Education + Outreach Coordinator
Alannah Martin is a disabled and neurodivergent choreographer, performer, scholar, and arts advocate who has recently transitioned from New York City to the Bay Area to work with AXIS Dance Company. Her creative and academic research focuses on neurodiverse dance and disability justice through performance. Alannah has a BA in Dance and a minor in Disability Studies from the University of Wyoming and an MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College. Her performance works include repertory by Paul Taylor, Netta Yerushalmy, Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith, Jordan Demetrius Llloyd, Cat Kamrath-Monson, and Marsha Faye Knight. She has worked closely with Beth Gill, Juliana May, John Jasperse, Dean Moss, Peggy Gould, and other influential movement artists. Alannah grew up watching AXIS Dance Company and was inspired to pursue a career in the arts because of the impact AXIS had on her as a young performer. She is ecstatic to be joining the team!