 2015.
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crowdSEEN,
short film, Guangdong Modern Dance Festival, Guangzhou, China, 2015; Dance on Camera Festival, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, 2017.
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100 DAYS,
evening-length solo, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY, 2012.
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KnowOne,
evening-length performance, One Arm Red, Brooklyn, NY, 2010.
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- Public Diplomacy Small Grant, U.S. Embassy, Ukraine, Co-recipient with Anton Ovchinnikov for yearlong project, Dancing Through Translation, 2017-2018.
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crowd/SEEN,
short film, Official Selection 45th Annual Dance on Camera Festival, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, 2017.
- Fulbright Specialist Grant, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine, 2016.
- Late Stage Production Grant, Mertz Gilmore Foundation via Triskelion Arts, New York, NY, 2015.
- BUILD Stability Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, 2011.
- American Music Center Live Music For Dance Program Grant, American Music Center (now New Music USA), New York, NY, 2009.
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