Dance Faculty

Hayley Cutler
Hayley Cutler

Adjunct Professor of Dance, Theatre & Dance Program

Hayley Cutler (she/her) is a choreographer, performer, artist organizer, and dance educator. She is the founder and Artistic Director of darlingdance, a project-based dance company in its eleventh season, and co-founder of artist neighbor collective, an ongoing curatorial performance project.
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Brendan Drake
Brendan Drake

Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance, Theatre & Dance Program

Brendan Drake is an interdisciplinary artist and educator currently based in Brooklyn and Washington DC
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Holly Dugan
Holly Dugan

Program Head, Theatre & Dance

Holly Dugan’s scholarship focuses on the role of literature as an archive of the past, especially in terms of histories of embodiment, theater, and early modern English material culture. She is working on two book projects: Shakespeare and the Senses, which explores the sensory aspects of early modern performance, and “The Famous Ape,” which traces the role of animal actors from the Renaissance to the modern era.
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Kris Harris
Kris Harris

Adjunct Professor of Dance, Theatre & Dance Program

Krissy Harris is a DMV-based, LGBTQIA+ dance artist and educator. Their research is anchored in sensation-based movement, navigation of identity, and Queer wonder.
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Sigrid Johannesdottir
Sigridur Johannesdottir

Associate Professor of Costume Design & Technology, Theatre & Dance Program

Sigridur is a costume designer who specializes and focuses her teaching on reproducing historical costumes based on research as well as dance costumes. She is the resident costume designer for Washington Stage Guild (DC), Ambassador Theatre (DC), and MetroStage in Alexandria VA.
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Anna Kimmel
Anna Jayne Kimmel

Assistant Professor of Dance, Director of Undergraduate Studies; Undergraduate Faculty Advisor; Affiliate Faculty of the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service

Anna Kimmel's work lies at the intersection of dance and legal studies, studying the relation between francophone histories and moments of public assembly.
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Isabella Matousek
Isabella Matousek

Academic Program Administrator for Theatre & Dance

Isabella Matousek is a Pure Barre Teacher.
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John Traub
John Traub

Associate Professor, Production Management & Technology

John is an Associate Professor of Production Design at the George Washington University, where he teaches courses in Design and Management and serves as the Technical Director for the Corcoran Theatre & Dance Program.

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Emily Vallozzi
Emily Vallozzi

Instructional Costume Lab Associate for Theatre & Dance

Emily Vallozzi is a Washington D.C.-based costume designer, wardrobe stylist, and seamstress who has been working in the field since graduating from Point Park University in 2007 with a BFA in Technical Theatre and Design. Read More  

Irina Wunder
Irina Wunder

Adjunct Professor of Dance, Theatre & Dance Program

Ms. Wunder is on the faculty of the Department of Performing Arts at American University in Washington, DC and Ballet NoVa Center for Dance in Arlington, VA. She taught at the Dance Institute of Washington and the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC.
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