Kathryn Alter

KATHRYN ALTER attended Interlochen Arts Academy, and graduated from Purchase Conservatory of Dance with the highest honors in 2001.  Ms. Alter has been a member of the Limón Dance Company (2002-2017), a founding member of Riedel Dance Theater, and worked with Alan Danielson and Kazuko Hirabayashi. She is on faculty at the Limón Institute, teaches the Limón Company, reconstructs the works of José Limón, and offers workshops internationally. It has been her great pleasure to be a part of the implementation of Limón4Kids in Mexico City as a part of Saludarte.  In 2011, Kathryn Alter and Dancers began with the presentation of three solos as a part of the Soliloquios y Dialogos Festival at Los Talleres de Coyoacán in Mexico City.  In addition to working with her pick-up group, Alter is also a part of the N.A.D.I.N.E. Project (http://www.nadineproject.com), and helps to organize the Choreographers’ Collective concerts in New York City.  Her most recent choreographic commissions were created in Arizona for Instinct Dance Corps, and in Michigan at Grand Valley State University. Her work has also been shown across the United States and in Mexico.  She has been presented as part of MAD (Movement and Dance) Weekend at Nazareth College, Dance at Socrates in Queens, American Dance Guild’s Bare Bones, Spring Movement, and Performance Studio Open House at Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn.  Alter was a 2014 recipient of a CUNY Dance Initiative residency.