Brendan Drake

Bio

Brendan Drake is an interdisciplinary artist and educator currently based in Brooklyn and Washington DC. Their work uses disparate movement forms, erotic imagery, text, and sound manipulation to interrogate issues largely centering queer power dynamics. Brendan was a 2017-2018 Fresh Tracks Artist at New York Live Arts and has been awarded grants and residencies through the Monira Foundation, Brooklyn Arts Fund, FCA, CUNY, BKSD, The Tank, and Chez Bushwick. Their recent work has been presented at Danspace Project (Draftwork), Movement Research, The Brick, La MaMa, PAGEANT, Joes Pub, AUNTS, JrHigh (Los Angeles, CA), and The Dance Complex (Boston, MA). They have also recently guest taught at Columbia University, University of Massachusetts, Muhlenberg College, Skewl, Peridance, SCDT, Loculus, and UCLA. As a dancer, They currently work with Nattie + Hollis, and Kayla Hamilton/Circle O Productions. Brendan received their BFA in Dance from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and their MFA in Choreographic Inquiry from UCLA.