Amiti Perry

Amiti Perry received her BA in Dance from the University of North Texas and MFA in Choreography from The Ohio State University. She co-founded DIPdance with collaborator Coco Loupe in 2001; presented and performed works in New York, Texas, Louisiana and Ohio; performed as a guest artist with Rachel Lampert and Dancers (Ithaca, NY, 1999); and performed, taught, assisted and designed, nationally and internationally, with Skip Costa/COREmovement Project-NYC (1999-2003). She was company in residence at Bridge for Dance for 5 years and most recently accepted a residency for 2011 at CAVEarts in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been presented at the Merce Cunningham Studio, Uptown Performance Series, HOT!DanceFestival, DUMBO Dance Festival & COOL NYC, 60×60 Dance events, and Fertile Ground (at Greenspace). Last fall, her choreography was commissioned by Women In Motion and performed at Joyce Soho in conjunction with the Estrogenius Festival. æmp:dance / amiti perry + company is a multi-dimensional contemporary dance company whose focus is to create and perform a diverse body of work through independent and collaborative explorations. Consciously clever concepts combined with highly physical performances are indicative of the consistent work being produced since 2006.